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*note:  Saturday Evaluations (marked by *) require being at the dojo before 2:30p.m.

2008

February 2008

12: Sam Chen for Yellow Belt

11: Mfundishi Seth Robinson at Alumni Gym at 7:30 PM! Get there by 7:15, and wear your LUKC T-Shirts and bring some friends!

9: Sensei Brian's Candidates Evaluate

January 2008

31: Mihir Patel for Green, Eric Knisley for Green

17: Katie Lemke for Green Belt.

12: James Borden for Brown Belt, Evan Mettenberg for Green Belt at 2:30.

8: Annabelle Werling surprise evaluated to Purple Belt

5: Kat Hayden for Purple Belt, Lauren Acciavatti for Blue Belt, and Marissa Mraz for Green Belt at 2:30.

2007

December 2007

22: Amanda Livingstone and Marissa Mraz for Green Belt at 2:30

18: Katie Hart for Green

15: Nick Arestopoulos for Brown I, Nikole Burrell for Red at 2:30.

8: Emmanuel Fasoranti for Shodan(1st Degree Black Belt), Nizam Alavi for Purple Belt, Amy Klouse and Linda Monacelli for Blue Belt, and Cuong Pham for Green Belt at 2:30 .

6: Kat Kath for Orange Belt, Stephanie Senger surprise evaluated for Red Belt.

4: T.J. Slowik for Yellow Belt, Natalie Grieszmer for Orange Belt.

November 2007

29: Karate Club Bake Sale - Damen Hall and Healing Arts Seminar, 8:00 at Crown Center Auditorium.

27: Eric Knisley for Orange Belt.

26: Fall Demonstration at 8:00 in CFSU!

20: Colleen Quirk for Orange Belt.

17: Amanda Livingstone for Orange Belt, Carl Hess for Green Belt and Heidi Schertz for Purple Belt.

15: Mihir Patel and Kristen Dickey for Orange Belt.

13: Nicole Schumann, Katie Lemke, and Marissa Mraz for Orange Belt.

10: Emmanuel Fasoranti for Brown Three and Nikole Burrell for Red at 2:30. Karate Club Fall Lock-In at the dojo! Fun and games will be there!

9: COPAA I-Night. More details to come :)

6: Mike Scott for Yellow Belt

3: Andrew Liao and Amy Klouse for Blue Belt at 2:30 PM

1: Leslie Paul and Karun Singla for Yellow Belt, Evan Mettenburg for Orange Belt

October 2007:

30: John O'Neill and Jonathon Kral for Yellow Belt

27: Jon Everson for Blue Belt

25: Carl Hess evaluates for Green Belt. Cuong Pham, Tyler Peterre, Gaurav Rana, and Gurmeet Bawa will be evaluating for Yellow Belt.

23: Marissa Mraz, Natalie Grieszmer, Eric Knisley, and Katie Lemke evaluate for Yellow Belt, Sarah Hartl surprise evaluated for Purple Belt.

20: Karen Kath evaluates for yellow belt after class. Be there by 2:30 to watch.*

18: Alex Jung and Brittany James evaluate for Green Belt; Amanda Livingstone, Kristin Dickey, and Kostadinos Metropulos will evaluate for Yellow Belt after club.

12: LUKC Bonfire in Evanston! Be at the dojo at 7:15 PM ready for fun!

11: Mihir Patel and Colleen Quirk evaluate for Yellow Belt.

6: Juan Antonio Fuentes Medina for Green Belt at 2:30*

4: Son Ton for Green

3: Up Till Dawn, Bremner Lounge from 6:00-11:00 PM! Come prepared to address letters to fundraise for St. Judes!

September 2007

27: Sara Cole for Yellow

20: Evan Mettenburg for Yellow after club!

19: 7:00 PM - Self Defense Seminar for Campion at Regis MPR. Clubbers, be there at 6:30 wearing your LUKC TShirts or a black tshirt!

2: 2:30 PM - Sunday Evaluations! Sensei Francesco Carbonari for SanDan (3rd Degree Black Belt) and Samurai Elevation

August 2007

30: 7:45 PM: First Meeting of LUKC. LUKC is located here.

29: Organization Fair from 1:00-4:00. Be there wearing your black LUKC shirts to help recruit new members!

11: Sana Yousef for Brown, Surprise Evaluation: Amir Yousef for Brown

July 2007

28: Josh Scanlon's Shodan(First Degree Black Belt) evaluation, Mariya Demidovich for Blue Belt.

17: Katie Hart evaluates for Orange Belt

June 2007

16: Surprise Evaluation for Nam Ho, promoted to Orange Belt

May 2007

24: Shelby Andersson evaluates for Blue Belt

3: Carl Hess for Orange

April 2007

29: Sensei Andrius's Training Seminar: Jujutsu / Grappling (Orange Belts & up) at 1:00pm for $10. See Shihan about signing up!

28: Katherine Hall for Blue Belt, Henry Legaspi for Purple Belt, Emmanuel Fasoranti for Brown II, and Josh Scanlon for Brown III at 2:30 PM

21: Emily Ripsom for Green, Anne Rettof and Nehemiah Ellison for Blue Belt, Bryan Esenberg for Red Belt at 2:30 PM.

19: Tea Ceremony at McCormick Lounge in Coffey at 7:30 PM. Be there wearing clean white socks around 7:00 to help set up.

17: Come hang up flyers at 4:00 in Mundelein for the Tea Ceremony!

15: LUKC's Spring Tournament at Alumni Gym at 4:00, followed by dojo banquet at Carmen's. Come see bunkai, sparring, kata(forms), and weapons! Participants need to be there by 3:00; if you are helping bring stuff over from the dojo meet there at 2:30.

13: Bodachi Sho Practice at 8:30 at the dojo

12: Linda Monacelli for Green, Juan Antonio Fuentes Medina for Orange

10: 6:30 PM - Bodachi Sho Practice at the dojo.

March 2007

31: Margarita Bravova for Purple. Sarah Hartl and Deanna Jarzabkowski for Blue. Be there by 2:30 to watch!*

29: Bake Sale in Damen from 8:00-4:00. Be there with baked goods and make sure to label all your pans with your name so they can be promptly returned to you.

27: Elizabeth Mayerle for Green

24: Josh Scanlon and Emmanuel Fasoranti for Brown II, Nizam Alavi for Blue and Ana Szostek for Green*

22: Amy Klouse for Green; If you have not yet paid for your sweatshirt or hoodie you need to bring money on or by Thursday, otherwise they will be sold to those that are willing to pay for them

20: Chris Wong for Green, Carl Hess for Yellow

17: Stephanie Senger evaluates for Purple at 2:30

15: Officer Elections for Karate Club will be held during club meeting. Please come prepared to give a speech at the meeting, and be aware that this is a commitment for the entire next school year.

13: Bunkai Team Sign Up for the Spring Tournament

3: Nikole Burrell for Purple, James Borden for Red at 2:30

February 2007

27: Mufundishi Seth Robinson and his assistants will be running a workshop in Alumni Gym at 6:30 PM. Mfundisishi Seth Robinson is a Tai Chi master and a practitioner of Kupigana Ngumi, a Kiswahili term meaning the "art of self-defense." This is an African based system of fighting. This is a very exciting event, as he will be showing us his chain-whip levitation as well as running a hands-on workshop for us. Also, Juan Antonio Fuentes Medina will be evaluating for yellow at the dojo after the demonstration

22: Andrew Liao for Green

19: Self-defense seminar in Regis Multi-Purpose Room at 7pm for Loyola students. Wear either a black or club tshirt and tennis shoes and arrive at 6:30pm to set up.

11: Training Seminar: Jujutsu / Grappling (Orange Belts & up) led by Sensei Andrius Schmid at 1:00pm. See Shihan with $10 if you would like to participate

10: Karate Club Lock-In at 8:00PM! Bring games, food, and plan to stay all night! Also, Evaluations: Emmanuel Fasoranti for Brown II and Nick Arestopoulos for Brown I

8: Katherine Hall and Jono Everson for Green, Brittany James for Orange

7: Karate Club Bake Sale in Damen.

1: Emily Ripsom for Green

January 2007

27: Annabelle Werling for Blue*

18: Neo Ellison for Green, Ana Szostek for Orange

11: Lauren Acciavatti for Green

2006

December 2006

21: Evaluations: Heather Stecklein and Mariya Demidovich for Green

16: Evaluations: Sarah Hartl and Anne Rettof for Green

14: Evaluations: Jeremy Morse and Deanna Jarzabkowski for Green

12: Evaluations: Shelby Andersson for Green and Elizabeth Mayerle for Orange

9: Sana Yousuf for Red

7: Amy Klouse for Orange

2: Linda Monaceli for Orange

November 2006

28: Ana Szostek for Yellow Belt

18: Evaluations: Henry Legaspi for Blue*, James Borden for Red, Nick Arestopoulos for Brown, and Emmanuel Fasoranti for Brown I

16: Dan Kaszycki for Orange Belt

11: Dojo Lock-In! Food, games, movies, discussion, and charming company! The festivities start at 8:00 PM. Also, Evaluations: Nikole Burrell for Purple and Heather Stecklein for Green

9: Evaluations: Andrew Liao for Orange; Son Ton for Orange; Chris Wong for Orange

7: Come join us for the the LUKC Fall Presentation and Push-Up-A-Thon at 7:00 PM in CFSU. Club members, please arrive at CFSU by 6:30 PM in uniform for preparations.

2: Evaluations: Jono Everson for Orange

October 2006

31: Emily Ripsom for Green Belt

30: Self Defense Seminar for Phi Sigma Sigma in Crown Center Lobby, 7:30 PM

26: Evaluations: Geoff Osterhaus for Orange

24: Evaluations: Katherine Hall for Orange; Sarah Hartl for Orange; Alex Jung for Orange; Emily Reiher for Yellow

21: Evaluations: Deanna Jarzabkowski for Orange, Josh Scanlon for Brown I

19: Evaluations: Anne Rettof for Orange; Nehemiah Ellison for Orange

17: Evaluations: Katie Hart for Yellow

14: Evaluations: Emmanual Fasoranti for Brown; Bryan Esenberg for Red; Andrew Keener for Purple, Patrick Harris for Blue

12: Evaluations: Jeremy Morse for Orange; Son Ton for Yellow

11: Karate Club Bake Sale in Damen Hall from 9:00am-4:00pm. Come and help raise money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital and Karate Club by selling baked goods. Don't forget to contribute to the goods to be baked.

10: Evaluations: Garrett Zopp for Yellow

5: Evaluations: Brittany James for Yellow; Andrew Liao for Yellow; Lauren Acciavatti for Yellow; Chris Wong for Yellow

3: Evaluations: Elizabeth Mayerle for Yellow; Amy Klouse for Yellow

September 2006

28: Linda Monacelli for Yellow; Daniel Kaszycki for Yellow

26: Emily Ripsom for Yellow; Jon Everson for Yellow, Nehemiah Ellison for Yellow

21: Jeremy Morse for Yellow, Alex Jung for Yellow, Sarah Hartl for Yellow, Anne Rettof for Yellow, Deanna Jarzabkowski for Yellow.

19: Katherine Hall for Yellow

9: Evaluations: Eugene Liebenson for ShoDan (1st Degree Black Belt); Josh Scanlon for Brown

August 2006

31:First Official Club meeting of the 2006-2007 School Year. Begins at 7:45pm. Please arrive 15min early so that the meeting can begin on time.

30: Stop by our table at the Organization Fair on Halas Field this Wednesday from 1 to 4 PM!

26: Nizam Alavi for Green Belt; Bryan Esenberg for Purple belt

24: Jim Cieciwa for Orange Belt

12: James Borden for Purple, Stephanie Senger for Blue, Matt Eubank for Blue, Mariya Demidovich for Yellow

July 2006

6: Bryan Esenberg for Purple

1: Mariya Demidovich for Orange

June 2006

22: Heather Stecklein for Orange

10: Britton Cuffie for Purple

8: Geoff Osterhaus for Yellow

3: Jim Cieciwa for Yellow

May 2006

20: Nick Arestopoulos for Red

13: Eugene Liebenson for Brown III

2: Evaluations: Kevin Lastres for Orange Belt and Dan Silvestri for Red after normal club time.

April 2006

29: Club Volleyball at Halas, 7:00PM. $10 for non-Loyola members.

25: Tea Ceremony at Bremner Lounge in CFSU at 7:30 PM

22: Matt Bingham for Green Belt.

18: Andrew Keener for Blue Belt

11: Annabelle Werling for Green Belt

8: Sensei Greg Coyle for NiDan(2nd Degree Black Belt); Erin Daly and Dmitriy Grinberg for Shodan(1st Degree Black Belt) and Joshua Scanlon for Brown I.

6: Geoff Osterhaus for Yellow, Jamie Stayer for Yellow

3: APIA Opening Ceremony at 7:30 PM in Bremner Lounge.

1: 4-6 p.m. Alumni Gym
MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Come join the Karate Club at its biggest event of
the year, the Spring Tournament! Raffle tickets on sale to benefit St.
Jude's. Great prizes!
ADMISSION: $1 (Free for all Loyola Students)

March 2006

28: Stephanie Senger for Orange Belt.

23: Brook Finlayson for Orange Belt.

21: Henry Legaspi for Green Belt, Kevin Perlas for Green Belt.

18: Karate Club Lock-In. Come have fun! 8:30 PM at the Dojo.

4: Dmitriy Grinberg for Brown III, Bryan Esenberg for Blue, Nizam Alavi for Orange Belt.

2: Karate Club Officers' Election.  Have a short speech prepared.  Show up to vote!

February 2006

18: Nikole Burrell for Blue; James Borden for Blue; Stephanie Senger for Yellow.

13: Mfundishi Seth Robinson's Workshop in Bremner Lounge at 7 p.m.

4: Karate Club Ski Trip.  Contact us for more information.

January 2006

31: Spring Organization Fair in CFSU 11AM-2PM

28: Amir Yousef for Red, Emmanuel Fasoranti for Red, Nick Arestopoulos for Red

24: Kevin Perlas for Orange after normal club time.

2005

December 2005

17: *Sensei Francesco Carbonari for NiDan (2nd Degree Black Belt); Katie Williams for Purple.

13: Andrew Keener for Green Belt.

10: Bryan Esenberg for Green Belt.

3: *Dmitriy Grinberg for Brown II; Eugene Libenson for Brown II; Nick Arestopoulos for Red.

November 2005

29: Annabelle Werling for Orange Belt

19: *Jason Partyka for Brown II

17: Fall Presentation at 7 p.m. in CFSU.

15: Erick Gonzalez's Evaluation for Orange.

14: Muay Thai Presentation 6 p.m. in CFSU.

12: Dojo Lock-In at 8:30 p.m. (at Dojo obviously).

10: Henry Legaspi's Evaluation for Orange.

8: Andrew Keener's Evaluation for Orange.

5: *Laura Ondrake's Evaluation for Blue. 

3: International Night in Mundelein Auditorium at 7 p.m.  Come see the festivities and support Karate Club!

1: Ali McCray's Evaluation for Blue.

October 2005

29:  *Heidi Schertz and Margarita Bravova's Evaluations for Blue; Eugene Liebenson's Evaluation for Brown I. 

25: Mike Madden's Evaluation for Yellow

22: Weapons Seminar at 2:30 p.m. in the Dojo, Dmitriy Grinberg for Brown I

13: Nizam Alavi, Kendra Samolinski, and Brooke Finlayson's Evaluation for Yellow.

6: Kevin Lastres's Evaluation for Yellow.

4: Come see a real Samurai sword demonstration.  This is not something you want to miss.  The demonstration will be 8:30 p.m. at the Dojo.  See you there!
     Also, after the demonstration, Nick Worden, Kevin Perlas, Henry Legaspi,  Heather Stecklein, and Christina Aggas will be Evaluating for Yellow.


September 2005

29: Tiffany Anderson's Evaluation for Yellow; Shelby Andersson's Evaluation for Yellow.

27: Anabelle Werling's Evaluation for Yellow; Gregory Munuth for Yellow.

25:  Bonfire: Come hang out with free food (hot dogs and marshmallows)!  Meet at the Dojo at 6:30 pm. for a ride to the bonfire site.

24: *Jason Partyka's Evaluation for Brown II.

22: Andrew Keener's Evaluation for Yellow.

18: *Sensei Andrius Schmid for SanDan (3rd Degree Black Belt) and Samurai Elevation; Josh Scanlon for Red.

17: *Emmanuel Fasoranti's Evaluation for Purple; Bryan Esenberg for Orange.

13: Tara O'Brien for Yellow.

10: Joe Boomer for Blue.

3: Eugene Liebenson for Brown.

1: First Official Club Meeting of 2005-2006. Come check out what the Karate Club does.  The presentation begins at 7:45pm so please be there 15 minutes early so we can start everything on time.

August 2005

31: Karate Club's participation in the Organization Fair: 1:00-4:00pm on Halas Field.

28: *Sensei Robert's Evaluation for Third Degree Black Belt and Samurai, Erin Daly for Brown III, Sana Yousuf for Red.

6: Britton Cuffie for Blue Belt

June 2005

25: Dmitriy Grinberg for Brown Belt, Matthew Eubank for Green Belt.

11: Bryan Esenberg for Yellow Belt.

May 2005

28: James Borden for Green

26: James Borden for Green.

7: Joshua Scanlon for Purple Belt.

5: Erick Gonzalez for Yellow.

April 2005

26: Here are the results of this years tournament. Enjoy.

19: Lorna Riggle for Orange Belt.

16: Spring Tournament, Alumni Gym 5:00-7:30

14: Sensei Tod's Focused Workout, Regular Club Time.

9: Sensei Dan Sheldon for SanDan(3rd Degree Black Belt), Josh Scanlon for Purple, Becky Diak for Red.

5: Tea Ceremony. Bremner Lounge. Starts at 8:30 p.m, be there by 8:00 p.m

2: *Dan Silvestri for Purple. Follow Up Bunkai Workout. After Evaluations (around 3-3:15)

1: Bunkai workout, for those interested in the Bunkai competition for the tournament, 6:30 p.m

March 2005

31: Crystal Haddad for Blue

26: *Emmanuel Duru for Red, Sarah Yousuf for Purple , Yahshua Hosch for Yellow.

24: Molly Teas for Yellow, Patrick Harris for Green

22: Jamie Tully for Yellow

3: Britton Cuffie for Green, Josh Mulka for Orange

1: Lorna Riggle for Yellow.

February 2005

26: Karate Club Lock-in. The festivities start at 8pm. For your viewing entertainment Fight Club will be presented. Also, Ryan Keiler for Green.

24: James Borden for Orange, Ewa Adamow for Orange.

19: Dmitriy Grinberg Surprise Evaluated for Red, Margarita Bravova for Green.

12: Angelina Valentino for Green.

8: James Borden for Orange.

January 2005

22: Amir Yousef for Purple

2004

December 2004

16: Sara Chamboullides for Green, Patrick Harris for Orange, Britton Cuffie for Orange.

14: Angelina Valentino for Green, Laura Sienas for Orange.

9: Sensei Andrius's Focused Workout , Ali McCray for Green, Danielle Bidus for Green, Heidi Schertz for Green, Josh Mulka for Orange, Margarita Bravova for Orange, Ryan Keiler for Orange, Ken Hagen for Yellow.

4: Emmanuel Fasoranti for Blue.

2: Laura Ondrake for Green.

November 2004

29: Fall Presentation: 7pm in CFSU Lobby.  All Karate Members should meet at the Dojo at 6pm.

23: James Borden for Yellow.

22: Bake Sale in Damen Lobby starting at 8am.  Fall Presentation Rehearsal at the Dojo at 7pm. 

20: *Josh Scanlon's Purple belt Assessment, Erin Daly for Brown II, Emmanuel Duru for Purple Belt.

18: Priscilla's, Ryan's and Weronika's Yellow belt assessment. Angelina's Orange Belt Assessment.

6: Dojo Lock-in. Starts at 8pm. Free food and Shiatsu. Come and hang out with the group.

5: International Night. Starts at 7pm in Sky Auditorium. Come and watch your fellow Clubbers perform.

3: Self Defense Seminar. 7 pm in McCormick Lounge. Come and Learn how to protect yourself in Chicago.

October 2004

28: Josh Mulka for Orange, Danielle Bidus for Orange, Ali McCray for Orange, Seidy Capuchines for Yellow.

23: Dan Silvestri for Blue.

21: Margarita Bravova for Yellow.

19: Patrick Harris for Yellow.

14: Nikole Burrell for Green, Luis Couret for Yellow, Laura Sienas for Yellow. Samurai Seminar, 8:30pm

12: Mary Respass's assessment for Yellow Belt

9: Kaveh Ryndak for Red.

7: Britton Cuffie for Yellow, Sara Chamboullides for Green, Ina Zdravkova for Yellow.

2: Nick Ferrario's evaluation for ShoDan. Emmanuel Fasoranti's assessment for Blue and Nikita Hampton's evaluation for Green

September 2004

30: Angelina Valentino's assessment for Yellow belt.

28: Danielle Bidus for Yellow Belt.

25: Bonfire starting at 8pm. Meet at the parking lot behind Mundelien Center (Sky) at 7:30 to arrange rides to Evanston.

23: Ali McCray for Yellow.

21: Heidi Schertz for Orange.

4: Becky Diak's assessment for Purple Belt; Jason Partyka's assessment for Brown I

2: First Official Club meeting of the 2004-2005 School Year. Begins at 7:45pm. Please arrive 15min early so that the meeting can begin on time.

1: Organizational Fair 1-4 on Halas Field

August 2004

28: Sana Yousuf for Purple.

7: Dmitriy Grinberg for Purple.

July 2004

24: Nick Ferrario for Brown III.

17: Kaveh Ryndak for Red, Dmitriy Grinberg for Purple.

3: Michael Millican for Brown I.

June 2004

12: Josh Scanlon for Blue Belt.

May 2004

22: Jason Partyka for Brown.

1: Eugene Liebenson for Purple, David St. John for Purple, Tom Ward for Orange.

April 2004

18: Part 2 of the Philosophy of Instruction seminar is at 7pm at the Dojo.

17: *Sarah Yousef assessment for Blue Belt; Katie Williams assessment for Blue Belt; Sensei Tod Martinsen's 4th Degree Black Belt Evaluation

10: *Linda Hendelmen assessment for Blue Belt; Curtis Morris assessment for Red Belt.

3: Eugene Liebenson for Purple Belt.

1: Tea Ceremony. 7:30 PM in Bremner Lounge

March 2004

27: Karate Tournament at 5:00 p.m.: Be at Alumni Gym by 4:00 p.m.

20: Philosophy of Instruction Seminar 4:30 PM, Michael Millican for Brown Belt.

18: Erica Bauer for Yellow Belt.

14: Bowling: Meet at the Dojo at 3:00 p.m.

13: *Becky Diak's Evaluation for Blue; Kaveh Ryndak's Evaluation for Purple; Jason Partyka's Evaluation for Brown.

11: Nikole Burrell for Orange Belt.

6: *Nick Ferrario's Assessment for Brown III; Erin Daly's Assessment for Brown I

February 2004

28: * Dmitriy Grinberg's Blue Belt Assessment, Tom Ward for Yellow Belt.

26: Laila Gaidulis for Blue Belt.

21: *Sensei Andrius Schmid's NiDan (2nd Degree Black Belt) Evaluation, Heidi Schertz for Yellow.

12: Sara Chamboullides for Orange Belt, Nikole Burrell for Orange Belt.

7: *Kirby Heindel's ShoDan (1st Degree Black Belt) Evaluation; Nick Ferrario's 3rd Degree Brown Belt Evaluation; Nikita Hampton's Orange Belt Assessment; Dojo Lock In: Arrive 8 p.m.

January 2004

31: *Francesco Carbonari's ShoDan (1st Degree Black Belt) Evaluation; Josh Scanlon's Green Belt Assessment; Dan Sylvestri's Green Belt Assessment, Nick Ferrario's Surprise Evaluation to Brown II

24: *Eugene Liebenson's Blue Belt Assessment

17: *Kirby Heindel's Evaluation for First Degree Brown; Kaveh Ryndak's Purple Belt Assessment

10: Karate Club Ski Trip. Meet at the Dojo at 8 am. Rides will be assigned then. Make sure to dress warmly.