Congratulations to Karis Johnson for earning her yellow belt Saturday, Oct. 26, during a 90-minute exam before three examiners – one seventh-dan along with a pair of fifth dans. The exam included Shuri Ryu’s required physical standards, including 500 front kicks and 300 situps along with punch-backfist for five minutes and 75 overhead strikes with 10-pound weights (women). Johnson, who also has trained for more than a decade in a Filipino family arnis system, performed Ippons 1-7, Tai Kyoku (1, 2 & 3) as well as Wansu kata, including bunkai and a number of self-defense techniques. Great job, Karis!
