On February 7th, 2019 , Tai Kai had its latest Blue Belt Test. The candidates had to complete about an hour and half of technique including: Stand up self defense, ground self defense, takedowns, escapes, submissions, sweeps and passes. After that they had to grapple for 30 minutes straight with no breaks and a new partner every minute. Then they had a 5 minute round of exercises including: jumping jacks, burpees, pushups, Hip escapes, back break falls, etc
Everyone did awesome. I am very proud of the work of the instructors and the students. I love having these tests because I get to see the students from noon , Friday, and Sundays that I don’t normally get to see.
Tai-Kai’s New Blue Belts
Mahfouz Abu-Mamneh
Stevie Angelino
Roman Auerbach
Hillary Burnell
Sean Edinger
Ryan Fish
Adam Groesbeck
Michael Hargreaves
Justin Iorio
Edgar Lorezno
Matt Menard
Michael Palmer
Beth Rowley
Jason Ryerson
Meghan Scott
Eric Smith
Michael Yor
Alexander Webb