{"id":10,"date":"2022-03-19T16:27:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T16:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-05-15T09:07:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:07:34","slug":"karate-cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/?page_id=10","title":{"rendered":"Karate CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-116\" src=\"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/81aL9YIA6tL._SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1;\">\n<li>Commenced Shotokan karate in January 1978 in the South African JKA Karate Association (SAJKA)<\/li>\n<li>Stan Schmidt and Keith Geyer&#8217;s prot\u00e9g\u00e9, 1978\u20131995<\/li>\n<li>Member of Stan Schmidt\u2019s instructors\u2019 class, 1980\u20131995<\/li>\n<li>Hitoshi Kasuya&#8217;s prot\u00e9g\u00e9, World Shotokan Karate-do Federation (WSKF), 1997\u20132018<\/li>\n<li>Head instructor, WSKF USA (1997\u20132008) and France (2009\u20132018)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/7th-dan.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7<sup>th<\/sup> Dan<\/a>\u2014WSKF, 23 June 2012 (Sofia, Bulgaria)<\/li>\n<li>Represented SAJKA at 4<sup>th<\/sup> Shoto Cup (Tokyo, 1992) and 5<sup>th<\/sup> Shoto Cup (Philadelphia, 1994)<\/li>\n<li>Trained in Tokyo six times between 1983 and 2009, including the JKA instructors\u2019 class (1992) and WSKF instructors\u2019 class (2000)<\/li>\n<li>Member of karate cast for theatrical presentation of <em>The Anatomy of Poise and Skill: Karate and Ballet Compared<\/em> (Johannesburg, 1982)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"line-height: 1;\">\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Pulling-No-Punches-Karate-Heresies-Updated-ebook\/dp\/B0CJDB9Z4B\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=colin+smith+pulling+no+punches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PULLING NO PUNCHES &#8211; Karate Myths and Other Stories<\/a><\/em> (self-published April 2019, Amazon.com, third edition April 2024)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKarate and Bragging\u201d, <em>Shotokan Karate Magazine<\/em>, Issue #126, January 2016<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Value of Kata for the Older Practitioner\u201d, <em>Shotokan Karate Magazine<\/em>, Issue 113, October 2012<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKarate and Character\u201d, theshotokanway.com, April 2012<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Japanese Connection\u201d, <em>Shotokan Karate Magazine<\/em>, Issue #103, April 2010<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0A Few Good Moves<\/em> (karate training DVD), August 2009<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKarate Training the South African Way\u201d, <em>Shotokan Karate Magazine<\/em>, Issue #94, January 2008<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Tournament career highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"line-height: 1;\">\n<li>Medalist 63 times (30 gold)<\/li>\n<li>Springbok colours, 1985<\/li>\n<li>Triple gold medal\u2014men\u2019s individual <em>kata<\/em>, South Africa versus USA, 1985<\/li>\n<li>Gold medal\u2014men\u2019s unison <em>kata<\/em>, South African All Styles championships, 1983<\/li>\n<li>U\/70 kg SAJKA Grand Champion (<em>kumite<\/em> and <em>kata<\/em>), 1990<\/li>\n<li>South African Defence Force Grand Champion (<em>kumite and kata<\/em>), 1986\u20131987<\/li>\n<li>Silver medal\u2014SAJKA men\u2019s individual <em>kata,<\/em> 1984<\/li>\n<li>Bronze medal\u2014men\u2019s individual <em>kumite,<\/em> 5<sup>th<\/sup> Shoto Cup (JKA world championships), Philadelphia, 1994<\/li>\n<li>Bronze medal\u2014men\u2019s unison <em>kata,<\/em> All Japan Championships, Tokyo, 1992<\/li>\n<li>Bronze medal\u2014men\u2019s individual <em>kumite<\/em> veterans\u2019 division, WSKF world championships, Tokyo, 2000 and 2004<\/li>\n<li>Best Competitor award\u2014WSKF world championships, Tokyo, 2000<\/li>\n<li>Best Fighter award\u2014South African Universities championships, 1982<\/li>\n<li>South African Universities colours, 1982\u20131983<\/li>\n<li>Karate Full Blue (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), 1983<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commenced Shotokan karate in January 1978 in the South African JKA Karate Association (SAJKA) Stan Schmidt and Keith Geyer&#8217;s prot\u00e9g\u00e9, 1978\u20131995 Member of Stan Schmidt\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":355,"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colinsmithkarate.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}