Eight members of Goju Ryu Karate Namibia will be going to Okinawa, Japan this Friday, 16 July 2004 until 30 July 2004 to the World Budo Sai for further karate studies. This year is the 25th Anniversary of the IOGKF (International Okinawan Goju Ryu Karate Federation) and Okinawa is hosting this event as part of the celebration .

On the photo a sponsorship is handed over by Mr Friedrich of Retirement Fund Solutions to the team: Back v.l.t.r. Donald Forrest, Jaime Smith, Karin Brockmann, Stefan van der Merwe, Frieda Venter, Peter Cunningham. Front v.l.t.r. Mr Friedrich and Sensei Carl van der Merwe, Chief Instructor Goju Ryu Karate Namibia