SOUTH - AFRICAN CHIEF - INSTRUCTOR == SHIHAN HANS HAUPT

Shihan Hans Haupt - Doing Masterfull Yoko Tobi Geri Kick.

Chief Instructor for South Africa
Born - in Benoni, Transvaal, South-Africa.
Started Judo training in 1958 and obtained Shodan Judo in 1963.
(Matriculated High School in 1963.)  Started Karate Training in 1964. He obtained Shodan in 1972, 2nd-Dan in1975 @ Crystal Palace (England) summer gashuku under Enoeda Sensei. From Crystal Palace he went to Japan and Lived in Japan for 2 Years 1975 and 1976 where he obtained :
3rd Dan in Karate. (Tenshinkan )
3rd Dan in Aikido and Jui-Jitsu
3rd Dan in Kobudo (Ryu Kyu Hozon Shinkokai)
Returned to South-Africa in 1977 and Started Tenshinkan Karate in SA.
He graded 4th Dan in 1979.
He got his 5th Dan in 1984 in Japan. He graded 6th Dan at the European Summer Camp in Denmark in 1991.
He Graded 7th Dan at the1998
International Summer Gashuku - Japan.
 

Special Thanks goes to :
Senseis : AMPIE PRETORIUS  and STAN MACKASKILL
for their Help and dedication in
establishing the first Honbu Dojo in South - Africa - 1979

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