On Sunday the 3rd of December two more students of the Cheshunt Karate Club passed their Shodan grading. Andy Skarpellis, a 3? year old production manager of a printing company had already passed his Shodan with another group in 1988 but had stopped training for a number of years until he joined the Cheshunt based club in 2002. Sensei Pell said "I think Andy got a bit of a Shock when he joined our group as our training can sometimes be full on, but he always trains hard and had prepared himself well for the test" 15 year-old Neil Paul started his training in Broxbourne in 1998 with the late Sensei Jones and joined the Cheshunt club at it's formation in January 1999. He is the longest serving junior student and is the first Cadet Black belt at the club. Sensei Pell commented "Neil has been training for over half his life now and has benefited since moving up to the senior class in 2003, I'm sure he will be an inspiration to the other juniors" he added "It was emotional for the senior instructors to return to their old Dojo where they had trained and graded together under Sensei Jones for so many years"
Congratulations to Andy Skarpellis & Neil Paul on their Shodans
