South Africans excel at Karate League

Action from the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) league PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Action from the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) league PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Team South Africa cadet junior team made its presence felt during the Botswana Karate Association (BOKA) League over the weekend. The team found senior local karatekas trying to find their footing after staying away from the Dojo for more than 18 months.

The cadet junior team head coach, Morgan Moss told Sport Monitor that last year his team was not able to travel to Egypt for the African Championships due to the Omicron virus. “A decision was taken to allow the team to be here to compete and test themselves at a high level. We did good, winning six gold, five silver and four bronze medals.

I am happy with the progress but there is a lot of room for improvement. Some of them were fighting outside South Africa for the first time,” he said. For his part, Ofentse Bakwadi said most of the karatekas were rusty but the tournament went well. “My team did fine, but surely we need to improve. We just started training two weeks ago. We are going to put in more work and prepare for the next event. We intend to turn our fortunes around,” he said. Bakwadi said he was impressed by the competition that was brought by the visiting team from South Africa.

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