Current Ranks
Ranks in the Shaolin Chuan Fa system are as follows
White, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Purple, Purple White, Brown, Brown White
Higher ranks in the Shaolin Chuan Fa system are as follows
Black – Disciple, Gold – 2nd degree upwards, Red – 5th Degree Master
What is a black sash disciple?
"What is a black sash? It means you have made an entry into discipleship, you have proven yourself over a period of rigorous training. You are
dedicated, loyal, knowledgeable and above all, trustworthy.
You do more than what is asked of you seeing tasks not as duties but as challenges to learn from. Problems are turned into challenges and
you see more solutions than problems.
You sacrifice time and effort. Rather than neglect work or school, you learn to cultivate each with your Kung Fu.
You lead, not through intimidation or rank, but through compassion and respect. You are a model, and people openly and genuinely respect you.
But as Tashi Leon King stated, this is where you start learning and you can always learn something from a white sash.
Titles in the Shaolin Chuan Fa system are as follows
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Assistant Instructor - Advanced student that has had experience as a teacher’s assistant |
| SI FU/SI MOO |
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Instructor - Has been a assistant instructor for 1 year and has achieved Brown sash rank or higher. Students who are attempting to go for the instructor title must have completed the following courses through Hull Kung Fu or Hull Tai Chi - Coaching Disabled Performers, Child Protection, Equity, First Aid, Vulnerable Adults |
| DAI/DI | Instructor - "Disciple", a particularly dedicated instructor | |
| SI BOK/SI DIGOO |
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Instructor - Given to the highest ranked instructor of a Kwoon who is not a master |
| SI GONG/SI POO |
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Master Instructor – 5th Degree or higher |
| SI TAI GONG/SI TAI POO | Grand Master - Head of system | |
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| Test Brown Sash Open | ||
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Note for Instructors on Courses |
Must be complete for instructor level | Not compulsory, but recommended | HKF/HTC Club Mentor Requirement | |||
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Note for All Students on Courses |
Attended and Paid | Attended Not Paid | Expired |
| GRADE | KUNG FU RANKS | PIC | DUE |
SIBOK SIFU SISOOK |
CRB Cleared (over 18s) |
Child Protection |
Coaching Disabled |
Equity |
First Aid | Drug Aware | Vulnerable Adults | MENCAP | Youth Worker | Sign Language | |||||||
| 3rd Degree Black\Yellow Leon King |
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DI SIFU |
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3rd Degree Black\Yellow Mike Mitchell 3RD 17/02/08 |
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Feb 2012 |
SIBOK |
REGISTERING THROUGH WAKO IN JAN |
EXPIRES 25/07/11 & ERSCB TRAINER 02/10/08 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 |
BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 10/02/12 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED 17/03/07 |
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3rd Degree Black\Yellow Ricky Robson 15/03/00 1ST 16/10/03 2ND 28/10/05 3RD 26/04/09 |
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Leader |
Apr 2013 |
SIBOK 26/02/04 |
EXPIRES 23/06/2012 001240682291 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 |
BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 16/07/11 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED 17/03/07 |
PASSED |
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| 2nd Degree Black\Yellow Odette Mitchell |
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Leader |
N\A |
SIBOK |
EXPIRES 23/04/2012 001233656171 |
EXPIRED |
BOOKED 02/02/10 | BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 16/07/11 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED 17/03/07 |
PASSED |
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2nd Degree Black\Yellow Laurence Newton 12/07/99 1ST 28/10/05 2ND 17/02/08 |
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Leader |
Feb 2011 |
SIBOK 25/04/06 |
REGISTERING THROUGH WAKO IN JAN |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 |
BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 10/02/12 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED 17/03/07 |
PASSED |
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| 2nd Degree Black\Yellow Martin Robson 15/03/00 1ST 27/10/05 2ND 17/02/08 |
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Leader |
Feb 2011 |
DI SIFU 17/02/08 24/04/09 |
REGISTERING THROUGH WAKO IN JAN |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
EXPIRED |
EXPIRED |
YES ??? |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
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| 1st Degree Black Duncan Kirkross 24/02/08 1ST 17/02/08 |
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Feb 2010 |
SIFU 23/10/05 |
WORKING AWAY
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WORKING AWAY |
WORKING AWAY | WORKING AWAY | WORKING AWAY |
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EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED 17/03/07 |
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| 1st Degree Black Terry Hodder |
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N\A |
SIFU 09/09/09 |
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| 1st Degree Black George Smithson |
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Leader |
Sept 2011 |
SIFU |
Self Declaration Form Signed for Being Under 18 |
EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 |
EXPIRES 24/10/10 |
EXPIRES 11/06/11 |
EXPIRES 14/02/11 |
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| 1st Degree Black Andrew Yeomans |
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Leader |
Sept 2011 |
SIFU |
EXPIRES 17/04/2012 001232969675 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 | BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 06/03/10 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED |
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| 1st Degree Black Chris Purcell |
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Leader |
Sept 2011 |
SISOOK |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
EXPIRES 11/06/11 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
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| 1st Grade Brown\White Martyn Oliver |
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EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
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EXPIRES 24/10/10 |
EXPIRES 10/02/12 |
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| 1st Grade Brown\White Lewis McIvor |
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| 1st Grade BrownWhite Sam Busby |
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Leader |
Sept 2010 | SIFU |
EXPIRES 24/06/2012 001240911616 |
EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
EXPIRED |
EXPIRES 24/10/10 |
EXPIRES 06/03/10 |
EXPIRES 27/03/10 |
EXPIRES 25/01/010 |
PASSED 24/06/08 | ||||||||
| 1st Grade Brown\White Lee Mytton |
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Sept 2010 | SIFU |
EXPIRES 22/06/2012 001240532851 |
EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 | BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 11/06/11 |
EXPIRES 13/07/11 |
EXPIRES 28/11/10 |
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| 1st Grade Brown\White Michael Gooch |
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Sept 2010 | SIFU |
EXPIRES 16/10/2010
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EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 |
EXPIRES 24/10/10 |
EXPIRES 10/02/12 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
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| 1st Grade Brown\White Sam Norman |
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Sept 2010 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 22/06/2012 001240592487 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 | BOOKED 27/01/10 |
EXPIRES 11/06/11 |
EXPIRES 12/03/10 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
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| 1st Grade Brown\White Alex Reynolds |
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June 2011 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
EXPIRES 10/02/12 | ||||||||||||||
| 2nd Grade Brown Jonathon Linford |
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| 2nd Grade Brown Victoria Linford |
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| 2nd Grade Brown John Wright |
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Mar 2010 | EXPIRES 10/02/12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2nd Grade Brown Georgina Busby |
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Mar 2010 | SIFU |
EXPIRES 30/06/2012 001241657561 |
EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
EXPIRED |
EXPIRES 24/10/10 |
FULL EXPIRES 06/03/10 |
EXPIRES 27/03/10 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
PASSED |
PASSED 24/06/08 | |||||||
| 2nd Grade Brown Steven Dudley |
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June 2010 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
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| 2nd Grade Brown David Wilson |
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| 2nd Grade Brown Ifeanacho Elendu |
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| 2nd Grade Brown Derek Stephens |
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| 2nd Grade Brown David Speck |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Tom Hodgson |
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Jan 2010 |
EXPIRES 08/12/2009 |
EXPIRES 11/06/11 |
EXPIRES 12/03/10 |
EXPIRES 25/01/10 |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Charlotte McIvor |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Daniel Linford |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Elizabeth McIvor |
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Jan 2010 |
EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
EXPIRES 28/11/10 |
PASSED 24/06/08 | |||||||||||||||
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3rd Grade Purple\White Jay Callow |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
EXPIRES 16/07/11 |
EXPIRES 29/2/11 |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Aaron Thornhill |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Ben Miller |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White Edward Watts |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK | ||||||||||||||||
| 4th Grade Purple\White Becky Adamson |
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Jan 2010 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
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| 4th Grade Purple\White Amy Hodder |
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Jan 2010 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
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| 4th Grade Purple Chris Edson |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 04/10/2011 001211827110
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EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
EXPIRES 16/07/11 |
PASSED 24/06/08 | ||||||||||||
| 4th Grade Purple Bill Mills |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK |
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EXPIRES 21/11/10 |
EXPIRES 11/06/11 |
EXPIRES 28/11/10 |
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| 5th Grade Blue Connor Pell |
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| 5th Grade Blue Bailey Emmerson |
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| 5th Grade Blue Half Tag Stephen Linford |
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| 5th Grade Blue Half Tag Robert Linford |
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| 5th Grade Blue Liam Booth |
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| 5th Grade Blue Lianne Therkelson |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 24/10/2011 001214076718 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
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| 5th Grade Blue Ashley Stansfield |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
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| 5th Grade Blue Asa Blakeston |
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Jan 2010 | SISOOK |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
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| 5th Grade Blue Michael McDonald |
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| 6th Grade Green Giles Therkelson-Smith |
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| 6th Grade Green Ken Thompson |
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Jan 2010 |
EXPIRES 205/08/2012 001249683752 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
BOOKED 02/02/10 | BOOKED 27/01/10 | |||||||||||||
| 6th Grade Green Rebecca Savage |
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| 6th Grade Green Richard Danforth |
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Jan 2010 |
25/01/2011 001186373198 |
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| 6th Grade Green Richard To |
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| 6th Grade Green Connor Foster |
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| 6th Grade Green Jason Wilkinson |
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| 7th Grade Orange Paul Wilkinson |
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Jan 2010 |
EXPIRES 25/02/12 |
EXPIRES 16/07/11 |
EXPIRES 28/11/10 |
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| 7th Grade Orange Jack Madden |
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| 7th Grade Orange Chris Preston |
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| 7th Grade Orange Jack Tong |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Joshua Milner |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Steffan Wilkinson |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Jack Tong |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Zachary Theodorou |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Jacob Theodorou |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Neville Best |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Sam Peacham |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Helen Linford |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Ben Kilvington |
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| 9th Grade White Declan Pell |
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| GRADE | CHINESE STAFF RANKS | PIC | DUE | ||||||||||||||||||
| SI BOK | Instructor Mike Mitchell |
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| SI BOK | Instructor Odette Mitchell |
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| SI BOK | Assistant Instructor Ricky Robson |
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| SI SOOK | Assistant Instructor John Wright |
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1st Degree Black Ricky Robson 1ST 17/02/08 |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White John Wright |
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| 4th Grade Purple Martin Robson |
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| 4th Grade Purple Laurence Newton |
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| 6th Grade Green Steven Dudley |
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| 7th Grade Orange Ifeanacho Elendu |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Georgina Busby |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Derek Stephens |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Dave Wilson |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Edward Watts |
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| GRADE | TAI CHI RANKS | PIC | DUE | ||||||||||||||||||
| SI BOK | Instructor Mike Mitchell |
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| SI BOK | Instructor Odette Mitchell |
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| TASHI DI SI FU | Instructor Leon King |
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| SI BOK | Assistant Instructor Ricky Robson |
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| SI BOK | Assistant Instructor Laurence Newton |
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| 3rd
Degree Black\Yellow Mike Mitchell 1ST 16/10/03 2ND 27/10/05 3RD 26/04/09 |
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| 3rd
Degree Black\Yellow Odette
Mitchell 1ST 16/10/03 2ND 27/10/05 3RD 26/04/09 |
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3rd Degree Black\Yellow Laurence Newton 1ST 16/10/03 2ND 27/10/05 3RD 26/04/09 |
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2nd Degree Black\Yellow Ricky Robson 1ST 26/10/06 2ND 26/04/09 |
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| 1st Degree Black Leon King |
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| 2nd Grade Brown Andy Yeomans |
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Mar 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3rd Grade Purple\White Julie Yeomans |
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| 3rd Grade Purple\White William Mills |
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Feb 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4th Grade Purple Dave Wilson |
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| 5th Grade Blue Martin Robson |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Ken Thompson |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Helen Adkins |
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| 8th Grade Yellow Amy Adkins |
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| GRADE | BO JUTSU RANKS | PIC | DUE | ||||||||||||||||||
| TASHI DI SI FU | Chief Instructor Leon King |
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| SI BOK | Instructor Mike Mitchell |
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| SI BOK |
Instructor Laurence Newton 25/04/06 |
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| 2nd Dan Black Leon King |
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N\A | ||||||||||||||||||
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2nd Dan Black Mike Mitchell 1ST 25/04/06 2ND 26/04/09 |
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2nd Dan Black Laurence Newton 1ST 25/04/06 2ND 26/04/09 |
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