Karin Prinsloo (born 1972) is a South African karateka, gold medal winner of the 6th World Games (2001) in the under 60 kg Kumite category[1][2] and Karate instructor formerly based in Durban, South Africa, now hailing from Perth, Australia. She is listed among the top 100 Karate competitors of all time.[3]
Selection for the World Games involves either being placed within the top 8 sports persons in the world in a sport or winning the continental games. In Prinsloo's case she won the All-Africa Games. Prinsloo was the only South African representative of the sport of Karate to attend the 6th World Games.[4]
In 2009 she was part of the national coaching staff for Team South Africa at the Commonwealth Karate Championships as well as in 2010 at the UFAK Africa Championships and Cape Town.[citation needed]
1999: Johannesburg, South Africa: Gold - ladies kumite under 60 kg, Gold - ladies team kata, Bronze - ladies kata
2003: Abuja, Nigeria: Silver - ladies kata, Silver - ladies under 60 kg kumite, Silver - ladies team kumite, Gold - ladies open kumite
In the period 1991 to 2008, within South Africa Prinsloo has been SA JKA female open kata champion 12 times and open kumite champion 7 times and been ranked number one in open kata and kumite under 60 kg more than 10 times. In 2010, she attended the 14th WKF Africa Seniors Karate Championships (UFAK) in Cape Town, South Africa and the 1st JKA Africa Championships in Johannesburg in 2015.
Selected media
Tekki Shodan – Kata & Bunkai – Shotokan Kata – Karin Prinsloo on YouTube
Heian Godan – Important Points and Bunkai by Karin Prinsloo on YouTube
Children Karate Warm Ups on YouTube
Personal life
Prinsloo was born in Klerksdorp and grew up in Heidelberg, South Africa. She started training in Karate in 1982. She studied at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) and obtained a B.Com. (Sport Management) with major in Human Movement Studies. She followed that with a B.Com. Hons (Sport Management) also from RAU.[4] While at RAU she was awarded Sports Woman of the Year in 1992, 1994 and 1995.
In 1997 Prinsloo took ownership of a Karate school called Pinetown JKA Karate and in 2000 established Pinetown JKA Karate Institute.[8] In 2018 Dylan Powell became head instructor at Pinetown JKA. Prinsloo would still like to win a medal at the Karate World Championships.[4]
Prinsloo is active on Facebook with a blog entitled Karin Prinsloo - Karate Blog - For the Love of Karate.
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Karin Prinsloo born 1972 is a South African karateka gold medal winner of the 6th World Games 2001 in the under 60 kg Kumite category 1 2 and Karate instructor formerly based in Durban South Africa now hailing from Perth Australia She is listed among the top 100 Karate competitors of all time 3 Karin PrinslooBorn1972 age 50 51 Klerksdorp South AfricaNationalitySouth AfricanDivisionUnder 60kgStyleKarateJKAFighting out ofPerth AustraliaTeamPerth JKARank6th Dan World Ranking 538th UniversityRAUWebsitePersonal websiteFemale Team Kata The World Games are an international multi sport event first held in 1981 and organised and governed by the International World Games Association IWGA under the International Olympic Committee IOC The World Games are for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games The 6th World Games were held in 2001 in Akita Japan Selection for the World Games involves either being placed within the top 8 sports persons in the world in a sport or winning the continental games In Prinsloo s case she won the All Africa Games Prinsloo was the only South African representative of the sport of Karate to attend the 6th World Games 4 In 2009 she was part of the national coaching staff for Team South Africa at the Commonwealth Karate Championships as well as in 2010 at the UFAK Africa Championships and Cape Town citation needed Contents 1 Achievements 2 Selected media 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAchievements EditOn 25 October 2008 Prinsloo graded to 6th Dan in the Japan Karate Association JKA 5 She was graded by Masahiko Tanaka and Stan Schmidt In September 2015 she was graded by the Japan Karate Federation as a Level C Judge Level D Examiner and Level C Instructor Prinsloo represented JKA South Africa at the following international JKA events 1992 The 4th Shoto Cup Tokyo Japan Ladies Open Kata last 8 competitors 1994 The 5th Shoto Cup Philadelphia USA 1998 The 7th Shoto Cup Paris France Ladies Individual kata Bronze Medal 1999 Female World Cup Sainte Maxime France Gold medal ladies kumite under 60 kg 2004 The 9th Shoto Cup Tokyo Japan Silver Team kumite Bronze Team kata 2006 10th Funakoshi Gichin Cup World Karate do Championship Sydney Australia Silver Team kata Bronze Team kumite 2008 Commonwealth Karate Championships Edinburgh Scotland Bronze individual ladies kumite under 60 kg Silver ladies team kumite 6 Prinsloo represented South Africa at the following WKF World Championships 1994 Kota Kinabalu Malaysia 1996 Sun City South Africa 1998 Munich Germany 2002 Madrid SpainOther achievements 7 1995 Harare Zimbabwe Silver medal ladies kata 1999 Johannesburg South Africa Gold ladies kumite under 60 kg Gold ladies team kata Bronze ladies kata 2003 Abuja Nigeria Silver ladies kata Silver ladies under 60 kg kumite Silver ladies team kumite Gold ladies open kumiteIn the period 1991 to 2008 within South Africa Prinsloo has been SA JKA female open kata champion 12 times and open kumite champion 7 times and been ranked number one in open kata and kumite under 60 kg more than 10 times In 2010 she attended the 14th WKF Africa Seniors Karate Championships UFAK in Cape Town South Africa and the 1st JKA Africa Championships in Johannesburg in 2015 Selected media EditTekki Shodan Kata amp Bunkai Shotokan Kata Karin Prinsloo on YouTube Heian Godan Important Points and Bunkai by Karin Prinsloo on YouTube Children Karate Warm Ups on YouTubePersonal life EditPrinsloo was born in Klerksdorp and grew up in Heidelberg South Africa She started training in Karate in 1982 She studied at Rand Afrikaans University RAU and obtained a B Com Sport Management with major in Human Movement Studies She followed that with a B Com Hons Sport Management also from RAU 4 While at RAU she was awarded Sports Woman of the Year in 1992 1994 and 1995 In 1997 Prinsloo took ownership of a Karate school called Pinetown JKA Karate and in 2000 established Pinetown JKA Karate Institute 8 In 2018 Dylan Powell became head instructor at Pinetown JKA Prinsloo would still like to win a medal at the Karate World Championships 4 Prinsloo is active on Facebook with a blog entitled Karin Prinsloo Karate Blog For the Love of Karate She is married with two children In 2019 Prinsloo emigrated to Perth Australia See also EditList of karateka Karate at the World Games World Karate Federation Stan SchmidtReferences Edit World Games 2001 Karate Records SK Karate Spartak Archived from the original on 16 December 2017 Retrieved 16 April 2019 Koertzen George 12 August 2001 Multi sport team head for Japan Independent Online Sport Archived from the original on 16 April 2019 Retrieved 16 April 2019 Trost Alex Kravetsky Vadim 2014 100 of the Top Karate Competitors of All Time ISBN 9781492239437 Retrieved 16 April 2019 a b c Karin Prinsloo Interview Karate World Games Gold Medal Winner 2001 YouTube YouTube Retrieved 16 April 2019 Karate South Africa recognised Grading Karate South Africa 2016 Retrieved 16 April 2019 Commonwealth Karate Event Scotland 2008 PDF SKF Scotland 2008 Retrieved 16 April 2019 Morris Evelyn 13 August 2018 WomensMonth Women learn to fight back Highway Mail Retrieved 16 April 2019 Mkhize Nosipho 10 January 2017 Pinetown JKA began in the eighties News24 Retrieved 16 April 2019 External links EditPinetown JKA Karate Institute World Karate Federation Karin Prinsloo on Facebook Karin Prinsloo on Pinterest SA JKA Karate on RuClips Karin Prinsloo at the World Games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karin Prinsloo karateka amp oldid 1121025867, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
