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Local Martial Arts Students Promote to Black Belt
Back
row: Karl Stolt 5th Degree, Ben Forejt 3rd Degree, Ben Forejt
II 3rd Degree, Barry Harmon 9th Degree
Middle:
In Hyuk Suh, Grandmaster
Front
row: Chris Swailes 1st Degree, Dylan Floyd 1st
Degree, Caine VanderMolen 1st Degree
Chris Swailes, Dylan Floyd, and Caine
VanderMolen recently completed their journey to the rank of
first degree black belt in the Korean martial art style of Kuk
Sool Won™.
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 Sung Jin Suh, Master Barry
Harmon, and 2nd degree
black belt Walter Suh.
The seminar team conducted a two-hour
test for local students who are testing for advancement to 1st
degree black belt and higher degrees of black belt. After testing the seminar
team held a three-hour seminar for instructors and students of
all belt levels. The
seminar concluded with promotions to the rank of 1st Degree
black belt (Jo Kyo Nim).
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.
Chris Swailes Jo Kyo Nim, Dylan Floyd Jo Kyo Nim, and Caine
VanderMolen Jo Kyo Nim train at Washington Elementary
School with instructors Karl
Stolt, Ben Forejt, Sr., and Ben Forejt II.
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