![]() ![]() The Visit and the TrainingĪlthough we have kept in touch, I don’t believe we had seen each other since at least 1992. Sensei Che’ (also Godan) runs his dojo (not far from Mario) at the Goju Ryu Karate Centre. Sensei Mario (now Godan) has run his dojo at Palm Court Karate (Johannesburg) since 1992 as a full time Sensei with hundreds of students. Throughout all this time Mario and Che’ never stopped training and Mario recently celebrated 40 years of karate. In 2010 I trained for a while again, but returned full time at Cambridge Goju Ryu in 2014. By the time I came to the England in 2000, my training had stopped altogether. I believe Che’ followed suit rather quickly.ĭue to a motorcycle accident in 1989, my own training was halted, although I did return on the odd occasion. Eventually both Mario and I ended up grading to our black belts as teenagers under the late Sensei Teruo Chinen. Another student at the time was Che’ Jagger, who was younger than us and I remember him being joyful and energetic, as well as skillful.īy the time we were teenagers Mario had a two year break from karate due to health reasons. During this time I had begun to train in another dojo further west in Krugersdorp under Sensei Johan Roets. Little did I know that this would be the start of a lifelong karate His name was Mario Sequeira and we soon became friends, even though we were already acquainted at school. As a beginner I quickly looked up to a brown belt who was my age and impressed me with his speed, focus and humble demeanour. I originally started training at 9 years old in 1981 at a dojo west of Johannesburg called the Kilburn Karate (later Florida Karate Academy) under Sensei Paul Andre’. ![]()
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