Congratualtions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another great evaluation!!!!!!!!!!!!  congratulations to Jia   (white advanced), Jacob and Danny, (orange advanced), We are proud of your accomplishment.

Passing it on!!!! LOOKING GOOD SETH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rank adjustments

On SAt. June 11 th. we held evaluations for rank adjustments. Congratulations to all that were promoted. Hard work paid off!!!!!!!!!!

PROMOTION

Sensei Ray Bovaird was promoted to yandan, (fourth degree black belt) Sensei Ray has set a great example as a dedicated hard working martial artist. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

camp results

It was a great experience to meet the first american to bring Shorin-ryu karate to the United States. Sensei Gary Tiktin. Worked on punches and gaining strength in those punches.Gary was presented a life time achievment award by Papa Paul and Mike Hixson.Very cool to witness this.

Rank Adjustment

Sahil, came to us with some experience in TKD, after a month of
training, he will begin his Karate experience at 10 kyu Advanced,
(white belt/black stripe), Congratulations!!!!!!!

Dojo Closed

We will be closed on Monday May 30 th for the holiday,
and on Sat. June 4 th. to attend a Karate seminar
in Columbus.

WOW

Recently Sensei Ray completed a 100 mile run. Below are some of the details. I am sure he would agree that all those years of training in the martial arts,helped him get through something so tough!

Massanutten Mountain Trails 100 Run (MMT):

The MMT is a challenging 100 mile trail ultra over a demanding, rocky course in the Massanutten Mountains of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The course includes rugged mountain climbs that total over 18,000 feet.



Other info:

This was my 4th completion

My time: 31:00:18 (66th)

195 starters; 132 finishers (68%)

This is something that still rattles my mind. Congratulations to Sensei Ray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am truely impressed.

Dia Sempia Karl

WELCOME

We want to welcome our newest students,

Sahil, Shawn, Jennie, and Jia. You guy's are all off to a good start. We look forward to helping you reach your marial arts goals.

Congratulations on your first belts, Jia, Shawn and Jennie.

New camp info.

The June 4 th. camp will now be in Columbus OH. This is a one day camp. All info is one the event tab on the aska website. (aska-karate.org)The dojo will be closed on this Saturday, also is a posting for the Papa Joe camp in October. This camp is open to kids and adults. Please see the aska website or ask your instructor for more info.