from the October, 2014 issue of Kiai!

Congratulations to Our
July through October 2014 Promotees

 

See Who Advanced in Rank:

Junior Color Belts
July 12, 2014

To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Ava Zaentz
Indigo Wall

 To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Andrew Schuetz
Avry Bellis
Jasper Carlson
Madeleine Webster
Matias Prendergast
Maya Kevo 		To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Collin Hubbard
Daniel Chang
Evan Flojo
Josephine McCloskey
Kate Murray
Matthew Lerch
Nico Montalto
Oliver Pfau
William McCloskey
Rami Ibrahim
Ryan Rodriguez
Sophia Conley

 

Junior Color Belts
September 13, 2014

To 4th Kyu
Green Belt
Marc Clemente
Nicholas Decker
Ryan Murray		 To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Jonas Licklider		 To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Andrew Schuetz
Riley Coomer

 
To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Casey Koga-Dean
Daniel Chang
Evan Flojo
Ilyana Becker
Lukas Carlson
Mason Dimas
Max Rosen
Rami Ibrahim		 To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Abby Truesdale
Colt Dimas
Declan Gulley
Huck Ginn
James Scott
JP Terry
Liam Connolly
Lucas Holzner
Mari Sferra
Shion Koga-Dean		  

 

Youth & Teen Color Belts

July 12, 2014
To 1st Kyu
Advanced-Brown Belt
Sara McCoy
Shael Murthy		 To 2nd Kyu
Brown Belt
Willa Marie O'Donnell		 To 4th Kyu
Green Belt
John Henry Brown		 To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Jake Hubert
Krish Malhotra
Zach McCoy
To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Jaiya Ovid		 To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Colin Sheedy
James Fukawa
Meghan McIntyre
Wyatt Anderson 		To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Alair Korellis
Alessandra Fiumara
David Whitfield
Graham Hansen
Lyle Gordon
Mortimer Buckley
Rory Rencher
Willem Wauters 		 

Youth & Teen Color Belts
September 13, 2014

To 1st Kyu
Advanced-Brown Belt
Elyse Fernando
Keeli Ryan
Kumiko Muro
Noam Levinsky
Takato Muro 		To 2nd Kyu
Brown Belt
Caroline Rosen
Evan Birks
Liliana Schommer
Tlaloc Ugarte-Roman		 To 3rd Kyu
Advanced-Green Belt
Alexander Omiotek
Lillian Kaufman
Massimo Franco
Sophie Dekoven 		To 4th Kyu
Green Belt
Chloe Kassir
Connor Murray
David Risk
Dylan Greco
Ezra Danzig
To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Christian Tirado
Zayd Ibrahim 		To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Alma Seda-Gonzalez
Ari Rosenblum
James Fukawa 		To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Kayla Vasquez
Peter Jakubiak
Rory Rencher 		To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Elizabeth Barrett
Gavin Gulley
Isabella Gottlieb
Mai Nagasawa
Matthew Barrett
Mimi Jakubiak
To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt on 9/29/14
Lili McArdle		    

Adult Color Belts
August 2 & 4, 2014

To 2nd Kyu
Brown Belt
Fay Cheng 		To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Cynthia Dieden (left)		 To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Brett Schatzle
Sheila Hanley

Adult Color Belts
October 11, 2014

To 1st Kyu
Advanced-Brown Belt
Danielle Wash		 To 2nd Kyu
Brown Belt
Ellen Gibbon		 To 5th Kyu
Advanced-Yellow Belt
Frank Trakos
Mariana Von Wald
Tom Jankowski		 To 6th Kyu
Yellow Belt
Brett Schatzle
Milton Graham
Sougata Deb
To 7th Kyu
Advanced-Blue Belt
Hilary Becker
Marina Gonzalez-
   Soriano
Scott Rencher		 To 8th Kyu
Blue Belt
Leeza Martin
Maria McKiever
Jonathan Murphy
Jacob Novak 		   

Adult 1st Degree Black Belts

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To Shodan
1st Degree Black Belt
Natalie Kendall
Denise Zaccardi