Bradley Karate School Promotes Twenty-four to Black Belt Ranks

Twenty-four Kankakee County residents were promoted at Tri-Star Martial Arts Academy’s Black Belt Graduation Ceremony to the ranks of 3^rd, 2^nd, & 1^st degree black belts on Friday, January 8, 2016 in Bradely, IL. These twenty-four students ages ten through fourth-five, went through a series of three different pre-tests starting back in September 2015 in order to be eligible to attend their final six-and-a-half-hour test on Saturday, December 5, 2015. At their graduation they performed adrenalin based self-defense scenarios, board breaking routines, and brick breaking requirements.
Picture from left to right; (back row) Laure Helmig 1^st, Nicole Mehrer-Johnson 1^st, Dakota Gable 1^st, Jeff Burke 1^st, Derek Dandurand 2^nd, Dr. Brent Adams 1^st, Wiley Chapman 3^rd, Eli Chapman 2^nd, Michael Mills 2^nd, Baylen Walters 1^st, (middle row) Ryley Salisbury 2^nd, Jenna Benson 2^nd, Angela Mitchell 1^st, Evelynn Perry 1^st, Sophie Perry 1^st, Hailey Jasinski 1^st, Mary-Grace Brinkman 1^st, Mattew Anderson 1^st, Thomas Morgan 1^st, (front row) Elijah Smith 1^st, Logan Helmig 1^st, Thomas Sztuba 1^st, Joshua Klootwyk 1^st, and Matthew Jasinski 1^st
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