Congratulations to Isabella Bonner, who was promoted to 2nd Degree Black Belt in Jodo at the 2019 CKF Jodo Seminar in Toronto.
Isabella is believed to be the youngest person to earn this rank in North America. With her hard work and dedication to training, she did a great job representing the dojo internationally!
Kosho instructor, Nate England was recently featured on the comedy web series, Mixed Messages. Nate showed the guys a few basics and demonstrated the dangers of distracted sparring. Thanks to Matt Dravis and Kevin from Mixed Messages for stopping by the school.
Check out more of their videos here: https://www.youtube.com/cha…/UCnfj2kWuIIsPqlRz0MpjHUQ/videos
Congratulations to Joseph Thompson who was promoted to Black Belt on September 21st.
Joe has been training in Karate since 2011, and has been a fixture in the dojo ever since. A lifelong athlete, Joe took to karate naturally and has excelled in both kata and kumite training. He has played an instrumental part of building the dojo to what it is today.
Joe is an excellent instructor, and is especially adapt at teaching kata. He has instructed of the kids class since 2014, and is great instructor and role model for all of the junior students.
Joe is an excellent martial artist, teacher, and father to his young son. We are proud to have him as part of our dojo!
Congratulations to Jason Spurlock who was promoted to Black Belt on September 21st.
Jason has been training in Karate for 35 years. He earned his 1st degree brown belt at the Kosho School of Karate in the 1988, after which he left Cincinnati for a career in the military. During his service, he was able to continue his martial arts training in Kempo, Aikedo, Goju Ryu Karate, Shotokan Karate, US Army MCAPS, and various Korean Styles. In 2016 after retiring from the military, he returned to Cincinnati and continued his training in Shuri Ryu Karate.
Jason is an excellent karate-ka, instructor, and family man. We are proud to have him as part of our dojo!
Congratulations to Jason Spurlock and Joseph Thompson who were promoted to Black Belt on September 21st. Both did an excellent job and earned their promotions after many years of hard training!
Also, thanks to Ezra Scott & Neil Stinson from McLain’s Kosho School of Karate in Nashville for sitting on the board.
The Kosho School of Karate was the location of the first ever ECUSKF Jodo Promotion Exam. This was only the 4th or 5th time a Jodo grading was held in the United States, and the first time in the Midwest. Until now, all Kosho students had to test for promotion internationally. 11 people tested for Ikkyu: Morgan Nakayama, Madison Nakayama, James Russell, Andy Wells, Bruse Stevens, Mark Nakayama, Charles Ham, and Tom Smith. 2 tested for 1st Dan: Ashley Hopkins & George Carr Jr. All passed! Great job everyone.
Thanks to everyone for helping make the first ever ECUSKF Jodo Seminar a reality! This event was sponsored by the East Central U.S. Kendo Federation and organized by the Kosho School of Karate. It tuned into the 2nd largest Jodo seminar in the US! Some of the top Jodo instructors in the US taught, including Thomas Groendal, Harvey King, Peter Boylan, Nate England, and Frank DiMarco. Students came from at least 15 states, including as far away as Colorado, Virginia and North Dakota. Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year!
Congratulations to everyone promoted in June! Purple Belt: Daniel Mills, Becky Kelley, & Isabela Bonner. Green Belt: Edward Ly Moraites, Andy Wells, Ashley Hopkins, Drew Kurtzman. Blue Belt: Rahul Veldurthi & Kane Zepf.
Another great Jodo seminar in Guelph, Ontario! Congratulations to all Kosho members who were promoted: Evan Jones to 2nd Dan, Ken Kirchmayer & Laurence Smith (Honorary Kosho Member!) to 1st Dan, and Ashley Hopkins to Ikkyu. Great job everyone!
We had a lot of fun on break day in March. Everyone got through their board! Great job!!
