Kickboxing event to storm coast

Kickboxing event to storm coast The Namibia Kickboxing Federation (NKF) will host the Desert Storm 1 international kickboxing competition at the coast on Saturday.

Kickboxing, self-defence and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu will be some of the events seen on this day.

This is the first event of its kind for Namibian kickboxing and there will be a world title fight as well as three African title fights.

The one-day tournament will only feature men as the NKF is only one year old and currently there are no women with black belts to compete in title fights.

Women will participate in the national trails and participants will be from USA, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa and host Namibia.

Anita de Klerk, president of the Namibia Kickboxing Federation, said that during the day national trials will be held for all kickboxing clubs in Namibia.

“These will aid towards a selection of an inclusive Namibian team to represent the country at international level in competitions. This will also enable athletes to set and improve their own standards as well.”

The world title fight will be between Brandon Mashele (South Africa) and Clain Matrix (Reunion Island).

The Sub-Sahara title fights will be fought by: Delano Müller (Nam) vs Tabiso Mkhwebane (South Africa) in age group 13; Lesley Hoaeb (Namibia) vs Nico Bezuidenhout (South Africa), welterweight; and Julian Müller (Namibia) vs Johan Scholtz (South Africa), middleweight.

LIMBA MUPETAMI