Big congratulations to the whole club on an historic test on Dec. 15, and to those who tested on makeup days! I am almost certain that this test was the largest in the history of CW Taekwondo at Boston, and on top of that, we had 3 instructors test for 4th Dan over two consecutive weekends. I'm grateful for everyone's hard work and commitment to improving themselves this year and to the instructors for investing in each and every one of your journeys.
Special congrats to Dave Chan, Carissa Fu and Tara Sarathi testing for their 4th dan rank! Master Chan, Master Fu and Master Sarathi have already demonstrated leadership on and off the mat in nearly every capacity imaginable, and they got to show you some of their best taekwondo on their tests. I'm sure you were all wowed, I know I was.
For newly promoted green stripes, you may receive your new rank at the Wednesday L2 class from 7:30p-8:45p on Jan. 2, 2019. For green belts and higher, you may receive your new rank at Thursday L3 class from 7:30p-9:00p on Jan. 3, 2019. If you can't make your assigned time, you can receive your belt at any subsequent class, just ask an instructor at the start of class.
If there are any omissions or corrections below, please let me know.
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Green Stripe, 8th Geup at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Ruby Bui
Shreosi Ghosh
Gaurav Mehta
Ben Yee-Paulson
Leah Rose
Ashley Soltis
Yiyi Yao
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Green Belt, 7th Geup at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Caroline Donovan
Muqi Li
Gregory MacDonough
Emily Robey-Phillips
Ben Sachtler
Takao "Taco" Yamada
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Blue Stripe, 6th Geup at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Venkatesh Kononur
Sacha Le Page
Sean Park
Jesse Rusak
Kira Tebbe
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Blue Belt, 5th Geup at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Giovanni Offedu
Jessica Tavares
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Red Stripe, 4th Geup at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Kate Lipman
Minh Phan
Preethi Raja Iyer
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Red Belt, 4th Geup at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Jessie Huang
Bre Lewis
Janice Tjeng
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Black Stripe, 2nd Geup, Assistant Instructor at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Justin Durand
Nate Huynh
Borko Jandras
Sarita Koride
The following students have been promoted to the rank of Double Black Stripe, 1st Geup, Black Belt Candidate at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Blake Mitchell
Katarina Vulic
The following instructors have been promoted to the rank of 4th Dan Black Belt, Master Instructor, at CW Taekwondo at Boston:
Dave Chan
Carissa Fu
Tara Sarathi
Congratulations everyone!
-dbc