Passage of Knowledge
May 4, 2011
Eight Local Residence Earn New Karate Belts
On Wednesday, May 4, 2011 the Passage of Knowledge Martial Arts Center held their spring rank promotion. Eight students from Montpelier - Shelby Skidmore, Bailey Cline, Kitana Klowetter, Myles Cline and sisters Haley, Jamie and Emily Howell participated in the rank promotion.
A rank promotion is where the Karate students that have trained for enough time are eligible to test for their next rank. They are judge by a promotion board that determines if they are both physically and mentally prepared to be honored with a higher rank. Rank is typically signified by a certificate as well as a belt of varying colors.
The rank promotion lasted about two hours. There where three physical elements of the promotion. The first consisted of Karate students performing basic techniques such as punching, kicking, and blocking. The next was the demonstration of self defense techniques. The final physical element was performing Kata. Kata is a serious of martial arts techniques that are executed continuously in a specific pattern.
Throughout the promotion the Karate students were asked questions. The purpose of the questions was to test their mental knowledge and understanding of the material they were being tested on.
The Passage of Knowledge Martial Arts Center is proud to announce that on May 4, 2011 the following students earned and were promoted to their next rank - Shelby Skidmore, Bailey Cline, and Kitana Klowetter were promoted to 7th KYU Blue Belt. Myles Cline was promoted to 8th KYU Orange Belt. Tessa Smith, Haley Howell, Jamie Howell, and Emily Howell were promoted to 9th KYU Yellow Belt.
Back Row: Bailey Cline, Haley Howell, Emily Howell, Jamie Howell, Shelby
Skidmore, Mr. Simpson
Front Row: Myles Cline, Tessa Smith, Kitana Klowetter
The promotion board consisted of 1st Degree Black Belt Michael Simpson and 2nd KYU Brown Belt Sam Crump assisted by 5th KYU Purple Belt Tyler Ingram and 6th KYU Green Belt James (Jamie) Fraser
Four of the students participating in the promotion also received an award. The Passage of Knowledge Martial Arts Center feels that academic education is extremely important. When the Center was opened a program was put in place to encourage students to work hard in school and strive to get Straight As or As and Bs on their report cards. If a student accomplishes the goal of making straight As they are award amongst other things an Academic Achiever Patch to have sewn on to their Karate uniform. We at the Passage of Knowledge Martial Arts Center are proud to award the Academic Achiever Patch to the following students – Shelby Skidmore, Haley Howell, Jamie Howell, and Emily Howell.
Congratulations to all students for a job well done!
For more information on the Passage of Knowledge Martial Arts Center feel free to stop in on Monday or Wednesday or visit www.passageofknowledge.com, email passageofknowledge@yahoo.com, or call 765-374-9986.