Please note that this page is a work in progress.
PROMOTIONS
ALL BELTS
GILLAM GRANT DOJO DECEMBER 12, 2007: Paul scuderi was promoted to Yellow Belt in Karate.
GILLAM GRANT DOJO NOVEMBER 10, 2007: KARATE BLACK AND KYU BELT TESTING.
THE BLACK BELT PANEL
BLACK BELT PROMOTIONS
SENSEI SON LE TO YON-DAN, SENSEI DEBBIE LAMAY TO SAN-DAN, SENSEI DAN BESZCZYNSKI TO NI-DAN; JONAH FARNUM, KRIS PETOTE AND LARRY MOHR (PICTURE BELOW)TO SHO-DAN
LARRY MOHR

BLACK, KYU AND SEMPAI PROMOTED ON NOVEMBER 10, 2007

Irene Balla promoted to White Sash in JKD on November 7, 2007

Teresa Levy promoted to Green Belt in Karate at KP Dojo November, 2007

Tyke Lemcke promoted to Brown Belt in Iaido at Gillam Grant Dojo November, 2007

Students promoted to Green, Orange, and Yellow Belt in Karate at CJ Dojo September, 2007

Students promoted to Level I in Kali at CJ Dojo September, 2007
GILLAM GRANT DOJO JUNE 2, 2007: KARATE BLACK AND KYU BELT TESTING.
THE BLACK BELT PANEL
BLACK BELT PROMOTIONS
FRONT ROW SHIHAN CYNDY JONES TO HACHI DAN 4/15/07 BY MASTER SHIMABUKU, SENSEI RICK HAWLEY TO ROKU DAN 2/10/07 AND SENSEI JIM KOUDELKA YON-DAN 6/2/07
NEW SHO-DANS
NEW NI-DANS
NEW BROWN BELTS
NEW BLUE BELTS
NEW GREEN BELTS
NEW YELLOW BELTS
KODAK PARK DOJO MAY 2, 2007: IAIDO TESTING.
Ed Covannon promoted to Yellow Belt
KODAK PARK DOJO APRIL 15, 2007: KALI TESTING.
Rick Hawley promoted to Instructor, Level IV
GILLAM GRANT DOJO APRIL 21, 2007: IAIDO BELT TESTING.
NEW ORANGE BELTS
NEW GREEN BELTS
KODAK PARK DOJO MARCH, 2007: JKD SASH TESTING.
Jerry Ciriello promoted to Brown Sash III
Don Hammen promoted to Green Sash II
Dave Smith promoted to Yellow Sash
COLLAMER-JONES DOJO MARCH 25, 2007: KARATE ORANGE BELT TESTING.
GILLAM GRANT DOJO MARCH 10, 2007: KARATE KYU BELT TESTING.
NEW ORANGE BELTS
NEW YELLOW BELTS
NEW YELLOW BELTS

GILLAM GRANT DOJO JANUARY 6, 2007: Mary Platek was promoted to orange belt in Karate.

KODAK PARK DOJO DECEMBER 18, 2006: Lynn Heath was promoted to Sempai, Corey Schmidt and Teresa Levy were promoted to green and orange belt in karate, respectively by Shihan Jones.

GILLAM GRANT DOJO DECEMBER 16, 2006: Two students were promoted to yellow belt in Karate.

KODAK PARK DOJO DECEMBER 12, 2006: Bob Finn was promoted to yellow belt in Iaido.

CJ DOJO NOVEMBER, 2006: Rachael Czerniak was promoted to yellow belt in Karate.

KEVIN SEAMAN SEMINAR NOVEMBER, 2006: Guro Dave Riedel was promoted to Full Instructor in Kali.
The Black Belt Panel at the Nov. 11, 2006 Test
All Students promoted with Shihan Jones
Go-Dans: Sensei(s) Ron Cok, Kathy Hyde, Chuck Lehmann and Tim Gersey
Yon-Dans: Sensei(s) Frank Jergler, Val Kuykendall and Tom Story
Ni-Dans: Sensei(s) Brian Jesse, Dan Adams and Sempai Jordan White
Sho-Dans: Jr.Leader Student and Sensei Irene Balla
Sempai(s): Dusty Gutowski and Stan Stephenson, Scott White and Mark Lyons(not pictured)
Brown and Blue Belts: Kurt Prister, Kris Petote, Student and Larry Mohr
Gillam Grant Dojo, November 11, 2006: Students were promoted to Go-Dan, Yon-Dan, Ni-Dan, Sho-Dan, Sempai, Brown Belt and Blue Belt in Karate.






COLLAMER-JONES DOJO, October, 2006: Top: A karate student was promoted to yellow belt, middle upper: a karate student (boy) was promoted to orange belt and a karate student (girl) was promoted to orange belt, middle mid: Dan Van Valkenburg was promoted to orange belt in Karate middle lower: Irene Balla, Alec Nevin, and Chris Nickerson were promoted to yellow belt in Iaido and lower: Dave Nagel was promoted to Level III in Kali.

COLLAMER-JONES DOJO, September 9, 2006: Dave Riedel was promoted to Brown Sash Level III in JKD.

COLLAMER-JONES DOJO, September, 2006: Jennifer VanValkenburg was promoted to green belt in Karate.

KP Dojo August 17, 2006: Teresa Levy was promoted to yellow belt in Karate.

KP Dojo August 15, 2006: John Dorr was promoted to Brown II in JKD.

CJ Dojo August 12, 2006: Neil Farukhi was promoted to Level I in Kali.

KP Dojo August 10, 2006: John Gardner and Robert Finn were promoted to Gold Sash in JKD.

CJ Dojo August 5, 2006: Jim Bishop, Brad Deutsch, Scott White, Nicholas Gartley and Matt Bolcar were promoted to Level I in Kali.

KP Dojo August 1, 2006: Jerry Ciriello was promoted to Brown II in JKD.





COLLAMER-JONES DOJO, Summer, 2006: Students were promoted to brown belt (top), blue belt (middle), blue and green (middle), green and orange belt (middle), and yellow belt(lower) in Karate.


COLLAMER-JONES DOJO, Summer, 2006: Students were promoted to orange belt and yellow belt in Iaido.

Kodak Park Dojo, June, 2006: Ron Cok was promoted to Level II in Kali.

Gillam Grant Dojo, May 27, 2006: Nickolas Gartley was promoted to orange belt in Iaido.

Wheatland-Chili Dojo, May 25, 2006: Students were promoted to orange and green Belt in Karate.


 
YWCA Dojo, May 25, 2006: Students were promoted to yellow, orange and green Belt in Karate.


 
Gillam Grant Dojo, May 20, 2006: Students were promoted promoted to yellow, orange and green belt in Karate.
San-Dans: Cynthia Smith, Rob Jacob, and Christine Nickerson
Ni-Dans: Ken Jackson, Diana Dressler, Juliann Nelson, and Vince Lanzalaco
Brown Belts

Gillam Grant Dojo, May 13, 2006: Students were promoted to San-Dan, Ni-Dan, and Brown Belt in Karate. Toby Mahan and Brian Jesse were given a special promotion to Sensei.

Kodak Park Dojo, May 11, 2006: Corey Schmidt was promoted to yellow Belt in Karate.
 
Genesee Community College Dojo, May 10, 2006: Diane Halstead, Aaron Serbilki, Raul Estela and Renee Wapniewski were promoted to yellow belt in Karate.

CJ Dojo, March 8, 2006: Dan Van Valkenburg was promoted to yellow Belt.

CJ Dojo, March 5, 2006: Karate Belt Test: Students were promoted to Blue and Brown Belt.

Kodak 205 Dojo, February 27, 2006: Karate Belt Test: Mike Colucci and Mike Brown were promoted to Blue and Green Belt.


Gillam Grant Dojo, February 25, 2006: Karate Belt Test: Top Picture - Orange Belts; Lower- Yellow Belts.



Gillam Grant Dojo, February 18, 2006: Iaido Belt Test: Top Picture - Black Belt Panel; Middle - Yellow Belts; Lower - Orange Belts.

Kodak Dojo, February 14, 2006: Jerry Ciriello was promoted to Brown Sash in JKD.

Gillam Grant Dojo January 28, 2006: Lisa Paul and Jennifer Van Valkenburg were promoted to yellow belt in Karate.


CJ Dojo January 15, 2006: Two students were promoted to orange belt and green belt in Karate.
For earlier promotions Go to the promotions archive.
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