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Local Martial Arts Students Promote to
1st Degree Black
Belt & to 3rd Degree Black Belt
Back
row: Ben Forejt II 3rd Degree, Karl Stolt 5th Degree, Ben
Forejt 3rd Degree
Front
row: Anthony Anastasi, III 1st
Degree, Dr. Chris Hall 1st Degree, Mary Jane Anastasi 1st Degree
Karl
Stolt 5th Degree, Lynn Wicks 3rd Degree, In Hyuk
Suh 10th Degree
Anthony Anastasi
III, Mary Jane Anastasi, and Dr.
Chris Hall recently completed their journey to the rank of first
degree black belt in the Korean martial art style of Kuk Sool
Won™. Lynn Wicks was promoted to
the rank of third degree black belt.
Kuk Sool Won™ Grandmaster, In Hyuk Suh, visited
the Kuk Sool Won™ in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario,
on his annual seminar tour across Europe, Canada, and the United States. The grandmaster was
accompanied by Kuk Sool Won™ Master Sung Jin Suh, Master Barry Harmon, and Master Sang Sik Seo.
The seminar team conducted a two-hour
test for Kuk Sool Won™ students, from the Michigan and Ontario
Kuk Sool Won™ schools, 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) and 3rd
degree black belt (Pu Sa Bum
Nim).
The new Jo Kyo
Nim’s & Pu
Sa Bum Nim all tested quarterly 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 black
belt in the martial art style of Kuk Sool Won™ is most definitely
an accomplishment of which they may be justifiably proud.
All of the students train at Washington Elementary School with
instructors Karl Stolt, Ben Forejt, Sr., and Ben Forejt II.
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