Dragon Suburbs Karate Club

 In the past nine years of the club's exsitence we have taken over  4000 medals in the combined tournaments of local, provincial, national and international arena's. I Sensei Shaun Kapp started karate in 1993 at the age of seven under my instructor Sensei Ben De Swardt. I stopped karate for six years as a jnr black belt in 1998 due to death in the family, I started again 2003 as a jnr black belt still under the instruction of Sensei Ben De Swardt. I opened my own Dojo in October 2004 ( Myself and my Dojo ) are still going and growing strong. I'm a 3rd Dan Blackbelt and I'll be attending my 4th Dan Black Belt in October 2013.  Since the existence of the club, two of my students attended their 1st Dan Black Belt Gradings & both past succesfully They are:

Jannie Joubert graded 2006 (Shodan)

Sheree Kapp graded 2008 (Shodan )

Bradwill Meyer graded 2011 (Shodan)

Dewald Steynberg graded 2012 (Shodan)

Carla Scholtz graded 2012 (Shodan)

Andries Smit graded 2012 (Shodan)

Charles Bovens graded 2013 (Sandan)

My goal in karate is to make it fun for the students ( Children as well as adults ) but in the process training hard and creating champions... 

 

My achievements are as follow:

 SA JKA BRONZE MEDALLIST IN 2005 KATA U/21 & 2007 U/25 OPEN MEN KUMITE RUNNER UP IN MY RESPECTIVE AGE GROUPS IN 97 & 98 SILWER KUMITE 2004 SILVER U/21 KUMITE & 2006 SILVER U/25 OPEN MEN KUMITE. SA JKA CHAMP 95 KATA, 96 KUMITE, 2005 KUMITE U/21 & 2008 THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY CAREARE SO FAR BY WIINING THE U/25 OPEN MEN KUMITE DIVISION & THE UP & COMMING STAR FLAOTING TROPHY OF THE LATE GREATE SENSEI GORDON ROYFFE.

SA JKA 2012 Elite Open Mens Senior Kumite joint 3rd.

SA JKA 2013 Elite Open Mens Senior Kumite joint 3rd.

I'VE BEEN CHOSEN QUITE A FEW TIMES TO REPRESENT MY COUNTRY BUT NEVER HAD THE OPPERTUNITY TO GO DUE TO LACK OF FINANCE...

I'VE ACHIEVED MY EASTERN PROVINCE COLOURS A NUMBER OF TIMES IN THE JNR STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE SENIOR DIVISIONS.

 I'VE WON THE BORDER OPEN KUMITE IN 2007, THE FISHRIVER SUN OPEN KUMITE 2007, THE FISHRIVER SUN OPEN KATA 2008, THE EASTERN PROVINCE TRIALS OPEN KATA 2008 THE SA JKA U/25 MEN OPEN KUMITE 2008, THE FISHRIVER SUN OPEN KUMITE 2009 AND FINISHED JOINED 3RD AT THE SENIOR KSA ALL STYLES SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009 FOR KUMITE IN MY WEIGHT DIVISION, I  HOPE TO DO WELL IN THE FURTHER TOURNAMENTS I COMPETE IN. 

 

REGARDING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF STUDENTS ARE AS FOLLOW...

WE AS A CLUB OF ONLY ELEVEN ENTRIES WON 21 MEDALS WITH 15 GOLD & 6 SILVER & IN THE PROCESS WINNIG THE SWORD FOR THE BEST CLUB OUT OF 21 CLUBS AT THE SECO CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

WHEN LINDRE VD BERG GOT CHOSEN TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA AT THE COMMON WEALTH CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2009

SHEREE KAPP GOT A SILVER MEDAL AT THE KSA ALL STYLES SOUTH AFRICAN  CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR KUMITE IN 2009

SHEREE KAPP GOT BRONZE FOR KATA AT THE SA JKA SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HER ELITE AGE GROUP DIVISION 

SHEREE KAPP WON HER DIVISION AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS GOLD KATA & BRONZE KUMITE 2007

MARIZANNE JOUBERT GOT DUBBLE GOLD AT THE KSA ALL STYLES SOUTH AFRICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006

SHEREE KAPP WON THE FISHRIVER SUN OPEN LADIES KATA, BEATING ONE OF HER IDOLS AT THE AGE OF ONLY 15 2008

COENRAAD BYLEVELD, BRADWILL MEYER, DEWALD STEYNBERG ALL GOT SILVER AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007

DENRICK JORDAN GOT CHOSEN TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA AT THE COMMON WEALTH GAMES IN AUSTRALIA 2011

IAN JOEL, ANDRIES SMIT, BRADWILL MEYER AND CHARLES BOVENS GOT CHOSEN TO REPRESENT SOUTH AFRICA AT THE ZONE 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NAMIBIA 2013

BRADWILL MEYER AND ANDRIES SMIT ALSO REPRESENTED SOUTH AFRICA IN GREECE AT THE YOUTH WORLD CUP 2013

IAN JOEL, ANDRIES SMIT, BRADWILL MEYER GOT BRONZE AT THE ZONE 6 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN 2013

WELL DONE TO ALL YOU GUYS AS WELL AS ALL THE REST OF OUR CLUB. WINNING OR LOSING YOU ARE ALL CHAMPS & YOU MAKE ME PROUD TO BE YOUR SENSEI...

( KEEP YOUR EXELLENT FIGHTING SPIRIT AND WARRIOR HEARTS, YOU WILL ALL BE CHAMPIONS ONE DAY ) AND REMEMBER WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GETS GOING AND NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND OSS!!! THERE ARE LOTS OF POTENTIAL FUTURE CHAMPS ( JUST TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SA JKA TRACK RECORD ABOVE ) WELL DONE TO ALL YOU GUYS THAT DID SO WELL AT THE SOUTH AFRICAN JKA KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE THE CLUBS EXISTENCE 2004 - 2013.

DRAGON SUBURBS KARATEKAS OF THE YEAR MALE & FEMALE & GRAND CHAMPIONS OF THE YEAR

COENRAAD BYLEVELD & SHEREE KAPP 2005  ( SHEREE KAPP )

JANNIE JOUBERT & MARIZANNE JOUBERT 2006  ( MARIZANNE JOUBERT )

ANTHONY GERBER & SHEREE KAPP 2007   ( SHEREE KAPP )

BRADWILL MEYER & SHEREE KAPP 2008 ( SHEREE KAPP )

TARRAH BROWN 2009

BRADWILL MEYER 2010

TARRAH BROWN 2011

ANDRIES SMIT 2012

WHO IS IT GOING TO BE THIS YEAR ??? ( COME ON GUYS THE GIRLS ARE LEADING. )

 

MANY THANKS TO SENSEI BEN DE SWARDT & SENSEI TONY WILLIAMS FOR YOUR GUIDANCE & SUPPORT IN MY KARATE CARREER AS WELL AS ALLWAYS BEING A FRIEND TO ME.. I APPRECIATE IT. I WISH TO IN THE FUTURE FURTHER STRENGTHEN MY CLUB & TO ALWAYS GROW IN THE SPORT WHICH WE ALL LOVE ( KARATE ) 

 

FUTURE GOALS FOR THE CLUB

GETTING MORE EQUIPMENT FOR THE CLUB TO FURTHER IMPROVE ON OUR TECHNIQUES..

OPENIG 2 MORE DOJO'S IN THE EASTERN CAPE AREA.

TO MAKE MORE STUDENTS ACHIEVE BLACK BELTS

CREATE MORE CHAMPIONS.

AND TO ALWAYS GROW IN THE SPORT.

 

                

THIS IS THE JNR SQUAD THAT TOOK 21 MEDALS AT THE FISHRIVER SUN SECO CHAMPIONSHIPS AND IN THE PROCESS WINNING THE SWORD FOR THE BEST CLUB OUT OF 21 CLUBS WHO ATTENDED THE TOURNAMENT IN 2008.

BACK ROW FROM LEFT : HAYDEN WAALSTRA, ANTHONY LUDICK, SENPAI SHEREE KAPP, CARLA SCHOLTZ, AMY ROSE BOVENS

FRONT ROW FROM LEFT : TARRAH BROWN, SENSEI SHAUN KAPP, BRADLEY WAALSTRA, BRADWILL MEYER, HARLEY BOVENS

ABSENT : SENPAI CHARLES BOVENS AND KELLY CROUSE.