This page will feature clips of tournament footage of Ashihara Karate members & Others

1991 Ashihara Karate Sabaki Challenge tournament
Dillon van Rensburg (Audillon van Rensburg) in one of our early tournaments which were like the wild west – in this fight, we have a beginner Ninja warrior fighting against NIKASA brown belt Dillon van Rensburg (NIKO) who is knocked with a Sankaku geri with the opponent scoring Ippon as Van Rensburg could not continue well after 5 minutes had passed even though the legal time frame is a count to 10. Dillon van Rensburg is currently a branch chiefs of the NIKO (New International Karate Organisation) and is not related in any way to or with Ashihara Karate International (AKI).

Hoosain Narker performs a knockout in the US Kyokushin Karate Champs
1999 – US Kyokushin Open Championships held in Maine. Hoosain Narker, the Kaicho of Ashihara Karate International, at age 36 knocks out his opponent in what was declared the best knockout of the tournament with a spinning jumping hook kick on his way to the finals.

Hoosain Narker fighting in 1994 TKD SA Champs 1
Hoosain Narker, Ashihara Karate Kaicho competing in a 1994 South African championships in sparring, full contact with no low kicks division. This clip was shown on National TV

Hoosain Narker fighting in 1994 TKD SA Champs 2
Hoosain Narker, Ashihara Karate Kaicho competing in a 1994 South African championships in sparring, semi contact continuous division. This clip was shown on National TV

Hoosain Narker competing in the 1994 Tae Kwon Do World champs 2
Hoosain Narker, Ashihara Karate Kokusai headmaster and black belt in Tae Kwon Do competing in the 1994 Taekwondo International World Championships in Leicester England.

Hoosain Narker fighting in the 99 US Kyokushin Karate Championships
1999 – US Kyokushin Open Championships held in Maine organised by Shihan Martin Petrovich – Hoosain Narker, Kaicho of Ashihara Karate International (AKI) on his way to the finals. This was the only knockout of the event …

Ashihara Karate’s Hoosain Narker tournament fight
1991/2 – A clip of Hoosain Narker, Kaicho of Ashihara Karate International in one of their early Sabaki Challenge tournaments held in Cape Town, South Africa during the nineties.

Ashihara Karate’s Hoosain Narker in tournament fight
A clip of Hoosain Narker, Kaicho of Ashihara Karate International competing in clicker sparring against black belt Andrew Philander at the AKI International Invitational Sabaki karate championships circa 1996 held in Cape Town, South Africa.

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2019 Blind Buddy Benefit Tournament
Rabia Narker age 13 of Ashihara Karate fighting against Lenika Wolfaardt of Close Combat Kenpo Jiu Jutsu in the MAY 2019 Blind Buddy Benefit Tournament in clicker sparring held at the Sid G Rule Primary School Hall in Grassy Park, Cape Town, South Africa.

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2019 Blind Buddy Benefit Tournament 1
Rabia Narker age 13, fighting against Chloe Bailey of Extreme Kenpo Karate in the MAY 2019 Blind Buddy Benefit Tournament in clicker sparring held at the Sid G Rule Primary School Hall in Grassy Park, Cape Town, South Africa.

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2016 WKO/AKI Mini Karate Championships
2016 – Mini tournament in clicker sparring  held in Strandfontein, Cape. Her opponent is Courtney Conjana, a black belt of the Josui Karate Kai Kan.

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2016 WKO/AKI Mini Karate Championships
2016 – Mini tournament in clicker sparring  held in Strandfontein, Cape

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2019 Rooibos West Coast Karate Championships 1
Rabia Narker age 13, of the Ashihara Karate AKI Honbu Dojo in Cape Town, fighting against Amanda January of Close Combat Kenpo Jiu Jutsu in the AUGUST 2019 Rooibos West Coast Karate Championships in clicker sparring held at the Kathy Johnson Service Centre in Clanwilliam, South Africa.

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2019 Rooibos West Coast Karate Championships 1
Rabia Narker age 13, fighting against Amogelang Tshenyego of Kyokushin Karate Kimberley in the AUGUST 2019 Rooibos West Coast Karate Championships in clicker sparring held at the Kathy Johnson Service Centre in Clanwilliam, South Africa.

Rabia Narker fighting in the 2015 Ashihara Karate Championships
2015 – Mini tournament in clicker sparring (two fights) held at the Sid G Rule Primary School Hall in Grassy Park, Cape. Her opponent is Courtney Conjana, a black belt of the Josuikaikan karate organisation.

Nizaamud-deen Sylvester fighting in the 2019 Blind Buddy Benefit Tournament
Nizaamud-deen Sylvester fighting against a Kenpo Karate opponent in the MAY 2019 Blind Buddy Benefit Tournament in clicker sparring held at the Sid G Rule Primary School Hall in Grassy Park, Cape Town, South Africa.

Karate Assoc of South Africa 1st Unity tournament
In 1992, the Karate Association of South Africa – which had just been unified from the previously advantaged karate structure with the non-racial karate structure, held its first Unified Karate Championships in Pretoria which was sponsored by Black Cat Peanut Butter. Find some scenes of full contact fights with Hoosain Narker and Ashihara Karate members and those from the Western Province being featured in officiating and fighting.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight
1994/95 A clip of Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town competing in an Eastern Cape full contact karate tournament held in Uitenhage, South Africa during the early nineties.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer in tournament fight
-1991/92
A clip of Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town competing in the AKI International Invitational karate championships as a green belt.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 2
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in an Eastern Cape full contact karate tournament held in Uitenhage, South Africa during the early nineties. Check out his Do Mawashi Kaiten Geri (Rolling Heel Kick) which just misses the opponent.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 3
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in an Eastern Cape full contact karate tournament held in Uitenhage, South Africa during the early nineties. Knocking his opponent out with a knee kick (hiza geri)

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 4 in Soweto 97
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in in the 1997 Gauteng Karate Championships in Pimville, Soweto. We had tournaments in townships long before it became fashionable for others to hold them.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 5
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in the 1998 KAWP organised tournament under IKO Kyokushin Rules. In this fight he scores with a shita tsuki over a student of the NIKO group with its representative, Pat Battista coincidentally being the referee.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 6
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in the 1998 KAWP organised tournament under IKO Kyokushin Rules. In this fight he knocks his opponent with jodan hiza geri to score ippon. The referee is Enver Addison, now a shihan in one of the Kyokushin groups.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 7
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in the 1998 KAWP organised tournament under IKO Kyokushin Rules. In this fight he wins his Kenpo opponent. The referee is Nolan Charles of Kyokushin.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 8
Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt at Ashihara Karate International’s Honbu Dojo in Cape Town under Kaicho Hoosain Narker, competing in the 1999 Ashihara Karate Sabaki International Championships held at the University of Cape Town Sports Centre.

Ashihara Karate’s Gakiem Hayzer tournament fight 9 – Kenshikai 2007;
Abdul Gakiem Hayzer, a senior Black Belt with over 30 years of experience, competing in the 2007 Kenshikai Karate (started by the late William Oliver & Other)Tournament held in Johannesburg, South Africa organised by Shaun Burgess. The referee is Dylan van Wyk, IFK Kyokushin Country Representative.

Simon Matjiane Rolling Heel Kick at the ‘96 Ashihara Karate Sabaki International championships
Bekhane Matjiane, Shin Karate Africa Shihan representative, performing a Do Mawashi Kaiten Geri (Rolling Heel Kick) in the 1996 Ashihara Karate Sabaki International Karate Championships organised by Kaicho Hoosain Narker at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Simon was one of the top heavyweight fighters on our circuit those years and together with Abdul Gakiem Hayzer, Stanley Ngcobo, the late Donnie Jonathan Marx and others, completed the 100 Man Kumite as part of their sandan (3rd Dan) test in 1997.