Here are some of the youngsters doing a age-uke ( rising block ) in their beginners class with Sensei Shaun & Sempai Sheree leading the instructions. The students in the picture are as follow ( Bradley Waalstra 11, Leandra Ribeiro 14, Kelly Crouse 12,
Tarrah Brown 11, Ian Joel 6, Kayleah Akers 6, Hayden Waalstra 7, Andries Smit 11, Alex Schofield 7, Damian Akers 16 & Lesego Mandla. 11 )
LOOK AT THE YOUNGSTER KEEGAN CHIPPS AT ONLY SEVEN YEARS OF AGE SPLITTING ALL THE WAY WITH SEMPAI SHEREE GUIDING & HELPING HIM ALL THE WAY...
| Brother & Sister Sensei Shaun Kapp & Sempai Sheree Kapp challenging each other in a splitt-off...
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TRAINING IS DONE AS IF YOU WERE A BLACK BELT !!! YET WE STILL HAVE FUN AND ENJOY THE TRAINING... THAT IS WHY THE STUDENTS CAN'T WAIT TO COME BACK !
| Students in the picture on the left side getting ready to do a mawhati ( turn ) from their age uke ( rising block ) in a zenkutso- datchi ( front stance ) into their gedan-barai ( downward defencive block ) position. THEY ARE ( ANTHONY LUDICK JNR 9, DEWALD STEYNBERG 11, NICOLE BOTTINGER 12, CLAUDINE BOTTINGER 14 JOE RIBEIRO, TARRAH BROWN 11, TRACEY LUDICK, ALEX SCHOFIELD 7, & HAYDEN WAALSTRA 7.)
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Palesa Mandla at the age of only 6 splitting alongside Bradwill Meyer 13 with Sensei Shaun & Sempai Sheree looking over them...
| Leandra Ribeiro 14 showing us her flexability by doing a forward split...
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