Promotions


Master Michael Macario and all of the instructors/staff of the Apex Ki Do Kwan would like to congratulate the following students for their recent change in Gup-Level following testing during the first quarter of 2008:

9TH GUP
 
8TH GUP
 
7TH GUP
Jonathan Asfoury   Jonathon Beyer   Georgiy Bobashev
Michael Asfoury   Bailey Braswell   Will Cannon
Harsha Bojjireddy   Sam Canney   Matthew Council
Shilpa Bojjireddy   Joshua Carlson   Tyler Fly
Jon Boulo   Rohit Jain   Nathan Haga
Jordan Brown   Joseph Lawrence   Lauralee Hefelfinger
Autumn Cope   Logan Luparello   Seph Hefelfinger
Evan Cope   Daulton Panella   Savannah Jungblut
Jeff Cope   Colton Schuster   Sam Loomis
Jason DeMinico   Riley Sipe   Adam Luck
Carter Jones   Michael Tursam   Cameron Manning
Michael Lutrell   Noah Tursam   Isaac Peart
Jenna Lyman       Riley Peart
Tyler McRae       Ayushi Verma
Lucy Shoaf        
Neil Tharwani        
         
         

6TH GUP
 
5TH GUP
 
4TH GUP
Amrutha Amarnath   Christopher Ahlawat   Matthew DeGeorge
Alexandra Boily   Audrey Boily   Matthew Mullen
Patrick DeMinico   Tyler Cook   James Page
John Fedorjaka   Benjamin Long    
Austin Fee   Kevin Long    
Scott Frisk   Joshua Lyman    
Joseph Gelm   Sam Ogelsby    
Jarod Johnson   Jenna Olsen    
Ryan Kemper   Ankita Posam    
Caleb Lyman   Peyton Sickles    
Makoto Ono        

3RD GUP
 
2ND GUP
 
1ST GUP
Anupama Amarnath   Garrett Macario   Henry Lai
Jamie Lutrell        
Morgan Oestereich        
Drew Regulski        
         


In addition, the following students would like to thank Master Macario, Grandmaster Cyrus, and all of the students at the Apex Ki Do Kwan for supporting them and investing time in their development as they prepared and tested for first Dan. They could not have reached this first of many milestones without the help and encouragement of everyone associated with the Apex Ki Do Kwan.

1ST DAN
 
 
Ryan Edwards        
Brian Forest        
Jeff Johnson        
Bill Oestereich        
Adam Sanabia        
Ron Young        
         
         

 

Master Michael Macario and all of the instructors/staff of the Apex Ki Do Kwan would like to congratulate the following students for their recent promotions following testing at the end of 2007:

9TH GUP
 
8TH GUP
 
7TH GUP
Jonathon Beyer   Georgiy Bobashev   Amrutha Amarnath
Bailey Braswell   Will Cannon   Carson Bailey
Joshua Carlson   Matthew Counci   Alexandra Boily
Rohit Jain   John Fedorjaka   Austin Fee
Joseph Lawrence   Tyler Fly   Scott Frisk
Logan Luparello   Nathan Haga   Joseph Gelm
Tony Luparello   Seph Hefelfinger   Jarod Johnson
Daulton Panella   Lauralee Hefelfinger   Ryan Kemper
Austin Schuster   Savannah Junglbut   Caleb Lyman
Colton Schuster   Jack Loomis   Makoto Ono
Kenny Seymour   Sam Loomis   Joshua Padgett
Riley Sipe   Adam Luck   Tim Rehm
Brandon Taylor   Cameron Manning   Melina Spencer
Michael Tursam   Riley Peart   Will Tomlinson
Noah Tursam   Isaac Peart    
    Marisa Spencer    
    Ayushi Verma    
         

6TH GUP
 
5TH GUP
 
4TH GUP
Christopher Ahlawat   Steve Edwards   Anupama Amarnath
Audrey Boily   Jack Gelm   Jamie Lutrell
Tyler Cook   John Gelm   Morgan Oestereich
Benjamin Long   Bobby Long   Drew Regulski
Kevin Long   Christopher Long    
Joshua Lyman   Matthew Mullen    
Sam Ogelsby   Ron Wilder    
Jenna Olsen        
Ankita Posam        
Peyton Sickles        
         

3RD GUP
 
2ND GUP
   
Joshua Edwards   Henry Lai    
Ian Fadden   Jeffrey Oestereich    
Hayle Holberg        
Garrett Macario        
Trevor Oestereich        
Seiji Ono        
Cali Page        
         


In addition, we wish the following students the best of luck with their Dan testing scheduled for February 8-9, 2008:

Ryan Edwards
Brian Forrest
Jeff Johnson
Bill Oestereich
Adam Sanabia
Ron Young

 

HatboroYMCA
Hatboro, Pennsylvania November 16, 2007

The Choson Kwon Bup students listed were promoted to the rank achieved. Congratulations to all on your promotions and a job well done.

 
Name
Present Rank
Achieved Rank
Certificate number
1. Schnarr Aven-Leigh
10th Gup
9th Gup
White yellow strip
2. Smith Sabrena L.
10th Gup
9th Gup
White yellow strip
3. Smith Slater
10th Gup
9th Gup
White yellow strip
4. Hartingm Ashley
10th Gup
9th Gup
White yellow strip
5. Hong Joshua
10th Gup
9th Gup
White yellow strip
6. Wingen Erin K.
8th Gup
7th Gup
Yellow green strip
7. Bempah Jason K.
8th Gup
7th Gup
Yellow green strip
8. Eagono Fayth
8th Gup
7th Gup
Yellow green strip
9. Eagono Willow
8th Gup
7th Gup
Yellow green strip
10. Cho Abraham
8th Gup
6th Gup
Green
11. Cho Sharon F.
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
12. Lee Jinyoun
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
13. Park Phoebe
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
14. Park Debby
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
15. Antoni Maria V.
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
16. Antoni Nicholas I.
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
17. D'Souza Ivan
6th Gup
5th Gup
Green Blue strip
18. Antoni Dave F.
4th Gup
3th Gup
Blue Red strip
19. Bempah Matthew K.
4th Gup
2th Gup
Red Belt strip
20. Crouthamel Jake
4th Gup
3th Gup
Blue Red strip
21. Hottensteen Bethann N.
4th Gup
2th Gup
Red Belt strip
22. Smith Malia D
4th Gup
3th Gup
Blue Red strip
23. Moyle Jason w.
1st Gup
1st Dan
BLACK
24. Bennis Michale
1st Gup
1st Dan
BLACK Candidate
25. Kane Sylvester L
1st Gup
1st Dan
BLACK


 

Date: June 30, 2007

The following Special Needs students received promotion to the next belt level at the Apex Ki Do Kwan:

(Please note that the requirements for promotion are the same for Special Needs, Youth, and Adults)

NAME RANK ACHIEVED
Jon Buolo 8th Gup/Yellow Belt
Scott Frisk 8th Gup/Yellow Belt
Tim Rehm 8th Gup/Yellow Belt







The accomplishments of these Special Needs Students represent a lot of hard work, dedication and effort to meet the rank requirements, and the instructors and staff of the KiDoKwan are EXTREMELY proud of these gifted students.


The following Youth students received promotion to the next belt level at the Apex Ki Do Kwan:

NAME RANK ACHIEVED
Carson Bailey 8th Gup/Yellow Belt
Joshua Padgett 8th Gup/Yellow Belt
Tyler Cook 6th Gup/Green Belt
Jack Gelm 6th Gup/Green Belt
Christopher Long 6th Gup/Green Belt
Anu Amarnath 4th Gup/Blue Belt
Josh Edwards 4th Gup/Blue Belt
Ian Fadden 4th Gup/Blue Belt
Hayle Holberg 4th Gup/Blue Belt
Seiji Ono 4th Gup/Blue Belt
Cali Page 4th Gup/Blue Belt

 

 

 

 










These youth are all increasing their skills and abilities and represent all that is good about the future of the Martial Arts.

The following Adult students received promotion to the next belt level at the Apex Ki Do Kwan:

NAME RANK ACHIEVED
John Fedjoraka 8th Gup/Yellow Belt
Makoto Ono 8th Gup/Yellow Belt
Steve Edwards 6th Gup/Green Belt
John Gelm 6th Gup/Green Belt
Bobby Long 6th Gup/Green Belt
Ron Wilder 6th Gup/Green Belt
Jeff Johnson Dan Candidate
William Oestereich Dan Candidate
Ron Young Dan Candidate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: April 10, 2007

The Choson Kwon Bup students listed were promoted to the rank achieved. Congratulations to all on your promotions and a job well done.

NAME RANK ACHIEVED
   
Donovan Chiarlanza 9th Gup-White Belt
Grant Hardin 8th Gup-Yellow Belt
Daniel Dukker 7th Gup-Yellow Belt
Jonathan Key 7th Gup-Yellow Belt
Michael “Mickey” DeStefano 7th Gup-Yellow Belt
Jason Nestor 6th Gup-Green Belt
Julia Struzyna 5th Gup-Green Belt
Zoe Albano Oritt 5th Gup-Green Belt
Michael DeStefano 5th Gup-Green Belt
Michael DiCarlo 2nd Gup-Red Belt
Sean Leugers 2nd Gup-Red Belt
 
CONGRATULATIONS!

 

 

 

Testing and promotions at the Apex KiDoKwan

The students listed below were promoted to their currently listed rank during the Frebruary testing period.  In addition, Austin Fee, Caleb Lyman, and Josh Lyman were the first three members of the Special Needs program to be promoted to yellow belt.  Josh Lyman does not have special needs but attends that class to assist his brother with his needs.  Congratulations to all on their recent promotions.

Name Rank   Name Rank
Christopher Ahlawat Yellow-1   Amrutha Amarnath Yellow
Anupama Amarnath Green-2   Carson Bailey White-2
Alexandra Boily Yellow   Audrey Boily Yellow-2
Delaney Boulo Yellow   Mikey Castaneda Yellow-1
Tyler Cook Yellow-2   Matthew DeGeorge Green
Joshua Edwards Green-2   Ian Fadden Green-1
Justin Farley Yellow-1 John Fedorjaka White-2
Tyler Fly White-1 Jack Gelm Yellow-3
John Gelm Yellow-1 Joseph Gelm Yellow
Jared Gritz Brown Hayle Holberg Green-1
Drake Howard Blue-1 Jarod Johnson Yellow
Jeff Johnson Red Rohan Karthik White-1
Ryan Kemper Yellow Charlie Kim White-1
Garrett Kim White-1 Benjamin Long Yellow-1
Bobby Long Yellow-1 Christopher Long Yellow-2
Kevin Long Yellow-1 amie Lutrell Green-1
Wesley Monroe Yellow-1 Matthew Mullen Green-1
Brian Nunnally,Jr White-2 Bill Oestereich Red-1
Morgan Oestereich Green-1 Trevor Oestereich Blue
Sam Ogelsby Yellow-1 Jenna Olsen Yellow-1
Makoto Ono White-1 Seiji Ono Green-1
Cali Page Green-1 Drew Regulski Green-1
Lucy Reynolds Yellow-1 Rudy Reynolds Yellow-2
Peyton Sickles Yellow-1 Will Tomlinson Yellow
Ron Wilder Yellow-1 Timmy Wong Yellow-1
Ron Young Red-1 Carson Zadell Yellow-1
Kyler Zadell Yellow-1