Recognised Grading
Grades that are recognised by Karate South Africa are not people who have graded themselves but who have had a legitimate panel of Japenese instructors and are recognised by the JKF.
8th Dan
- Malcolm Dorfman
- Norman Robinson
- Leo Lipinski
- Stan Smit
- Sonny Pillay
- Peter Brandon
7th Dan
- Rob Farriere
- Pikkis Windell
- Ben Maré
- Vassie Naidoo
- Elias Catten
- Lilian Catten
- Rob Crawford
6th Dan
- Johan le Grange
- Humphrey Skosana
- Mike Norman
- Ian Le Roux
- Karin Prinsloo
- Alan Lamberts
- Jay Padayachee
- Michael Johannes Roetz
- Gary Mahnke
Other
- Chris Botha
- George Harris
- Robbie Reddy
- Stan Hart