09/15/2026
🔥🥋 THE FIRE HAS BEEN LIT. 🥋🔥
This week, nine Rising Phoenix students begin their 10-week Black Belt Testing Cycle.
For them, the weeks ahead will bring challenges, hard work, tired muscles, breakthroughs, setbacks, and moments when they discover they are capable of more than they thought.
But here’s the thing...
Every Black Belt journey begins long before the Black Belt Test.
It begins with the first time you step onto the mats.
The first form you struggle to remember.
The kick that takes a hundred tries.
The class you show up for when you’d rather stay home.
The belt you earn—and then realize there’s another one waiting.
So whether you're a White Belt taking your first steps, a colored belt working toward your next goal, or one of our nine candidates beginning this testing cycle...
You are already on the journey.
To our Black Belt candidates: the fire is lit. Support one another. Challenge one another. Pick each other up when things get difficult.
And to the rest of our Rising Phoenix family: encourage them, train beside them, and keep working toward whatever your next step happens to be.
🔥 Forged in Fire. We Rise Together. 🔥
The next 10 weeks begin NOW.