At the end of the group grading where we saw 3 students awarded their next grades, a special award was announced, and was a complete surprise to the awardee.
Richy has been with the club since the beginning of 2012 and has been a great student, assistant and friend. He has been assisting with the running of the classes for a long time now, and after being awarded his Shodan back in 2016 has been helping in the classes even more and has since run complete classes on his own under assessment as part of our instructor program.
For those of you that know and train with Richy you will know how supportive he has been to the club and to your own training, you know that he inspires a friendly, light-hearted, yet hard working atmosphere in the dojo.
This latest award is very well deserved and I am proud to announce that IJR Karate now has its second instructor, Sensei Richy. So not only is this a huge Milestone for him, but also a big milestone for the club.
Richy has been with the club since the beginning of 2012 and has been a great student, assistant and friend. He has been assisting with the running of the classes for a long time now, and after being awarded his Shodan back in 2016 has been helping in the classes even more and has since run complete classes on his own under assessment as part of our instructor program.
For those of you that know and train with Richy you will know how supportive he has been to the club and to your own training, you know that he inspires a friendly, light-hearted, yet hard working atmosphere in the dojo.
This latest award is very well deserved and I am proud to announce that IJR Karate now has its second instructor, Sensei Richy. So not only is this a huge Milestone for him, but also a big milestone for the club.