December 2016

Dr. Stevens,Krishiv Sreejith, Brayden Charneski, Alicia Rucker

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