from the May, 2015 issue of Kiai!

Congratulations to Our March, April and May 2015 Promotees

See Who Advanced in Rank:

Junior Color Belts
March 21, 2015

To 4th Kyu
Green Belt, and graduating to the Youth Program
Jonas Licklider		 To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Riley Coomer
Maya Kevo 		To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Matthew Lerch
Nico Montalto
Brent Nickson
Oliver Pfau
Declan Gulley
Joshua Leong
Kate Murray 		To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Liam Connolly
Eva Acosta
Finnegan McMahon
Simon Berk
To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Carter Norsym
Andrew Renouard
Sonia Renouard
Mila Graeff
Nicholas Hajjar
Olivia Mauer 		   

 

Youth & Teen Color Belts

March 21, 2015
To 1st Kyu
Advanced-Brown Belt
Evan Birks		 To 2nd Kyu
Brown Belt
Alexander Omiotek
Nate Savoie		 To 3rd Kyu
Advanced-Green Belt
Chloe Kassir
Connor Murray
Dylan Greco
Lenny Knapp
Nicholas Decker
Ryan Murray
Sydney Coomer		 To 4th Kyu
Green Belt
Christian Tirado
Zach McCoy
Zayd Ibrahim
To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Alma Seda-Gonzalez
James Fukawa
Meghan McIntyre
Ralfs Balodis
Rory Rencher		 To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Amélie Liebhaber
Carlotta Harold
Colin Luangrath
Ella McMahon
Gavin Gulley
Kayla Vasquez
Lyle Gordon
Mia Engelmann
   Wauters 		To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Aiyah Morsy
Aysu Tziahanas
Mimi Jakubiak
Sasha Khimyak
Selma Temizel
Shingo McCook		 To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Alexandria Flojo
Cassidy Skafish
Hannah Lehner
Lily Flynn
Natalia Acosta


Adult Color Belts
May 9, 2015

To 1st Kyu
Advanced-Brown Belt
Mark Hubert		 To 2nd Kyu
Brown Belt
Dan Keats		 To 4th Kyu
Green Belt
Camille Rose
Christopher Lamitie
Cynthia Dieden
Farhana Becker
Jon Damrau
Mariana Von Wald
Rick Storer 		To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Milton Graham
To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Hilary Becker
Leeza Martin
Margie Powell
Maria McKiever 		To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Bill Smith
Jan Ortega
Kim Augustyn		 To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Bryan Reed

April 2, 2015

To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Ed Wright (left)		    

4th and 5th Degree Black Belt
March 19, 2015

To 5th Degree
Black Belt
Kyoshi Marla Cohen
Kyoshi Wai-Kwong Kwok 		To 4th Degree
Black Belt
Sensei Jean Petersen
Sensei Jo Willis
Sensei Alan Miller
Sensei Susan Barney
Sensei Erin Marks 		 

Read excerpts from their promotion essays.

1st Degree Black Belt
April 25, 2015

To 1st Degree
Black Belt
Senpai Arturo Jauregui		    

See more photos from Senpai Arturo's test.

2nd and 3rd Degree Black Belt
May 1, 2015

To 3rd Degree
Black Belt
Senpai Kate Phillippo
Senpai Pat Broughton
Senpai Jeff Edwards
Senpai Amy Jones		 To 2nd Degree
Black Belt
Senpai Carol Allenson
Senpai Shelby Donahue
Senpai Rachel Holtzman
Senpai Annie Gregory
Senpai Mary Wei
Senpai Lucia Frisancho
Senpai Mattie Greenblatt
Senpai Jacob Laden-Guindon 		 

Read a summary of their report back from their test.

Junior Black Belts

May 16, 2015
To 2nd Degree
Junior Black Belt
Senpai Evan Burleigh
Senpai Joseph Friedman
Senpai Ana Gore
Senpai Sophie Ljung		 To 1st Degree
Junior Black Belt
Senpai Joshua Arias
Senpai Bahar Berksoy
Senpai Michael Goodall
Senpai Jack Savoie