Karate in medal haul

ONGWEDIVA – Namibian Karate Zen, which competed at the 25th Karate Zen International Championship in Cape Town, South Africa over the weekend, brought home 50 medals.

The Namibian team sent 48 contestants to the championship, of whom three collected gold in both the kata and kumite categories. Oshakati and Windhoek are the Namibian karate clubs that sent contestants to Cape Town.One of the contestants and coach of the Oshakati Karate Zen, Freddie Mwiya, said the Namibian Dojo was declared the second overall winner following the Goodwood Dojo from South Africa.”The competition was tough this time, but to come out second overall winner, unlike last year when we were the third overall winner, is an improvement for us,” Mwiya cited.Apart from Namibia, Swaziland (with four contestants) was the only other foreign country represented at the championship at Cape Town while most of the 948 contestants came from different provinces of South Africa.NampaOshakati and Windhoek are the Namibian karate clubs that sent contestants to Cape Town.One of the contestants and coach of the Oshakati Karate Zen, Freddie Mwiya, said the Namibian Dojo was declared the second overall winner following the Goodwood Dojo from South Africa.”The competition was tough this time, but to come out second overall winner, unlike last year when we were the third overall winner, is an improvement for us,” Mwiya cited.Apart from Namibia, Swaziland (with four contestants) was the only other foreign country represented at the championship at Cape Town while most of the 948 contestants came from different provinces of South Africa.Nampa