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After years of tough training,
five earn black-belt ranking
Five brown-belt students have stood up to attackers and intense skill and knowledge testing to earn ranking as Small Circle Jujitsu black belts.
Four of the new black-belts received congratulations and new belts from Sensei Ed Melaugh after some three hours of testing at the school December 16. Other students, including more-experienced black belts, assisted as ukes, volunteer attackers.
The fifth, student George Chen of Waltham, formerly of Bedford, successfully faced tough testing and attacks Jan. 6 to earn his black belt.
In addition to Chen, they are: Dave Blois, 39, of Billerica, Jim Pasquale, 51, of Wilmington, Joe Rosberg, 43, of Burlington and Nuri Shakir, 27, of Nashua, NH.
Most of the students who received the new belts have studied for five or six years in preparation for the black-belt test.
"I've been in martial arts for 16 years and with Sensei Ed for seven years," said Pasquale.
"I feel very good and I know it's a new beginning. Next? I keep on learning and I pass on what I've learned to other people. This figures into work, family and friends."
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