On Sunday April 21st, at the YMCA premises at Thomas Lands, head of the International Karate Daigaku (IKD), Shuseki Shihan Dr. Frank Woon-A-Tai, 10th Dan — assisted by Shihan Amir Khouri, 7thDan; Sensei Hazrat Ali, 6th Dan; & Sensei Roger Peroune, 5th Dan — examined students for Kyu & Dan levels.
A successful day resulted in the following promotions:
Promoted from
10th kyu White to Yellow belt 8th kyu:-
Tanveer Ramcharitar, Nicoli Fernandes, Kyle McDonald, Thara Samad, & Alaina Bell.
10th kyu White to Orange belt 7th kyu:-
Liam Hodge, Elon Rickford, Kyron Huntley, & Soofian Guptar.
10th kyu White to Green belt 6th kyu:-
Kyron Savory, Keyshia Beaton, & Keith K.A. Beaton.
8th kyu to Orange belt 7th kyu:-
Jihanna Smith, Christian Seymour, Runako Delph & Nathan Henry.
A look at the recently promoted Karatekas
8th kyu to Green belt 6th kyu:-
Radane Bissessar, Adysson DeSantos, Maya Balram & Anthonio DaCosta.
7th kyu to Green belt 6th kyu:-
Adam Baksh, Aleeza Azimullah, Anusha Singh, Jola Williams, Romana Ramjit, Devraj Ramgobin, Junaid Bacchus & Lawrence Williams.
7th kyu to Blue belt 5th kyu:-
Kayden Hackett, Otavia Bobb, Phillip Persaud, Josiah Dick, Frank Persaud, Alana Hollingsworth & Karissa Savory.
6th kyu to Blue belt 5th kyu:-
Salih Ali, Miah Rajkumar, Madison Narine & Aidan Bell.
6th kyu to Purple belt 4th kyu:-
Leon Jagmohan & Jordan Benjamin.
5th kyu to Purple belt 4th kyu:-
Veerendra Krishna, Alisha Moideen, Natalia Persaud, Marquis Ferreira, Shawn Ranjit & Rachael Seymour.
5th kyu to Brown belt 3rd kyu:-
Prame Pooran, Kayden Savory, Julia Badal & Sachin Pitamber.
4th kyu to Brown belt 3rd kyu:-
Tremiyah Lake & Zuriyah Howell.
4th kyu to Brown belt 2nd kyu:-
Adi Persaud.
3rd kyu to Brown belt 2nd kyu:-
Charisse Scott, Ashton Chang, Josiah Clinken, Sachin Mulchand, Christopher Cooblall, Clarissa Scott & Mariah Francis.
2nd kyu to Brown belt 1st kyu:-
Simkhael Levans, Lukas Singh, Rayden Austin & Algernon Sealy.
The following were promoted to
SHODAN (1st Dan Black Belt):- (Three)
Saffir Ali, Saskia Dyasindoo & Mahir Rajkumar.
NIDAN (2nd Dan Black Belt):- (One)
Kishan Ragubeer.
SANDAN (3rd Dan Black Belt):- (Two)
Andre Sookram & Leonard Leuwaisee.
YONDAN (4th Dan Black Belt):- (One)
ASP Keith A.A. Beaton
HACHIDAN (8th Dan Black Belt):- (One)
Amir Khouri.
Training continues at the ASK-G – Land of Canaan Dojo (Sensei Parmeshwar Persaud): Albion, Canje, Rose Hall and Blairmont Dojos (Sensei Hazrat Ali): Tucville Shotokan Karate Club (Leonard Leuwaisee): New Amsterdam Berbice DoJo (Sensei Clinton Moriah): YMCA Dojo (Senseis Roger, Keith, Malcolm, Shamar, Patrick, Matthew, Andre, Bevon, Wanda and Shihan Amir.)
Preparations are ongoing for the GKF Junior National Karate Championships, to be held on 23rd June, 2024, and the IKD World Cup, to be held from 16 – 21stJuly, 2024.
