February 26, 2012: Kiefer Neumann, Ben Townson, and Kyle Neumann hit their Chung So Nyun Hapkido black belt test OUT OF THE PARK! It was a challenging 3 hours long. We couldn't ask for better ambassadors for our school and this art.
L-R top row: Michael Simoniello, Zack Gomez, John Himmelman, Arthur Blair, David Townson, Edward Ricciuti.
L-R bottom row: Kyle Neumann, Ben Townson, Ben Chasse, Kiefer Neumann
February 26, 2012: Three tested for yellow belt, and nailed it - Bruce Driska, Matt Galliardi, Betsy Himmelman. "Kung Fu" Scott Brawn tested for red belt, and he impressed us as always!
L-R top row: Zack Gomez, Betsy Himmelman, John Himmelman, David Townson
L-R bottom row: Ed Ricciutti, Matt Galliardi, Arthur Blair, Scott Brawn, Bruce Driska
Photos of our joined energy...
Father and son - David Townson (3rd dan CH) and Ben (1st dan Chung So Nyun Hapkido)
Husband and wife - John Himmelman ( 2nd dan CH/Level 5 JKD) and Betsy Himmelman(Yellow Belt CH)
Father and sons - Kyle (1st dan Chung So Nyun Hapkido), Karl (Level 5 JKD), Kiefer Neumann (1st dan Chung So Nyun Hapkido)
A family that trains together, gains together ...(okay, you try to come up with a better rhyme for "trains")
Seminar with Grandmaster Pellegrini at Red Hook, NY - 3/10/12. L-R: Charles Repscher, Edward Ricciuti, John Himmelman, Grandmaster Pellegrini, Bruce Driska, David Towson (rear), Ben Townson (front).
Seminar with Grandmaster Pellegrini at Red Hook, NY - 3/10/12. Grandmaster Pellegrini presented Ben Townson with his 1st Poom Black Belt Ceritificate and Charles Repscher with his 1st Dan Black Belt Certificate. L-R: Edwarrd Ricciuti, Ben Townson, Grandmaster Pellegrini, Charles Repscher.
Our JKD class in action!
Brothers - Adam (BB Candidate) and Zack (Black Belt 1st Dan) Gomez
Brothers & Sister - Max (BB Candidate), Luke (Red Belt-Black Stripe), Isabelle (Brown Belt) Kessler
Sifu Raffi Derderian came out to the school to help us tweak our skill sets. His seminars are always tremendous fun and highly substantive!
Sifus Sean Gallimore and Raffi Derderian
Annabelle's one of our newer students.
The kid can kick!
May 27, 2012: Congratulations Annabelle, Scott, Spencer, and Mike on your rank advancements! WELL DONE!
June 30, 2012 Arthur Blair is awarded his certification for 4th Dan in Combat Hapkido. These people were there to share in the celebration. More photos on facebook - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Green-Hill-Martial-Arts/172074685417
June 30, 2012
Ben Chasse is awarded his 1st Dan Black Belt in Combat Hapkido.
Congratulations, Ben! As Art said, you represent the school very well!
A LOT more photos can be found on our Facebook page.
Instructor Ed Ricciuti receiving his certificate for 3rd Dan in Combat Hapkido from Senior Instructor Arthur Blair.
Assistant Instructor Scott Perry passed his test for 1st Dan Black Belt on August 26, 2012. Well done, Scott!
More photos from the day here.
JKD Test for GHMA contingent. 1/26/13 - Sifu Raffi Derderian, Sifu Sean Gallimore, John Himmelman, Edward Ricciuti, Karl Neumann. Sean, our class instructor, is now at Level 8. John and Karl are at 7, and Ed's at 4. We tested at Sifu Raffi's school in Rhode Island after taking a class with Sifu Todd - great day!
Some images taken by Art Blair of our July 30, 2013 belt test. All passed! Congratulations!
Congratulations Seamus, Tim, Brian, Bruce, and Luke on a great test October 27, 2013! Your hard work and dedication to this art was in full display! Thank you, too, ukes Max and Brian. They couldn't have done it without you to throw around. There's a new black belt candidate in the house... Luke Kessler. That's 3 Kessler men lined up...
On November 19, 2013, GHMA student Bruce Driska taught a class on first aid. With all the time we spend learning how to fight, we thought it would be a good idea to learn a bit about how to help someone who has been injured. A troop of scouts joined us (they were working on their first aid badge). What an informative and interesting program - this guy knows his stuff - thanks Bruce!
4/27/14 - Congratulations to the Youth Hapkido students who tested today - all passed with flying colors!
Isabel*, Felix, Tino, Brian, Mike, Seamus, and (not pictured) Hayden.
*Isabel Kessler is a now a Youth Black Belt Candidate. Her 3 brothers, in the adult class, are also black belt candidates!
November 19, 2014: First group photo in our new dojo! Test for youth hapkido belts - all passed!
March 7, 2015 - Luke Kessler (3rd from left) after passing his 1st Dan Blackbelt test in Combat Hapkido. Isabel Kessler (far right) passed her test for Youth Blackbelt.
Instructors in photo, L-R: Ed Ricciuti, David Townson, John Himmelman
March 9, 2015 - Scott Perry awarded his certificate for Level 5 in Jun Fan Gung Fu/Jeet Kune Do. Scott is also a blackbelt in Combat Hapkido and an Assistant Instructor. Congrats, Scott!
The CT Contingent - GHMA and Moonlit Path at Grandmaster Pellegrini's seminar in Red Hook, NY - March 28, 2015
April 6, 2015: We started something new. In an effort to make our school "one school", our hapkido class is participating in our JKD class. It will be reciprocated in a couple weeks. Both arts work so well together, don't know why it took us so long to figure out occasionally combining the classes!
Cory Brassard, one of our JKD students built and installed this awesome sign for our school. We are quite pleased with it... Thank you, Cory!
JKD Test, 6/13/15
John Himmelman and Karl Neuman tested and passed their Level 9. Instructors Sifu Sean Gallimore and Raffi Derderian flanking on left and right.
Sean Gallimore earns his Black Sash in Jeet Kune Do! June 2015
Cory Brassard and Brandon Kuziel earn Level 2: Brad Daar earns Level 1 in JKD - 9/19/15. Congratulations, guys!
November 11, 2015: Master LaCava from Holistic Healing and Martial Arts Center in Milford, CT kicked off our new visiting martial artist series with his class on moving stubborn people. For more pictures go to our Facebook book page, which is open to the public whether you're a member or not.
