This past Tuesday, the CCHS Karate Club was very excited to welcome Sensei John Goddard of the Methuen Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club and the Giordano Family Methuen Karate Association. Sensei Goddard took time out of his very busy schedule to instruct us on the basics of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. We had the opportunity to learn sweeps, submissions, and some important concepts of grappling. Sensei Goddard has been a long time student of Goru Jim Marino (Methuen Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Club) and Hanshi Larry Giordano (MKA).
I can say without any doubt that my students learned an array of skills that might one day help them to get out of a life threatening situation. I am always very grateful to any guest instructor that comes to CCHS, but I am especially thankful to Sensei Goddard because he has been coming to CCHS on a regular basis for the past three years. He has been a big part of the foundation of mixed martial arts that are taught here at the CCHS Karate Club.
David Daniels, one of my original CCHS Karate students also came to this Jiu Jitsu class. He is now ranked as shi-kyu in Kyokushin Karate and holds a blue belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. David has been one of the most dedicated students that I have had over the past few years. He is actually the first CCHS student ever to receive the "Sensei Award" back in the 2008-2009 season. I am very grateful to David for the amount of hours he has put in at CCHS helping new students to have a desire to improve as he does. David is going to participate in a promotion next month and will hopefully be the first of my original students to be promoted to brown belt or ni-kyu. David currently trains at Hanshi Giordano's MKA dojo as I have for many years now. I am extremely proud of him and he truly represents what karate is all about.
Last, but certainly not least, Nicole Kebler was promoted to Hachi Kyu. This is an important step here at CCHS Karate. Most students don't realize the significance of that first promotion within the Kyokushin system. Nicole has proven her dedication to the art and has shown her desire to improve herself physically, mentally, and spiritually. We at the CCHS Karate Club congratulate her on this promotion and look forward to more in the future!
Next week we will hold our annual board breaking class...check back soon for pictures!
Osu!
Sensei
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