Awards
Awards Evening January 2025
Our awards and parents meeting was held on 30 January 2025.
Each award represents the commitment, effort, and growth demonstrated by our students.
The categories are as follows:
🥋 Most Outstanding: White to Yellow Belt, Orange to Green Belt, and Blue to Brown Belt
🥋 Most Technical: Blue to Brown Belt
🥋 Most Improved: White to Green Belt and Blue to Brown Belt
🥋 Most Dedicated: White to Green Belt and Blue to Brown Belt
🥋 Most Spirited: White to Green Belt and Blue to Brown Belt
🥋 Family of the Year
🥋 Junior Instructor of the Year
🥋 Instructor of the Year
🥋 Sportswoman of the Year
A huge congratulations to all! 
Sensei John Barnett (8th Dan)
Intructors
Senior Instructors
Sensei Thando Doro
Best Budo Spirit
Senpai Tony Martins (2nd Dan)
Best Budo Spirit
Senpai Tony Martins (2nd Dan)
Best Budo Spirit
Senpai Joanne Martins (1st Dan)
Best Budo Spirit
Megane Potgieter
Sportswoman of the year
Megane Potgieter
Sportswoman of the year
Medals: Group Photo
Mark Staley
Most Dedicated (White to Green Belt)
Mark Staley
Most Dedicated (White to Green Belt)
Mark Staley
Most Dedicated (White to Green Belt)
Madeleine Engelmohr
Most Dedicated (Blue to Brown Belt)
Lwethu Tshabangu
Most Outstanding (White to Yellow Belt)
Lwethu Tshabangu
Most Outstanding (White to Yellow Belt)
Kaeleb Staley
Most Spirited (Blue to Brown Belt)
Kaeleb Staley
Most Spirited (Blue to Brown Belt)
Kaeleb Staley
Most Spirited (Blue to Brown Belt)
Hailey Walker
Most Improved (White to Green Belt)
Hailey Walker
Most Improved (White to Green Belt)
Gustav du Plessis
Most Outstanding (Blue to Brown)
Gustav du Plessis
Most Outstanding (Blue to Brown)
Refiloe Doro
Most Technical (Blue to Brown Belt)
Refiloe Doro
Most Technical (Blue to Brown Belt)
Refiloe Doro
Most Technical (Blue to Brown Belt)
Dylan Grant
Most Spirited (White to Green)
Dylan Grant
Most Spirited (White to Green)
Dylan Grant
Most Spirited (White to Green)
Doro Family
Family of the year
Declan Young
Most Improved (Blue to Brown Belt)
Declan Young
Most Improved (Blue to Brown Belt)
Sensei Chris Martins (4th Dan)
Instructor of the Year
Sensei Chris Martins (4th Dan)
Instructor of the Year
Sensei Chris Martins (4th Dan)
Instructor of the Year
Black Belts
Zelmarie du Plessis (1st Dan)
Junior Instructor of the year.
Trophies & Medals
Awards Evening
Awards: Trophies & Medals
Madison Alexander
Most Outstanding (Orange to Green Belt)
Madison Alexander
Most Outstanding (Orange to Green Belt)
Madison Alexander
Most Outstanding (Orange to Green Belt)
New World Shotokan Karate
Our instructors are accomplished, high-ranking black belts who take their teaching seriously, especially towards children, combining a comprehensive education in well-established, orthodox karate practice and philosophy with modern sports-orientated competition karate.
Traditional karate is about effective self-defence under all conditions. When we refer to traditional karate, we mean more than just kicks, punches and blocks. Shotokan’s founder Gichin Funakoshi emphasized that a fight can end up on the ground, for which you need skills other than kicking, punching and blocking.