by wadoadmin | Apr 13, 2014
My name is Colin Yamamoto and I am 16 years old. I am a sophomore at Aliso Niguel High School. I recently passed the black belt kyu test and accept this with great honor. I have been honing in on my karate skills since I was 7 years old. I have learned many...
by wadoadmin | Apr 12, 2014
The beginning of my journey in karate began 8 years ago at age 6 of 2004. After these 8 years, I have officially passed the black belt (shodan) test. It all started with my older brother who attended Wado-ryu karate first before me which encouraged me to begin. When I...
by wadoadmin | Apr 12, 2014
10 years ago, when I began practicing karate, being of the first black belt rank Shodan, let alone the second rank Nidan, was only an aspiration. Now, it is a reality. For much of the time since I began practicing karate, I believed that it was little more...
by wadoadmin | Apr 12, 2014
My name is Jessica Chin and I am 14 years old and attend Laguna Hills High School. Last December, I was fortunate enough to earn my black belt after 8 years of training. The story of how I got my black belt started one day when my mom came up to me and told me that...
by wadoadmin | Apr 12, 2014
My name is Deanna Pagaduan. I am 14 years old and I have been training at the Wado-Ryu dojo in Laguna Hills for seven years. Now, I am a Shodan black belt. I was inspired by the higher belts to work hard and I wanted to be just like them, but being in high school and...
