Tanzania Karate –Do Federation (TKF) secretary general, sensei Phillip Chikoko (right), based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and his student Faraja Joseph demonstrate Karate techniques during Mwalimu Julius Nyerere memorial show at National Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. (Photo by Frank Kimaro)
Top from left Sensei Dudley Mawalla founder
of Shotokan Karate Tanzania, middle, Sensei Magoma Nyamuko Sarya, right, Sensei
Kheri Kivuli, all three are based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania & bottom left,
Sensei Rumadha Fundi (Fundi Romi), based in Texas, USA.
Sensei Edgar Kaliboti, based Sydney, Australia
By Frank Kimaro, Daily News
TANZANIA Karate Federation (TKF) has awarded five outstanding senior
karate instructors with Shihan title. Shihan is a formal karate title for
someone who has mastered the basic and advanced techniques as well as the principles,
concepts and theory of their respective style of the martial arts.
Speaking during a Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Show in Dar es
Salaam, TKF Secretary General Phillip Chikoko said that they appreciated the role played by the five seniors in developing karate in the country.
Senior instructors who have been awarded with Shihan title
are Dudley Mawalla, Daudi Magoma, Kheri Kivuli, Rumadha Fundi and Edgar
Kaliboti. Apart from the title, Mawalla and Magoma were awarded 7th black belt
degrees in karate, while the rest were awarded 6th degrees.
Mawalla urged young upcoming karate trainees to make sure
they do not use the art to harm others in the society. "Karate is not
beating someone, it's not about round kicks and all sorts of fighting. Karate
stays in the heart, it's about being patient in life and stay strong," he
said.
Sports officer from the Ministry of Information, Youth,
Culture and Sports, Rashidi Mijuza, urged all sportsmen especially those who
are playing karate not to engage in bad manners and avoid illicit drugs.
"I urge you, especially youths, to avoid using illicit drugs or even
transporting them," he said.
TKF organised the show to honour the Father of the Nation,
the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.
More than 50 karate instructors and trainees
participated in the show and demonstrated their skills.
Shotokan karate clubs which took part were Leopards,
Serengeti, Amani, Ukombozi, Traditional and Dolphin from Dar es Salaam as well
as Upendo Shotokan group of Morogoro.
Others were Goju ryu karate clubs represented by Jamhuri dojo
which is led by sensei Kheri Kivuli, Gojukai Dar and Bagamoyo groups.
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