Congratulations Benjamin!

Congratulations to our Kentucky Chapter President, Benjamin! 5 1/2 years of work and preparation paid off. Last night he tested for his Black Belt in Taekwondo and passed.

GOOD GOING BRO!

Congrats! Maybe he should be Sargent of arms too!

Good job ....is that Master Frey's place?....Joey got his black belt there a few years back.....was going to send Trey there too

congrats Benjamin.... I tried to watch the video and comment on facebook but I couldn't. I didn't have permission for your domain or something... WTG>

Marty042 wrote:Congrats! Maybe he should be Sargent of arms too!

Have you seen our Sgt. at Arms? He makes me look small.

Way to go Benjamin! Hard work does pay off.

Thanks everybody. This is just the start of the next steps. I plan on continuing and progressing on through the belts and training. It was a long but great evening.

magicman_1968 wrote:Good job ....is that Master Frey's place?....Joey got his black belt there a few years back.....was going to send Trey there too

No, I train at Stillwater Taekwondo in Alexandra. Our Dojang is in the same plaza as the Auto Zone where we had the cruse in's on Thursdays. We are in the back of the same building.

extenzegrl wrote:congrats Benjamin.... I tried to watch the video and comment on facebook but I couldn't. I didn't have permission for your domain or something... WTG>

It was a setting in the player. Try again.

Good going..

Little bro used to take taekwondo he got to being 2nd degree black belt student instructor was headed for his 3 degree teachers wouldn't teach him anymore little brother was less the 12. Guess at his age instructors fellt scared. I always said jason would have beeen a master before he was 18

Not sure where he was training. Any school that follows the Kukkiwon (Taekwondo headquarters in Korea) doesn't allow anyone under 16 to progress beyond a 3rd Dan. Doesn't mean they should stop training him, he just can't advance in rank until he gets older.

But not every school follows the Kukkiwon or the rules set in place. Many schools are in it for the money. If they can guarantee someone the ability to achieve their black belt in a year verse a school that says it may take you 4 to 5 years, they know they have a greater chance to get the new student to sign up at their school. These kinds of schools exists in every type of martial art, and prey upon people who have no clue what to look for in a school.

I knew I wanted to take Taekwondo and spent about a month looking at many schools around the area for a good strong school and one that was family oriented.

You never lose your rank. He should start back up.

i cant remember his teachers name but the school was in the newport shopping center with remke. this school was next door to radio shack. then a few years later they moved to bellevue....

Congrats Benjamin!!