/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / News/ 0 Comments

Guverineri Hon. Gatabazi yitabiriye Siporo Rusange yateguwe na Komite Olempike i Musanze.

Kuri uyu wa Gatandatu tariki 08 Nzeri 2018, Guverineri w’Intara y’Amajyaruguru; Gatabazi Jean Marie Vianney yitabiriye Siporo Rusange yateguwe na Komite Olempike y’u Rwanda mu karere ka Musanze, mu rwego rwo gushishikariza abatuye aka karere by’umwihariko abakiri bato gukora siporo binyuze muri gahunda yiswe ‘Sports inductive society.”

22
Guverineri w’Intara y’Amajyaruguru, Hon. Gatabazi Jean Marie Vianney arikumwe na Visi Perezida wa Kabiri muri Komite Olempike y’u Rwanda, Bwana Festus Bizimana.

Iyi Siporo rusange yakozwe mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa Gatandatu, aho abatuye akarere ka Musanze bavuye mu bice bitandukanye bikagize, bahurira muri Stade Ubworoherane, aho bakoranye n’abagize Komite Olempike y’u Rwanda bari bamaze iminsi ibiri muri aka karere, batanga amahugurwa kuri Siporo rusange.

55

Guverineri w’Intara y’Amajyaruguru Gatabazi Jean Marie Vianney yashimiye ababashije kwitabira iyi Siporo Rusange, abasaba ko ubutaha babwira bagenzi babo umubare yabonye ukaziyongera.

Yagize ati:”Ndabashimira kuba mwitabiriye iyi siporo. Nanjye byari bigoye ko mboneka uyu munsi, ariko kubera ko nari nziko mba ndi kumwe n’amwe nahisemo kugera hano. Ubutaha muzabwire n’abandi baze, muzabe muri benshi kurusha uko mumeze uyu munsi. Muzi akamaro ka siporo, ntabwo mwahora mu mirimo yanyu gusa. Siporo ni ingenzi mu buzima bwa buri munsi.”

44
Abatuye Musanze bitabiriye ari benshi.

Visi Perezida wa kabiri wa Komite Olempike y’u Rwanda yatangaje ko iyi gahunda iri gukorwa mu turere dutandukanye, aho nyuma ya Musanze, hari ahandi hazakurikiraho.

Yagize ati: “Ntabwo ari uko twahisemo akarere ka Musanze ahubwo ni uko tugomba kugira aho dutangirira, twatangiriye i Nyanza, uyu munsi twaje i Musanze, ubutaha tuzajya n’ahandi. Ni muri gahunda yo kugira ngo tugire abantu badasinziriye, bashyushye bari mu bikorwa, bakora siporo. Turibanda cyane no ku rubyiruko kugira ngo rwitabire Siporo kuko ifite akamaro.”

Agaruka ku mahugurwa yatanzwe ku bazajya bafasha abatuye aka karere muri siporo, Bizimana Festus yagize ati:” Duhugura abakozi kugira ngo babashe kwigisha abaturage siporo kuko ikintu cyose gisaba ubunararibonye. Twabanje i Nyanza, ubu turi i Musanze, duhugura cyane abashinzwe siporo mu turere bashobora gufasha urwego rwa siporo. Igishimishije ni uko iby’ibanze babifite kandi abantu bagenda babyitabira. Abantu bamaze kubimenya kandi bari no kubyitabira.”

Uretse gupimwa indwara zitandukanye zirimo umutima na Diabete ku bitabiriye iyi siporo rusange, hatanzwe kandi n’ibihembo ku basubije neza ibibazo byabajijwe bigaruka kuri iyi Siporo Rusange ndetse na Komite Olempike. Hanahembwe kandi Kanyange nk’umuntu ukuze witabiriye iyi Siporo Rusange.

66
Abasubije neza ibibazo ku bumenyi bwa Siporo na Komite Olempike bahawe ibihembo.

Iyi gahunda ikazakomereza mu Karere ka Nyanza: tariki 13-14 Nzeri hakazatangwa amahugurwa kubafite mu nshingano guteza imbere siporo bo mu turere tugize Intara y’Amajyepfo agasozwa na siporo rusange izaba kuwa Gatanu tariki 14 Nzeri 2018.

Source: RuhagoYacu.

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / News/ 0 Comments

Ibintu 11 ugomba kumenya kuri karate yo mu Rwanda

IMG_7355Umukinnyi w’umunyarwanda w’imyaka 17,Maic Shyaka Ndutiye,yatsindiye umudali wa zahabu  mu marushanwa y’abakuru n’abato ya UFAK mu mwaka wa 2018,akaba yarabereye I Kigali.

Umwaka ushize,abahagarariye ibihugu 27 bya Afurika bahuriye I Yaoundé muri Cameroon,mu nama rusange y’umwaka wa 2017 y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate(UFAK),hanyuma hafatwa umwanzuro ko u Rwanda ruzakira amarushanwa y’abakuru n’abato ku rwego rw’umugabane wa Afurika.

Nyuma y’iri rushanwa,muri wikendi ishize,abayobozi b’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya karate ndetse n’ab’ishyirahamwe rya Karate ku rwego rw’isi batangajeko iri rushanwa ryageze ku ntego yaryo mu buryo bushimishije.Nicyo gikorwa cya mbere cyari kibereye mu Intare Conference Arena,fully integrated and secure complex ahantu heza kandi hizewe,hafite ibikoresho bitandukanye byorohereza ubwoko bwose bw’ibikorwa byahabera(events).

Gusa mu Rwanda,si byinshi bizwi ku rugendo rusa nk’aho ari rurerure rw’uyu mukino wahurije I Kigali imbaga y’aba karateka b’indashyikirwa muri Afurika basaga 300.baturuka mu bihugu 25.

Karate ni umukino watangirijwe ku kirwa cya Okinawa ho mu Buyapani,mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya 20.Ahangaha,tugiye kugaragaza ibintu 11 by’ingenzi bigaragara muri Karate yo mu Rwanda,ndetse n’ibihe by’ingenzi byaranze urugendo rwayo mu Rwanda.

Intangiriro

Ni bike bizwi ku gihe cya nyacyo abaturage basanzwe,batari abari mu gisirikare,batangiriye gukina umukino wa Karate mbere y’uko yemerwa mu mwaka w’1987.

Mbere y’icyo gihe,uyu mukino wari ubujijwe.Ariko hashingiwe ku byavuzwe na Faustin Musanganya w’imyaka 63,uwo mwaka abakunzi b’imikino njyarugamba bashinze Ihuriro nyarwanda ry’imikino njyarugamba(Association Rwandaise d’Arts Martiaux),rikaba ari ihuriro ry’umukino wa judo,kungfu n’indi njyarugamba.

Ariko benshi bemeza ko uwahoze ari umuyoboke ukomeye w’ishyaka rya PSD,nyakwigendera Francois Nduwumwe witabye Imana muri 2013,ari we wa mbere wigishije abantu umukino wa Karate.Abo kandi batekerezako ibyo byabaye hagati y’imyaka ya za 70 na 80.

Musanganya yiyandikishije bwa mbere nk’umunyeshuri wa karate mu mwaka w’ 1977 muri Kaminuza y’Ababibligi,hanyuma agaruka mu Rwanda mu mwaka w’1983.Yibuka ko icyo gihe,Nduwumwe wari umunyamabanga mukuru w’ihuriro nyarwanda ry’imikino yo gukirana(ARAM),yari yaratangiye kwigisha Karate.

“Nta gushidikanya ko ari we muntu wa mbere wigishije Karate mu Rwanda.Ndatekereza ko yandushaga byibuze imyaka 8 cyangwa 10 y’amavuko.”

Nduwumwe yize imikino njyarugamba ari muri Switzerland.Yigishije ubwoko bw’uyu mukino bwitwa Shito-Ryu,ariko nyuma aza guhindura ajya kuri Shotokan.

Amoko ya Karate azwi cyane

Mu Buyapani, Shotokan-Ryu, Wado-Ryu, Goju-Ryu na Shito-Ryu niyo moko ane ya karate yibandwaho cyane.Shito-Ryu ni ubwoko busigasira tekinike hafi ya zose z’umwimerere za Shuri-te. are the four main styles of Karate.

Mu Rwanda, Shotokan na Wado-Ryu niyo moko y’uyu mukino azwi cyane uyu munsi.Shotokan ni ubwoko bwa Karate bwatangijwe mu 1936,bukaba bwarakuwe mu mikino njyarugamba itandukanye ya Gichin Funakoshi-ufatwa nk’umubyeyi wa karate ivuguruye(yo mu gihe cy’iterambere)-ndetse n’umuhungu we Gigo Funakoshi.Ubwoko bwa Wado-Ryu bwatangijwe n’undi mu maître w’umuyapani witwa Hironori Ōtsuka,mu 1939.

Itangira ry’ishyirahamwe

Ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa Karate mu Rwanda(FERWAKA) ryatangijwe ku mugaragaro muri 2008,ubwo ryabonaga ubuzima gatozi nk’uko itegeko rya minisiteri riri. Ariko ryari rimaze imyaka isaga 10 ririho. Umwaka wa 2008 rero wahaye aba karateka bo mu Rwanda andi mahirwe yo kwishima no gukora cyane mu buzima.

Ku musozo wa semineri y’umwaka wa 2015 ku mikorere y’ihuriro rya karate y’Abayapani,Toshihiro yahaye Nyakwigendera Jean Sayinzoga(akomeze kuruhukira mu mahoro)Dan ya gatandatu,akaba ari yo nkuru u Rwanda rufite kugeza ubu.

Inzinduko zakozwe n’abarimu ba Karate

HidekazuMizutani niwe muyapani  wa mbere wigisha Karate wasuye u Rwanda kuva mu 1987 kugeza mu 1989,muri porogaramu y’abakorerabushake b’abayapani bajya gukorera hanze y’igihugu cyabo”Japan overseas Cooperation  Volunteers program”.N’ubu aracyaza mu Rwanda gutanga amahugurwa atandukanye.

Mu 1988, Teruo Kono,undi mwarimu mu itsinda ry’abarimu b’abayapami bajya mu bihugu bitandukanye kwigisha Wado-Ryu,yasuye u Rwanda.Nyakwigendera Kono witabye Imana muri Mata,2000 afite imyaka 66,yari umwe mu ndwanyi nziza z’abayapani kuva mu w’1956 kugeza mu 1960.

Muri 2009,Kawazoe Masao yasuye u Rwanda mu rwego rwo kumurika ubwoko bwa Karate bwitwa Shoto-kan,kandi hashingiwe ku nama ze n’ibyo yateguye,abarimu ba Karate b’Abarusiya batumiwe mu Rwanda guhera muri 2010.

Muri 2015,Toshihiro Mori,undi mwarimu w’umuyapani wigisha Shotokan,yasuye u Rwanda.Yari aherekejwe ndetse yunganirwa na Kamino Masaru ndetse na nyakwigendera Kasijiima Keiichi [aruhukire mu mahoro]mu gihe yatangaga amahugurwa y’iminsi 3.Byitezwe ko Mori na Masaru bazagaruka mu mpera z’uku kwezi.

Patrick Dupeaux w’Umufaransa, na Ray Young, umwarimu mukuru muri WadoRyu ya Sweden,bari mu zindi nzobere zitari iz’abayapani zikunze gusura u Rwanda zikanahugura Abanyarwanda.

Amarushanwa yitwa”Japan Ambassador Cup”

Sensei Mizutani yongeye gutumirwa I Kigali muri Kanama 2014,mu marushanwa mashya yitwa “Japan ambassador’s Cup”,aho yabaye umusifuzi mukuru mu mukino wa final.

Iri ryari irushanwa ngarukamwaka rishya ryateguwe ndetse rigaterwa inkunga na FERWAKA ku bufatanye na Ambasade y’Abayapani.Ryitabiriwe n’abasaga 150,ariko kuva icyo gihe,uwo mubare wikubye inshuro zirenze ebyiri.Irushanwa ngarukamwaka rya Karate Ambassador’s,ku nshuro yaryo ya gatatu,ryabereye kuri Sitade Amahoro muri Gashyantare.

Ubunyamuryango mu ihuriro rya karate y’abayapani

Muri Kamena 2015,U Rwanda rwabaye umunyamuryango w’ihuriro rya karate y’abayapani(JKA),umwe mu mishinga ya Karate ikomeye kandi imaze imyaka myinshi ku rwego rw’isi.

Ibi byabaye nyuma ya semineri y’iminsi itatu ku mikorere y’iri huriro yabereye kuri sitade Amahoro,ikaba ari yo ya mbere y’ubwo bwoko yabereye mu Rwanda,yari iyobowe n’ibihangange by’abarimu ba karate byari birangajwe imbere n’umuyobozi mukuru w’ihuriro rya karate y’abayapani,Mori Toshihiro.Iri huriro rizobereye kandi ryibanda ku bwoko bwa karate bwitwa Shotokan.Byose nibigenda nk’uko byateganijwe,semineri ya kabiri y’iri huriro izabera I Kigali,ikazaba ku itariki 20 kugeza kuri 24 Nzeli.

Urwego rukuru rw’umukandara w’umukara

Ku musozo wa semineri y’iminsi itatu yigaga ku mikorere y’itsinda ry’abayapani rya karate,Toshihiro yahaye igihembo nyakwigendera Jean Sayinzoga(Aruhukire mu mahoro)cya Dan ya gatandatu,ikaba ari yo nkuru u Rwanda rufite kugeza ubu.Toshihiro yavuze ko icyo gihembo cy’icyubahiro cyahawe Sayinzoga cyari icyo kuba yarunganiye ndetse akanateza imbere Karate mu Rwanda.Sayinzoga witabye Imana umwaka ushize ndetse n’abandi banyarwanda bakuze bake,bateye imbaraga iterambere ndetse n’iyaguka by’uyu mukino mu Rwanda.

Aba Karateka basaga ibihumbi bitatu

Uyu munsi,hari icyegeranyo cyigaragaza ko abagore,abagabo ndetse n’abana b’abanyarwanda basaga ibihumbi bitatu bakina umukino wa Karate,kandi uwo mubare ugenda wiyongera.Uyu munsi hari amatsinda(Clubs) ya karate mu nguni hafi ya zose z’igihugu,harimo amatsinda makuru-cyane cyane ay’abana-abarizwa muri Kigali,Rubavu ndetse no mu yindi mijyi.

Ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka 5

Muri Kanama 2014,Komite nyobozi y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate(UFAK)yemeje ko u Rwanda rwayobora akarere ka 5 k’iri huriro by’agateganyo.Ibi byabaye nyuma y’uko bitegereje bagasanga hari ibikorwa fatizo bitari biri gukorwa mu myaka ine ishize,ndetse no kuba komite yari iriho yarakomeje kunanirwa,inshuro zikurikiranya,gutegura ibikorwa bya siporo muri ako karere.

Iyo komite nyobozi yahaye u Rwanda inshingano zo kuba Perezida;Visi Perezida:Egiputa,hanyuma Kenya ihabwa Ubunyamabanga.Akarere ka 5 kagizwe n’u Rwanda,Sudani,Eritireya,Somaliya,Uganda,Tanzania,Egiputa,Kenya,Etiyopiya n’u Burundi.

Mu nama rusange y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate yabaye umwaka ushize,Perezida w’ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa Karate mu Rwanda(FERWAKA),Bwana Théogène Uwayo,yatorewe kuba perezida w’akarere ka 5.

Giana Lotfy w’umunyegiputa (Uwambaye ubururu), akaba ari we uri ku mwanya wa mbere ku rwego rw’isi uyu munsi,niwe wahanganye n’umugore w’umu kumite w’ibiro 61kg,muri shampiyona ya 2018 y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate yabereye I Kigali.

Shampiyona ya 2018 y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate(UFAK) mu bato n’abakuru

Kuba icyumweru gishize u Rwanda rwarakiriye Shampiyona nyafurika ya karate ya 17 mu bakuru,ndetse rukanakira shampiyona nyafurika ya 9 ya Karate mu bato,byari intsinzi ikomeye kuri Karate yo mu Rwanda.

Uwayo yagize ati:Kwemererwa kwakira amarushanwa ari ku rwego rw’umugabane cyari ikimenyetso cy’icyizere Ishyirahamwe rya karate ku rwego rw’isi ndetse n’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate bifitiye u Rwanda.Shampiyona y’abakuru n’abato y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate nicyo gikorwa kinini kandi gikomeye cya karate ku mugabane.

Byari ku nshuro ya mbere U Rwanda,cyangwa se ikindi gihugu kiri muri Afurika y’iburasirazuba,cyakira amarushanwa ya Karate ari kuri  uru rwego.Ku nshuro ya mbere,Perezida w’ishyirahamwe rya karate ku rwego rw’isi,Antonio Espinós Ortueta,ndetse na perezida w’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate,Mohamed Tahar Mesbahi,hamwe n’ibindi bihangange ku rwego rw’isi,basuye igihugu cy’imisozi igihumbi.

Iri rushanwa ubwaryo ryari rifite ishusho buri wese yakwifuza kureba.Abakiri bato mu Rwanda bagize amahirwe yo kubona umunyegiputa Giana Lotfy w’imyaka 23,akaba ari nawe uri ku mwanya wa mbere ku isi uyu munsi,atsinda umugore w’umu kumite w’ibiro 61,hanyuma yegukana umudali we wa mbere kuva yabona intsinzi ikomeye muri Shampiyona y’isi y’umwaka wa 2016.

Icyamamare ku isi ndetse akaba n’umukinnyi mwiza w’umwaka wa 2014 ku rwego rw’umugabane,yigaruriye iri rushanwa yerekana Karate iri ku rwego rwo hejuru kandi inoze.

Umudali wa zahabu w’amateka wegukanywe na Ndutiye

Kimwe mu bintu byongereye uburyohe Shampiyona z’abato n’abakuru z’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate mu mwaka wa 2018,ni igihe umunyeshuri wo mu mwaka wa 3 w’amashuri yisumbuye,Maic Shyaka ndutiye ufite imyaka 17,yahigika abantu 3 bari bahanganye kuri final,maze yegukana umudali wa zahabu wa mbere u Rwanda rwabonye ku mugaragaro.

Uwayo yagize ati:Uburyo u Rwanda rwitaye muri rusange-rukegukana imidali 8 harimo n’umudali warwo wa mbere wa zahabu,byarugaragaje nk’igihugu gifite Karate ikomeye ku mugabane.U Rwanda rwasoje ayo marushanwa ruri ku mwanya wa gatandatu.

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / News/ 0 Comments

Ibintu 11 ugomba kumenya kuri karate yo mu Rwanda

IMG_7355Umukinnyi w’umunyarwanda w’imyaka 17,Maic Shyaka Ndutiye,yatsindiye umudali wa zahabu  mu marushanwa y’abakuru n’abato ya UFAK mu mwaka wa 2018,akaba yarabereye I Kigali.

Umwaka ushize,abahagarariye ibihugu 27 bya Afurika bahuriye I Yaoundé muri Cameroon,mu nama rusange y’umwaka wa 2017 y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate(UFAK),hanyuma hafatwa umwanzuro ko u Rwanda ruzakira amarushanwa y’abakuru n’abato ku rwego rw’umugabane wa Afurika.

Nyuma y’iri rushanwa,muri wikendi ishize,abayobozi b’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya karate ndetse n’ab’ishyirahamwe rya Karate ku rwego rw’isi batangajeko iri rushanwa ryageze ku ntego yaryo mu buryo bushimishije.Nicyo gikorwa cya mbere cyari kibereye mu Intare Conference Arena,fully integrated and secure complex ahantu heza kandi hizewe,hafite ibikoresho bitandukanye byorohereza ubwoko bwose bw’ibikorwa byahabera(events).

Gusa mu Rwanda,si byinshi bizwi ku rugendo rusa nk’aho ari rurerure rw’uyu mukino wahurije I Kigali imbaga y’aba karateka b’indashyikirwa muri Afurika basaga 300.baturuka mu bihugu 25.

Karate ni umukino watangirijwe ku kirwa cya Okinawa ho mu Buyapani,mu ntangiriro z’ikinyejana cya 20.Ahangaha,tugiye kugaragaza ibintu 11 by’ingenzi bigaragara muri Karate yo mu Rwanda,ndetse n’ibihe by’ingenzi byaranze urugendo rwayo mu Rwanda.

Intangiriro

Ni bike bizwi ku gihe cya nyacyo abaturage basanzwe,batari abari mu gisirikare,batangiriye gukina umukino wa Karate mbere y’uko yemerwa mu mwaka w’1987.

Mbere y’icyo gihe,uyu mukino wari ubujijwe.Ariko hashingiwe ku byavuzwe na Faustin Musanganya w’imyaka 63,uwo mwaka abakunzi b’imikino njyarugamba bashinze Ihuriro nyarwanda ry’imikino njyarugamba(Association Rwandaise d’Arts Martiaux),rikaba ari ihuriro ry’umukino wa judo,kungfu n’indi njyarugamba.

Ariko benshi bemeza ko uwahoze ari umuyoboke ukomeye w’ishyaka rya PSD,nyakwigendera Francois Nduwumwe witabye Imana muri 2013,ari we wa mbere wigishije abantu umukino wa Karate.Abo kandi batekerezako ibyo byabaye hagati y’imyaka ya za 70 na 80.

Musanganya yiyandikishije bwa mbere nk’umunyeshuri wa karate mu mwaka w’ 1977 muri Kaminuza y’Ababibligi,hanyuma agaruka mu Rwanda mu mwaka w’1983.Yibuka ko icyo gihe,Nduwumwe wari umunyamabanga mukuru w’ihuriro nyarwanda ry’imikino yo gukirana(ARAM),yari yaratangiye kwigisha Karate.

“Nta gushidikanya ko ari we muntu wa mbere wigishije Karate mu Rwanda.Ndatekereza ko yandushaga byibuze imyaka 8 cyangwa 10 y’amavuko.”

Nduwumwe yize imikino njyarugamba ari muri Switzerland.Yigishije ubwoko bw’uyu mukino bwitwa Shito-Ryu,ariko nyuma aza guhindura ajya kuri Shotokan.

Amoko ya Karate azwi cyane

Mu Buyapani, Shotokan-Ryu, Wado-Ryu, Goju-Ryu na Shito-Ryu niyo moko ane ya karate yibandwaho cyane.Shito-Ryu ni ubwoko busigasira tekinike hafi ya zose z’umwimerere za Shuri-te. are the four main styles of Karate.

Mu Rwanda, Shotokan na Wado-Ryu niyo moko y’uyu mukino azwi cyane uyu munsi.Shotokan ni ubwoko bwa Karate bwatangijwe mu 1936,bukaba bwarakuwe mu mikino njyarugamba itandukanye ya Gichin Funakoshi-ufatwa nk’umubyeyi wa karate ivuguruye(yo mu gihe cy’iterambere)-ndetse n’umuhungu we Gigo Funakoshi.Ubwoko bwa Wado-Ryu bwatangijwe n’undi mu maître w’umuyapani witwa Hironori Ōtsuka,mu 1939.

Itangira ry’ishyirahamwe

Ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa Karate mu Rwanda(FERWAKA) ryatangijwe ku mugaragaro muri 2008,ubwo ryabonaga ubuzima gatozi nk’uko itegeko rya minisiteri riri. Ariko ryari rimaze imyaka isaga 10 ririho. Umwaka wa 2008 rero wahaye aba karateka bo mu Rwanda andi mahirwe yo kwishima no gukora cyane mu buzima.

Ku musozo wa semineri y’umwaka wa 2015 ku mikorere y’ihuriro rya karate y’Abayapani,Toshihiro yahaye Nyakwigendera Jean Sayinzoga(akomeze kuruhukira mu mahoro)Dan ya gatandatu,akaba ari yo nkuru u Rwanda rufite kugeza ubu.

Inzinduko zakozwe n’abarimu ba Karate

HidekazuMizutani niwe muyapani  wa mbere wigisha Karate wasuye u Rwanda kuva mu 1987 kugeza mu 1989,muri porogaramu y’abakorerabushake b’abayapani bajya gukorera hanze y’igihugu cyabo”Japan overseas Cooperation  Volunteers program”.N’ubu aracyaza mu Rwanda gutanga amahugurwa atandukanye.

Mu 1988, Teruo Kono,undi mwarimu mu itsinda ry’abarimu b’abayapami bajya mu bihugu bitandukanye kwigisha Wado-Ryu,yasuye u Rwanda.Nyakwigendera Kono witabye Imana muri Mata,2000 afite imyaka 66,yari umwe mu ndwanyi nziza z’abayapani kuva mu w’1956 kugeza mu 1960.

Muri 2009,Kawazoe Masao yasuye u Rwanda mu rwego rwo kumurika ubwoko bwa Karate bwitwa Shoto-kan,kandi hashingiwe ku nama ze n’ibyo yateguye,abarimu ba Karate b’Abarusiya batumiwe mu Rwanda guhera muri 2010.

Muri 2015,Toshihiro Mori,undi mwarimu w’umuyapani wigisha Shotokan,yasuye u Rwanda.Yari aherekejwe ndetse yunganirwa na Kamino Masaru ndetse na nyakwigendera Kasijiima Keiichi [aruhukire mu mahoro]mu gihe yatangaga amahugurwa y’iminsi 3.Byitezwe ko Mori na Masaru bazagaruka mu mpera z’uku kwezi.

Patrick Dupeaux w’Umufaransa, na Ray Young, umwarimu mukuru muri WadoRyu ya Sweden,bari mu zindi nzobere zitari iz’abayapani zikunze gusura u Rwanda zikanahugura Abanyarwanda.

Amarushanwa yitwa”Japan Ambassador Cup”

Sensei Mizutani yongeye gutumirwa I Kigali muri Kanama 2014,mu marushanwa mashya yitwa “Japan ambassador’s Cup”,aho yabaye umusifuzi mukuru mu mukino wa final.

Iri ryari irushanwa ngarukamwaka rishya ryateguwe ndetse rigaterwa inkunga na FERWAKA ku bufatanye na Ambasade y’Abayapani.Ryitabiriwe n’abasaga 150,ariko kuva icyo gihe,uwo mubare wikubye inshuro zirenze ebyiri.Irushanwa ngarukamwaka rya Karate Ambassador’s,ku nshuro yaryo ya gatatu,ryabereye kuri Sitade Amahoro muri Gashyantare.

Ubunyamuryango mu ihuriro rya karate y’abayapani

Muri Kamena 2015,U Rwanda rwabaye umunyamuryango w’ihuriro rya karate y’abayapani(JKA),umwe mu mishinga ya Karate ikomeye kandi imaze imyaka myinshi ku rwego rw’isi.

Ibi byabaye nyuma ya semineri y’iminsi itatu ku mikorere y’iri huriro yabereye kuri sitade Amahoro,ikaba ari yo ya mbere y’ubwo bwoko yabereye mu Rwanda,yari iyobowe n’ibihangange by’abarimu ba karate byari birangajwe imbere n’umuyobozi mukuru w’ihuriro rya karate y’abayapani,Mori Toshihiro.Iri huriro rizobereye kandi ryibanda ku bwoko bwa karate bwitwa Shotokan.Byose nibigenda nk’uko byateganijwe,semineri ya kabiri y’iri huriro izabera I Kigali,ikazaba ku itariki 20 kugeza kuri 24 Nzeli.

Urwego rukuru rw’umukandara w’umukara

Ku musozo wa semineri y’iminsi itatu yigaga ku mikorere y’itsinda ry’abayapani rya karate,Toshihiro yahaye igihembo nyakwigendera Jean Sayinzoga(Aruhukire mu mahoro)cya Dan ya gatandatu,ikaba ari yo nkuru u Rwanda rufite kugeza ubu.Toshihiro yavuze ko icyo gihembo cy’icyubahiro cyahawe Sayinzoga cyari icyo kuba yarunganiye ndetse akanateza imbere Karate mu Rwanda.Sayinzoga witabye Imana umwaka ushize ndetse n’abandi banyarwanda bakuze bake,bateye imbaraga iterambere ndetse n’iyaguka by’uyu mukino mu Rwanda.

Aba Karateka basaga ibihumbi bitatu

Uyu munsi,hari icyegeranyo cyigaragaza ko abagore,abagabo ndetse n’abana b’abanyarwanda basaga ibihumbi bitatu bakina umukino wa Karate,kandi uwo mubare ugenda wiyongera.Uyu munsi hari amatsinda(Clubs) ya karate mu nguni hafi ya zose z’igihugu,harimo amatsinda makuru-cyane cyane ay’abana-abarizwa muri Kigali,Rubavu ndetse no mu yindi mijyi.

Ubuyobozi bw’akarere ka 5

Muri Kanama 2014,Komite nyobozi y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate(UFAK)yemeje ko u Rwanda rwayobora akarere ka 5 k’iri huriro by’agateganyo.Ibi byabaye nyuma y’uko bitegereje bagasanga hari ibikorwa fatizo bitari biri gukorwa mu myaka ine ishize,ndetse no kuba komite yari iriho yarakomeje kunanirwa,inshuro zikurikiranya,gutegura ibikorwa bya siporo muri ako karere.

Iyo komite nyobozi yahaye u Rwanda inshingano zo kuba Perezida;Visi Perezida:Egiputa,hanyuma Kenya ihabwa Ubunyamabanga.Akarere ka 5 kagizwe n’u Rwanda,Sudani,Eritireya,Somaliya,Uganda,Tanzania,Egiputa,Kenya,Etiyopiya n’u Burundi.

Mu nama rusange y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate yabaye umwaka ushize,Perezida w’ishyirahamwe ry’umukino wa Karate mu Rwanda(FERWAKA),Bwana Théogène Uwayo,yatorewe kuba perezida w’akarere ka 5.

Giana Lotfy w’umunyegiputa (Uwambaye ubururu), akaba ari we uri ku mwanya wa mbere ku rwego rw’isi uyu munsi,niwe wahanganye n’umugore w’umu kumite w’ibiro 61kg,muri shampiyona ya 2018 y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate yabereye I Kigali.

Shampiyona ya 2018 y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate(UFAK) mu bato n’abakuru

Kuba icyumweru gishize u Rwanda rwarakiriye Shampiyona nyafurika ya karate ya 17 mu bakuru,ndetse rukanakira shampiyona nyafurika ya 9 ya Karate mu bato,byari intsinzi ikomeye kuri Karate yo mu Rwanda.

Uwayo yagize ati:Kwemererwa kwakira amarushanwa ari ku rwego rw’umugabane cyari ikimenyetso cy’icyizere Ishyirahamwe rya karate ku rwego rw’isi ndetse n’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate bifitiye u Rwanda.Shampiyona y’abakuru n’abato y’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate nicyo gikorwa kinini kandi gikomeye cya karate ku mugabane.

Byari ku nshuro ya mbere U Rwanda,cyangwa se ikindi gihugu kiri muri Afurika y’iburasirazuba,cyakira amarushanwa ya Karate ari kuri  uru rwego.Ku nshuro ya mbere,Perezida w’ishyirahamwe rya karate ku rwego rw’isi,Antonio Espinós Ortueta,ndetse na perezida w’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate,Mohamed Tahar Mesbahi,hamwe n’ibindi bihangange ku rwego rw’isi,basuye igihugu cy’imisozi igihumbi.

Iri rushanwa ubwaryo ryari rifite ishusho buri wese yakwifuza kureba.Abakiri bato mu Rwanda bagize amahirwe yo kubona umunyegiputa Giana Lotfy w’imyaka 23,akaba ari nawe uri ku mwanya wa mbere ku isi uyu munsi,atsinda umugore w’umu kumite w’ibiro 61,hanyuma yegukana umudali we wa mbere kuva yabona intsinzi ikomeye muri Shampiyona y’isi y’umwaka wa 2016.

Icyamamare ku isi ndetse akaba n’umukinnyi mwiza w’umwaka wa 2014 ku rwego rw’umugabane,yigaruriye iri rushanwa yerekana Karate iri ku rwego rwo hejuru kandi inoze.

Umudali wa zahabu w’amateka wegukanywe na Ndutiye

Kimwe mu bintu byongereye uburyohe Shampiyona z’abato n’abakuru z’ihuriro ry’amashyirahamwe nyafurika ya Karate mu mwaka wa 2018,ni igihe umunyeshuri wo mu mwaka wa 3 w’amashuri yisumbuye,Maic Shyaka ndutiye ufite imyaka 17,yahigika abantu 3 bari bahanganye kuri final,maze yegukana umudali wa zahabu wa mbere u Rwanda rwabonye ku mugaragaro.

Uwayo yagize ati:Uburyo u Rwanda rwitaye muri rusange-rukegukana imidali 8 harimo n’umudali warwo wa mbere wa zahabu,byarugaragaje nk’igihugu gifite Karate ikomeye ku mugabane.U Rwanda rwasoje ayo marushanwa ruri ku mwanya wa gatandatu.

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / CYCLING • News/ 0 Comments

Tour du Rwanda 2018: Timothy Rugg wins Stage 4 as Mugisha retains yellow jersey.

American rider Timothy Rugg staged a stunning solo performance on Wednesday to win Stage 4 of the ongoing 2018 Tour du Rwanda.

timothy-ruggs (1)

Tour du Rwanda 2018:

Thursday

Stage five: Karongi-Rubavu (95.1km)

Wednesday

Stage four: Musanze-Karongi (135.8km)

Top five

1. Timothy Rugg (Team Embrace the World) 03h31’25”

2. Samuel Hakiruwizeye (Team Rwanda) 03h33’35”

3. Didier Munyaneza (Team Rwanda) 03h33’49”

4. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 03h33’49”

5. Jean Claude Uwizeye (POC Cote de Lumière) 03h33’53”

General classification, top five

1. Samuel Mugisha (Team Rwanda) 14h07’53”

2. Jean Claude Uwizeye (POC Cote de Lumière) 14h08’14”

3. Mulu Hailemicheal (Ethiopia) 14h08’14”

4. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 14h09’44”

5. Valens Ndayisenga (POC Cote de Lumière) 14h10’06”

American rider Timothy Rugg staged a stunning solo performance to win stage four (Musanze to Karongi) of the 2018 Tour du Rwanda.

The 32-year old all-round rider bossed the whole stage from the start and comfortably claimed the 135.8 kilometer distance in 3 hours, 31 minutes and 25 seconds.

This is the rider’s second stage win at Tour du Rwanda following his first stage victory in 2016, the same year that he scooped a prologue (Individual Time Trial) win of the race.

Rugg who is riding for German side Team Embrace the World, was followed by Team Rwanda’s duo of Samuel Hakiruwizeye (3:33:35) and Didier Munyaneza (3:33:49) in second and third place, respectively.

Italy-based Rwanda international Samuel Mugisha, 20, finished in eighth position, two minutes and twenty eight seconds adrift of the stage winner but still retained the yellow jersey.

Benjamin Teylaz Favre of Team Haute-Savoie Rhone-Alpes of France set the pace when he launched the first solo breakaway after just 7.8 kilometers, opening a 12 seconds gap to the peloton before he was joined by Joseph Kamau of Kenya Riders Safaricom at 11 kilometers where they led the bunch by 18 seconds.

As riders approached the first intermediate sprint, which was after 20.3 kilometers, Bai-Sicasal-Petro de Luanda’s Bruno Araujo accelerated to beat Andrew Kamutai of Kenya Riders Safaricom to the day’s first prize point.  

Samuel Mugisha stayed with the yellow jersey after stage four. (File)

At an average speed of 37.8km/h, Team Embrace the World’s Timothy Rugg again set another tone for the race, pulling a solo attack roughly after 25 kilometers that opened a one minute and twenty seconds lead to the peloton- he never looked back.

He took the first climb of the stage after 27.3 kilometers.

As the race entered Gishwati forest, about 65 kilometres to Karongi town, Rugg who seemed to be on a mission to considerably improve his ranking on the General Classification, had stretched his lead to an overwhelming five minutes and thirty eight seconds.

The huge lead saw him comfortably take the second climb that was after 70.6 kilometres, and was followed by Ethiopian duo Mulu Hailemicheal and Desalegn Temalew.

Heading into the final 30 kilometers, the peloton chased down Rugg to cut the gap to four minutes and thirty seconds but this didn’t stop him from claiming the third and final climb that was after 103.7 kilometers – this time beating Hailemicheal, Ndayisenga and Mugisha.

As Rugg began to descend into the final 16 kilometers, the chasing group had significantly cut the lead to two minutes and thirty seconds. Nonetheless, the peloton’s effort to catch the American was never enough as he entered Karongi town to celebrate the stage win alone.

With the 10th Tour du Rwanda at halfway mark – four stages down and four more to go, Mugisha leads the General classification with a total time of 14h07’53” while Jean Claude Uwizeye is second, followed by Hailemicheal. Both riders level at 14h08’14” time used.

Action continues on Thursday with Stage 5 as riders tussle it out on a 95.1-kilometre ride from Karongi district to Rubavu district on the shores of Lake Kivu.

There will be two intermediate sprint points up for grabs with the first one after 13.7 kilometers and the second one at 74.9 kilometres.

<The New Times’ Article>

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / CYCLING • News/ 0 Comments

Tour du Rwanda: Hellmann wins Stage three but Mugisha retains yellow jersey.

Team Embrace the World’s debutant Julian Hellmann wins stage three of the ongoing 2018 Tour du Rwanda, the longest stage of the annual UCI Africa tour.

hellmann

Wednesday

Stage four: Musanze-Karongi (135.8km)

Tuesday

Stage three: Huye-Musanze 199.7km

1. Julian Hellmann (Team Embrace the World) 05h11’04”

2. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 05h11’12”

3. Calvin Beneke (South Africa) 05h11’12”

4. Jonas Doring (Team Descartes Romandie) 05h11’14”

5. Valens Ndayisenga (POC Cote de Lumiere) 05h’11’15”

General Classification ranking

1. Samuel Mugisha (Team Rwanda) 10h34’00”

2. Jean Claude Uwizeye (POC Cote de Lumiere) 10h34’21”

3. Mulu Hailemicheal (Ethiopia) 10h34’21”

4. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 10h35’55”

5. Jonas Doring (Team Descartes Romandie) 10h36’07”

Team Embrace the World’s debutant Julian Hellmann has won stage three of the ongoing 2018 Tour du Rwanda, the longest stage of the annual UCI Africa tour.

The 27-year old beat off stiff competition from a strong field of breakaway riders that entered Musanze together before sprinting to claim the 199.7km stage with a total time of 5 hours, 11 minutes and 4 seconds.

Hellmann beat his closest rival with David Lozano, from USA’s Team Novo Nordisk, by eight seconds after the latter clocked 5 hours, 11 minutes and 12 seconds to claim the second spot while South Africa’s Calvin Beneke finished third the same time with Jonas Doring, from Team Descartes Romandie, using 5 hours, 11 minutes and 14 seconds to finish fourth.

Two-time Tour du Rwanda champion Valens Ndayisenga was the best Rwandan rider of the stage, finishing in the fifth place with 5 hours, 11 minutes and 15 seconds.

Yellow jersey holder Mugisha finished 13th, 1 minute and 17 seconds behind the stage winner clocking 5 hours, 12minutes and 21 seconds.

At about three kilometers into the race, four riders, including Club Benediction’s Janvier Hadi, Benjamin Favre, from Team Haute-Savoie Rhone-Alpes, and Timothy Rugg, from Team Embrace the World, made an early attack.

With 20 kilometers into the race the four cyclists were joined by a bunch of other riders to form a 23-man breakaway opening one minute and fourteen seconds to the peloton that included the yellow jersey holder Samuel Mugisha.

After 32 kilometers into the race, the breakaway had stretched their lead to two minutes and fifty one seconds, racing at an average speed of 43.10 km/h. By the time the leading group entered Muhanga town, the peloton had reduced the deficit by eight seconds.

Hadi claimed the first intermediate sprint that was at 72.8 kilometers beating Yacine Hamza from GSP Algerie and Team Descartes Romandie’s Jonas Doring.

The 2016 two-time stage winner Rugg claimed the first King of the Mountain climb that was after 85.4 kilometers beating Doring and Team Rwanda’s Didier Munyaneza.

The 32-year old also claimed the second climb that was at 116.5 kilometers beating Rwandan trio of Eric Manizabayo, Moise Mugisha and Didier Munyaneza before Hadi claimed the second and final intermediate sprint of the day after 121 kilometers beating Julian Hellmann, of Team Embrace the World, and Rwandan youngster Munyaneza.

Heading into the final 40 kilometres, five riders, including South Africa’s Calvin Beneke, Rugg, Tom Balascovic, from Team Haute-Savoie Rhone-Alpes, and Benediction’s Jean Bosco Nsengimana were leading the peloton with a gap down to one minute and three seconds.

Ethiopian 19-year old Mulu Hailemicheal snatched the final King of the Mountain climb after 165.9 kilometers beating Hellmann, Moise Mugisha and Samuel Mugisha.

As the breakaway entered Musanze town, 27-year old Hellmann accelerated beating his rivalsto cross the finish-line eight seconds ahead of Lozano to record his maiden stage win in Tour du Rwanda.

“I saw that gap towards the end and decided to sprint and fortunately it worked. This is incredible, I am very happy, thank you all so much,” a visibly excited Hellmann said.

Heading into Stage Four today, Mugisha still leads the general classification with a total time of 10h34’00” followed by Jean Claude Uwizeye (10h34’21”) who is tied on the same time as Ethiopian Hailemicheal in third position.

Meanwhile, riders will set off from Musanze town this morning heading to Karongi District in Western Province via Rutsiro District in Stage 4, a 135.8 kilometer ride that is one of the new stage routes this year, and the second longest stage in this year’s edition after Stage 3.

<The New Times’ Article>

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / CYCLING • News/ 0 Comments

Tour du Rwanda: Mugisha clinches Stage 2 win, takes yellow jersey

mugisha

Today

Stage three: Huye – Musanze 195.3km

Monday

Stage two: Kigali-Huye 120.5km

Top five
1. Samuel Mugisha (Team Rwanda) 3h08’56”
2. Jean Claude Uwizeye (POC Cote de Lumière) 3h09’17”
3. Mulu Hailemicheal (Ethiopia) 3h09’17”
4. Didier Munyaneza (Team Rwanda) 3h12’20”
5. Jonas Doring (Team Descartes Romandie) 3h12’22”
General Classification, top five
1. Samuel Mugisha (Team Rwanda) 05h21’39”
2. Jean Claude Uwizeye (POC Cote de Lumière) 05h22’00”
3. Mulu Hailemicheal (Ethiopia) 05h22’00”
4. David Lozano (Team Novo Nordisk) 05h24’43”
5. Azzedine Lagab (GSP Algerie) 05h24’24”

Team Rwanda’s Samuel Mugisha yesterday put up a stunning performance as he claimed Stage 2 – from Kigali to Huye – of the ongoing 10th Tour du Rwanda to take the yellow jersey as overall leader of the race after two days.

It was the youngster’s first stage win in the annual race since his 2016 debut.

The 20-year old’s brilliant performance saw him snatch the yellow jersey from Algerian Azzedine Lagab, who had won the first stage on Sunday in Rwamagana.

Following a modest performance during the opening stage, in which only one Rwandan rider Valens Ndayisenga made it to top five, the local riders quickly responded well to prove their might in their own race on Monday, occupying three spots in the top five of yesterday’s stage

The Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka rider, who was part of the leading group since beginning of the stage in Kigali, launched a surprise escape from the breakaway within two kilometres to the finish-line to record first Tour du Rwanda’s stage win in a solo finish, covering the 120.5km distance in 3 hours, 8 minutes and 56 seconds.

His compatriot Jean Claude Uwizeye and Ethiopian Ethiopian Mulu Hailemicheal finished second and third, respectively, in a sprint photo finish, 20 seconds adrift of stage winner Mugisha.

Didier Munyaneza, also of Team Rwanda, posted 3 hours, 12 minutes and 20 seconds to settle for fourth while Doring of Team Descartes Romandie used 3h12’22” to complete top five.

Along the heavily crowded 120.5 kilometer highway from the start, the peloton moved together before Club Benediction’s 18-year old debutant Eric Manizabayo launched the first attack to comfortably claim the three points of the first climb that was at 5.8 kilometers into the race beating his Team Rwanda compatriot Didier Munyaneza who crossed it second.

After 15 kilometers, 2016 King of the Mountains Mugisha, POC Cote de Lumière’s Jean Claude Uwizeye and Ethiopia’s Mulu Hailemicheal attempted the first breakaway opening a thirty five seconds gap to the peloton.

The breakaway paid off for the Ethiopian Hailemicheal as he beat off the duo of Rwandan riders to clinch the stage’s second climb at 18.6 kilometers hence grabbing two points before also taking the intermediate sprint.

By the time the trio entered Ruhango town, they had stretched their lead to three minutes and twenty seconds ahead of the chasing group before Mugisha took second intermediate sprint.

The trio’s breakaway maintained the lead and by the time they bypassed Nyanza town before entering Huye district, the lead was at three minutes and eighteen seconds.

With 16 kilometers to the finish, the trio of Mugisha, Uwizeye and Hailemicheal had stretched their lead on the peloton further to four minutes before Mugisha launched the final attack as the trio entered Huye town to claim the stage.

While speaking to Times Sport after his historic stage win, a visibly overwhelmed Mugisha noted that, “I am very excited, this is something I have always dreamt of. I worked hard from beginning and I can only thank God and teammates to achieve the target. I know the race has just started, I believe I and my team can even do better in the next stages.”

Following stage two victory, Mugisha now leads the General Classification with a total of 5 hours, 21 minutes and 39 seconds used while Uwizeye is in the second place with 5 hours and 22 minutes, a gap of twenty seconds deficit he shared with third-placed Hailemicheal.

David Lozano of Team Novo Nordisk comes fourth having now clocked 5 hours 24 minutes and 43 seconds, three minutes and four seconds off the yellow jersey bearer. GSP Algerie’s Azzedine Lagab (5:24:43) completes top five.

Meanwhile, action continues today with the longest stage ever in the history of Tour du Rwanda, a 195.3-kilometre course from Huye town Southern Province to Musanze town in the Northern Province, the home town of Team Rwanda at Africa Rising Cycling Center, ARCC.

The stage will have two intermediate sprints along the course with the first one coming after 72.8 kilometers while the second one is after 121 kilometers.

Points for four climbs will also be up for grabs, with the first one after 85.4 kilometers, the second one after 116.5 kilometers, the third one will come after 146.2 kilometers while the final climb is after 165.9 kilometers.

<Source: The New Times>

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / News/ 0 Comments

2018 African Youth Games: Rwanda’s Umunezero wins sliver in Algeria.

Rwanda’s Jovia Umunezero has won a silver medal in the individual Karate Kumite category -59kgs on Friday of the 2018 African Youth Games taking place in Algiers, Algeria.

WhatsApp Image 2018-07-27 at 17.22.40
Munezero Jovia posing after receiving her silver medal.

She was the only female karate athlete representing Rwanda in the 3rd edition of the continental youth championship, which started on July 18 and will be concluded on July 28.

Umunezero who has won her first continental medal in her career started the games on a good note winning the preliminary fight against Swart Mayvonne Neeldje of Nambia.

In the next round, she beat Raad Selma from the host nation, Algeria. However in the final she lost to Zahira Fatima Chajal from Morocco in the kumite 59kilograms category.

Her performance is a plus to Rwanda which now has three medals; two silver medals and a bronze.

Rwanda won the first sliver when the U18 female beach volleyball team came to finish second behind Mozambique in the final.

While the bronze came from the individual Kumite male 61kg category, U18 Halifa Niyitanga on Thursday made Rwanda proud to overcome OBISSA DAVID of Gabon.

Medal Table for Rwanda count: 3 medals

Silver: Women’s Beach Volleyball Team

Silver:  Karate – Individual Kumite – Female Category -59Kgs

Bronze:  Karate – Individual Kumite – Male Category – 61Kgs

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / KARATE • News/ 0 Comments

Halifa Niyitanga wins a Karate bronze medal for Rwanda at 2018 African Youth Games.

Rwanda national karate athlete Halifa Niyitanga has made history by winning the country first bronze medal at the on-going African Youth Games in Algiers, Algeria from 18-28 July.

WhatsApp Image 2018-07-26 at 20.43.44
Niyitanga Halifa smiling after wearing his bronze medal.

Niyitanga was representing Rwanda in the boys Kumite 61kg category, defeated Jeffrey Ken from Benin to fetch the bronze at the 3rd continental youth games.

In the opening qualifying category, he faced off Lucas Marques of Cape Verde but later lost to Burundi Elvis Terimbere in elite second category fight.

He later made a comeback in the deciding fight to beat Gabonese David Obissa to book a ticket for the second runner up medal decider fight, ultimately he won the fight.

WhatsApp Image 2018-07-26 at 18.02.55
Halifa facing the Gabonese David Obissa for Bronze medal.

Elsewhere, it was tough for teammate Victor Shyaka Kaberuka who lost twice to Morocco’s, Riad Bourahmoun and finally to Nigeria’s Olorunmbe Oluwaseun.

Rwanda sent two boys and one girl, Jovia Umunezero who will compete today in kumite –female -59kgs category.

So far, Rwanda has grabbed two medals in this on-going event; silver medal for women’s national beach volleyball team which has also qualified for Youth Olympic Gmaes 2018 and bronze medal in karate, kumite category -61 kgs.

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / News/ 0 Comments

Girls Youth Beach Volleyball Team finish 2nd in African Youth Games.

Rwanda women’s national beach volleyball team has qualified for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games slated in Buenos Aires, Argentina after finishing second in the 2018 African Youth Games Algiers, Algeria.

WhatsApp Image 2018-07-24 at 17.23.24
Mozambique (1st place), Rwanda (2nd place) and Egypt (3rd place) on the podium.

The duo of Valentine Munezero and Penelope Musabyimana put up a convincing performance from the start and in the semifinal they beat Egypt by 2-0 sets (21-15, 21-17).

Rwanda lost to Mozambique at the final match by 2-1 sets (22-20, 11-21, 7-15).

Mozambique finished as the best nation both in the boys and girls categories of this year’s U-18 Beach Volleyball African Games.

The three top winners in both categories, they qualify for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games that will be hosted in Buenos Aires, Argentina between 6 and 18 in October this year.

However in the boy’s category, Rwanda failed to finish in the top after losing three games and winning only one.

Final African youth Olympics beach volleyball rankings  

GIRLS 
1. Mozambique 
2. Rwanda 
3. Egypt 

BOYS 
1. Mozambique 
2. Ghana 
3. Gambia

/ By RUGIGANA Jean Claude / News/ 0 Comments

RWEMALIKA proposed among nine new IOC Members.

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD (EB) OF THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE (IOC) WILL PROPOSE NINE NEW MEMBERS FOR ELECTION AT THE IOC SESSION AHEAD OF THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES IN BUENOS AIRES IN OCTOBER.

WhatsApp-Image-2016-11-08-at-12.58.14-e1478768911989
RNOSC 1st Vice President, Madam Rwemalika receiving IOC Award for Women and Sport on the African continent in 2016. (Photo: IOC Media).

 

The 1st Vice President of the Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee, Madam Felicite RWEMARIKA is one of nine new IOC members that have been proposed for election at IOC session ahead of the Youth Olympic Games which will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, In October 2018.

Madam Rwemalika has been selected as an individual member who is renowned for her gender advocacy, especially in Rwanda Sports Movement.

In 2016, Rwemalika has received an IOC Award for Women and Sport on the African continent in honor of devoting her life to helping Rwandan women and girls in different areas, particularly sports.

For the full CV of Rwemalika: http://olympicrwanda.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Rwemalika-Biography-July_2018.pdf

 IOC President Thomas Bach said: “In line with the recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020, the IOC is constantly aiming at a more diverse and inclusive membership. The Olympic Movement would benefit significantly from the expertise of these nine candidates that we are proposing to the next IOC Session. Their extensive knowledge of the sports movement will add extra strength and experience to the universal college of IOC members.”

To see other eight candidates: https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-executive-board-to-propose-nine-new-members-for-election-by-ioc-session-in-buenos-aires/

All proposed members have been vetted by the IOC Ethics Commission, which has conducted integrity checks.

The addition of nine new Members would bring the total number of IOC Members to 106.

The 133rd IOC Session is scheduled to take place from 8 to 9 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.