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Hoosain Narker
-South Africa
I live in Retreat (a historic place - a battle between the Boers and the Red Necks took place here so many years ago -that was at the turn of the 20th Century) Retreat is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Some great pics of Cape Town can be viewed on my site.
I started with Ashihara Karate in December of 1984, obtaining
Branch Chief status in March of 1985. I opened the original dojo
in 1980 as a 17 year old and by April of this year, I will have been training
for 25 years. What I am particularly proud of is that I have been training
continuously without stopping other than the small breaks.
Since 1990, I have been involved as a Administrator on
a Macro level. In the past, I have written articles, etc. for many of the
top International M.A. magazines, but I have been lazy for some time. Hopefully
I should get going again soon.
Last year I competed in our Annual Championships - performing
a combination of Shoshin Kata Ichi & Ni and managed to obtain third
place in the Open Kata Division against some expert kata competitors. I
also fought in the Semi-Contact Continuous doing quite well. I would still
like to compete - the only problem is that I am so involved with organising,
etc. that I don't always get the chance. Let's see what the future holds
in for me. :-)
I tend to write a lot, so sometimes I can blabber on
and on - forgive me for that. For a more detailed background of myself,
have a look at my web site at http://users.iafrica.com/a/as/ashihara -
under Kaicho Hoosain Narker - that should be self explanatory.