{"id":133365,"date":"2016-09-18T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-18T09:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/133365\/novice-karatekas-to-test-their-skills\/"},"modified":"2016-09-19T09:21:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T07:21:26","slug":"novice-karatekas-to-test-their-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2016\/09\/18\/novice-karatekas-to-test-their-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Novice karatekas to test their skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The African Full Contact Organisation will hold the AFCKO Novice Tournament, at Abram Hlophe Primary School, in Katlehong, on September 24.<\/p>\n<p>Shorin-Kempo Kaikan Karate Club will host the event.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The tournament, organised by the African Full Contact Organisation, is a great opportunity for youngsters to showcase their talents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tournament gives karatekas the opportunity to gain experience prior to taking part in major tournaments,\u201d said Shorin-Kempo Kaikan Karate Club\u2019s head coach, Thulane Sibisi.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt is an annual event that has proved to be very safe, with participants fighting with full protection, which includes headgear, gloves and shin pads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tournament is aimed at male and female karatekas, from white to yellow belts, who are fit enough to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All clubs are welcome to take part in this tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Sibisi also said that there is no entry fee.<\/p>\n<p>Podium positions will receive medals, with trophies also up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have referees and instructors helping us at the event,\u201d added Sibisi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWinners at this tournament will qualify to represent the province at the national tournament, that will be held in Durban, on October 8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To participate, or for more information, contact Sibisi on 083 599 5916.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='70a8756809acc19ae6b8afd9344634f0'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AFCKO Novice Tournament will test the skills of karatekas on September 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":133366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,3],"tags":[1106,979,969,1477,2749,6864,6867,1119,1724],"class_list":["post-133365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-sports-news","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-karate","tag-puleng-sekabate","tag-shorin-kempo-kaikan-karate-club","tag-shorin-kempo-kaikan-karate-club-katlehong","tag-sport-2","tag-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Local sport"},"tag_labels":["GCN","germiston","germiston city news","karate","Puleng Sekabate","Shorin-Kempo Kaikan Karate Club","Shorin-Kempo Kaikan Karate Club Katlehong","sport","sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}