SENSEI SAN NDLOVU
The founder of Kyoku-Shura RYTHMS, profiled as its classes filled Health & Racquet clubs across Cape Town.
“A confidence within that brings calmness and a sense of inner balance.”
Cape Argus · c. 1999Press archive →
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Chapter 2 · 1994–2010
Kyoku-Shura RYTHMS
A 4th Dan in Kyokushin karate, and the Founder and Chief Instructor of Kyoku-Shura RYTHMS, a modern martial arts form.
4th DanKyokushin karate black belt
1994Natal Champ of Champs, knockdown karate
1996Kyoku-Shura RYTHMS founded
3Visits to the So-Honbu in Tokyo
The Cape Argus called him “a master of movement”. In Kyokushin, the hardest of the full-contact karate styles, he earned his rank in the ring before he ever taught a class.
I.
The fighter
In 1994 Sensei San Ndlovu won the Natal Champ of Champs title in knockdown karate. He went on to reach 4th Dan black belt in Kyokushin, and has made three visits to the So-Honbu, the style’s world headquarters in Tokyo.
II.
A new discipline
In 1996 he founded Kyoku-Shura RYTHMS, a unique modern martial arts form, and leads it as Chief Instructor. Its name is an acronym for Rejuvenate Yourself Towards Healing Mind and Spirit.
The same year, Kyoku-Shura was registered with UKASKO, giving qualifying instructors international access. Several went on to teach on cruise ships and in gyms abroad.
III.
The classes
Public classes began in 1998 and filled Health & Racquet clubs across Cape Town. Shape magazine featured the workout in its South African launch issue in 2000, and Clicks Clubcard Magazine followed in 2001.
In June 2010, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun ran a feature on him: “Karate ‘Sensei’ cheers on Japan”.
In pictures
“A confidence within that brings calmness and a sense of inner balance.”
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SENSEI SAN NDLOVU
Kyoku-Shura RYTHMS in the South African launch issue of Shape: the new move in gyms.
Shape · Oct 2000Press archive →