Dorfman Karate
Health in Johannesburg

Karate:Authentic Japanese self-defence system, fitness regime and sports instructionAll ages, all beltsInternationally recognised gradesSelf-defence:For all ages and gendersNo prior training neededBranches:Parktown North and Norwood.

Dorfman Karate aims to impart the true essence of traditional karate by fusing the knowledge of Malcolm Shihan and Shane Sensei with the core precepts of KWF karate devised by legendary Grandmaster Mikio Yahara.These teachings have the ultimate technical objective of creating complete harmony of the body, mind and spirit in order to deliver a single technique which is capable of incapacitating an opponent (ichigeki hissatsu). As we believe that a true karateka is a holistic being, our aim is to not only ensure that our members receive top technical instruction, but also become beneficiaries of all the valuable and deeper aspects of karate training. We believe that there is a place for everyone in our dojo irrespective of age, belt level, physical condition and/or level of competitiveness. Our classes are therefore designed to accommodate our members’ individual needs accordingly. This has been engrained through the expert tutelage of both Sensei Shane and Sensei Malcolm, through their continuous involvement in my development. The level of competency, care and structured development of our 7 year old son has been brilliant. Not only has he had consistent growth in his karate capabilities, but he has also become more confident within himself. Entry Processes (the number of processes running concurrently) Shane is a former Protea team captain, and was senior South African All-Style champion for 8 consecutive years, before retiring undefeated. On the clinical front, Dr. Dorfman is radiologist in private practice where his special interest field is chest radiology. Shane has acted as a consultant to many public and private sector healthcare entities and held a number of senior management and executive positions on the business side of healthcare. He has also served on the boards of various healthcare companies both in an executive as well as non-executive capacity. Shane has acted as a part-time lecturer at Wits Business School and consults to an array of local and multinational corporates in his specialist area of Performance Optimisation and Leadership Fitness & Wellness where he amalgamates his knowledge bases of health and wellness, martial arts and cutting-edge business theory. Shane also has a number of other corporate products including self-defence and team building. Shane is the only male to have ever achieved the 'grand slam' (i.e. Member of the official National Squad from 1993 to 2002, where Shane was the number one male choice for South Africa in both Kata and Kumite.