I WANT TO THANK MASTER HARRISON WHITE AND HIS STUDENTS FOR JOINING US EACH THURSDAY NIGHT FOR OUR SPARRING
CLASSES. MASTER WHITE IS AS GOOD AS THEY COME WHEN IT COMES TO TEACHING SPORT KARATE AND MASTER WHITE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING
JOB IMPROVING THE FIGHTING SKILLS OF OUR STUDENTS. ALTHOUGH OUR SCHOOLS ARE SEPERATE (WHITES DOJO AND NORTH KNOX) WE FEEL
MORE LIKE THE SAME AS WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER TO THE FULLEST AND WHEN HIS STUDENTS OR OUR STUDENTS ARE SUCCESSFUL WE ALL
FEEL THAT SINCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE ALSO INVITE ANYONE NO MATTER OF YOUR RANK TO JOIN US EACH THURSDAY NIGHT NIGHT FOR WHAT
MAY BE THE BEST GATHERING OF SPORT KARATE-KA IN THE AREA.
DEC
9 2011 NORTH KNOX ISSHINRYU HELD THEIR 1ST RANK PROMOTIONS SINCE MOVING INTO THE NEW SCHOOL.
ONCE AGAIN THE TEST WAS HELD IN FRONT OF A PACKED HOUSE AND I FEEL EVERYONE WAS
AMAZED AT HOW WELL THE NIGHTS EVENTS TURNED OUT.
THE STUDENTS
AND THEIR NEW RANKS LISTED BELOW:
ISSHINRYU KARATE
DYLAN KEISER: YELLOW BELT
JARRED KEISER: YELLOW BELT
WYATT LIVINGSTON: YELLOW BELT
MADALENE BELEW: GOLD
BELT
RON CRIVELLONE: GREEN BELT
PAPA DIOUF: GREEN
BELT
SEAN MCMAHAN: BLUE BELT
MADISON NELSON: BLUE BELT
ADAM DEFFINGER: PURPLE BELT
ROLAND BELEW: PURPLE
BELT
Here's the
list of instructors promoted to Master Rank by Grandmaster Mills.
MASTER JAMES OGLE: KU-DAN
MASTER GREGG MCMAHAN: SHICHI-DAN
MASTER HARRISON WHITE: HACHI-DAN
MASTER MIKE ACUFF: ROKU-DAN
MASTER RON TOLLIVER:
ROKU-DAN
MASTER RICK BREEDEN: ROKU-DAN
MASTER MIKE ALLAN:
ROKU-DAN
Gregg McMahan
SHICHI-DAN
ISSHINRYU