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Local
Martial Arts Students Promote to Black Belt
Pat Fishell, 1st Degree; Karl Stolt, 5th
Degree; Nick Morgan, 1st Degree
Kuk Sool Won™ Grandmaster, In Hyuk
Suh, visited Kuk Sool Won™ schools in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
on his annual seminar tour across the United
Kingdom, Canada,
and the United
States. The grandmaster was accompanied by
Kuk Sool Won™ Master Alex Suh, Master John Ives from the United Kingdom,
and the grandmaster’s grandson Erik Suh first degree black belt.
The seminar team conducted a two and one half hour test for
local students who are testing for advancement to 1st degree black
belts and higher degrees of black belt.
The following morning the seminar team held a three-hour seminar
for instructors and students.
The seminar concluded with the promotion of Pat Fishell and Nick Morgan to the rank of 1st Degree
black belt (Jo Kyo Nim).
Pat Fishell works at Gordon’s Food
Service. You may view Pat Jo Kyo Nim’s black belt page
by clicking on this link. http://www.kuksoolwonsault.com/blackbelts/pfishell.htm
Nick Morgan is in his junior year at Sault Area
High School. You may view Nick Jo Kyo Nim’s black belt page
by clicking on this link. http://www.kuksoolwonsault.com/blackbelts/nmorgan.htm
The new Jo Kyo Nim’s
tested many times during the last two years, sometimes before the
Grandmaster & visiting masters, and often before their local instructors. The tests involve a considerable
amount of memory and physical endurance. The training leading up to the point
of testing covers a period of several years. Earning the rank of 1st
degree black belt in the martial art style of Kuk Sool Won™ is most definitely an
accomplishment of which they may be justifiably proud.
Both Pat Jo Kyo Nim and Nick Jo Kyo Nim train at Washington Elementary
School with instructors Karl Stolt, Ben
Forejt, Sr., and Ben Forejt II.
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