My Grandpa's Promo Cert. from The Samurai Judo Club of NY

[Patrick]

Hey,

This is something that I've been wanting to share with you guys for a while.

My grandfather held various professions in his life, but one of those was working at a security guard at Bloomingdale's in New York City. I suspect that this sort of work was one of the reasons he took Judo, in which he reached Brown Belt.

He passed away a few years back and one of the things that I received after this was his promotion certificate to 5th Kyu Yellow Belt on June 16, 1960, from The Samurai Judo Club of New York.

I thought that some people here may find this certificate interesting and fun to look at, so that's why I've been planning to post it up, but I just haven't had a chance. Anyway, here it is:

http://www.karateforums.com/images/temp/pjocert.jpg

Thanks,

Patrick

[bushido_man96]

Very cool, Patrick. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[the beast]

That's awesome Patrick . Thanks for sharing.

[tallgeese]

Very nice!

[pittbullJudoka]

That's great . Thanks for letting us see that.

[ninjanurse]

Cool!

[Patrick]

Thanks guys. My pleasure.

[white owl]

That is so cool!

Thanks for sharing that with us, Patrick.

[DWx]

That's pretty cool Patrick. Wonder if that clubs still running after 50 years.

[Patrick]

Thanks Brenda and Danielle. Glad that you liked it.

Yeah, it's funny to think about how long ago it was. Almost 49 years!

Searching for the club name on Google brings up only 9 results:

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Samurai+Judo+Club+of+New+York%22&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=yzQ&filter=0

They all relate to a man named Ivan Villegas.