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A TEAM of four from Ballarat will leave Australia on Thursday bound for the Kyokushin Karate World Cup in South Africa. <\/p>\n
Mohammad Rezaie and Shannyn Johnstone-Ward. <\/p>\n
A TEAM of four from Ballarat will leave Australia on Thursday bound for the Kyokushin Karate World Cup in South Africa. <\/p>\n
Fighters Shannyn Johnstone-Ward and Mohammad Rezaie will represent the green and gold in the championships, while Ballarat sensei Steve Hardy is national coach and wife Monica a team manager. <\/p>\n
Hardy said both Johnstone-Ward and Rezaie were Australia's best chances of success among a team of 12 competitors. <\/p>\n
\"I can't imagine them not going very well, but you never know,\" Hardy said. <\/p>\n
\"Our biggest competition will be the professional fighters from Russia, Kazakhstan and the Europeans. They are really dangerous because they pretty well do karate full time.\" <\/p>\n
Rezaie has overcome a recent broken arm to take part in his first world cup . <\/p>\n
The Kyokushin Karate World Cup is held in Durban on Saturday and Sunday. <\/p>\n
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