Black Belt Test

 Dr. Kenneth Horlander and Don May

 

Matthew Howard and Don May

Please join us in congratulating, Matthew Howard and Dr. Kenneth Horlander for achieving their Black Belt in Tang Soo Do through the American Fighting Arts Federation on May 2, 2015. 

They are the first two students from May Martial Arts to achieve their Black Belt under Donald May, the head instructor at May Martial Arts.

They tested with students from Burnette Karate in McDonough, Georgia and Yowell Karate from Arkansas. Students were testing for different degree levels of black belt. It was a rigorous test lasting four hours, that included more than 10 upper-level black belt judges. One of the black belt judges was Mr. Richard Tirschel, president of the American Fighting Arts Federation, a 10th degree black belt who trained under Chuck Norris. Obtaining a black belt in Tang Soo Do requires many years of dedicated training to develop the physical and mental skills to achieve this goal.

We are so proud of both of these gentleman!