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Local
Martial Arts Students Promote to Black Belt
Back
row: Larry Johansen, 3rd Degree;
Barry Harmon, 8th Degree; Alex Suh,
7th Degree
Middle: Dickson Kunz, 6th Degree;
Grandmaster In Hyuk Suh,
10th Degree; Karl Stolt, 4th
Front
row: Sharon Christian, 1st
Degree; Conor Parker, 1st Degree
Kuk Sool Won™ Grandmaster, In Hyuk
Suh, visited Kuk Sool Won™ schools in Sault
Ste. Marie, Michigan, and Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario, on his annual seminar
tour across England,
Canada, and the United States. The grandmaster was accompanied by
Kuk Sool Won™ Masters, Barry Harmon, Alex Suh,
and Dickson Kunz.
The seminar team conducted a three-hour test for
local students who were testing for advancement to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and
5th Degree black belts. In the
evening, the seminar team held a three-hour seminar for instructors and
students. The seminar concluded
with the promotion of Conor Parker and Sharon
Christian to the rank of 1st Degree black belt (Jo Kyo
Nim). Conor,
Jo Kyo Nim, is a seventh grade student in the
Sault Ste. Marie Area
Middle School and Sharon, Jo Kyo Nim, works as an emergency room doctor at War Memorial Hospital. They both train at Washington Elementary School with
instructors Karl Stolt, Ben Forejt, Sr., Ben Forejt II, and
Ethan Parker.
Both of the new black belts tested many times during
the last year, sometimes before the Grandmaster, sometimes at other Kuk
Sool Won™ schools, and often before their own 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. It is most definitely an
accomplishment of which they may be proud.
Seminar
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