07/25/2026
Happy Saturday!☀️ Please show some love to Shana & Jace, our mother/son duo for this week’s Student Spotlight! Their journey highlights that what matters most is effort, consistency, and never giving up. They have remained committed to their practice despite physical limitations, the pandemic, and very busy schedules! 🤎🖤
Also, send some positive vibes to all the students who are testing today for their next rank! 👊🏼🐉🥋
𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂!
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮: “𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢, 𝘐 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 49 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩. 𝘔𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘳.”
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗲: “𝖬𝗒 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗌 𝘑𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝖨’𝗆 15 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 10𝗍𝗁 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖽𝖾. 𝖨’𝗏𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝖨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 7, 𝘴𝘰 8 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥. 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝗆𝗒 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘵.”
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀?
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮: “𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘯. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘴𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵.”
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗲: “𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘵.”
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀?
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮: “𝘛𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐’𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, “𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥.” 𝘐𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭!”
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗲: “𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘐 𝘥𝘰.”
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀?
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮: “𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴. 𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬, 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗲: “𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴.”
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿?
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮: “𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘸. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘰-𝘵𝘰. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭.”
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗲: “𝘓𝘦𝘨 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦.”
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀?
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗮: “𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶.”
𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗲: “𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘫𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘮.”
