New Dan Ranks at Live Oak

August was a big month for our students. Congratulations to Nathan Bailey, Nick Shih, McKale Smith, Nolan Smith, Elizabeth Gaskill, and Stephen Orta on earning their new Dan ranks!

Getting to this level takes a lot of time on the mat. It means years of showing up, learning, practicing, struggling with things that don't come easily, and then practicing some more.

Of course, earning a black belt doesn't mean you've finished learning. In many ways, you're just getting started. Training changes as you move into the Dan ranks, with new material to learn, old material to understand more deeply, and more responsibility within the dojang.

We're proud of all of them and everything they've put into reaching this point.

Congratulations, everyone!