New Black Belts at Dan Anderson Karate School

[Dan Anderson]

On Nov. 7th the following were tested and promoted:

Codi Wendland to 1st Dan (7 years)

Jeff Mooney to 1st Dan (7 years)

Katie Davis 1st Dan (9 years)

Steve Rice 1st Dan (12 years)

Kevin Davis 3rd Dan

Congratulations to one and all.

Yours,

Dan Anderson

[bushido_man96]

Congrats to all.

[RichardZ]

Congrats...those years are the amount of training?

[Dan Anderson]

Yes. They all started out in the juniors class and worked their way into the adult's group. It is not unusual for it to take 5 - 7 years to get to first dan in my school.

Yours,

Dan Anderson

[RichardZ]

Please don't misunderstand my question, 5-7 years training seems to be the right course is what I was thinking and why I was asking

Edited November 12, 2009 by RichardZ

[Dan Anderson]

Nope. That is how I took the question. No harm, no foul.

Dan Anderson

[DWx]

Congrats to them

[Ichi_Geki]

Is your American Freestyle Karate in conjunction with the school in Wisconsin Rapids?

[Dan Anderson]

Is your American Freestyle Karate in conjunction with the school in Wisconsin Rapids?

No, it isn't. A student of mine (Tom Levak) coined the term for what I do back in a magazine article roughly 1977. I then wrote a book using that term (American Freestyle Karate: A Guide To Sparring Unique Publications) in 1979. It was published in 1980 and is still in print.

Although it is the formal name for what I teach others have used it more as a generic term for American Karate. There is a group in Southeast USA that is AFK as well. The Wisconsin group might be using the book as a guide or might not. I don't know.

Yours,

Dan Anderson