{"id":3263,"date":"2025-07-24T14:12:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T18:12:19","slug":"congratulations-to-our-new-kai-shin-black-belts-felicitations-a-nos-nouveaux-detenteurs-de-ceintures-noires-kai-shin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/?p=3263","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Our New Kai Shin Black Belts! | F\u00e9licitations \u00e0 nos nouveaux d\u00e9tenteurs de ceintures noires Kai Shin!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>On <strong>Sunday, July 13, 2025<\/strong>, in <strong>Mississauga, Ontario<\/strong>, several Snow Tiger Association members successfully earned their <strong>Kai Shin Black Belt rankings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations to the following candidates:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1st Degree Black Belt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ben Lavender <em>(Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Poirier <em>(Trent Valley Karate and Jiu Jitsu)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Poirier <em>(Trent Valley Karate and Jiu Jitsu)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelagh Pregent <em>(Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2nd Degree Black Belt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Ellis <em>(Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4th Degree Black Belt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Black <em>(a direct student of Sensei Mike Chapman, training at Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5th Degree Black Belt<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Robert Chamberlain <em>(originally from 8 Wing Trenton Martial Arts Club)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A heartfelt <strong>thank you<\/strong> to <strong>Sensei Guest<\/strong> for your incredible leadership and guidance, and to <strong>Sensei Leah<\/strong> for your hospitality and generosity. We also extend our gratitude to the <strong>board of examiners<\/strong> for their expertise and thorough evaluations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations to everyone on your achievements\u2014you embody the true spirit of Kai Shin!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Le <strong>dimanche 13 juillet 2025<\/strong>, \u00e0 <strong>Mississauga (Ontario)<\/strong>, plusieurs membres de l\u2019Association Snow Tiger ont brillamment obtenu leurs <strong>ceintures noires Kai Shin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>F\u00e9licitations aux candidats suivants :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1er dan (ceinture noire)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ben Lavender <em>(Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Poirier <em>(Trent Valley Karate and Jiu Jitsu)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacob Poirier <em>(Trent Valley Karate and Jiu Jitsu)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shelagh Pregent <em>(Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2e dan (ceinture noire)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Ellis <em>(Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4e dan (ceinture noire)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Black <em>(\u00e9l\u00e8ve direct de Sensei Mike Chapman, s\u2019entra\u00eenant \u00e0 Madoc Martial Arts)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5e dan (ceinture noire)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Robert Chamberlain <em>(originaire du club d\u2019arts martiaux 8 Wing Trenton)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Un grand <strong>merci<\/strong> \u00e0 <strong>Sensei Guest<\/strong> pour votre leadership et vos conseils, ainsi qu\u2019\u00e0 <strong>Sensei Leah<\/strong> pour votre hospitalit\u00e9 et votre g\u00e9n\u00e9rosit\u00e9. Nous remercions \u00e9galement le <strong>jury d\u2019examinateurs<\/strong> pour leur expertise et leurs \u00e9valuations attentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bravo \u00e0 tous pour vos r\u00e9ussites\u2014vous incarnez l\u2019esprit v\u00e9ritable du Kai Shin!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our Snow Tiger Association members who earned their Kai Shin Black Belts on July 13, 2025, in Mississauga! | F\u00e9licitations aux membres de l\u2019Association Snow Tiger qui ont obtenu leurs ceintures noires Kai Shin le 13 juillet 2025 \u00e0 Mississauga! <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/?p=3263\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[468,7,381,17],"tags":[637,641,290,636,297,638,642,639,440,640],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-achievements-and-promotions","category-black-belts","category-events","category-hotpress","tag-black-belt-promotion","tag-black-belt-testing","tag-jiu-jitsu","tag-kai-shin","tag-karate","tag-madoc-martial-arts","tag-martial-arts-achievement","tag-martial-arts-ontario","tag-snow-tiger-martial-arts","tag-trent-valley-karate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3264,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions\/3264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.snowtigermartialarts.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}