Students earn black belts
Three young people earned advanced taekwondo black belts in August testing at the YCMA.
Daniel Naipat, thirteen years old, and sisters Stefanie Wolosek, twelve years old, and Morgan Wolosek, eleven years old, demonstrated advanced kick combinations, sparring and the keumgang form as they successfully tested for their second degree black belts. Naipat snapped a two-inch board with a spinning side kick and Stefanie and Morgan each broke two boards with spinning side kicks.
In the color belt promotion testing, yellow belt Ross Alff won the first place performance trophy, with high white belt Jackson Eckendorf earning second place and high yellow belt Andy Blanker taking home the third place trophy. More than 50 were present for the testing of Stevens Taekwondo Academy students, judged by Grandmaster Dwight Stevens, and Masters Bill Dragolovich and Mark Henkel.
Black Belt News
Master Heather (Hughes) and Marshall Quackenboss added Lily Rae Quackenboss to their family on August 8. Lily has two older brothers, Samuel and Ryan.
Master Chelsea Lovejoy started graduate work in social psychiatry at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb IL mid-August. Her new email is z147908@students.niu.edu
Master Kevin Klapoetke will be spending several weeks in Switzerland working at CERN (a supercollider) as he continues to work on his doctorate in physics.
Master Noah Zimmerman has returned to Wisconsin and is a postdoctoral fellow studying colon cancer and intestinal bacteria at the Medical college of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Schedule Notes:
The YMCA has shifted the regular schedule around at the Y to accommodate floor refinishing, so there will be NO CLASSES during week of August 28. The session will continue in September, with no other break.
September 19 First class of new session at YMCA
October 15 Belt promotion testing at YMCA - 1:00 p.m.
October 26 Last class of session
NO CLASSES OCTOBER 31 AND NOVEMBER 2
November 7 First class of new session at YMCA
December 9 BLACK BELT CHRISTMAS PARTY --details to be announced
December 10 Belt promotion testing at YMCA - 1:00 p.m.
December 14 Last class of session
Please remember to inform Master Henkel of changes in e-dress or mailing address, and send news of tournament results, marriages, babies, jobs, or special trainings attended to henkelfm@wctc.net.