CONGRATULATIONS TO Ms. ASHLEY ON HER PROMOTION TO BLACK BELT AND ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR!
FOR THE PASS 5 YEARS ASHLEY HAS BEEN ON A JOURNEY TO EARN HER BLACK BELT. AS PART OF HER REQUIREMENTS FOR BLACK BELT SHE HAD TO HAVE 40 HOURS OF ASSISTING WITH CLASSES, DO A WRITTEN EXAM AND CREATE HER OWN FORM. SHE HAD 2 EVALUATIONS AND HER BLACK BELT TEST.
ASHLEY’S JOURNEY OF THE MARTIAL ARTS BEGAN IN JULY OF 2012, WHEN SHE WAS 10 YEARS OLD. DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS ASHLEY HAS PARTICIPATED IN MANY DEMONSTRATIONS, SEMINARS AND LOTS OF EVENTS AT THE SCHOOL. HER COMMITMENT TO THE SCHOOL AND THE MARTIAL ARTS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE AND AN AWESOME EXAMPLE FOR ALL OUR FUTURE BLACK BELTS TO LOOK UP TO.
ASHLEY HAS WORKED VERY HARD TO GET TO WHERE SHE IS, AND IT HASN’T BEEN EASY. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY DISTRACTIONS… LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY…AND LOTS OF CHANGE. SHE JUST TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND PUSHES FORWARD. HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION IS UNWAVERING. WHETHER SHE’S TAKING A CLASS OR HELPING TEACH ONE, SHE IS ALWAYS FOCUSED AND EAGER TO LEARN. SHE’S AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN ACHIEVE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT!
ASHLEY HAS ACHIEVED SOMETHING FEW PEOPLE DO… SHE EARNED HER BLACK BELT! HER NEW BLACK BELT REPRESENTS YEARS OF HARD WORK, SWEAT AND TEARS. BUT IT’S HERS TO KEEP FOREVER. NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE IT AWAY FROM HER AND NO ONE CAN EVER TAKE AWAY WHAT IT REPRESENTS! IT ALSO COMES WITH AN AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY; ONE THAT I KNOW SHE WILL TAKE SERIOUSLY.
WEAR YOU’RE BELT WITH PRIDE AND NEVER FORGET WHAT IT TOOK TO EARN IT! CONGRATULATIONS ASHLEY. WE ARE ALL VERY PROUD OF YOU!