Have been training for 13 years
Practicing the Kenshikai Karate style under Shuseki-Shihan Paul Sookdar
Am a 1st-degree black belt (shodan), preparing for 2nd-degree black belt (nidan) promotion in December 2025
After moving to Riverdale and discovering a lot of programs here (such as the RRS theater program), my parents discovered Riverdale Kenshikai Karate and decided to enroll me there. Though I was initially reluctant to go to classes, they eventually grew on me and I have never stopped training there. I started when I was 4, and have been going ever since. Click the title to go to their homepage.
I attained my shodan, or first-degree black belt, rank in October 2023.
After my white belt ranks, I progressed throgh four color belt ranks and their respective "advanced" stripes, with ten kyus (ranks) in total, including white and advanced white.
I quickly became fascinated with karate and quickly started progressing through the ranks. Since I started quite young, I began in the "junior" ranks, but when I was old enough, I moved up to the regular ranks as well. Our belt ranks are as follows: white, blue, yellow, green, brown, black, with "advanced" stripes between each color belt. My promotion certificates are available above, in reverse order.
Here I have a few videos of my demomstrations, as well as photos of some dojo events.
