U-Buddy Govender wazalelwa e-Sydenham, eThekwini ngo-1960. Uthando luka-Buddy lwekarati nebhola lwaqala ngo-1969. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, wajoyina isikole iGoju Kai Karate. Le dojo ibiphethwe ngu-Stan Hart no-Leo Lapinski. Ngo-1976 u-Buddy wahlonyiselwa u-Shodan ngaphansi kuka-Yamaguchi Goshi Shihan. Uqhubeke nokuziqeqesha ngaphansi kuka-Vasi Naidoo.
Iqembu lokuqala likaBuddy kwaba i-Avalon Celtic. Kamuva wajoyina i-D ’Alberton Callies. Eminyakeni eyishumi nesithupha u-Buddy wenza i-semi-profession yakhe yokuqala eqenjini elibizwa nge-Royals. Ngo-1979 u-Buddy waphenduka ubungcweti ngesikhathi ejoyina i-Leeds United, edlala no-Patrick Moodley no-Cheesa Baptist. Ngo-1980 u-Buddy wajoyina iqembu esengumfanyana, i-Berea, wadlala amasizini amabili ngaphambi kokujoyina Amazulu. Isizini yakhe eyisishiyagalolunye ku-Amazulu FC yaqashelwa yisibambiso semalimboleko ku-African Wanders ngo-1982.
Ngo-1997 u-Buddy waqeqeshwa e-Jundokan Naha, e-Okinawa ngaphansi kwe-Miyazato Ei’ichi Hanshi. U-Sensei Miyazato uklonyelise u-Buddy ibanga lase-Yondan (4Dan). Ngaphezu kwalokho u-Buddy waqokwa njengommeleli osemthethweni ka-Sensei Miyazato eNingizimu Afrika. UnguMqondisi Oyinhloko we-Jundokan eNingizimu Afrika.