Congratulations to Matt Pinard for a successful test on May 30th. Matt has been promoted to Shodan (black belt). Be sure to let him know how proud you are of them the next time you see him. This is a significant achievement for any student. Matt will now begin Nidan training.
Matt Pinard completed his Shodan pretest this week. With Sensei Reynolds as his Uke, Matt completed henka for all shodan principles, weapon defenses and search techniques. Please congratulate Matt the next time you see him in the Dojo. Shihan Evans, Sensei Reynolds and Matt will be making a weekend trip to honbu to be tested [...]