Monday was a big night for the school. Our first test for promotion was held – and Dylan Padgett passed with flying colors, which in his case is a yellow belt (see attached photo). The test began with Shuri-ryu’s standard physical test (mile run, 500 front kicks, 5 minutes punch backfist, 75 overhead strikes with 15-pound weights, 300 situps and four sets of 10 pushups during the performance part of the exam). Congratulations to Dylan, whose parents and sister were on hand to watch and congratulate him at the test’s conclusion.