On Saturday, 14 June 2014 Solis Ortus had its first grading of the year.
This year we graded just under 200 students!
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Open day – 25 January 2014
On Saturday, 25 January 2014 we had our open day for the public to join us in the dojo and see firsthand how we train and what we teach our students.
During our open day many new students registered to join the Solis Ortus family.
What was even more impressive is the amount of mommies and daddies registering with their children to start with the sport of karate. And I am proud to announce that our dojo’s veteran group does really well at the tournaments.
WELCOME to all our new students!!!
Preparing for Shotocup 2014
From 12 – 20 October 2014 the cream of the crop of the karate world will participate in the Shotocup being hosted in Japan this year.
Karate Super League – Bulls Challenge – 2014
On Saturday, 31 May 2014, Karate Super League hosted the first of its three annual challenges – THE BULLS CHALLENGE.
This challenge welcomes dojos and karatekas from all over Africa to participate. We want to give a special thank you to our neighbours in Botswana for always supporting the Karate Super League.
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SAJKA Championships – 23 and 24 May 2014
Approximately 3000 students from all over South Africa competed in this 2 day championship.
58 of these students represented our dojo, Solis Ortus. The team won 42 medals and that is beyond excellent!!!
Warrior Race – 5 April 2014
Saturday morning, 5 April 2014 10 brave warriors got together at 7 AM to go to the Irene Smuts House and compete in the Warrior Race. 6.5km and 17 obstacles awaited us all. We started at 9:50 and finished 2 hours and 20 minutes later. During this day we learnt that no warrior gets left behind and with the help of your team mates you can overcome any obstacle.
Winning isn’t everything
As you all now, we have started the 2nd quarter of this year with a bang with 3 tournaments behind us already and our fist club grading almost upon us (14 June 2014).
I have taken some time during the various tournaments to observe the students and their behaviour while participating and their reactions to winning and losing. In this regard, I want to ask each and every one of our students and their parents to read the following article, “Winning isn’t everything, but WANTING to win is by Vince Lombardi. Parents, please print this page and read it to your children.