A number of students have advanced to their next belt levels through the Family Martial Arts Center and the Kempo Karate organization. In photo above are Sempei Vern Carpenter, Sensei Garrett Castle, Kohai Johnny Spaulding (yellow), Jr. Sensei Cameron Matteson, Jr. Sensei Jesse Sack and Master Sensei Bill Matteson. Submitted photos

In photo above are Carpenter, Castle, Sempei Jaden Robb (brown), Sempei Ahmad Mohammad (green), Kohai Max Burns (blue), Sempei Rory Bordenkircher (green), Cameron Matteson, Sack and Bill Matteson. Each student has met several individual challenges, which include weapons training, ground defense training, physical conditioning, hand-to-hand defensive and offensive training and many other techniques and aspects of martial arts.