Tribute to a Legend. . .Hanshi Dr. Patrick Solomzi Makgabenyana. We will run a full Tribute in "Solomzi" October 2015 issue of Oikado newsletter.

1. ‘There was another colleague of hanshi,
dark, big and strong. He was light as oil on
water. Ke lebetse leina la gagwe..” Lameck
Nthekela sensei. Botswana ambassador to
Sweden.
“The freedom that hanshi gave us to explore
our potential, creativity and independence
reflects that the best way to control sheep is
to give them a large spacious midow of land
and that through transience, we should find
perfect existence trough imperfect
existence. . .” Lameck Nthekela sensei
“Osu! It is with great pride and joy that I
went through the Oikado Way.” Nthekela
sensei
“Oikado taught me discipline and to be a
strategist in all aspects of life. . ” L. Nthekela
sensei
“Hanshi Dr. Patrick Makgabenyana, my
greatest Sensei of all time. He never missed
training and most of all he exposed us to
various external, local and international,
instructors and we were happily graded!
We learned how to meditate as well as
introduced us to the Way of Oikado.”
L.Nthekela sensei
Osu!
“Now that I am gown up, I know that
temperance and constancy are my guiding
principles in life and as in the teachings of
Survival Zen Meditation, “in the beginner's
mind, there are many possibilities, but in the
expert's there are a few!” I know that people
who know the state of emptiness will always
be able to dissolve their problems by
constancy. Each day, I honor my obligations
to meditate and continue to train and
practice the Oikado Way!” Osu! Lameck
“ Hanshi has held several black belts across
a number of systems. It was not until he was
introduced to Oikiru Ryu Karate Jitsu Do
whilst in Swaziland in 1982 that he Found the
Ultimate Path. “ topsoil
Grandmaster Teachers of
Hanshi Dr. Patrick S.Makgabenyana, 8th Dan
Ph.D MA.
1. Grandmaster Kanei Uchiba
2. Grandmaster Sao Senzo Yamada
3. Grandmaster Dr. Louis H. Fried
4. Grandmaster Dr. Lou Angel
5. Grandmaster Prof Jack Robinson
6. Grandmaster Rev Chiang Li-Yee
7. Grandmaster Abdul Kader Ismael
8. Grandmaster Dave Maas
9. Grandmaster Danny Redhill
In 2014 Kyoshi Moses Kgosibodiba
submitted hanshi martial arts brief and
letters of commendation and sponsorship to
the International Guardians and to the South
African Martial Arts Hall of Fame. The
submission was in accordance given that
hanshi is RSA born and started and studied
all of his martial arts in RSA. Hanshi has since
I recently posed the question to him: “ daddy,
who grades you?” topsoil
He looked at me with that non-chalant and
expressionless face before he answered.
“. . .topsoil I also have teachers who grade
me. Like you I also have to meet grading
requirements.” PSM.
In January 2014, during our regular weekly
meetings, hanshi asked me how far do you
want to go with your martial arts. I was caught
off guard. I answered honestly. I want to
complete the circle. I new I had completed
the minimum 7 years-in-grade at 6th Dan. He
said to me get ready and cover ground
quickly as I must prepare you for the next
grade. One is expected to stay at least 15
years-in-grade at both 6th and 7th Dans. The
Kyoshi /master’s stage. Ask me. The
requirements are stringent. See my thesis for
been nominated for the prestigious Protea
Platinum Award and to the Hall of Fame. To
qualify one had to be 1. South African born 2.
Started martial arts training on or before 31
July 1968 3. Still active and practicing a
traditional system and 4. Has contributed
largely to the development of martial arts.
We await his inauguration. We have since
sent our congratulations to hanshi and this
nomination was a fitting tribute and birthday
present on the occasion of his 60th Birthday.
Osu!
“By seeking the grail of perfection and wisdom
in the masters, it is then that we can attain the
wisdom of being true and luminated teachers,
and gaining the glimpse of what is ordinary
untold, in being what we ought to be ……” PSM
“ He was quick to slap a student who was slow
yet without scaring them away..” topsoil
Hanshi Dr. Patrick Solomzi Makgabenyana
S O L O M Z I
We Pay Tribute to a Living Legend
“His dojo sessions at UB Karate School
Common Room 458, were usually intense on
technique, discipline and the instilling of a
sense of self belief in his students…” John
Moreti sensei, Botswana ambassador to
Kenya.
“ Although he is a man truly blessed with a
heart-warming sense of humor, he never
smiled during training sessions.’John Moreti
sensei
“ He would leave you exhausted from
repeated practice in the application of
techniques and when the session ends
humorously remark that those with body
pains or fatigue can look forward to good
massages from their female partners.”
“ He only smiled and laughed after
training.”
“ His commitment to a total approach in the
management of the martial artist led him to
devote more of his additional time to
counsel us on the importance of diet,
minimal weight lifting and meditation to
achieve better results in our pursuit of
excellence.”
“He exhibits everything about the Way in his
walk, cadence, eloquence, philosophy, gaze
and respect for other beings, young and old.”
John Moreti sensei
“ In him I instantly found a martial arts teacher
of distinction, devoid of mundane and
Tribute to a Living Legend
“Teach them the ways of war before those of
peace, it is from this essential difference that
their fragile innocence will appreciate the
subtle essence of peace. This is their essence
they would comprehend all the wonders
found in the harmony of the Universe….”PSM
Fusion of Old and New. Students from the eras of Fukayama and Oikado. Unity
in Diversity. Diversity in Unity. Hanshi has studied and graded in various
systems before he found The Ultimate Path in Oikiru Ryu Karate Jitsu Do
which system gel all he had studied. His students continue the legacy.

2. THE ADVENT OF OIKADO IN BOTSWANA
1980: Hanshi whilst at University of
Swaziland, Kwaluzeni campus, met with one
Thabo Twala sensei, a Sandan in both
Shotokan and Kyokushinkaikan. Sensei Twala
introduced hanshi to distinguished
grandmasters in Manzini in particular to
Grandmaster Kanei Uchiba who specialized
in Oikado.
1982: Grandmaster Kanei Uchiba introduced
hanshi to Grandmaster Sao Senzo Yamada in
Durban who in turn introduced hanshi and
Twala sensei to Grandmaster Dr. Louis H.
Fried. 10th Dan in Oikado and member of the
World Sokeship Council. Grandmaster Dr.
Fried continued the education of hanshi in
their system and graded him 6th Dan in 1987
and conferred him the title of Kyoshi Patrick
S ol omzi M a kga beny a na . Ky os hi
Makgabenyana also was issued with the
International Instructors License and was
admitted into the prestigious institution as a
life member of the International Society of
Martial Artists [ ISMA].
1998: Kyoshi Patrick S. Makgabenyana was
admitted into the National College of
Martial Arts International [ NCMA] and was
graded Schischidan[7th Dan] by the
founder of Tenshi Goju Karate Do,
Grandmaster Dr. Lou Angel, 15th Dan Black
Belt holder.
With this licensure hanshi began the
process of the oathed principle to teach the
new martial art system in Botswana, Oikado
Martial Arts School Botswana was duly
registered with Registrar of Societies 7
November 1994. It opened its first dojo at
the University of Botswana as UB Karate
School@Common Room 458 in 1986. An
This became the forerunner of the present
day Oikado Martial Arts School.
1986-1991 Introduced and taught OIKADO to
the University of Botswana Karate School.
Kyoshi Moses Kgosibodiba, 6th
Dan is among
the founding student members and the first
three to grade 1st
Dan Black Belt Oikado in
1989.
The number of students Hanshi Dr.
Makgabenyana has taught and continues to
teach is countless. Most have now taken
responsibility of running Oikado Martial Arts
School International Botswana. With these
development and having graded and
graduated many students, Hanshi now
concentrates on writing martial arts
monograms and books. Hanshi has written
several books under the theme The Martial
Arts Legacy: 12 Volumes.
“In the ways of our Way the seeker of the
truth is unbounded in mind and heart, he
goes beyond the fact of illusions and
content of his own ignorance for he does not
seek with the persuasions of his ego and
mind, but of the heart and spirit. The
incredible wonder and brilliance that which
is there can only be comprehended in
pureness and emptiness of the mind and
spirit…” Hanshi Dr. Makgabenyana, The
H an sh i D r . P a t ri c k S ol o mz i
Makgabenyana, 8th
Dan was born 12
December 1954 in Alexandra Township,
South Africa. He grew up in Soweto, Tladi and
Mapetla where he began the study of martial
arts in 1968. He studied the martial art system
of Wing Chu Do and Kyokushin Karate Do in
Kliptown. In December 1969 he relocated to
Botswana. He began teaching the martial arts
in 1972 to many people and secondary
schools, and advanced his knowledge of
martial arts with the styles of:
1968-1972 Judo, Jujiutsu and Karate under
Grandmaster Professor Jack Robinson.
Wing Chu Do Kung Fu under Grandmaster
Rev. Chiang Li-Yee.
1970-1978 Kyokushinkaikan Karate Do under
Grandmaster Ismael Abdul Kader
Shihon Kyokushinkaikan Martial Arts
Academy.
1978-1984 Dynamic Karate under
Grandmaster Dave Maas
1980-1984 AKP Karate Do under
Grandmaster Danny Redhill.
From these trainings and attachments he
qualified for the scholarship to study the
Unique system of Oikiru Ryu Karate Jitsu Do,
OIKADO (one of seven systems under the
Oikiru Ryu Martial Arts Family). Hanshi
became one of the most distinguished and
distinctive martial arts teacher up to
present.
1986 Hanshi introduced Oikado an founded
Oikado Martial Arts School
International Botswana.
In 1987 Hanshi was graded 6th
Dan Black
belt by Grandmaster Dr. Louis H. Fried, 10th
Dan Tenshi Gojukai, and was admitted as a
chartered instructor into the International
Society of the Martial Artists (ISMA).
1st
January 1998 he was graded 7th
Dan
Black belt by Hanshi Lou Angel (10th
Dan,
Tenshi Gojukai Karate Do & Member of Soke
Council).
10 March 2011, Hanshi Lou Angel of
National College of Martial Arts (NCMA)
International conferred Dr. Patrick
Makgabenyana the Doctoral Degree
(PhD.MA) and 8th
Dan Black belt in Martial
Arts.
Martial Arts Teaching History:
1972 Saint Joseph’s College Karate Club,
Kgale Gaborone and to various institutions
in Botswana up to present.
1980-81 Kwaluzeni University Swaziland
1984 Bulawayo Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
1975-1986 Established the Fukayama Kung
Fu School of Martial Arts, Lobatse, Botswana.
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Rewind 1989: “ Hanshi did not confine
instruction to the dojo. Learning went on
everywhere all the time you were with him.
One day in 1989 after training, Motshegetsi
sensei and I were escorting him out of campus.
He lodged in extension 14. He gave us money
to buy him something from the university
tuckshop. We were gone for less than two
minutes and when we returned he was
nowhere to be found. We knew it was a lesson
and a challenge. We were running around all
the possible routes he could have taken but
failed to locate him. We took our search off-
campus, hoping to overtake him and even went
all the way to his house, more than a kilometer
away but did not find him. We gave up, but had
learned our lesson as young black belts. We
never talked about it but for me, it was a lesson
on “evasion” a survival technique.” Shihan
“Hanshi identified the True Spirit of
Martial Arts, and nurtured it earlier on in
learning. This is an attribute that we
should crave for. It is through Hanshi'
meticulous attention to this detail that a
lot of us who thought martial arts was all
about being rough and macho were first
taught to be submissive. I would dare say
in the late eighties weeding off misuse of
our techniques had the severest of
punishment. Such was a necessary
teaching. It also dawns in me that a lot of
techniques of Oikado were not taught to
people who would get into trouble with
the techniques later in life”.
Shihan Dr. Patrick Masokwane
“Hanshi has an innate mechanism of
ensuring that all his children engaged each
other. It is interesting that today "any student
of OIKADO has something to learn from
other students of OIKADO". In other words
Hanshi deposited a huge Martial Arts
knowledge base on all of us”. Dintle
“The key perspective that Hanshi put forth in
us is emphasizing transcendental and
translational martial arts, some perception
that does not lead to the artist being left at
one dimension of Martial Arts”. Maburu
“It is amazing even after months of no
conversation he would address the student’s
worries including the latest concerns”.

3. 武
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KYU RANKS
Beginner 10 9 8
Semi Advanced
7 6 5
Advanced
4 3 2
Shodan-ho
0
Senpai
1 2
Expert/Sensei
3 4 5
Master /Kyoshi
6 & 7
Grandmaster/
Hanshi 8 & 9
Soke
10th Dan
OIKIRU RYU KARATE JITSU DO [ OIKADO ]
BELT RANKING SYSTEM
by Kyoshi Moses Kgosibodiba, TDG/2015
Moses Kgosibodiba
P.S.Makgabenyana
The Creed of Oikado: dojo kun
Humility is my Sword
Respect my Shield
Patience my Chariot
Self-control my Armor
Logic my Strength
Discipline my Pride
And in our for peace and in serving each
other we all become free.
Osu!

4. OIKADO BEGINNINGS : HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
1939:- SHIDOSHI YAMADA TOHEI AND
SHIDOSHI KIMURA TODANA MET AT
KYODO,OSAKA AND DISCUSSED THE
POSSIBILITY OF INTRODUCING A SYSTEM
OF MARTIAL ARTS THAT WOULD BE
T R A N S C E D E N T A L I N
T E C H N I Q U E , C H A R A C T E R A N D
SPIRITUALITY.SHIDOSHI YAMADA
SPECIALISED IN THE YAMAGUCHI CLAN
FAMILY STYLE OF NINJUTSU AND
TODANA IN THE OIKEN-KATO HOTO-
JITS U,WHICH SPECIA LISED IN
WEAPONRY AND ZEN SYSTEM
PHILOSOPHY.
YAMADA TOHEI WAS THE DIRECT
DESCENDANT OF THE FOUNDER OF THE
CLOSED SECRET CLAN OF THE TOHEI
CHIJITSU SHOREI YAMADA- ONE OF THE
G R E A T E S T C L A N D E S T I N E
ORGANISATIONS OF THE BLACK NINJAS
OF THE MOUNTAINS OF THE
YAMAGUCHI.
SHIDOSHI KIMURA TODANA WAS THE
LAST OF THE DESCENDANTS OF THE
GRANDMASTERS OF THE SAMURAI CLAN
OF THE EUNEYISHI.THE TWO SHIDOSHI
BEGAN RECRUITING THE VARIOUS
SYSTEMS OF THE OUCANA KOBU-JITSU
AND THE KUNG FU OF THE NORTHERN
SHAOLIN THROUGH THE MONK TE-MO
CHUNG. IT IS THROUGH THE
COMBINATION OF THEIR BEST
TECHNIQUES THAT THE BASIC CONCEPT
OF THE COMMON FACETS OF STYLES
EMERGED UNDER THE FOLLOWING
PRICIPLES.
1. THE STANDARD OBJECT TO IMPART
AND IMPORT MARTIAL ARTS IS MAN.
2. ALL MARTIAL ARTS ARE A CREATION
OF COMMON DENOMINATIONS OF
FIST, KICK, BLOCK AND STANCE AND
THEIR SUBDIVISIONS.
3. ALL MARTIAL ARTS ARE THE
FALCRUM OF PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND
S P I R I T U A L D E V E L O P M E N T
FROM THESE PRINCIPLES EMERGED THE
CONCEPT OF “THE UNIFYING FIST OF THE
WAY OF THE TECHNIQUES”, OIKIRU RYU
KARATE JITSU DO[ OIKADO ].
SENSEI KOHEMI TASHIMATA OF THE SCHOOL
OF KIJU ENJOINED THE “UNIFYING FIST” AND
INTRODUCED THE FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT OF
THE TECHNIQUES OF NINJITSU BO-KU JITSU,
THE ART OF THE INVINCIBLE WARRIOR THUS
TRANSFORMING THE SYSTEM INTO ONE OF
THE FORMIDABLE SYSTEM THAT WHICH IS
TRANSCEDENTAL IN NATURE, FUNCTION AND
STRUCTURE.
1. JUIJITSU 2. KUNG FU 3. NINJUTSU JUITSU.
1940:- THE BREAKAWAY SENSEI OF THE
SHOTOKAN, O’SENSEI SHIMUZI HAYAMATA
JOINED THE CLAN AND INTRODUCED THE
ASSIMILATION OF THE KYOHAN WAY
FOLLOWED BY THE ENJOINING OF THE DARK
TEMPLE TEACHER SIFU SHI-HI JONG SU WHO
KEPT THE SECRETS OF THE IRON FIST
SYSTEM.
IT IS IN 1942,DURING THE WAR SHIDOSHI
DR.LOIUS H.FRIED MET WITH SENSEI SANA
KANO, THE RELATIVE OF THE FOUNDER OF
JUDO(DR JIGARO KANO).IN THE ARMY
OPERATION THAT THESE INTRODUCED TO THE
SYSTEM OF THE UNIFYING FIST, SINGLE FIST
STYLE AND THE INTRODUCTION LED TO THE
MEETING OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE
1945.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CONSISTED OF
TADANA, YAMADA, HAYAMATA, SU AND THE
LATER MEMBERSHIP OF O’SENSEI HITORI
KAMATA OF THE TRADITIONAL TANG SOO DO
SYSTEM.OUT OF THIS MEETING DR.LOIUS
H.FRIED AND KUSUSI KOTE WERE TRAINED
FOR SIX YEARS AND LATER WERE
COMMISSIONED TO ESTABLISH THE UNIQUE
CLAN IN THE WEST WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO
PROPAGATE THE ULTIMATE OBJECTS OF THE
UNIFYING FIST. 2
1954:- THE UNIFYING FIST WAS
INTRODUCED IN THE USA AND LATER IN
THE BAHAMAS, TAIWAN, THE UK. THIS
INTRODUCTION IN THE WEST AND TO
THE REST OF THE WORLD WAS WITH
STRICT REQUIREMENTS THAT ITS
TEACHINGS BE BASED ON THE
KNOWLEDGE, COMPETENCY OF THE
TREE UNIFORM SYSTEMS OF THE
TRADITIONAL ARTS OF KUNG FU,
KARATE AND NINJUITSU.THEREON, THE
SYSTEM SPREAD UNDER THE OATHED
PRINCIPLE OF THE YAMAGUCHI-
NINJUITSU WHICH ESPOUSED THAT
1. SILENCE AND SECRECY IS THE
STRENGTH OF FORTITUDE
2. ONLY THE CONCERNED AND
SELECTED SHOULD BE TAUGHT THE
INTRINSIC ASPECT OF THE UNIFYING
FISTS
3. THE TEACHINGS SHOULD BE
TRANSCEDENTAL IN THE WHOLE
CONTEXT.
I N T H E Y E A R 1 9 6 0 : - T H E
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF MARTIAL
ARTISTS WAS FORMULATED IN THE
RHIKYU ISLANDS AND THE OVERALL
DECISION WAS BASED ON THE
WESTERN/EASTERN DIVIDE WITH THE
MAIN HEAD OFFICE SITUATE IN
OSAKA,JAPAN AND THE SECOND
SUBSIDIARY OFFICE IN FLORIDA,USA
HEADED BY GRANDMASTER DR LOIUS H.
FIED WHO IS NOW THE O”SENSEI FRIED
(12TH
DAN).
SUBSEQUENT TO THESE IS THE
ENJOINEMENT OF GRANDMASTER
DR.LOU ANGEL, 10TH DAN, UNDER THE
FELLOWSHIP OF THE SOKO COUNCIL OF
JAPAN, IN WHICH DR FRIED WAS THE
FOUNDING MEMBER AND SECRETARY-
GENERAL TO IT.
IN ESSENCE THE SOKO COUNCIL WAS
THE GRANDMASTER PARLOUR OF ALL
GRANDMASTERS OF DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS OF MARTIAL ARTS FOUNDED
IN THE CITY OF SOKO, JAPAN AND THE
UNIFYING FIS WAS DULY ACCEEDED TO
THEREON THE SUBSEQUENT BIRTH AND
RECOGNITION OF THE SAKATI, SABATI,
KYOKOSHIN-KAI- KAN AND GOJU-RYU
SYSTEMS WERE OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED
AS UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
TRADITIONAL MARTIAL ARTS.INTER-
ALIA THE FOUNDER MEMBER OF SHITO-
RYU, A BREAK-AWAY OF THE
TRADITIONAL SHOTOKAN WAS ALSO
ACCREDITED RECOGNITION.
I S M A B E G A N T O S P R E A D
INTERNATIONALLY AND ONLY ADMIT
PEOPLE OF OVER 20 YEARS OF TRAINING
IN THE VARIOUS STYLES AND
ACCORDING TO THE STATUTES OF
M A S T E R S A N D U P O N T H E
RECOMMENDATION OF THE PRINCIPAL
MEMBER. 3
OUT OF THIS MEMBERSHIP THE
INDIVIDUAL IS GIVEN THE SECRET
CODES OF CONDUCT AND THE
DEVELOPMENT LESSONS FROM THE
ADVANCEMENT OF THE MEMBER
U N T I L H E A T T A I N S T H E
MASTERHOOD STATUS.
IN SOUTHERN AFICA, THERE SEVEN
MEMBERS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN
SOUTH AFICA, NAMIBIA, BOTSWANA
AND ZIMBABWE.INTER-ALIA JAMES
THORNE WAS SUCH MEMBER PRIOR
TO HIS DEATH.
SHOTOKAN, SHITO -RYU, THE
UNIFYING FIST AND OTHER SYSTEMS
OF JAPANESE CHARCTER ARE
REPRESENTED IN THE SOKO
COUNCIL BY THEIR DIFFERENT
MASTERS.
OIKIRU RYU MARTIAL ARTS
SYSTEMS
1. OIKIRU RYU NINJITSU DO
2. OIKIRU RYU KEMPO KARATE
DO
3. OIKIRU RYU KARATE JITSU
DO
4. OIKIRU RYU JU-JUJITSU DO
5. OIKIRU RYU AIKI JUTSU DO
6. OIKIRU RYU JU-JUTSU DO
7. OIKIRU RYU TAI JITSU BUGEI
DO
8. OIKIRU RYU GOJU KEMPO
KARATE DO
These systems were classified as
traditional under the school of the
K o d o k a n , J a p a n .
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5. In our drive to take Oikado to the people,
Kyoshi Kgosibodiba has had several live
radio interviews with GabzFM.
Regional Chiefs and indeed black belts are
expected to continue taking Oikado to the
people. A number of Oikado Facebook and
whatsApp groups have been created with
membership drawn from across global
martial arts. Regular posts on and about
events, activities and technical discussions.
9 Key Strategic Goals
Administration and Leadership
1.To have identified the champion for the
program by 2018
2.To have created and staffed a full time
administration office for the program by
2018
3.To achieve at least 30% of women in
leadership and decision making positions in
Oikado martial Arts School and to facilitate
their presence in all existing Oikado
structures by 2018.
Marketing:To develop and implement a
comprehensive marketing plan to 2018
Finance:
To have come up with funding and
sponsorship initiatives to enable “Women in
Action in Oikado” to match 25% of their
allocation by 2018.
Advocacy and Awareness
To develop guidelines for advocacy for
women and girls in Oikado and sport karate
by 2018.
Capacity Building
1.To have increased the skills audit index of
women administrators and sensei by
December 2018.
2.To train women and girls in the field of
sportsmanship by 2018.
3.To create a database of national women
resource persons by 2018.
Equitable Distribution of Resources
To ensure that Oikado has a funding
allocation specifically for women and girls in
Oikado by 2018
Effective Organizational Structures
To revive existing Oikado structures to make
them functional by December 2018
Participation
To have at least 30% of women in various
Oikado committees and boards.
Number of Women and Girls Attaining
Black Belt Status
To increase the number of women and girls
attaining black belt status by 2018
L-R: Chunga sensei, Oitsile sensei and
Shihan Lekgatlhane. Rei. Osu!
Women & Girl empowerment. A tabler
during Oikado 2014 Independence Cup.
‘Women with a Loud Kiaaa! Ossu!
Critical Success Factors
1.Administration and Leadership
2.Marketing 3.Finance 4.Advocacy and
Awareness 5.Capacity Building
6.Equitable Distribution of Resources
7.Effective Organizational Structures
8.Participation 9.Number of Women and Girls
Attaining Black Belt Status
This program and initiative is part of greater
programs of Oikado Martial Arts School. The
Grassroots Development Program, Training
and Advancement in Oikado, Nationwide
Training and Coaching Clinics, Overnight
Training Gashuku and lately the Special
Programs and Initiatives and Oikado
campaigns to attract children, girls and
Aims
1.To increase the current level of
participation by women and girls and
retain such levels into the next century.
2.To increase women and girls participation
and awareness in all areas of Oikado,
sport karate and karate as recreation
3.To promote healthier and community and
regional based participation in Oikado
4.To establish a network among all women
and girls and stakeholders involved in
sport karate for the purpose of
resource sharing, exchange of ideas,
skills and information
5.To promote education, mobilization of
women and girls in sport through
better training and coaching
techniques and administration
6.To work for the advancement of goodwill,
unity, solidarity and peace of women
and girls in Oikado and sport karate.
Vision
To be the leading martial arts advocacy
school influencing women and girls
participation in Oikado and in sport and
sport karate nationally and internationally.
Mission
To create opportunities that promotes
women and girls participation in Oikado
and sport karate through advocacy,
awareness and capacity building in
Botswana.
Program Motto
Oikado Marketing & Publicity Drive
Women in Action in and for Oikado: “ women with a loud kiaa!”
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A number of Projects and Initiatives to for
Oikado are ongoing. Managing and
running Oikado and dojo is a resource
intensive exercise. To that end to have a
public appeal and visibility, regions and
dojo have a mix of projects such as
branded T-shirts, key-holders and other
merchandise.
Challenges remain in obtaining a supplier
of Golden-yellow karate suit for Oikado.
The search is on with a possible supplier
as far as Pakistan. The Golden-yellow
cloth is hard to come by. Even though the
white suit is available, the prescribed
Oikado cut is not readily available.
A supplier had been identified. The
Golden-yellow defines us and the great
cyclical shifts as espoused in our doctrinal
basis.

6. Jerry Thabeng sensei
3rd [San] Dan
Gojesamang Mmutle sensei
3rd [San] Dan
Tshidiso M. Ogotseng sensei
3rd [San] Dan
Butholezwe E. Oitsile sensei
3rd [San] Dan
Watch Demo. Copy Demo. Keep and
maintain pose. Failure to copy carries a
penalty of 50 push-ups. Are we clear?
Failure to respond, Down! 50. Osu!
The Oikado Technical Board meets once
fortnightly for Overnight Training. 9pm-
6am and All Day from 730am-5pm. 2014
program started 3 January. No free
weekend.
2015 will mainly be conducting Gashuku.
Visiting dojo and regions to check on
compliance.
Package and format Oikado Tournament &
Exhibitions. Together with Kyoshi appoint
grading panels and set grading dates and
requirements.
Monitor and Appraise Oikado Black Belts
cadre. The Technical Board also appoints
members to various temporary boards at
the bequest of Kyoshi. They have been
chosen young in age and Dan grade
purposely.
To remain a TB member, one has to stay evidently active. Attend all TB Gashuku.
Hold, host and participate in Oikado events. Osu!
technical board “Dawgz-of-war” members 150-200 words
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The Oikado Way
Martial arts is a science. The reason
styles are called Ryu, schools. To that
end black belt Dan levels are equated to
academic qualifications. Guidelines
observed. (see page 7)
Oikadoka kohai who are in secondary
schools, college, university and working
must start a culture of martial arts
discourse. Dojo and sensei must
encourage and develop and enforce in
their students. Most sensei and dojo are
embrace The Oikado Way as early as in
the kyu ranks, certainly mandatory for
black belts cadre. It is going to be
difficult if not impossible for Oikado to
yield cadre into Godan and above, yet
we have capacity and indeed educated
Yudansha. Oikado recognizes academic
achievements and requires Yudansha to
have their academic qualifications
commensurate with their rank status.
Oikado Sandan, 3rd Dan Black belt: it
marks ascendency into black belt of
instructorship status. Full status of
It comes with huge responsibility. A
researcher, writer and above all together
with Shidan and Godan they are
technical custodians. They carry and
personify the Technical Gold Standard
of Oikado. Their assessment is very
strict. To that end their visibility in
terms of participation by having a dojo,
hosting and running Gashuku, seminars,
boot camps are important. Participating
in and encouraging martial discourse,
debates, discussions and posting on
Oikado and general martial arts
important milestones. In the ways of our
Way the seeker of the truth is unbounded in
mind and heart, he goes beyond the fact of
illusions and content of his own

7. Training and Advancement in Oikado is a
slow process founded on traditional
principles and stages canvassed herein.
These are synchronized with educational
systems, career development and personal
advancement. The drive is to go beyond the
limitations of techniques and that of the
style/system. To that end learning in Oikado
is not short term exercise. The phases of
development and advancement are strictly
observed when we pass our students into
h i g h e r
status of
rank.
Kirikami Phase – Black Belt 1st
– 4th
Dan.
One is required to practice with total
physical, mental and spiritual commitment.
taught. You are required to demonstrate a
scholarly attitude. Much assessment is placed
on compassion, attitude, humility, obedience,
self-sacrifice, and respect for human values,
life, family and loyalty.
Kyoshi Phase – at this stage one must
demonstrate requisites of a true disciple and
potential master. Once this has been
ascertained you are conferred title of
Kyoshi. It could be anytime from 5th
– 9th
Dan
Black Belt. At this level you have permission
to search for more knowledge of techniques,
theories independently and to innovate,
incorporate, adjust under honor of your
mentor and the school and that of your own.
It is through the above phases that one can
learn, train and develop for many years in
order to acquire the ultimate honor of master
hood. This requires extreme perseverance.
You will need patience as it is a question of
time and rightful quest in The Way of Oikado.
Mokuruku Phase – introduction to the
intense study of theories, techniques,
strategies and weapons until the student
attains unquestionable depth and insight. At
this stage you must demonstrate confidence,
maturity, perfection and foresight. This
stage prepares you for master hood level.
Menko Kaiden Phase – introduction to new
strategies and techniques. One must
demonstrate abilities and apply techniques
and demonstrate interpretation, teach
others (mandatory requirement). One is
required to incorporate techniques, adjust
them and comment on innovations. You also
receive salient secrets and are expected to
maintain them throughout life. This stage
prepares you to master hood (Kyoshi).
Kigurai Phase – here much philosophy is
emphasized in addition to maintaining
standards of previous phases. Various
theories of techniques and warfare are
Local & External Internships Opening a window for our Youthful Black
belts to explore martial arts across a
variety of styles, systems and schools.
Dan candidates are required to go for
internship at various levels of their
development. This requirement is
mandatory and internship report
submitted as part requirement for Dan
Test & Grading.
Remember:: a black belt is a white belt
who never quit.
This is Oikado
It is a requirement for all OIKADO at brown
and black belts to undergo a series of
training attachments with various
organizations regionally and internationally.
These attachments are intended to offer a
combination of:
1.Exposure to training methodologies and
strategies. 2. Opportunity to compare.
3. Opportunity to train outside the ambit of
OIKADO 4. An option to train and be graded
where possible 5. Rank recognition
6. Membership registration
7. Attend courses in refereeing and judging
TRAINING AND ADVANCEMENT IN OIKADO
Phases of Development and Advancement: Black Belt Dan Levels
Page 7 S O L O M Z I
Training and advancement in Oikiru Ryu
Karate Jitsu Do (OIKADO) is a holistic
approach. It covers a wide range of teaching
methodologies from field of education and as
a system it has amalgamated a number of
martial arts styles and systems. To that end
an Oikadoka is required to read, research,
train in and practice across a wide variety of
styles and systems to their disposal. This is
mandatory because as you advance into the
ranks of Black Belt and higher Black Belt
levels one would be required to demonstrate
a diverse martial arts knowledge base.
Training in Oikado therefore encompasses
the following.
1.Educational System – in our teaching we
utilize advances in educational teaching
methods. This is particularly true in learner-
centered approaches and holistic issues. It is
therefore important that an Oikadoka is
conversant with teaching-learning concepts.
2.Career Development – advancement in
OIKADO is treated as a career development
program. In addition it takes into account
career progression both in the field of work
and in the martial arts halls. We are fully
aware that some of our practitioners are not
academically gifted. To that end training and
excelling in the arts should offer them a
window for both personal development and
career development opportunity as
instructors.
3.Personal Advancement – our training
encourages personal growth and
development. There is the great concept of
personal style and Oikado takes cognizance
of that.
4.Belt Rankings- in Oikado practitioners go
through several belt rankings and levels of
advancement. We need to realize that belts
are symbolical, inspirational and to some
indicate level of personal development.
5.In Oikado students’ aptitudinal
development and progression is
mandatory. To that end student development
and progression is closely assessed through
examination of your assimilation of physical
techniques(kihon), intellectual growth (as
would observed when you teach or write
articles, present papers in martial arts),
application(bunkai-odo), spiritual growth
and enlightenment.
Attainment of Black Belt 1st
Dan in Oikado
signifies potential to transcend other ranks
until one achieves true master hood, Tiger Dojo Group Botswana
Ofentse Setiko

8. A Brief on Hanshi: “His pet subject is to write a history of the martial arts in Botswana.” by Stephen Tiroyakgosi
abusive instructors. Oikado dojo must
offer safe and secure environments.
Environments that help nurture and grow
the children and young teens under our
care and instruction.
Dojo must take step further and document
each child presenting challenges in terms
social, personal, educational and careers.
Vulnerable, orphans, delinquents,
absentism both at home and school must
be known. To that end dojo sensei and
administration must take responsibility
and Adopt-a-needy child.
This is our promise to Oikado family and
to the general Friends of Oikado and to
the WOMAACA and Southern Africa
Region and charter.
In the Oikado Way, it is not enough to do
dojo practice. Our teachings and
instruction must have a holistic impact on
the child-budoka under our care.
Osu!
Applications and submissions worldwide are
received to be considered for various
country and regional positions of Charter
President, Ambassador, Associate
Ambassador and appointment to Board of
Directors, The A-Team.
We are happy to announce to our readership
the appointment of Kyoshi Moses
Kgosibodiba as Charter President for the
Southern Africa Region (with 15 member
states) and to the WOMAACA A-Team
member. We wish him well in his new post
and offer him support to further apply himself
and his many talents, knowledge and skills to
the world and to the fight against Child
Abuse.
Website & Facebook: www.
worldofmartialartistgainstchildabuse.com
Email: WOMAACAI@gmail.com
Oikado Grassroots Development Program
and subprograms of Karate Motivation for
Children and Young teens and the Grassroots
Out Reach Program objectives and initiatives
are inline with aims, goals and the objects of
WOMAACAI.
To the end Oikado Regions, dojo and sensei
are to align their programs and daily dojo
instruction to address and support all
campaigns on abuse of any nature and form.
Report regularly on identified abuses and
their interventions thereof.
It is equally important that Oikado dojo offer
a panacea and environment that is free of
I have always perceived Dr Makgabenyana
to be a dedicated teacher and exponents of
the martial arts and have known some of his
highly dedicated students including Kyoshi
Moses Kgosibodiba and Dr. Lekoko Kenosi,
who were both my peers at secondary
school and university.
I first personally met Bra Pat as he was
commonly known in Lobatse in 1986; BU had
known of him through other people in
Lobatse had actually attended primary school
with one of his youngest brother, so he was a
lot older than me. When we met, he had been
on a break from his law studies due to
personal reasons. Both of us were going to go
to the University of Botswana in August of that
year; he to continue with his law degree and I
to start my first year. We were in the
meantime teaching at the Lobatse Secondary
School on a part-time basis.
I taught English whilst he taught History. He
was the most relaxed and easy going
character in the staffroom and despite the
age difference we became friends and he
always called me Bra Steve, which he
continues to do today.
We meet once in a while to discuss a lot of
things including his ongoing projects in
martial arts education in Botswana such as
the books and manuals he is writing or
otherwise preparing.
World of Martial Artists Against Child Abuse[ W.O.M.A.A.C.A.] 150-200 words
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Benjamin Amandla
Mofokeng sensei
Moagi
Lekalake sensei
Kyoshi Kgosibodiba

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