From left to right, Head Instructor Dave Speight, new Black Belt, Michael “Iron Mike” Kearney, and Assistant Head Instructor Rick Blanchard.
Poco Judo’s Michael Kearney completed this fall’s twelve night Nage no Kata (Forms of Throwing) clinic held out at the Steveston Judo Club. The clinic wrapped up on December 5th with the announcement that Michael had passed his first degree black belt grading and has been promoted by the Judo B.C. Grading board to the rank of Shodan. Congratulations Mike!
Mike was awarded his black belt from Head Instructor Dave Speight in class last Tuesday.
The belt is one of a kind, and is embroidered with the words “Iron Mike” in pink. In other, possibly unrelated news, Assistant Head Instructor Rick Blanchard has recently discovered the identity of the individual who put Vancouver Canucks stickers on his Montreal Canadiens sandals.
