Hello Again

Just a reminder of the upcoming December Advanced Promotion Test and our annual Holiday Party.  

DATE - December 2nd 2023

TEST - 12:00 Noon - All Belt test and Advanced Black Belt promotion for Mr. Mark Bettes & Mr. Ben Chung.

BKCI ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY - All students, family and friends invited.  POT LUCK food and drink.  Begins 
                                                  immediately after test.  Please bring something to share with everyone at the
                                                  party.  HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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Hello everyone.  It's been a while but I wanted to catch everyone up on the year end for 2023.  This year we will be moving the December test from the second Saturday to the first Saturday.  This is due to me wanting to get out of the Minnesota winter ASAP this year.  I wanted to give you the new date for two reasons.  One, as always we have our Holiday Party in December and two, I want to inform the Black Belts qualified to test in December so they can plan around the change.  

Two Black Belts are qualified to test for promotion at this test.  They are:

Mr. Ben Chung - 3rd Dan to 4th Dan
Mr. Mark Bettes - 4th Dan to 5th Dan

I hope the other Black Belts, especially the higher rank ones will do everything possible to help these two prepare for this test.  I look forward to, as I'm sure many of you do, watching them demonstrate their technique and knowledge during the exam.

As always, the test will be followed by our annual holiday party which consists of a pot luck dinner.  I hope you all will attend and participate in bringing a dish to share with everyone.  Beverages will be covered by the school.  I look forward to seeing you all in December!

Congratulations to the Black Belts who successfully were promoted at the December advanced testing.  

Mr. CB Bunkholt - 7th DAN
Mr. Peyton Russell - 6th DAN
Mr. John Yang - 3rd DAN
Mr. Dave Erlandson - 2nd DAN
Mr. Pat Campagna - 2nd DAN

We had a great time at the annual holiday party with great food and drink.  Thank you all for your help and support.  I look forward to another new year with all of you.  Enjoy your holiday season with family and friends stay safe and see you next year.

As a reminder the advanced test and annual holiday party is on Saturday December 10th.  The test starts at 12:00 noon with the party immediately after.  Mr. Babcock and Mr. King are coming in from St. Louis on Thursday the 8th and will be at the school that night with the hopes you will join them for some fun practice and comradery.  At this time the following are testing for higher Black Belt rank:

Mr. Dave Erlandson
Mr. Pat Campagna
Mr. John Yang
Mr. Peyton Russell
Mr. CB Bunkholt

Please come and join us for both the test and the party.  The party as usual, is a Pot Luck food so everyone please bring something.  The school will provide beverages.  We hope to see you!

On December 10th of this year we will be conducting the next Black Belt testing.  As always our Holiday Party will follow immediately after the test.  I am listing the Black Belts who will have their time in by this date so that they can start preparing now for their promotion exam.  I hope all listed below will work hard and do everything to be promoted to their next Dan level at this test.  You all are outstanding examples of what a Black Belt should be.  Your dedication has brought you to this new challenge to achieve everything you can be in the future.  It is my sincere pleasure to be your Instructor.


1st Dan to Second Dan: Mr. Dave Erlandson
​                                     Mr. Pat Campagna

2nd Dan to 3rd Dan: Mr. Brian Byrne
                                Mr. John Yang
                                Mr. Alex Caffari

3rd Dan to 4th Dan: Mr. Mark Bettes

​to 6th Dan : Peyton Russell

6th Dan to 7th Dan: Mr. CB Bunkholt

Good luck to you all!

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Beginning 2/1/22 Black Belt classes will resume on Tuesdays at 7:30 pm.  I am looking forward to working with you all again.  For the first several classes I will be working on teaching and promoting students.  If you are currently teaching classes I would appreciate you attending those early Black Belt classes so we are all working together for the same goals.

Well it has been some time since I last posted on this page.  As most of you know, we were shut down twice by our Governor and lost several months of training and student participation.  Many of the students who were training have yet to come back more than likely due to getting out of the habit for a year.  We have struggled to stay open due to limited membership and participation and are hoping many of you will return to pursue your goals and help us stay open.  We need your support!

I would at this time like to provide information on our December 2021 advanced promotion test.  I am putting this out there now so anyone testing will have plenty of time to prepare.  The following people have the minimum time needed for their next test or have been at the same rank for a very long time.  I would like you to test this coming December for higher rank:

Mr. Brian Byrne
Mr. Dave Erlandson
Mr. Duke Hydukovich
Ms. Lisa Davis

Additionally we will hold our annual holiday party right after the test.  All students and family are invited.  Please bring at least one pot luck dish.  I hope to see you all there and sincerely hope to see more of you between now and December.

Beginning this month (March) all future promotion tests will be held on the second SATURDAY of each month at 11:00 a.m..  All students who wish to test MUST attend the pre-test class on the Thursday two weeks BEFORE the test.

As an example this month works as follows:

Thursday March 5th - Pre-test
Saturday March 14th - Test @ 11:00 am

These changes make it easier for all to make test dates.

Happy New Year to all!

I would like to congratulate the following for attaining higher rank at the December 2019 Promotion test:

Mr. Dave Saum - 7th Dan
Mr. Ben Chung - 3rd Dan
Mr. John Yang - 2nd Dan
Mr. Alex Caffari - 2nd Dan
Mr. Noah Schmacher - 2nd Dan
Mr. Duke Hydukovich - 1st Dan
Mr. Pat Campagna - 1st Dan

​I would also like to thank Grandmaster Babcock for attending the test and bringing his student Brett King who tested and attained his 3rd Dan Black Belt.  The after party was great with great food and several of our students attending who we had not seen for a while.  I look forward to this coming year and predict good luck and prosperity for all.