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<\/a>\u201cIt was an excellent tournament filled with tough fights,\u201d said the club\u2019s hanshi, Alex Tebbutt.<\/p>\n
Nine of the academy\u2019s members took part in the tournament, of whom seven walked away with gold medals and two with silver medals.<\/p>
The tournament saw Kase Pretorius take part in his first full-contact fight.<\/p>\n
He was narrowly defeated.<\/p>\n
Eighteen of the academy\u2019s members then travelled to the South African all-styles karate tournament hosted by shihan Abdul Jogie, at his dojo in Durban, from March 25 to 27.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe tournament was intimate, with a number of challenging fights,\u201d said Tebbutt.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of our younger members, five-year-old James Nicol, took part in the tournament and walked away with the gold medal in weapons, in fight and kata in his age group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Seventeen of the fighters won gold medals, with the remaining fighter earning a silver medal.<\/p>\n
The academy now looks forward to the grading to be hosted at the dojo in Lambton on April 16.<\/p>\n
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