December 2012 Belt Promotions

2012 was another great year for our school. I am so appreciative to have so many committed students. I expect even bigger and better things in 2013!

Here are the people who were promoted in the final month of the year:

Aaron A: Yellow
Anya F: Yellow
Evan M: Yellow
Angus M: Orange
Ethan B: Advanced Purple
Luke N: Blue
Maxim F: Blue
Christofer L: Advanced Blue
Joseph L: Advanced Blue
Michael L: Advanced Blue
Vince B: Advanced Blue
Justin F: 3rd Degree Brown Belt

Great job everyone!

December 8th, Bradford, Pennsylvania CKF Event

On December 8th, Matt Trejo and I went to Bradford, Pennsylvania to train with my American Kenpo instructor, CKF President, Sean Kelley. Mr. Kelley taught a 2 hour seminar on Long Form 4, and broke down the finer details of Protecting Fans through to Gathering Clouds. In the second seminar, he taught Glancing Spear, Thrust into Darkness and Deceptive Panther. A special thanks goes out to Associate Professor, Michael Miller, for hosting the event.

I have uploaded a couple of pictures from the event.

Other November 2012 Promotions

In addition to those promoted to higher ranks in my last blog, the following students were also promoted at my school in November:

Peter Z: Advanced White
Cameron R: Yellow
Maria Z: Yellow
Adam G: Advanced Yellow
Madison M: Advanced Yellow
Scott B: Advanced Yellow
Noah B: Advanced Yellow
Maia G: Advanced Blue

Congratulations everyone!

November 2nd, 2012 Grading

Two weeks ago, several of my advanced students were promoted at my school in American Kenpo. The test was 2.5 hours long and consisted of forms, sets, self-defense techniques and stand-up fighting. Congratulations to all of the following students on their promotion:

Brennan: Blue Belt
Josh: 3rd Degree Brown Belt
Neal: 3rd Degree Brown Belt
Darren: 2nd Degree Brown Belt
Michael: 1st Degree Brown Belt (Children's)
Morgan: 1st Degree Brown Belt (Children's)
Dana: 1st Degree Black Belt
Chris: 1st Degree Black Belt
Ryan: 2nd Degree Black Belt

October 2012 Belt Promotions

Congratulations to the following students who were promoted in October:

Anya F: Advanced White
Blake L: Advanced White
Cameron R: Advanced White
Keira L: Advanced White
Madison M: Yellow
Scott B: Yellow
Harrison F: Orange
Mackenzie F: Orange
Miles B: Blue

Keep up the great work!

September 2012 Belt Promotions

Congratulations to all of my students who were promoted in American Kenpo in September:

Angus M: Advanced Yellow
Christofer L: Blue
Joseph L: Blue
Michael L: Blue
Madison S: Advanced Blue
Justin F: Advanced Green

Great job everyone.

Ryan Welsh Wins 2 Gold Medals at 2012 WKC World Championships!

Hi Everyone,

Last weekend Ryan Welsh won the Gold Medal for Canada in both Black Belt Team Forms and Black Belt Team Fighting at the WKC World Championships in Montreal, Quebec.

Ryan is an awesome role model for both children and adults and will be testing for his 2nd Degree Black Belt (Assistant Instructor) in American Kenpo November 2nd at the Berkshire Club, which is open to the public.

Congratulations Ryan!!

Jamie