Bodystrong pair earn black belts
Published 5:04 pm Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Sequim Gazette staff
On Oct. 25, two Bodystrong Tae-kwon-do assistant instructors tested for — and were promoted to — ranks of black belt.
Craig Fahrenholtz, 54, tested for his third degree black belt and Troy Phipps, 34, tested for his first degree.
About 15 Bodystrong students travelled to Clark County to attend a seminar under grand master Renee Sereff, the highest-ranking female in the world. Before the seminar, a black belt testing of 11 students from the Northwest region was conducted by Sereff.
Black belt tests consist of four aspects: patterns, sparring, breaking and a written knowledge test. Fahrenholtz and Phipps have been training at the Bodystrong Academy for about five years and are assistant instructors at the academy.
Phipps also teaches a “Little Ninjas” class at the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center in Sequim.
