Paul Zimmerman Sensei Receives Shodan

Appalachian Ki Aikido is pleased to announce that our own Sensei Paul Zimmerman has achieved the rank of Shodan (first degree black belt). On March 28th, many were fortunate to participate in Zimmerman Sensei's test under the direction of David Shaner Sensei.

Heartfelt congratulations go out from all the members of Appalachian Ki Aikido in Boone to Mr. Zimmerman, and heartfelt thanks are extended to David Shaner and the myriad other people, too numerous to name, that helped make the test and the seminar a success.

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This past weekend Pierce and Zimmerman Sensei conducted kyu testing. everyone who tested passed.
Congratulations!!!!!
And thank you for all the great ukemi!!!!!!

This weekend Zimmerman sensei successfully passed his NIDAN test. There were also 9 SANDAN examinations and 4 SHODAN. Every one passed.

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