Tanzania Karate do FEDERATION Awards Five outstanding Senior Instructors

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Tanzania Karate –Do Federation (TKF) secretary general, sensei Phillip Chikoko (right), based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and his student Faraja Joseph demonstrate Karate techniques during Mwalimu Julius Nyerere memorial show at National Indoor Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. (Photo by Frank Kimaro)

Top from left Sensei Dudley Mawalla founder of Shotokan Karate Tanzania, middle, Sensei Magoma Nyamuko Sarya, right, Sensei Kheri Kivuli, all three are based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania & bottom left, Sensei Rumadha Fundi (Fundi Romi), based in Texas, USA.

Sensei Edgar Kaliboti, based Sydney, Australia

By Frank Kimaro, Daily News

TANZANIA Karate Federation (TKF) has awarded five outstanding senior karate instructors with Shihan title. Shihan is a formal karate title for someone who has mastered the basic and advanced techniques as well as the principles, concepts and theory of their respective style of the martial arts.

Speaking during a Mwalimu Nyerere Memorial Show in Dar es Salaam, TKF Secretary General Phillip Chikoko said that they appreciated  the role played by the five seniors in developing karate in the country.

Senior instructors who have been awarded with Shihan title are Dudley Mawalla, Daudi Magoma, Kheri Kivuli, Rumadha Fundi and Edgar Kaliboti. Apart from the title, Mawalla and Magoma were awarded 7th black belt degrees in karate, while the rest were awarded 6th degrees.

Mawalla urged young upcoming karate trainees to make sure they do not use the art to harm others in the society. "Karate is not beating someone, it's not about round kicks and all sorts of fighting. Karate stays in the heart, it's about being patient in life and stay strong," he said.

Sports officer from the Ministry of Information, Youth, Culture and Sports, Rashidi Mijuza, urged all sportsmen especially those who are playing karate not to engage in bad manners and avoid illicit drugs. "I urge you, especially youths, to avoid using illicit drugs or even transporting them," he said.

TKF organised the show to honour the Father of the Nation, the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

 More than 50 karate instructors and trainees participated in the show and demonstrated their skills.

Shotokan karate clubs which took part were Leopards, Serengeti, Amani, Ukombozi, Traditional and Dolphin from Dar es Salaam as well as Upendo Shotokan group of Morogoro.

Others were Goju ryu karate clubs represented by Jamhuri dojo which is led by sensei Kheri Kivuli, Gojukai Dar and Bagamoyo groups.