{"id":1441,"date":"2026-05-26T16:25:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gojuryu-southerncape.co.za\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:27:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:27:57","slug":"new-junior-yellow-belts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gojuryu-southerncape.co.za\/index.php\/2026\/05\/26\/new-junior-yellow-belts\/","title":{"rendered":"New Junior Yellow Belts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 data-section-id=\"s5grn0\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"45\">Congratulations to Our Junior Yellow Belts!<\/h1>\n<p data-start=\"47\" data-end=\"208\">Today we proudly celebrate the amazing achievement of our young karateka at the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">OGKK George Shibu<\/span><\/span> who successfully earned their Yellow Belts!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"430\">For many of these students, this is one of their very first big milestones in karate. 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