New Shodans Daniel Smith and Robert Mitchell flank Sensei Edwin Takemori
The Shufu Board of Examiners met during the October 2nd Promotional and awarded new ranks to the following judoka:
To SHODAN (1st Degree Black Belt)
Daniel Smith, U.S. Naval Academy
Robert Mitchell, U.S. Naval Academy
To SANDAN (3rd Degree Black Belt)
George Antoniou, Dale City
To YODAN (4th Degree Black Belt)
Edmund Nsheuko, College Park
The Board of Examiners also recommended the following judoka to the national USJF Board of Examiners for rank promotion. These recommendations were accepted by the national board and rank promotions were awarded:
To ROKUDAN (6th Degree Black Belt):
Pam Hinkle (Blue Dragon)
To SHICHIDAN (7th Degree Black Belt):
Fran Vall (Washington Judo Club)
Robert Champy (Shinzan Dojo)
Miki Takemori (Toshi Budokai)
Congratulations to all !!
