OVER 100 SWEAT IT OUT AT OYAMA GRADING

MANZINI – Determination and courage was key on Saturday as over 100 Oyama Kyokushin karate artists graded.

This was at the Bosco Skills Centre in Manzini where the Oyama Kyokushin Kaikan Karate Association of Swaziland  (OKKAS) held its first national juniors grading.

There were artists as young as four years old but mainly the event was for those moving from White to Brown belts.
Having all the zeal to achieve higher rankings, the artists stood the gruelling physical fitness test, kata and kumite.

Shihans Mfanafuthi Vilakati and Lucky Thomo as well as seniors Senseis Sivikelo Mgoci, Jabulani Hlatshwako, Linda Dlamini and Bongani Ndzabandzaba took them through the process that lasts the whole day.

“Oyama is on the rise and these numbers show we’re on the right track,” said an excited Shihan Vilakati.
He thanked the artists who made it and that he knew there were many more who did not come for various reasons.
He also noted that a number of parents had also accompanied their children to the event, saying they were grateful as an association.

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