{"id":28255,"date":"2023-06-06T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts"},"modified":"2023-06-06T15:34:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T15:34:45","slug":"babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts","title":{"rendered":"BABUSA wants to be parent organisation for martial arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Botswana. <\/strong><\/span>Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) is yet to look into Botswana All Budo Styles Association\u2019s (BABUSA) affiliation and its intent to become a parent organisation for all martial arts in Botswana.<\/b><\/p>\n

The association\u2019s president, Thuto Thuto, said this at their ordinary general assembly in Gaborone on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have engaged the BNSC regarding our affiliation and have long sent our constitution to the sport commission in 2017 to affiliate, but we were then advised to engage other affiliates.<\/p>\n

Botswana Karate Association previous leadership rejected us. But recently we contacted BNSC again that is when we told them that we cannot engage the karate association because they are not our members,\u201d Thuto said.<\/p>\n

He indicated that BNSC was happy with their presentation and they promised to call all the martial arts associations to chart a way forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want BABUSA to be the umbrella of martial arts in Botswana, but we are saying BOKA will remain BOKA. We have to have an umbrella that would take care of day to day business,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On one hand, Thuto decried lack of funds which he said hampered the association\u2019s to execute its day to day running, including plans to send its athletes to international competitions.<\/p>\n

BABUSA secretary, Edward Scott said the organisation was founded in 2016 as the answer for more inclusive martial arts body.<\/p>\n

Scott said the organisation had since led the country in a variety martial arts systems.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince BABUSA\u2019s inception we have also brought together the best of Japanese, Korean and Chinese martial sciences all in one organisation,\u201d Scott added.<\/p>\n

Again, he said combined winning from their affiliate members\u2019 organisations in internationally recognised tournaments from countries of origin from various martial arts system under BABUSA\u2019s umbrella were not receiving any help from martial arts organisations.<\/p>\n

He however said there was now a new opportunity for their affiliate members at the Olympics, adding that Chinese martial arts, Kung-Fu had now been included as official Olympic sport and would be premiering in the 2026 Youth Olympics to be held in Dakar, Senegal from October 31 to November 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective and mission of BABUSA in the country is to bring all these styles and systems from the county of origin and bringing them into a new millennium competitive sport and for that we are proud,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Further, Scott said BABUSA was currently the only martial arts organisation in Botswana that was poised to take the martial arts to greater heights.<\/p>\n

He however decried some challenges they were faced with in the past years which included non-commitment from some of their affiliates\u2019 members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received two official letters of resignation from Oikado and Asai. But we would welcome them back to the association in the event that they have change of mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Botswana. Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) is yet to look into Botswana All Budo Styles Association\u2019s (BABUSA) affiliation and its intent to become a parent organisation for all martial arts in Botswana. The association\u2019s president, Thuto Thuto, said this at their ordinary general assembly in Gaborone on Saturday. \u201cWe have engaged the BNSC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":28254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-28255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"\nBABUSA wants to be parent organisation for martial arts - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) is yet to look into Botswana All Budo Styles Association\u2019s (BABUSA) affilia ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BABUSA wants to be parent organisation for martial arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Botswana National Sport Commission (BNSC) is yet to look into Botswana All Budo Styles Association\u2019s (BABUSA) affilia ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T14:05:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-06T15:34:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/sm_1686049241.567229.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BABUSA wants to be parent organisation for martial arts\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-06T14:05:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-06T15:34:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts\"},\"wordCount\":485,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/sm_1686049241.567229.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/babusa-wants-to-be-parent-organisation-for-martial-arts\",\"name\":\"BABUSA wants to be parent organisation for martial arts - 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