Africa-Press – Namibia. OKINAWAN Goju-Ryu Karate Namibia (OGKN) recently hosted its annual 100-kata challenge in celebration of Okinawan Karate Day. Karate Day originally started in Naha, Okinawa, and takes place annually on 25 October.
It is hosted to celebrate the beauty and grace of Okinawa’s iconic martial art.
The event features thousands of karateka of all ages who gather to perform kata, a choreographed sequence of individual techniques that is used as one of the fundamental training techniques in traditional Okinawan karate.
This year’s event took place at Walvis Bay on 15 October, and in Windhoek on 22 October, with more than 130 karateka across all dojos taking part.
In 2016 Naha’s Karate Day celebrations were featured in the Guinness World Records for the most people (3 973) performing a kata.
OGKN has been actively participating in Okinawan Karate Day since 2014
“This year’s event also served as the annual fundraising event for OGKN. Funds raised will be used to provide financial support to local instructors/senseis, as well as to bring senior level international instructors to Namibia in 2023, thereby promoting the continued development of traditional Okinawan karate in the country,” OGKN instructor Stefan van der Merwe says.
It is hosted to celebrate the beauty and grace of Okinawa’s iconic martial art.
The event features thousands of karateka of all ages who gather to perform kata, a choreographed sequence of individual techniques that is used as one of the fundamental training techniques in traditional Okinawan karate.
This year’s event took place at Walvis Bay on 15 October, and in Windhoek on 22 October, with more than 130 karateka across all dojos taking part.
In 2016 Naha’s Karate Day celebrations were featured in the Guinness World Records for the most people (3 973) performing a kata.
OGKN has been actively participating in Okinawan Karate Day since 2014
“This year’s event also served as the annual fundraising event for OGKN. Funds raised will be used to provide financial support to local instructors/senseis, as well as to bring senior level international instructors to Namibia in 2023, thereby promoting the continued development of traditional Okinawan karate in the country,” OGKN instructor Stefan van der Merwe says.
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