The IMA Family wants to congratulate everyone who successfully passed their black belt tests yesterday!
Youth
1st Kyu to Junior Black Belt – First Test
Max Vali and Aidan Rampy
1st Kyu to Junior Black Belt (Black w/ White Stripe)
Keon Zia Shakeri, Kurt Nakasato, Kate Nakasato, Aidan Jones, Anneka Pawlak, Andy Nou, and Bryan McCarty
Junior Black Belt (Black with Green Stripe)
Vani Topkar, Hunter Nelson, Nisha Maheshwari, and Shaam Patnam
Shodan-Ho (Black with Brown Stripe)
Jacob Peters
Shodan (1st Degree Black Belt)
Dasha Petropav, Alex Matsumoto, Lily Martinelli, and Kelara Madani
Adults
1st Kyu to Shodan – First Test
James Firor and Dory Funk
Nidan (2nd Degree Black Belt
Irina Petropavlovskikh and Jennifer McGavin
Sandan (3rd Degree Black Belt
Senpai Sara Martinelli and Senpai Rita Valli
Yondan (4th Degree Black Belt
Sensei Amadou Niang
Thanks also to all of the black belts and instructors who helped with the Dan testing and to all of the friends and family that came to support the students.