Congratulations to your achievements

August 15, 2013 was a happy for me and many of you.  Soke Cup was ended with great success.  It was also the day that Jasmine Roberts and Mia So received their results from their black belt grading tests.  Soke Sensei, our head instructor of Chito Ryu Karate, announced that Jasmine and Mia are now Shodan (Black Belt First Degree).  Congratulation!!

Their skills and techniques were inspected by 3 senior Sensei (Japanese for karate teacher).  They were Soke Sensei (10th degree), Kugizaki Sensei (9th degree) and Taneda Sensei (7th degree).  Our girls had a very special grading test.

For the competitors, they have also learned a lot from the competition.  No matter winning or losing the match, they were all winners of friendship and experience from Soke Cup.  I like to thank all the competitors who training very hard for Soke Cup.  We had students training everyday in July and August before Soke Cup.  I like to see your hard work being continued.


David Veerman        Ernest  Yamaguchi      Ethan Crockett
Gary Yip                  Isabel Li                       Jacqueline Chong
Jasmine Roberts        Karina Tang                Lachlan Petty
Madeline Loo           Martin Cheng              Matthew Kung
Mia So                      Natalie Chang             Oliver Cheng
Reese Cameron        William Ma

We have got 4 gold and 2 silver medals.  The next Soke Cup will probably be in Japan.  We can start prepare now if you plan on winning.  See you in September.