On  Saturday May 1st we held our Spring Red Belt Test.  We are extremely proud of the efforts of our 11 candidates who demonstrated the fire associated with the belt.  Our theme in April was In Neh, the Korean word for endurance.  Our new red belts showed endurance, perseverance and indomitable spirit with their efforts during their test.  Congratulations to you all!

Team Turtle instructor Kyo Sa Mike Torchia proudly promotes students at two ceremonies on 4/5 and 4/12.  We are especially proud of the efforts of Alexandra Hamm, Cole Burke and Lucas Demarco who will be graduating from Team Turtle with their first Jr. Kicks test this June.  Go Team Turtle!

There's more new COLOR in the school! We are pleased to announce the promotion of 29 Tang Soo Do students who left it all on the floor during two 2-hr tests earlier today.  In addition, one student was recognized for standing out among his peers and really impressing the instructors with his fantastic focus.  Jake Kuta shined today and is our newest OCKicks MVP!  Way to go Jake!

We would like also recognize Michelle Garcia, Kyrin Garcia and Derrick Porter for their outstanding dedication, effort and improvement during the last two months.  Michelle in particular really stood out and impressed not only the instructors but everyone who watched her shine.  Great job guys!

And finally this test marked the first crop of Team Turtle graduates to reach Green Belt in Tang Soo Do!  Nicholas Haugen, Erin Gilliland, Douglas Tuohy, Maile Conger and Faris Khalek each started in the Team Turtle program and graduated to Jr Kicks on Oct 25, 2008.

There's more new COLOR in the school! We are pleased to announce the promotion of 13 Tang Soo Do and 6 Team Turtle students this month.  In addition, two students were recognized for standing out among their peers and really impressing the instructors consistently during class.  Nathan Nguyen and Caden Coppock were awarded double belt promotions!  Way to go guys!

Please join us in congratulating the following students:

There's more new color in the school! We are pleased to announce the promotion of 29 Tang Soo Do and 7 Team Turtle students this month.  In addtion, two students were recognized for standing out among their peers and really impressing the instructors consistantly during class.  Zachary Seamons and Caden Coppock were awared OCKicks MVP T-shirts in addtion to their new belts.  Way to go guys!

Please join us in congratulating the following students:

I am extremely proud to announce the promotion of Annette Chawki-Bachara and Ethan Daniel to 1st Gup and to introduce our newest crop of red belts, promoting to 3rd Gup: Adam Gilliland, Abbie Douglas & Mekai Collins!  They all showed great concentration, ...

Congratulations to all those who rose to the challenge in front of parents, friends and fellow students during our belt testing on Saturday morning.  Starting promptly at 8am students labored for nearly 3 hours under the careful attention of their instructors demonstrating their skills.  Congratulations to the following students for achieving a new rank in Tang Soo Do.

Congratulations to all 31 students who promoted this month!

Congratulations to those students who promoted this month at belt tests held on 4/11 and 4/25!  We had 17 Jr. Kicks students receive new orange and gold belts on the 11th.  We hope the experience was a positive one for everyone (including those who patiently watched).  Thank you to those parents who provided food and beverage for the party after the test and especially Kendra Conger for volunteering her time providing Starbucks!  If you weren’t able to help, please be sure to thank her and consider carrying the torch at the next test.

There’s more new color in the school!  Congratulations to all who promoted this weekend and last night!  We had 31 students receive new belts, our second largest group yet.  We hope the experience was a positive one for everyone (including those who patiently watched).  Thank you to those parents who provided food and beverage for the party after the test and especially Danielle Tuohy and Carol Khalek for volunteering their time to organize the party.  If you weren’t able to help, please be sure to thank them and consider carrying the torch at the next test.

With new rank comes new responsibility – we encourage all students to remember this thought as they continue their study of Tang Soo Do.  Practice, practice, practice.