David joined The South African Ninjitsu Federation
in 1994, under the tutorship of Sensei Nathan Lee, he trained for the next
5 years achieving the Rank of Sensei 1st Dan. In 1999 recieved the student of
the year award under the SANF. In this time he helped
run the Linden dojo with Sensei Nathan Lee. In 2003 David graded to 2nd Dan
under the SANF.
In 2002 he took over the Berario Dojo and graded 1
students to 1st Dan under the SANF
David also started training in Judo under Coen van
Tonder 6th Dan in 1999, he has continued to train in judo up till
2009 but has never graded. He trains in Judo for the love of the sport.
David trained in Yawarakai Jujitsu from 1999 to 2002 under the instruction Greg
Blatt where he achieved blue belt Sempai, before the school closed and moved to
the UK.
In 2005, David moved to The
Black Dragon Fighting Society, where he was promoted to the Rank of Sensei 3rd
Dan, after a short time with them, he decided to leave the BDFS.
In January 2006 David started Ninja SA
with the help of long time student Sensei Daniel Alvares and support by Sensei
Nathan Lee and his current student base at the time. He has graded another
student to 1st dan since the birth of Ninja SA.
In early 2009 David moved to the UK and has joined EGH judo and is planning to
grade. He is also expanding the Ninja SA Ninjitsu style to Wales.
In addition to the above mentioned
arts, he was involved in Mixed Martial Arts from 2003 and Kyusho Jitsu from
2006.
David is an expert in unarmed combat,
weapons, ground fighting, joint locks and pressure points.
David was a bouncer in Johannesburg
for 5 years from 1999, working in clubs and big events. He also body guarded
certain VIP’s on a regular basis. He no longer works in this industry.
David has been featured in the SA Martial Arts
Magazine. In 2006 and 2007 he has been featured on Super Sport Power Combat Zone
and the SABC warriors matial arts show. In 2007 was a guest on 5FM, Gareth
Cliff's morning show.
David has 20 years experience in
martial arts. He has been actively involved in Ninjitsu for 15 years to the date
of this CV in 2009.
Weapons Qualified in:
Hanbo, Jo, Nun-chaka, Belt ,
Knife, Tonfa, Kukri, Kubitan, Spiderco
Courses Attended:
Body guarding, Tactical Firearm, House
clearing, VIP Protection, Personal Escort Security , Resident Security, Cuffing
& Searching, Self Defence, Kukri, Sword Traditional & Ronen styles, traditional
Ninjitsu weapons.
Instructed:
Self Defence, Spyderco, unarmed
combat, traditional Ninjitsu weapons.