Receiving JUKF Black Belts at Nihon Budokan in Tokyo 11/20/2022

It was truly an honor to receive our BLACK BELTS from Matsukura Sensei (President of the JUKF) at NIPPON BUDOKAN in Tokyo, Japan. After taking Dan examinations with the Japan University Karatedo Federation (JUKF) in the MIT T-Club lounge last September 2022, we became the first official JUKF black belts from the US. These are steps we are taking to continue spreading Karate at the college level and to establish relations between university karateka in the US and in Japan. Thanks to our dear friends Komine Sensei (International Relations JUKF), Osada Sensei (Vice chairman JUKF) for helping us in this journey to create more Karatedo-ka in colleges around the world.

Vazrik Chiloyan - MIT - Sandan

Anselmo Cassiano - Harvard - Nidan

Lorraine Sin - Lesley University & Boston University - Nidan

Amandine Fromont - Georgetown Law & Wellesley College - Nidan

Hanamei Shao - Wellesley College - Shodan

Qiu Yu Hong Lu - Boston University - Shodan

Nikita Patil - U. Texas & Boston University - Shodan

Savannah Wu - Columbia University & Boston University - Shodan