Nigeria Karate needs corporate support — Bamgboye

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Robert Bamgboye is 63 but still does unthinkable things with his body because of his background as a Martial Arts practitioner. Bamgboye who is half Nigerian and half British says he is very bitter. His bitterness is that Karate, in Nigeria is at the bottom wrung of sports. “We are at the bottom and it doesn’t augur well for the growth of the sport in the country.

He spoke with Jacob Ajom

How did you start in Martial Arts?

I started in 1978, Shotokan, a brand of Karate. I started in 1978, so I have been doing it for 40 years now. I was greatly influenced by my early exposure to film stars like Bruce Lee and other martial arts actors. I wanted to know more about it and I had this fantasy of wanting to be superhuman like them. I also realised that to be like them, I have to learn. So, I started early in life, about 40 years ago, and I have been doing it since.

How has the sport…



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