On March 10th and 11th, Shihan Mady was in Thunder Bay for promotions and for seminars. The seminars on Saturday were a huge success with all who attended learning a tremendous amount.

As is the tradition when Shihan Mady visits, promotions were held the Friday night and setting a new record only took 4 hours to complete with 1 hour of deliberation. With a very very strong showing every individual testing clearly demonstrated they were not only of the skill required but well above it!

Promotions to Nidan (2nd Degree Black): Jesse Hill, Timo Tikka, Simeon Ostap and Rachel McGovern.
Promotion to Shodan: Kyle MacAskill
Promotions to Ikkyu (1st Brown): John Naimian, Hayley Tennier, Jordan Tennier, and Huyen Gilmore.

Congratulations to everyone who was promoted, you definitely earned it!

Alexander Serenko and Vlad Serenko both achieved the rank of Yellow Belt.

Marlen Figueroa of the Chibushi Dojo, Thunder Bay, ON competed in Wrestling at the Canada Games and earned a silver medal. Marlen did great and just narrowly missed getting the gold.

Congratulations Marlen!