Medals galore for Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club At Destiny 2016

Walvis Bay Kickboxing Club, which is affiliated with Namibia Kickboxing Organisation and the Namibia Mixed Martial Arts Federation, attended Destiny’s 11th competition in Stellenbosch on 1 and 2 October this year.

Destiny, the annual NMA/ISKA National championship is attended by teams from all over the world. With an average of about 1100 competitors and several thousand spectators over two days of competition. Destiny is open to juniors and seniors of all ages and belt groups. Belt groups compete together under weight and age groups. Lower grades do NOT compete against higher grades. There are 4 divisions in general: Novice (white & yellow belt) Beginner (orange & green belt) Intermediate (blue & purple belt) Advanced (brown & black belt) There are divisions for Points & Continuous fighting, Free style forms, Weapons forms, Traditional Kata & Kumite, Self Defense, Breaking for juniors & seniors, High kick challenge, Extreme kicking, Submission GI & NO-GI Grappling, Tag team matches, Sport MMA and Sport Full Contact & ISKA Full Contact Kickboxing (for adults only).
The team consisted of 24 fighters representing ISKA Namibia: Sensei Dorothy Bachmann, Sempei Danie Bachmann, Alec Knowles, Antonio Jordaan, Caleigh Jordaan, Dawid Bissett, Eva Pretorius, Ivonne Nitz, Jacobus Potgieter, Jennifer Krauer, Joshua Profitt, Martin Bissett, Natascha Sell, Rainier Pretorius, Ray Gryftenberg, Ryno Gouws, Sanett du Prat, Stacey Ndunda, Wolfgang Nitz, Andrew Garbers, Brendan Beukes, Byron Gonteb, Karl Dedekind & Macquillan Brussels.