Chiisai nippon
These Seminars run throughout the year and are highly beneficial to students attempting colour belt or Dan gradings.
These seminars are open to all Goju Kai students locally and Internationally.
Upcoming Chiisai Nippon Dates 2025
20 - 22 February 2025: 3rd All Africa Shihan Seminar
Concluded Chiisai Nippon Dates
2 March 2024: Border Seminar
6 April 2024: Free State Seminar
13 April 2024: Gauteng Seminar
4 May 2024: Seminar
1 June 2024: Seminar
10 - 12 November 2023: Border Grading Shodan to Godan
28 - 30 October 2023: National Shoadan - Yondan Grading Seminar
22-24th September 2023: The 2nd All Africa Shihan Seminar
11 – 13 March 2023 : First All Africa Masters Seminar and Grading
08 - 09 April 2022: OBERBERG Seminar and Grading
07 – 10 July 2022: NAMIBIA Seminar & Grading
16 – 18 September 2022: GAUTENG, FREE STATE & EDEN
Seminar and Grading
Chissai Nippon Archives
Western Province grading
20 - 22 August 2021
Graded to Sandan
Che Stuurman Moses | Dewaldt Van Rooi | Gavin Prinsloo | Greg Cohen | Keanan Woolf | Matthew Raubach | Mickael Van Horsten | Mzini Mzwabantu | Raven Skinner | Ridah Parker | Sipho Pokolo
| Thilen Govender | Tsepo Nyarashe
Graded to Shodan
Chis Young | Filip Secnik | Giles Pohl | Jarryd Fransch | Takayedzwa Gavaza | Marekolodi Teemane | Spokazi Mnyameni
Graded to Nidan
Damon Botha | Dylan Kruger | Jihad Dollie | Likarabo Manciya | Luke Turner
Free State grading
1-3 October 2021
Provincial Head
Louis Kritzinger Shihan
Graded to Shodan
Hermin Veitch
Louis Du Preez
Pienaar Rossouw
Graded to Nidan
Graded to Sandan
Graded to Yondan
Charmari Steyn
Gertie Nel
Francois Coetzee Joseph Mokhoro
Mandilakhe Mbali
Gaps Coetzee
Hein Kleynhans
Mkululeli Ben Mama
Western Province grading
1-3 October 2021
Graded to Shodan
Dominic Vogel
Graded to Nidan
Cristina Mannie
Graded to Yondan
Andre Van Dyk | Darren Kings | Gideon Titus | JJ De Wit | James Lehmann
Gauteng grading
1-3 October 2021
Dojo Head
Sean Ahmed Shihan
Graded to Nidan
Allen Otto | Francois Rank | Mandy Ahmed | Sameer Domingo
Eastern Province grading
29-31 October 2021
Provincial Head
Graded to Nidan
Graded to Yondan
Clayton Thom Shihan
Luchay Weideman | Arden Harris
Melissa Thom | Clive Naido | Samantha Williams - Eden
Graded to Shodan
Jadon Geswint | Dimitri Hafkey |Lybia Carelsen | Ethan Thom | Sachin Patel
Graded to Sandan
Lameez Lee | Lee-Roy Pieterse | Adre Weideman | Xolisile Netnou
Graded to Godan
Lance Oakes
Eden Grading & Seminar
Eden Chiisai Nippon and national trial selection
Samantha Williams Sensei (our Eden representative) brought down a group of students that participated in a training seminar and trials.
The Eden students were very well behaved and trained with much enthusiasm.
Eden province is growing and with the support of Samantha Sensei, her husband and fantastic parents , this province is going to be a force to be reckoned with.
