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Jul 12, 2017 Sports
On June 30th and July 9th, the Guyana Wado-Ryu Karate Association held its grading exercise for students of the Banks DIH and Mae’s Schools Dojos. A total of 44 students were graded under the supervision of the very
experienced 7th Dan Sensei Winston Dunbar assisted by 3rd Dan Sensei Darren Nurse, 2nd Dan Sensei Fazal Mohamed and 3rd Dan Sensei Dennis Fiffee.
The exercise was deemed a success as the students performed the various requirements in order to attain elevation to a higher rank.
The following are the new ranks of the students:
1st Dan (5#)
Vasanna Persaud, Maliha Rajkumar, Jonathan Roopchand, Tai Panday, Fabian Reicherdt.
1st Kyu (3#)
Ihatiah Frank, Lizannie Mohamed, Shane Birkett
2nd Kyu (2#)
Tirthananda Kuldip, Ethan Panday
3rd Kyu (4#)
Mahir Rajkumar, Richard Pedroso, Anand Persaud, Ashmeera Singh
4th Kyu (11#)
Lionel Skye, Manuel Vasquez, Rovaldo Mohamed, Seara Mohamed, Shivpersaud Ragunath, Emmanuel Campbell, Indika Haimpersaud, Omkar Haimpersaud, Mahendra Narayan, Rovindra Singh, Peter Khan
5th Kyu (7#)
Aaron Abraham, Tamesh Chattergoon, Ryan Khan, Eashan Harjohn, Lytton DeJonge, Irshaad Nasir, Ethan Morris
6th Kyu (5#)
Anthony Barlow, Abigail McKoy, Upasna Singh, Arysh Raghunauth, Hans Ceasar,
7th Kyu (7#)
Irfaan Nasoordin, Emma Mangal, Emily Bacchus, Aaliyah Nelson, Aashir Mohamed, Dashawn McKenzie, Hemal Ramnarain
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