{"id":201875,"date":"2019-04-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/201875\/local-dojo-commended-on-sportsmanship-at-national-championships\/"},"modified":"2019-04-16T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:36:11","slug":"local-dojo-commended-on-sportsmanship-at-national-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/04\/16\/local-dojo-commended-on-sportsmanship-at-national-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Local dojo commended on sportsmanship at national championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tebbutts Mixed Martial Arts Academy took to the Kempton Park Indoor Sports Centre for a challenging two-day Full Contact Martial Arts (FCMA) National Championships recently.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 440 karatekas from across the country participated in the tournament.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>The athletes performed in front of South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) representatives, such as Barry Hendricks, the vice-president of SASCOC and president of the Gauteng Sports Confederation, and Yaseen Lombard, secretary-general of the Gauteng Sports Confederation.<\/p>\n<p>Preceding the event, kanchu Alex Tebbutt put his students through intense training in anticipation of the tough competition.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>ALSO READ:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198497\/local-dojo-achieves-69-medals-at-recent-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local dojo achieves 69 medals at recent meet<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"anchor_post\" href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/198073\/local-boxer-wins-big-in-la\/\" target=\"_blank\">Local boxer wins big in LA<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>\u201cWe participated in every division on the day and performed well in traditional kata, musical weapons, full continuous kumite, points fighting and continuous fighting,\u201d said Tebbutt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe training leading up to the tournament proved worth it in the end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond their exceptional performance, sportsmanship and determination, athletes from the dojo took home 68 medals on the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the hosts, Sajida Mahomed (FCMA president) and shihan Aslam Mahomed, for giving us the platform to showcase our skills,\u201d said Tebbutt.<\/p>\n<p>The dojo is currently in preparation for a belt grading session set to take place next Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hav<\/strong><strong>e a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a 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