Black Belt Promotion: The Aberdeen Kenpo Karate Academy is proud
to have promoted it's first black belt. Mr. Kent Holland was
promoted to shodan (1st degree black belt) on February 4th, 2006.
Mr. Holland has been training for over 8 years in kenpo. He also
trains weekly in ATA taekwondo and tai chi. Mr. Holland has also
received his full instructor license. Mr. Holland received his
shodan certificate and was presented with a sword set to honor his
accomplishment of achieving his black belt in kenpo karate. Mr.
Holland has contributed so much to the dojo on so many different
levels. The late Grandmaster Ed Parker would be proud.
Congratulations Mr. Holland!
Belt Promotions: We had two testings in February.
Congratulations to the following students on their promotions: Cody
Wells, yellow stripe; John Boggs, yellow belt; Zack Bumpous, orange
belt; Brandon Bumpous, orange belt; Logan Ramsey, purple belt; JD
Shultis, purple belt; Wayne Krysowaty, blue stripe. The next
testing will be March 18th, 2006 at 10 AM.
New Students: Please welcome Tyler Larson and John Boggs to the
dojo. Good luck with your training.
Schedule: Just a reminder that Mr. Lammon will be at a PPCT
instructors course the week of February 27th - March 3rd and Mr.
Holland will be gone beginning March 25th for a Cane Master's
seminar.
Thanks to Mr. Holland we now have several rebreakable boards at
the dojo. You can train with these or bring your own wooden ones.
Wooden ones are required for testing but the dojo supplies them for
testing. Board breaking is required to get your green belt and
above.
Upcoming Events: The tentative date for a Karate Camp this summer
is August 18th-20th which happens to be the ending weekend of the
Brown County fair. Because of this we are also looking at a backup
date of July 28th-30th. We'd like input from students on what you'd
like to see and do.
Also we're planning on taking the 2006 class picture on April 18th
at 7:15 PM. If this date won't work let us know ASAP.
Business: Just a reminder that the new quarter for dojo fees
begins April 1st. If you can not pay the quarterly rate you can pay
monthly for an additional charge. Quarterly it's $200 per student
or $75 monthly. The family discounted rate for 2 people is $325
quarterly or $125 monthly.
Kumite: We are getting more people sparring now. If you want to
spar all you need is some protective gear (which runs around $80 a
set) and be a minimum of yellow belt. Sparring is required to get
your green belt. We will be having sparring on Thursday nights at
approximately 8:45 PM after the basic class. Sparring will last
until 9:30 PM.
On another note, the terrorists responsible for planting the
roadside bomb that killed Officer Roland Barvels on January 18th
have been caught. The Iraqi police squad that Officer Barvels
helped train caught the killers in a motel. They were...let's say
interrogated. Needless to say they didn't live long enough to see
the inside of a courtroom. Justice moves swiftly in the middle
east. There's also a Roland Barvels Memorial Fund set up at Dacotah
Bank for his children.
As always thank you all for your continued business, hard work and
dedication to training.