KickStart Honor Black Middle

By Derrick Stinson
KICKSTART Instructor
Black Middle School
Nov 23, 2009

I am very proud of the students in my KICKSTART program. They all work very hard and deserve all the credit in the world. Our Black Middle School karate program has a rich history of great martial artists. Always pushing to be the best, they strive to be at the cutting edge of the martial arts. They are very humble kids who invite everyone into their circle and often times become the life of the party.

They are hilarious!!!

I consider it an honor to be their teacher. As far as what Black MS has accomplished, we have won Martial Arts Mania 6 times in the past 8 years. We have three 3rd degree black belts, eight 2nd degrees, and fifteen 1st degrees that come from Black MS. Aca-demically, we have quite a few black belts who are currently in college and one serving in the armed forces.

We have many students who are Chun Kuk Do world champions, KICKSTART state champions, and many who are striving to-wards those goals everyday. In fact, I am proud of my students who have accomplished feats that even I haven’t. I had two black belts win the Chuck Norris cup in Las Vegas; one of those students even won it three times.

Some may hear our nickname in Martial Arts Mania or at other tournaments: the Wu Tang Clan. It’s our karate name that we go by when performing, nothing more or less. It unifies us, the old students and the new. Our motto is, “We are born to lose, built to win, and determined to succeed!”

Wu Tang Forever

Source: Kick Start Kids

  

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