Author: Frank Allen

Congratulations to Kumar for starting down the Martial Art path and earning is Purple Stripe in KajuKido. He is a very welcomed addition to our dojo community. He has a great attitude and fits in well. I would also like to commend Kumar for his work ethic. It is very clear that he doesn’t just rely on class time to […]

I can’t tell you how thrilled I … and we … Mark and Keith … are to have another student join the ranks of Black Belt at our dojo. Mike is just the 4th student to achieve that rank. Outside of nerves … which everyone can absolutely relate with … Mike did a great job.  Let me take this opportunity […]

Igor is our newest student to our dojo … but not new to the Martial Arts. Igor studied Aikido in a different more classical style and earned the rank of 3rd Kyu. He is now concentrating on learning how we practice the Art using smaller circles and different foot work in our techniques. All of the Senseis consider Igor to […]

Congratulations to Hannah … she went and did again. She advanced to Blue Belt w/ Brown Stripe in Ichikan Aikido. This means that in the last couple of months, Hannah has advanced in all three Martial Art systems that we teach. Hannah did an outstanding job on her Demo and actually just demonstrated how far she has come in her […]

Major congratulations to Hannah for an Outstanding Demo for her advancement to Brown Belt in KajuKido. It was very clear in the Demo that she had been working on Kata and her techniques outside of class. She did a great job. I think Hannah should be the poster adult for Tenchi One Martial Arts. She had an advancement last week […]

Major congratulations to Hannah for her Kajukenbo Blue Stripe advancement. She has worked really hard and she demonstrated that during the Demo. The Blue and Green belts in Kajukenbo are a major step above the beginning Belts and clearly point towards the advanced belts to come. Really nice job. Keith and I can’t thank you enough for your commitment and […]

Congrats to Mike McDougal on an extremely rare double Belt advancement. He was promoted to Orange Belt in Kajukenbo, the last of the Introductory level belts. He did an awesome job. Mike achieved that advancement in spite of the Covid virus. That will lead us to the second part of the belt advancement in a moment. It will be a […]

Congratulations to Hannah for advancing to Purple Belt in Kajukenbo. Hannah is a very dedicated and enthused student. Her work ethic, supplemented by her humor, makes her an incredible student to teach. It will be fun to see what she does with the new material. Hannah … thanks for you contribution to our dojo.

Two major belt advancements took place last weekend. Joan Abdo advanced to Brown Belt with Black Stripe in Ichikan Aikido. That is the last belt prior to Black Belt. She had an amazing demo, even surprising Mark and Keith and I at how well she did. It took her a while to get there but she is now well on […]

Congratulations to Dave for his advancement to Purple Belt w/ Blue Stripe in Ichikan Aikido. He is such a wonderful addition to our Dojo community. He brings such a wonderful attitude and willingness to learn. It is also clear that he gets that what we offer at our Dojo is more than just a Martial Art. CONGRATS!