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News from the Sensei : Houston Student Page
Posted by JGarcia on 2025/4/26 13:18:43 (49513 reads)

Weekly Aikido Schedule

Monday
• 7:00pm - 8:00pm Adult Aikido

Tuesday
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Children's Aikido
• 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Adult Aikido

Wednesday
• Closed

Thursday
• 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm. Children's Aikido
• 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm. Adult Aikido

Friday
• Closed

Saturday
• 9:00am - 10:30pm. (2nd Saturday only) Black Belt Intensive - 2nd kyu and above.
• 10:00am - 11:00 am. Adult & Children's Aikido (split mat)
• 11:00pm - 12:30pm. Open Mat / Adult Aikido

Sunday
• 8:00am - 9:30am Adult Aikido & Weapons



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Student Hours
Last Class Recorded: 25th July, 2026

IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE
This list is currently NOT being updated.
Please check the paper list in the office for your current hours.



Before testing for their next rank, students must have logged at least the minimum hours required for that rank and reached an appropriate level of proficiency in the listed techniques.

Key:
Rank: «Required minimum to next rank»
•Name - Hours practiced

ADULTS
6th dan:
• Jorge Garcia (1956-2023), Founder

5th Dan
• Joe Cavazos (prom. 2024)
• Weldon Mauney (prom. 2024)

4th Dan: promotion at Sensei's discretion
• Memo Almaguer (prom. 2018)
• Carol Harkness (prom. 2024)

3rd Dan: promotion at Sensei's discretion
• Debbie Chambers (prom. 2018) - 317 days
• Andy Nguyen (prom. 2024) - 203 Days

2nd Dan: 4 years & 600 hours for 3rd dan
• Jeff Evans - 56 hrs
• Raymond Villalba - 29.5 hrs
• Lee Kaplan - 261 hrs
• Du Le - 47 hrs
• Mario Lopez - 9 hrs
• Andy Croft - 82.5 hrs
• Michael Crabtree II - 110.5 hrs

1st Dan: 2.5 years & 400 hours for 2nd dan
• Sebastien Lehnherr - 22 hrs
• Berta Lopez - 331.5 hrs
• Reggie Wills - 30 hrs
• Pat Duggan - 11 hrs
• Hieu Nguyen - 35 hrs
• Midori Osawa - 70 hrs
• Adam Jones - 71.5 hrs

1st Kyu: 200 hours for Shodan
• Julio Duran - 122 hrs
• Aleksandra Sarabian - Shodan-ho - 246.5 hrs
• Eden Barrera - 134.5 hrs

2nd Kyu: 150 hours for 1st kyu
• Korigan Croft - 62 hrs
• Toviah Eleogben - Shodan-Ho 66.5 hrs
• Siobhan Harkness - 132.5 hrs
• Shaw Chowdhury - 13 hrs

3rd Kyu: 125 hours for 2nd kyu
• Jillian Le - 168 hrs

4th Kyu: 100 hours for 3rd kyu
• Quin Bryant - 113.5 hrs
• Kairi Crabtree - 67.5 hrs

5th Kyu: 80 hours for 4th kyu
• Antonio Machado - 23.5 hrs
• Saul Acedevo - 31 hrs
• Nikhil Chaudhury - 33.5 hrs

6th Kyu: 60 hours for 5th kyu
• Paul St. Jacques - 25 hrs
• Jesus Garcia - 85.5 hrs

7th Kyu: 40 hours for 6th kyu
• none

Shiro: 25 hours for first grade
• Samir Nomani - 14 hrs

Awaiting grade evaluation
• Brian Murray - 12.5 hrs

YOUTH & CHILDREN
Shodan-ho (Junior Black Belt):
Training hours are listed in their equivalent adult rank
• Toviah Eleogben
• Aleksandra Sarabian


7th Kyu/C: 65 hrs for Shodan-Ho
• «none»

7th Kyu/B: 60 hrs for 7C
• «none»

7th kyu/A: 50 hrs for 7B
• «none»

8th Kyu/C: 50 hrs for 7A
• «none»

8th Kyu/B: 50 hrs for 8C
• Donald Fortin - 15 hrs

8th Kyu/A: 50 hrs for 8B
• Jaydyn Radcliffe - 69 hrs
• Mateo Toscano - 16 hrs
• Yeshua Almaguer - 58 hrs

9th Kyu/C: 50 hrs for 8A
• «none»

9th Kyu/B: 40 hrs for 9D
• «none»

9th Kyu/A: 40 hrs for 9C
• Cammi Chambers - 36.5 hrs
• Liam Crabtree - 38 hrs
• Aleks Graves - 0 hrs

10th Kyu/C: 30 hrs for 9B
• «none»

10th Kyu/B: 30 hrs for 9A
• Aka Terry - 12 hrs
• Kim Tran - 24 hrs
• Karel Ulloa Vaildo - 32 hrs

10th Kyu/A: 20 hrs for 10B
• Bentley Wigle - 18.5 hrs
• Haliik Wigle - 11 hrs
• Kate Le - 11 hrs

Unranked: 20 hrs for 10A
• Kingston Knight - 9 hrs
• Mary Anne Mejachamp - 16 hrs

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