Aikido adult testing

Published 6:10 pm Friday, December 6, 2013

 

The Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan’s Senior Instructor Paul Buchanan, center, conducted adult testing Nov. 12.  Brad Buchanan, left, received the fifth and fourth kyu ranks; Scott Pearson, right, achieved his fifth kyu rank.

The Aikido Club of Try-Co-Lan’s Senior Instructor Paul Buchanan, center, conducted adult testing Nov. 12. Brad Buchanan, left, received the fifth and fourth kyu ranks; Scott Pearson, right, achieved his fifth kyu rank.

The kyu ranks number from six through first before a student tests for the first-degree belt.  Brad, a recent Tryon resident, is a transfer student from the Oxford University Aikido Club in England.   Scott is the fourth member of the Pearson family to train in Aikido.  For information on classes in this defensive martial art, call 864-457-2885. (photo submitted by Anne Buchanan)

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