DIE kombinasie van karate, karre \u00e9n spelling as groot liefdes vir \u2019n 9-jarige seun is uitsonderlik. Maar di\u00e9 raarheid is waar van Ethan Bothma (9) \u2019n graad 4 leerling van Laerskool Handhaaf op Uitenhage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy is \u2019n w\u00eareldkampioen is sy karate-kategorie \u00e9n een van Suid-Afrika se topspellers in sy ouderdomsgroep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan vertrek die 24ste September na St. Petersburg, Rusland, waar hy aan die 9de JSKA Karate W\u00eareldkampioenskap gaan deelneem \u00e9n sy titel gaan verdedig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan is \u2019n lid van die L&J Karateklub op Uitenhage en die enigste in sy ouderdomsgroep van die JSKA Oos-Kaap groep wat na die w\u00eareldkampioenskap gaan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By die vorige JSKA w\u00eareldkampioenskap in Namibi\u00eb, was Ethan net 7-jaar oud toe hy as w\u00eareldkampioen gekroon is nadat hy sy divisie vir die oranje tot groen-gordels gewen het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan het drie medaljes by di\u00e9 w\u00eareldkampioenskap gewen waar karateka van 15 lande deelgeneem het. Tydens die openingseremonie van di\u00e9 kampioenskap het die eer Ethan te beurt geval om as \u2019n mede-vlagdraer op te tree en hy het die span van Engeland ingelei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die JSKA W\u00eareldkampioenskap word elke tweede jaar aangebied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan s\u00ea hy het op 5-jarige ouderdom met karate begin. By die deelname aan sy heel eerste toernooi het hy \u2019n goue sowel as \u2019n silwer medalje gewen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy pa is my hero. Toe ek klein was het ek sy OP-karateklere in sy kas gesien. En toe het ek ges\u00ea ek wil ook karate doen,\u201d het Ethan ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy moet nog twee rooi-gordel graderings doen en dan kan hy \u2019n bruin-gordel om sy spierwit-karatepak vasmaak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEthan slaan hard en seer. Ek kan nie glo dat hy op sy ouderdom reeds so baie kata-bewegings kan doen nie. Daar is van die katas wat tot 67-bewegings bevat. Dit is moeilike bewegings om te onthou, maar hy doen dit,\u201d het Stephen ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buiten karate is Ethan ook \u2019n goeie gholfer, hy speel graag tennis, skaak en hy is \u2019n kampioen-speller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2016 was Ethan die nasionale naaswenner in sy kategorie van die WOW-Spelfees. Hy het onlangs met sy spelkennis w\u00e9\u00e9r skoonskip gemaak op provinsiale vlak en deurgedring na die 2018 nasionale rondte van die WOW-Spelfees wat in Oktober by die Universiteit Stellenbosch gehou word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alhoewel hy in graad 4 is, draf hy al die graad 7 spel-oefeninge kaf. Ethan se lys van speloefeninge bevat 2 400 woorde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDit is my grootste droom om die WOW-Spelfees se nasionale rondte te wen. Dit gaan nie help om met \u2019n woordeboek onder my kopkussing te slaap en hoop dat ek gaan wen nie. Om so baie woorde te leer oefen ek elke dag baie hard,\u201d het Ethan ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy ma Mornette ondersteun hom baie met di\u00e9 spel-oefeninge. \u201cHy wys ons soms in \u2019n geselskap op ons taalgebruik en dat ons woorde reg moet gebruik,\u201d het sy ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ethan is duidelik \u2019n seun wat van veelsy- digheid en uitdagings hou. Hy s\u00ea al wat hy nie kan of wil doen nie is netbal speel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs ek in die nag droom, droom ek van die verskillende katas en woorde. Hmmm \u2026 ja, ook van karre,\u201d het Ethan ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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