Peter Klipfel Kyoshi

Peter Klipfel Kyoshi 7th Dan 

President of Shoshinkai Africa and South Africa  — 

Head instructor at the TableView  Hombu Dojo since 1989. Now open to classes for adults only.

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Rank : 7th Dan Kyoshi

* History 

  • Started karate 1968 in Vryheid Natal under Rob Ferriere JKA 
  • Started JUDO 1969 – 1974  ( Received Natal Colours)  Shodan 
  • Started Karate 1971 – 74  JKA  Vryheid Natal up to Brown Belt 
  • Short Stint with Kimura Shito Ryu 1977/78   White – to Orange
  • JKA  Cape Town under the late Nigel Jackson 1978 – 80  
  • Okinawan Goju Ryu  under Harry Pieterkoski  1980 – 1982 –  Nidan 
  • Joined the IKGA under Peter Brandon Shihan – Japanese Goju Ryu (1982 – 2000)
  • Joined  Seiwakai 2000 under Ben Mare and Leo Lipinski  – Japanese Goju Ryu.
  • Graded to Godan Seiwakai  in 2004
  • Graded Godan in the JKF Gojukai   2005  Portugal 
  • Graded to Rokudan 6th Dan in Seiwakai 2013
  • Awarded  title of Renshi in 2014
  • Graded to Shichidan / Nanadan  7th Dan in Seiwakai  2019
  • Awarded title of Kyoshi  on 2020
  • 2025   Formation of the NEW SHOSHIN KAI 

Peter Klipfel  Shihan

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Accomplishments in Martial Arts.

  • Represented JUDO for  N. Natal  and received Colours..
  • Took part in the South African Games twice for Judo 
  • South African karate All Style PROTEA junior members x 7 
  • Two world junior champions in the all style international sport arena WKF and WUKF kata division. 
  • Produced 80 Seiwa Kai Black belts, 
  • 150 WP all styles champions are accredited to Peter Klipfel Kyoshi tuition. 
  • 70 National champions came from the TableView/ Hout Bay Dojo.
  • Represented  Western Province at National Level on several occasions
  • National Champion kata 
  • Veteran  Champion  Gold Medal All Styles. PE 
  • Represented self  in a tournament in Singapore .Apartheid times for Goju kai 
  • Graded in Japan under Gogen Yamaguchi  for Nidan in 1983
  • Graded from Nidan to Yondan by Goshi Yamaguchi .. My instructor Peter Brandon Hanshi IKGA
  • Graded from Godan to Shichidan in Seiwakai under Ben Mare Kyoshi

About the instructor

Originally from 1983 – 1999  a student of Peter Brandon Hanshi of the IKGA. Great years under the guidance of  top class instructors.. In 2000 he joined  Seiwa Kai Goju Ryu under the leadership of Ben Mare shihan that is the president of Seiwa Kai South Africa..

2025 he left Seiwakai to form the NEW Japanese Goju Ryu karate Association call SHOSHIN KAI

 

2025  –  Birth of SHOSHINKAI Goju Ryu in South Africa 

 

The TABLEVIEW   dojo  was established in  1990.. 

We hold to the following rules and etiquette.   

  • Strict Traditional Japanese Goju Ryu Karate training..
  • We are NOT a sport karate dojo. However our kata are all defined by the JKF gojukai.
  • Students and instructors aspire to train hard to reach excellence..
  • Students will become instructors and continue the legacy of Gogen Yamaguchi / Goshi Yamaguchi  and Shuji Tasaki sensei. through our new heads of the Shoshinkai  Deena Naidu Hanshi , Tino Ceberano Hanshi and Hiroshi Fujimoto Hanshi 

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