Black Belt Grading December 2017
The INTA Winter Black Belt Grading was held on 2 December. From 9 o'clock onward, parents, instructors and nervous students gathered in the CityWest Hotel. Grand Master O'Toole, Master Douglas and Master Martin were on the panel for the twelve students grading to second degree and above, which took place in the bright first floor Conservatory. Master Donnelly led a panel of five senior instructors, including Master Fagan, in the adjacent much larger Ballroom; here 20 black tags presented themselves for their grading to first degree.
Both gradings got underway as scheduled by 10 a.m. After the student oath, students were dismissed and called forward in groups no bigger then four, to test movements up and down the floor, patterns, step sparring and self defence techniques. This was followed by sparring, after which all students were called to the table individually to be tested for their theory and power.
After deliberation by both grading panels, all students lined up together in the Ballroom for the results. Master Donnelly read out the names of those who passed, while Grand Master O'Toole presented the 17 new first degrees and one fourth degree with their black belts.
We wish to congratulate all those that passed. We hope to see the few that didn't pass again on 9 June 2018. We wish to thank Master Martin and Ms McCarthy for their diligent work preparing this grading, and Mr Carberry for organising the event.
Grading results:
6th Degree Dave Condon
4th Degree Jeroen Wezelman
3rd Degree Caolán Curran
2nd Degree Carmel Barrett
2nd Degree Cathal Feehan
2nd Degree Pawel Sadlak
2nd Degree Derek Callan
2nd Degree Teresa O’Higgins
2nd Degree Prince Bosco Hakiza
2nd Degree Sam Walsh
1st Degree Clara McVeigh
1st Degree Molly Nolan
1st Degree David Green
1st Degree Dylan Feehan
1st Degree Fionn Kennedy
1st Degree Fr. Janusz Lugowski
1st Degree Tomasz Korba
1st Degree Wojtek Marzec
1st Degree Mark Rogers
1st Degree Dylan Browne
1st Degree Sean Gahan
1st Degree Reinas Balakauskas
1st Degree Kate Elson
1st Degree Callum Doyle
1st Degree Nathan Tobin
1st Degree Sam Keogh
1st Degree Aaron McDonnell