Every year the academy gives out awards in the following categories for adult, junior, and youth students:
Student of the Year: This award is presented to the student who best reflects the spirit of Kung Fu. He, or she, is a true role model dedicated to furthering the art of Kung Fu through both training habits and attitude towards the art and fellow students.
Most Improved Student: This award is presented to the student who has shown the most significant improvement in their Kung Fu abilities over the past 12 months.
Most Dedicated Student: This award is presented to the student who gives that little extra to help the school, as well as his, or her, fellow students, throughout the year.
Most Improved Novice Student: This is the student who has shown the most significant improvement during their first few months of training.
Sigung Bob Schneider Memorial Award: This award is presented to the outstanding leadership team member. Sigung was always passionate about grooming future leaders.
Black Sash Instructor of the Year: This award is not necessarily awarded on an annual basis; only when it becomes apparent that one instructor, for a variety of reasons, raises a notch above the rest.
Congratulations to All
This year’s Adult, award winners are:
MOST IMPROVED ADULT NOVICE STUDENT
Geoff May
MOST DEDICATED ADULT STUDENT
Sarah Rank
MOST IMPROVED ADULT STUDENT
Ryan Serbanescu
ADULT STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Cristina Prudencio-Brunello
BLACK SASH INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR
Sifu Sydney Gibson
SIGUNG BOB SCHNEIDER MEMORIAL AWARD
Jeremy Norris
This year’s Youth award winners are:
MOST IMPROVED YOUTH NOVICE STUDENT
Lauren Arndt
MOST DEDICATED YOUTH STUDENT
Sienna Volpe
MOST IMPROVED YOUTH STUDENT
Samantha Berton
YOUTH STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Dilara Samarakoon
This year’s Junior award winners are:
MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR NOVICE STUDENT
Urwa Ghazi
MOST DEDICATED JUNIOR STUDENT
Renée Ruszer
MOST IMPROVED JUNIOR STUDENT
Charlie Romeo
JUNIOR STUDENT OF THE YEAR
Michael Prudencio-Brunello
This year’s Little Ninja award winner is:
LITTLE NINJA WARRIOR SPIRIT AWARD
Hudson Lehtonen
JUNIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Daniella Jolley