A busy year for the Academy, with 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Dan grades awarded to members of our venerable firm.
This is not to understate the importance of all the Kyu and Mon grades awarded to the bulk of the membership. It your the enthusiasm and loyalty to the Academy which drives us along.
Train more. Get better.
1 mon (1 yellow stripe): Ryder Sampson, Benji Gaffney, Annora Larson, Moka Sato, Matariki Kakau, Jacob Wood, Erina Squires, Cameron McKechnie, Andrew Lawson, Anesh Parbhu, Winnie Galbraith, Monster Bull, Sean Cooper, Saoirse Cooper, Farrah Burbery, Toby Small, Avery Lin, Michael Cable, Oscar Olsen-Rodriguez, Oscar Owers, Lyndon Owers, Jonah Wilson
2 mon (2 yellow stripes): David-Lee Bezuidenthout, Kaylen Squires, Sein Lee, Junwoo Lee, Nila Ambalawanar, Luke Hubscher, Milan Edwards, River Boyd, Kasper Meeran, Ryder Sampson
3 mon (3 yellow stripes): Denis Arefin, George Penney, Cody Prior, Conrad Heighway, Theresa Khaing, Marcus Cole, Patricia Khaing, Nixon Heighway
5 kyu (Yellow belt): Henry Jones, Ellie Smith, Angus Phillips, Kirk Fitzpatrick, Jacey Monkgolsilpa, Tijs Boyd, Andrei Bondarchuk, Oliver Han, Hayate Sato, Ripley Thurman-Ritchie, Luca Mullins, Jack Williams, Brad Thompson
4 mon (1 orange stripe): Zach Snow, Angus Hall
5 mon (2 orange stripe): Maisie Morrison, Alexis Tzeng, Luca Talarkiewicz
4 kyu (Orange belt): Griffin Burkhart, David Bull, Aaron Randall, Nat Elliott, Dominic Hargaden-Sumner, Stephen Phillips, Lulu Griffiths, Isla Morrison
3 kyu (Green belt): Sean Masuda-Morgan, Kieran Masuda-Morgan, Aurie Tzeng, Shalom Wilson, Silas Keogh
2 kyu (Blue belt): Sergey Arykov
1 kyu (Brown belt): Wendy van der Molen, Roberta Griffiths
Shodan: Alex MacMillan, Mike Tench
Nidan: Qona Christie
Sandan: Sparkles MacDiarmid
Yondan: Diane Limbrey
Godan: Patrick Lam