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SKS Events Archive 2010

Congratulations to Stan Hatfield on his promotion to 3rd Degree Black Belt
Shown left to right Jeff Sunderland, John Ellis, Stan Hatfield, Milt Guinette.

News - Feb. 2010

News - April 2010

Jason Jones (right) and Milt Guinette (left) at Pineda's 21st Annual Interschool Tournament.

Held on April 24, 2010 at Green River Wyoming. A very well run "fun" event. Especially for the "younger people"... All competetors and participants did a wonderful job. Much thanks to the volunteers! Without them, things like this would never happen.

On Sunday, May 23, 2010 the Diamond Dragon School of Self-Defense held their most recent open house event. The event was well attended with folks traveling from as far as the Tacoma, WA. area, Damascus and Independence OR. Much thanks to the Diamond Dragon gang, Mr. John Ellis, Jeff Sunderland and Stan Hatfield, for hosting this fun event. Thanks to all who participated as well. Great job by the students, we may add...! I believe that we had at least six, or seven schools represented. I look forward to the next such event on July 25, 2010 at the same location.

News - May 2010

We are proud to announce the promotion, over the Memorial Day holiday weekend 2010, of Mike S. Dulay to the rank of Shodan in Tracy's Kenpo Karate. The testing and promotion were conducted by Sifu Bill Hensel of Pine, Colorado. It is a pleasure to welcome Mr. Dulay to the Yudansha ranking, and look forward to his continued progress in the arts.

News - June 2010

News - July 2010

On July 25th the Diamond Dragon School held one of the ever popular "Open House" events. An opportunity for teachers and students to gather together and share their knowledge. Although some were unable to attend due to scheduling and such, we still managed to have the biggest group to date.
Thanks to all who traveled a distance to spend the afternoon with us. Thanks especially to John Ellis, Jeff Sunderland, Stan Hatfield and the Diamond Dragon School for hosting this event, as always. Was really nice to see Mr.Todd Durgan, Mr. Jeff Jones and their students, again...

Our next get together is scheduled for October. An exact date will be posted soon.
Here are some photo's of this event...

They all did an outstanding job! Thank you for your continued commitment to Kenpo, and to your study. We could not have done this without you. The formal testing was held on Sept. 11th., in Vancouver Washington at The Diamond Dragon School.The testing board was multidisciplinarywith the vast majority being Kenpo practitioners. They were:

. . .	John Ellis (Vancouver, WA.)	Jason Brick (Hillsboro, OR.)
	Jeff Jones (Damascus, OR.)	Stan Hatfield (Vancouver, WA.)
	Todd Durgan (Bonney Lake, WA.)	Joe Peterson (Hillsboro, OR.)
	Jeff Sunderland (Vancouver, WA.)	Paul Catanzaro (Portland, OR.)
	Richard Elizondo (Beaverton, OR.)	Bill Wolford (Tigard, OR.)
	Jason Jones (Green River, WY.)	Matt Zanger (Washington)
	Robert Douglas (Hillsboro, OR.)	Adrian
	Dean Clark (Portland, OR.)	Oh, and I was there too...

I really wish to thank the board members for taking so much time out of their busyweekend (and lives) to help these students along their journey. The study of Kenpo is best enjoyed with company along the way. Thanks to you all!

Milt G.

Dave Coffman promoted to Yodan
Gary Oviatt promoted to Nidan
Bill Butler promoted to Shodan

I am proud to announce that the following students have successfully completed all requirements for their next level of study in Kenpo.

S.K.S. Yudansha Testing took place on Saturday Sept. 11, 2010.

News - September 2010

Todd Durgan was promoted to 6th Degree Black Belt by his long time instructor, A.C. Rainey, in mid June of 2010. We congratulate Mr. Durgan on this big step on his Kenpo journey. We also thank him for his lifetime commitment to his teacher, his students and to Kenpo. Well done, ..!

Click on the group picture to see a slide show of the open house

On October 17th we had the honor of a large gathering for our ever popular "Open House" event. We had almost 30 participants, some from as far away as the Tacoma Washington area, Damascus and Independence Oregon.. Thank you to all those who were able to make it. It was a pleasure to be able to work with you again!

Many instructors shared their knowledge with the group. Although an "open" event, the vast majority of participants were Yudansha level practitioners.

The next such event is scheduled, tentatively, for January 22nd. We will have more on it as the date gets closer. We also plan to expand the schedule an hour, making the event three hours long. We will try a Saturday for the next time as well. This may allow the presence of more visitors.

News - October 2010

Real Surprise!

I showed up for a private lesson with Mr. Guinette and was surprised to see two of my former instructors with him, Mr. Oviatt and Mr. Coffman. They explained that they were in the area and had dropped in to observe a lesson. I invited them to join us but they declined so I changed into my gi in preparation for the lesson not knowing what to make of their unexpected visit. Just as the lesson was to start Mr. Guinette mentioned that we needed to take care of something first, then they presented me a plaque beautifully made by Mr. Oviatt and signed by many of you. Thank you for the recognition, it certainly was not expected. I'm grateful to help promote Kenpo in some way.

Paul

News - November 2010

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The S.K.S. would like to formally congratulate Mr. Robert Douglas on his promotion to 5th Degree Black Belt in American Kenpo. The testing took place on November 5, 2010 in California. The test was conducted by Mr. Douglas' long time instructor John Sepulveda, and was witnessed by Steve Labounty and Ted Sumner among others. Thank you, Mr. Douglas, for your continued commitment to Kenpo and to your students. You make us all proud!