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Shotokan Karate experts and enthusiasts ready for action at seminar held at Byron Bay High. Photo supplied
Shotokan Karate experts and enthusiasts ready for action at seminar held at Byron Bay High. Photo supplied

A group of 23 dedicated adult and teenager Karateka including 13 black belts attended the Kase Ha Shotokan Karate Do & Practical Self-Defence Seminar held at Byron Bay in October.

The workshop was delivered by well-known international instructor Arie Farcas Sensei, seventh Dan Kase Ha and also Krav Maga expert, accompanied by Ron Richmond Sensei and Kora Novak Sensei, both seventh Dan Shotokan and Mark Johnson Sensei, fifth Dan.

This is the sixth Kase Ha workshop organised in the northern rivers by Byron Shire Shotokan, which boasts around 45 local practitioners.

Byron Bay was the only regional stop for Arie Farcas.


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