Hoosain Narker, the International Director for Ashihara Karate, a black belt martial artist with over forty five years” experience, has a vast knowledge of many major styles of Martial Arts. He started his Martial Arts career in 1974 at age 10 and holds Dan Ranking in Ashihara Karate, Kyokushin, Goju Ryu and Taekwondo. Kaicho has …

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Ashihara Karate & the Dragon Festival The Dragon Festival with noted artists like Don Wilson, Cynthia Rothrock, Art Camacho and others is tentatively scheduled to be held in Cape Town. Featuring various martial arts activities including the Ashihara Karate, seminars and others and meet and greet with the “attractions” – it promises to be a …

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Street Fight Karate – Ashihara StyleKarate with a difference? Are Japanese karate teachers afraid of imparting the original art of karate to practitioners outside of Japan? Or more to the point, is Japan itself now becoming a major exporter of non-traditional martial arts? Has the time arrived for an abbreviated karate, different in intent and …

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