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Black belt Grading

Congratulations to Steve Strader for achieving his Shodan rank and to Allison Murphy for attaining Sempai rank.  Both people preformed admirably, with courage and strength. Thanks to our friends from Owen Sound, Elora and for the effort made by Sensei Skol Batraks and Sensei Darryl Jessop in trying to get to the grading. To see pictures click here.

Morales Sensei seminar

On Saturday April 24 Sensei Mike and Sensei John from Owen Sound hosted a seminar with Kyoshi Morales. A great time was had by all who attended both in the training and meeting old friends.

 Seeds of an Oak tree

Tournament Results

            Bak's Martial Arts had an excellent showing at the Canadian Naha-Te Karate Championships held on March 28. Gorge Karate from Elora was the host club and this was their 25^th anniversary tournament. Many clubs from south and southwestern Ontario attended the celebration event.

            Competition was challenging to say the least and awards were difficult to come by. All said and done Bak's schools from Hanover and Brussels brought home their fare share of hardware. In particular the school seemed to dominate the fighting categories.

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Winners were as follows:

Peewee all belts----Jacob Shaidle 1^st Fighting / Braiden VanGeem 3^rd Fighting

Jr. white & yellow---Samantha Rancourt   1^st Fighting * Dylan Prout 2^nd Fighting * Seth McCauley 3^rd Fighting / Gregory Manley 1^st Forms

Jr. orange----Sarah Diebel    1^st  Fighting

Int white & yellow---Johanna Blake  1^st Weapons / 3^rd Fighting / 3^rd Forms

Int. orange-----Jessica Batte  3^rd Fighting / 3^rd Weapons

Sr. white & yellow----Jonathon Blake 2^nd Fighting / 3^rd Forms * Annie Prout  2^nd Forms / 2^nd Weapons / 3^rd  Fighting

Sr. green & blue-----Nicole Strader  2^nd Weapons

Sr. brown----Allison Murphy 2^nd  Fighting / 2^nd Weapons

Women white & yellow---Gayle Prout  1^st Fighting / 2^nd Forms / 3^rd Weapons

Adult orange & green---Sung-Ick Hwang 1^st Weapons

Men brown---Steve Strader 2^nd Fighting * Brandon Hudson 3^rd Fighting

Renshi John visits Brussels

On Wednesday November 25 Sensei Doug and all the students at Bak's School of Martial Arts Brussels location were honored by a visit from Renshi Bak. Renshi taught both the children's and the teen / adult classes working on basics, kata and teaching some self defenses . A great time was had by all .Once again Sensei Doug , all the students and the parents would like to thank Renshi John for coming all the way to Brussels to train with us and teach us. To see pictures click here.

Morales Sensei seminar

Sensei Michael Den Tandt from Owen Sound invited us to attend a seminar he was hosting with Kyoshi Luis Morales a master of Classical Goju Ryu . It was a great day of learning and sharing for all who were lucky enough to attend. We would like to thank Sensei Mike for his gracious invitation and Kyoshi Morales for sharing his knowledge.

Kyusho Jitsu study group

Recently several of the higher ranking students from Bak's School of Martial Arts along with several of our good friends from other dojos got together for a Kyusho Jitsu study session hosted and taught by Renshi Bak .  As you can tell by some of the pictures Kyusho Jitsu is a very effective addition to our martial arts training. To  see pictures please click here.

Black belt Grading

On Saturday May 30 Bak's School of Martial Arts held a Black Belt grading at the dojo in Hanover. Congratulations to Douglas Fry who was promoted to Shodan and is Bak's newest Sensei , also to Sensei Lorne Wison who has now holds the rank of Nidan. Thanks to our many friends who took the time and trouble to come to join us and help make the day fun for all. To see pictures please click here.

Brussels Grading

On Saturday May 9 Renshi John Bak and several Black belts along with one brown belt traveled to the Brussels dojo to grade some of the white belt students to yellow belt . The day was a great success congratulations to Jessica Johnston , Gregory Manley , Seth McCauley and Dylan Prout who all passed to their next rank. Sensei Doug Avery would like to thank all the family and friends of the people that tested  for coming to support them as well as all those who traveled from the Hanover dojo to add support and especially  Renshi John Bak and Sensei Gary Napper for coming to do the grading. To see pictures of this past grading and some from our first grading  click here.

Tournament results

Around 140 people entered the 24th annual Canadian Naha-te Goju Karate Championships in Elora hosted by our good friend  Sensei Bill Simpson. The group from Bak's School of Martial Arts finished first out of eight competing dojos winning 28 trophies for a total of 87 points. Congratulations to all the competitors and thanks again to Sensei Bill for his gracious invitation and being such a fine host of a wonderful and fun event. To see pictures click here,