Black Belt Grading!!!!

[Dobbersky]

Black Belt Grading!!!!.

The club's 2012 blackbelt grading has successfully been completed.

I've nurtured the school from a few students to where it is today.

3 candidates were up for grading. They gave 110% all the way through.

The club has a new Nidan, Shodan & Shodan Jr.

I'm grateful for the guest instructors who accepted my invitation to sit on the panel.

[sensei8]

I'd like to congratulate each and every testing candidate at your school, as well as congratulating you for taking your school from a few to the loyal many.

CONGRATS!!

[bushido_man96]

Congrats to you and your students, Dobbersky!

[blacknebula]

That's awesome!

[ninjanurse]

Congratulations to you and your students!

[JohnnyB]

Huge grats to your Karatekas i'm sure they deserved the promotions in full!

Did you have them do free sparring in the grading? Did they perform to your standard?

Last time i witnessed free sparring was in Nidan Grading in our SKIF system.

It was 2-3mins fights without any protection and both combatants were going full contact but it was hardly escalating because of the sensei refereeing.

[Dobbersky]

Thank you all so much, I will pass on you kind words.

Yes they matched the required standards I wanted. I had 2 guest instructors 1 a Godan (5th) and 1 a Nanadan (7th)

The sparring was up to 25 x 1.5min fights full contact including sweaps and throws.

[ossemon]

It is brilliant! Congrats!

[darksoul]

Very cool! Great to hear!

[DoctorQui]

Excellent work Dobbers!

Had a look on your website at the proud line up!

Very promising beginnings for your Ryu!

OSU