Welcome to the Dojo of Valdemar Swart (6th Dan) ~ since 1991

What does karate offer everyone?

KARATE is an excellent form of self-defense. It encourages self-discipline, integrity, builds muscle power, increases concentration and promotes a code of integrity in behavior.

Dojo achievements

Our athletes achieve international recognition in WKF events all over the globe.

We attended JSKA World Karate Championship events in South Africa (2004), New York (2006) Portugal (2010), Mexico (2012) & Italy (2014), Namibia (hosted 2016)

Also WKF Premier league events (2019), WKF Youth League events (2020) & WKF Olympic qualifying events (2021) the past 3 years

We hosted the JSKA Namibia World Cup in 2016 & WKF Region 5 Championships in 2019

Athletes participating at African Beach Games 2023, All Africa Games 2024, AUSC Region South Karate Tournament 2024, Commonwealth Karate Federation 2024

Participation at the Swakop Open 2025, AUSC Region South Tournament 2025

11th JSKA World Karate Championships, Matsuyama Japan 2025 with gold, silver & bronze medals won by our dojo athletes 

Affiliated to JSKA Japan & Namibian Karate Federation

Namibian National athletes competing annually at the AUSC Region South & UFAK championships.

This year is the 10th Anniversary of the SWAKOP OPEN Championship, hosting South Africa, Angola and other international countries. Both traditional & WKF rules-based championship.

 6 National qualified referees & 20 judges

Proudly Region 5 & UFAK judges

Shotokan Karate Swakopmund is affiliation to JSKA World Karate Association & Namibian Karate Federation (affiliated to the Sport Commission of Namibia)

We offer Traditional & Sport Karate, extra classes for Brown belts and Namibian Team athletes, development of judges & referees and self-defense courses for women in our community development program

GRADINGS are held every 3rd month to test for individual improvement.

REMEMBER THAT STARTING OUT IS THE FIRST STEP!!