Saturday March 14th 2020 saw Joshua Barnaby, Stacey Stead, Katie Waddington and Xander Delsiant all attend Chuldow HQ in Wakefield to attempt to qualify as Black Belt 1st Dan in kickboxing. It was a tough graduation, ask any of the candidates and they will agree they were pushed to the limit. It takes a lot of time and effort to reach this level of excellence but the deication each has shown over the years paid off as, exhausted though they were, they happily received their promotions.
They were not alone however. Joshua Falkiner was there too. A 2nd Dan already with many years of training behind him he was attempting to achieve his 3rd Dan. If 1st Dan was tough, and it was, then this test was brutal but Mr Falkiner showed he was made of stern stuff and had put in the time and effort on the mats to prepare for it and was successful in gaining his promotion.
As always Sunday followed Saturday and as always the Karate Gradaution followed the Kickboxing Graduation. Sunday 15th March 202 saw Bradley Robinson, Stanley Seymour-Crawshaw, Luke Dickinson, Cameron Eggett, Sharon Maclean and Stuart Maclean all set forth to prove their worth in Karate. With testing covering the full range of their knowledge, skill and physical prowess they pushed on and demonstrated that they had what it takes to join the select group of Chuldow Black Belts, each earning a promotion to 1st Dan.
Well done all!
