Westbury Okinawa Karate August Testing And Party
Friday, 14 September 2012 00:00
Westbury Okinawan Karate, which is offered by the Westbury Recreation Department, had its formal August Testing and Pizza Party on Monday, Aug. 27. Fourteen students who met the attendance requirements and proficiency of the skills were tested. The following students passed their test and were advanced to the next belt level:
Jr. YanDan Blackbelt – Black with blue stripe – Kiarra Richardson
Jr. SanDan Blackbelt – Black with orange stripe – Alvin Campos
Jr. NiDan Blackbelt – Black with yellow stripe – Christina and Tyler Bonaparte
4th Kyu – Green Belt – Maxwell Brown
6th Kyu – Orange Belt – James Alexandro and Billy Sargent
7th Kyu - Gold Belt with stripe – Natalie Escorza and Alex Monereau
8th Kyu – Gold Belt – Davide Scalese, Christian Castro, Gabby Destra and Haziel Richardson
9th Kyu – Purple Belt – Julian Pearson
Following the test, the dojo had its pizza party reception. Sensei John Power had blackbelts from his former dojo on hand to witness and assist with the testing.
The Westbury Okinawan Karate School (dojo), has been working with the Westbury Recreation Department to bring a traditional Okinawan style of karate to the village. The program, coordinated by Sensei John Power 4th Dan is in its ninth year. The Westbury dojo runs a continuous program that eventually leads to blackbelt and beyond. The school accepts children 6 years of age up to adults. New students are always welcome and there is continuous enrollment every Monday and Thursday evening from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. For additional information call Sensei John Power at 333-8489 or check out the website at www.westburykarate.com.
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Ingram grew up in Old Westbury and graduated from Westbury High School in 1974. After graduating, he joined the Navy where he spent two years stationed in Italy. When he was honorably discharged in 1979, he joined the Westbury fire department and has been involved there ever since.
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In what is hoped to be a step forward for the Westbury School District’s ongoing search for a superintendent, the board of education voted to terminate its contract with search firm Hazard, Young, Attea. However, questions still remain. Will the board continue the search with another firm? Will the board conduct the search themselves? Will it consider current Interim Superintendent Mary Lagnado for the position? And of course, how long will the process take before a permanent superintendent is named?
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Westbury Okinawan Karate recently celebrated its 10-year anniversary of coming to the Westbury Recreation Center. Since then, the dojo has trained 250 students, ages six and up, in the art of karate with the style of traditional Okinawan ShorinRyu Shidokan.
Founded by sensei John Power, the classes seek to instill the confidence and strength needed to obtain success in everyday life.
“A lot of kids are lacking confidence,” said Power. “We let them practice leadership in the class and this contributes to their confidence.
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