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| Dr. Stevens,Krishiv Sreejith, Brayden Charneski, Alicia Rucker |
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| Austin Lowe, David and Lillian Caldwell |
Local taekwondo students from three schools demonstrated
improved skills at the YMCA recently, and earned new ranks including three
black belts. Grandmaster Dwight Stevens, assisted by senior
masters Mark Henkel and Ron Locascio, judged the martial
artists from Stevens Taekwondo: A New
Way of Life, the UW-Stevens Point taekwondo program and the YMCA Stevens
Taekwondo Academy.
Eleven-year-old Krishiv
Sreejith earned his first degree black belt, with his demonstration of advanced kicks, four taeguk and the koryo
forms and sparring skills. Sreejith smashed a board with a working step back
spinning side kick and then answered extensive questioning on the forms, history and tenets of taekwondo.
Brayden Charneski
and Alicia Rucher joined black belt
ranks as deputy black belts following their performance of advanced techniques,
sparring skills and five taebek forms.
Charneski and Rucker each easily broke their boards with a working step,
back spinning side kicks.
Three of the 35 color belt candidates won trophies for
excellence. New yellow belt Austin Lowe won first place and
father-daughter duo David and Lillian
Caldwell earned second and third place as they achieved high white belt
rank.
****Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy 2017*****
Class Schedule for YMCA
No classes for the rest of 2016
2017
WINTER SESSION I
JANUARY 3 New session begins
FEBRUARY 9 Last class of the session
FEBRUARY 12 BELT PROMOTION TESTING –
12:00 registration
12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
testing
NO CLASSES –
February 14 and 16
WINTER SESSION II
FEBRUARY 21 New session begins
NO CLASSES –
March 21 and 23- SPRING BREAK
APRIL 6 Last class of the session
APRIL 9 BELT PROMOTION TESTING – 12:00 registration
12:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Testing
NO CLASSES – April 11
and 13
SPRING SESSION
APRIL 18 New session begins
MAY 25 Last class of the session
NO CLASSES – May 30
and June 1
