Coaches Info

My judo career began in 1979 when I started training at the Kano Institute, a martial arts school founded in 1957. I was coached by Carlo and Oscar Knoester. In 1980, I received my first Provincial Colours from Transvaal Provincial Judo and SAAJU, and later from Central Gauteng Judo. I retired from competitive judo after the 2001 South African Championships held in Hartenbos.

I served as an instructor at the Kano Institute from 1997 to 2005. During 1998 and 1999, I was the Junior Provincial Coach for the Central Gauteng girls’ teams, and until relocating to Cape Town, I held one of the Head Provincial Coach positions for the girls. At the 2005 South African Championships in Durban, I was honoured as the Most Valued Female Coach of the tournament.

In 2006, I began teaching judo at several schools in Cape Town, including SACS Junior, Camps Bay Prep and Primary, Fish Hoek Primary, Reddam (Atlantic Seaboard and Tokai), and Sweet Valley Primary. Seventeen of my students were selected to represent Western Province at the South African Championships during the July 2007 holidays.

I was appointed national coach for a Group 1 and 2 team touring Mozambique in December 2007.

I completed the Coaching Level 1 course in 1997 and was among the first coaches in South Africa to complete the inaugural Level 2 course.

In 2008, I relocated to Langebaan on the West Coast, where I served as head coach from 2008 to 2012.

In October 2012, I reintroduced judo to the Southern Cape with the establishment of the Jisei Judo Club.

Teaching judo is my passion, and I have been dedicated to coaching full-time since 1998.