Lentswe, Klerksdorp - Students of Ryu Kyu Karate competed at the Platinum Martial Arts & WUKF Provincial Challenge Championships, held in Rustenburg at the Excalibur Boutique Hotel. Sensei Nathen Olivier was one of the big drawcards with the semi contact low kick 16-17 years championship title on the line. As the new semi contact low kick champion for 2025 he also received gold for the semi low kick 13-16 years, gold for semi contact close combat 16-17 years, silver for close combat 13-16 years, silver kata, bronze kumite, and bronze for grappling. The event saw 312 competitors.
Nathen is second on the kihapp ranking list. Sensai Marko Blignaut received gold for kumite; silver for kata; silver for point sparing, and silver for continuous sparing.
Tumi Kidamile received gold for kumite, and bronze for kata and he also served as a table official.
Ruben else received silver for kumite, Kaylee Emdin received bronze for kata and bronze for kumite (also served as a table official), and lwazi Sskhosana received silver for kumite.
Rkg Karate placed overall seventh on the Kihapp rankings with six students out of 15 dojos that took part.
Nathen had a great year with 11 gold medals, eight silver, five bronze with five national titles and two international titles.
The dojo took 34 gold, 21 silver and ten bronze medals.
