SIX New Black Belts!
Congratulations to each of these Godly men, who passed their Exam for Black Belt on July 29, 2016.
Jim Wilkins-Luton
Andrew Carson
Trey Wikins-Luton
Tim Hurley
Clark Bondy
Ian Melhorn
We’re all VERY proud of you!!!
July 2016 Promotions!
Congratulations to the following students who passed the test for new ranks on July 28, 2016!
Halen Merrell – 3
Jacob Jenkins – 3
Joshua Potts – 4
Heather McKenzie – 6
Jarod McKenzie – 8
Maggie Wells – 8
Melissa Melhorn – 9
Joshua Noelck – 9
We’re all very proud of you!
Congratulations to the following students who passed the test for new ranks on July 29, 2016!
Riley Hayes – 5
Delaney Bollman – 7
Ben Coder – 7
Talia Dunham – 9
Great job everyone!
Notes From The Road
Here’s a fun interview done on 6/16/16 with Corby Stephens. Be sure and poke around Corby’s website, he has a lot of cool ministry things going on that you won’t want to miss! Enjoy the interview!
25 Years and More!!
April 22, 1991 – April 22, 2016
Congratulations to Andrew Colson on 25 years in the Martial arts! And we’re also excited to announce his promotion to 4th Degree Black Belt! Thank you Colson Sensei, for being part of our Whole Armor Martial Arts family all these years, we’re all very proud of you!
“The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way.” Psalm 37:23
Exam Time!
We’re excited for the following students who earned new ranks on 3/28/16!
Gregg Chastain – 1
Elisabeth Quarto – 1
Pete Muller – 2
Natalie Hayes – 5
Mark Forstrom – 5
Amy Forstrom – 5
Drew Forstrom – 5
Alex Forstrom – 5
Anna Hall – 6
Jace Muller – 7
Kyla Muller – 7
Sydney Muller – 7
Titus Forstrom – 7
Wyatt Locey – 8
Emily Chastain – 8
Ben Coder – 9
Shawn Szueber – 9
And these ranks were earned on 3/31/16!
Aaron Pesacreta – 3
Johnathan Melhorn – 4
Brian Millett – 4
Jacob Jenkins – 4
Susy Noelck – 5
Mason Cunningham – 5
Heather McKenzie – 7
Ilya Cable – 7
Angel Melhorn – 8
Nick Renfro – 8
Vincent Davis – 9
And these students received new ranks on 4/1/16!
Noah Renk – 2
Alyssa Elliot – 4
Katelynn Hurley – 5
Sarah Bollman – 6
Joe Bollman – 6
Michelle Traphagen – 6
Rebecca Oliver – 7
Steven Traphagen – 7
Zachary Traphagen – 7
Julianna Traphagen – 7
Delaney Bollman – 8
Curtis Gray – 9
Hudson Morse – 9
Isaiah Herrington – 9
Zachary Elliot – 9
AJ Elliot – 9
Congratulations everyone!!!
Whole Armor Martial Arts, King County WA!
We’re very excited to announce that our own Andrew Colson will be starting his own Whole Armor Martial Arts ® school next month!
Serving the King County area, classes will be on Monday evenings beginning March 7th. Visit his website HERE for more information.
2015 Student of the Year
We’re very proud to announce the recipient of our 2015 Student of the Year award:
Pete Muller
Other awards given at our All Class Christmas Party were:
Alex Forstrom – Shihan Award
Aaron Pesacreta – Sensei Award
Sarah Anderson – Sensei Award
Congratulations everyone!
Ranks, Ranks, and more Ranks!
We’re excited to announce that as of 11/20/15, we have one new 2nd Degree Black Belt, and THREE new 1st Degree Black Belts! Congratulations to:
Phil Anderson – Nidan
Steve Hume – Shodan
Joanna Richardson – Shodan
Olivia O’Dell – Shodan
We’re all very proud of you!
And that same evening we had 23 students earn new kyu ranks too:
Sarah Anderson – 2
Aaron Spatz – 3
Bethany Spatz – 4
Joshua Potts – 5
Madeleine Olson – 5
Makana Tubania – 5
Jason Kerr – 6
Steve Colmer – 7
Sarah Bollman – 7
Joe Bollman – 7
Ethan Oliver – 7
Jonathan Davis – 7
Michelle Traphagen – 7
Bryan Bollman – 8
Rebecca Oliver – 8
Sarah Barnes – 8
Taylor Lingeman – 8
Steven Traphagen – 8
Zachary Traphagen – 8
Julianna Traphagen – 8
Delaney Bollman – 9
Ilya Cable – 9
Cheryl Spatz – 9
And the night before, on 11/19/15, another 10 students earned new ranks too!
Matthew Hull -3
Billy Wallace – 4
Micah Kent – 6
Autumn McAllister – 6
Riley Hayes – 6
Matthew Peterson – 7
Anna Hall – 7
Logan Reuther – 9
Emily Chastain – 9
Heather McKenzie – 9
We’re so blessed to see what God is doing in the lives of each of these great students!
Congratulations everyone!!
July 2015 Exams!
Congratulations to the following students who successfully passed the test for new ranks at this months Exams!
July 27, 2015
Gregg Chastain – 2
Elisabeth Quarto – 2
Pete Muller – 3
Max Cunningham – 3
Emily Zumstein – 4
Jim Lingeman – 5
Mark Forstrom – 6
Amy Forstrom – 6
Drew Forstrom – 6
Alex Forstrom – 6
Steve Colmer – 8
Titus Forstrom – 8
Brandy Colmer – 9
July 30, 2015
Ian Melhorn – 1
Raissa Karlsen – 1
Halen Merrell – 4
Brian Millett – 5
Sean O’Banion – 5
Alyssa Elliot – 5
Jacob Jenkins – 5
Susy Noelck – 6
Hudson Wallace – 7
Riley Hayes – 7
Jonathan Davis – 8
Nick Renfro – 9
7/31/15 1:00
Clark Bondy – 1
Jonathan Miller – 1
Natalie Hayes – 6
Autumn McAllister – 7
Rachael Puckett – 9
Trevor Puckett – 9
Toby Puckett – 9
Tarence Puckett – 9
7/31/15 PM
Katelynn Hurley – 6
Lucas Bollman – 7
Sarah Bollman – 8
Joe Bollman – 8
Ethan Oliver – 8
Michelle Traphagen – 9
Steven Traphagen – 9
Zachary Traphagen – 9
Julianna Traphagen – 9
Promotion Exam 3/26/15
Congratulations to everyone who passed the Exam for new ranks Whole Armor Martial Arts!
Jesse Noelck – 4
Matthew Hull – 4
Aaron Spatz – 4
Mason Cunningham – 6
Kevin Raj – 7
Drew Colson – 7
Susy Noelck – 7
Trent Ellis – 7
John Linker – 9
Angel Melhorn – 9
Rick Pitel – 9
Wyatt Locey – 9
Bob Davis – 9
Jonathan Davis – 9
Riley Hayes – 9
Well done – we’re very proud of you!
(and in case you’re wondering what those numbers means by each name – those signify the “kyu” or rank levels in our belt system. It begins at 10th kyu as white belt, and moves up to 1st kyu which is a brown belt with 2 black stripes.)