A great day at the 22nd Annual New England Classic IPPONE Tournament! It’s always great to see friends!! Congratulations to AMAC student Noah for earning 3rd place in sparring! Congratulations to Erliah and Zachery for putting in their best efforts! We are so proud of the students! The journey continues!
American Martial Arts Center attended the 34th annual Central Mass Open Tournament on Saturday, March 8th. Congratulations to the AMAC competitors that attended their first IPPONE tournament. They did a great job!! Congratulations to Zachery Magliarditi, 3rd place weapons and 4th place in sparring. Noah Lombardy, 4th place in sparring. Lexi Carlson, 4th place in sparring. Sarah Carlson, 4th place in weapons and 4th place in sparring. Garette Torti, 5th place in forms. Violette Torti, 5th place in forms.
Congratulations to all the American Martial Arts Center students who attended the Institute of Martial Arts Center Invitational Tournament on Nov 24, 2024. Your hard work and dedication really showed!
| Madelyn Bouchard | Lydia Hanson | Zachery Maglairditi | Violette Torti |
| 2nd in forms | 3rd in forms | 1st in forms | 3rd in breaking |
| 2nd in weapons | 1st in weapons | 1st in weapons | 3rd in weapons |
| 3rd in breaking | 3rd in breaking | 1st in sparring | 2nd in sparring |
| 3rd in sparring | 2nd in sparring | ||
| Noah Sarette | Logan Travassos | ||
| Drew Fleischer | Noah Lombardy | 2nd in weapons | 1st in forms |
| 2nd in forms | 3rd in forms | 3rd in sparring | 1st in breaking |
| 1st in breaking | 3rd in weapons | 2nd in weapons | |
| 1st in weapons | 1st in sparring | Garette Torti | |
| 2nd in breaking | |||
| Erelah Fleischer | 2nd in sparring | ||
| 3rd in breaking | |||
| 1st in sparring | |||
American Martial Arts Center held a Black Belt grading on Oct 5, 2024. The candidates demonstrated a mastery of skills in forms, self-defense, techniques and weapons. Grand Master Ken Saucier proudly promoted Mr. Donald Sarette to 1st Dan and Mrs. Donna Gilbert to 2nd Dan.
Additionally, Master John Feeney received his promotion to 5th Dan. Congratulations to everyone!
Congratulations to all of the students who competed at Grandmaster Needham's spring tournament. AMAC was well represented and took home a lot of hardware! Results are posted below.
| Madelyn Bouchard | Myla Cunniff | Noah Lombardy | Garette Torti |
| 1st in Forms | 2nd in sparring | 2nd in Forms | 3rd in Weapons |
| 1st in Weapons | 1st in Weapons | 2nd in Breaking | |
| 1st in Breaking | Joshua Gaudreau | 1st in Sparring | 3rd in sparring |
| 2nd in sparring | 4th in Breaking | ||
| Zachery Maglairditi | Violette Torti | ||
| Lexi Carlson | Nicholas Gaudreau | 1st in Forms | 3rd in Sparring |
| 2nd in Forms | 3rd in Forms | 1st in Weapons | |
| 2nd in Weapons | 4th in Weapons | Logan Travassos | |
| 3rd in Breaking | 2nd in Sparring | Evelyn St Andre | 2nd in Forms |
| 1st in Sparring | 3rd in Weapons | 1st in Weapons | |
| 2nd in Breaking | 3rd in Breaking | ||
| 3rd in Sparring | 1st in Sparring |
On June 24th, American Martial Arts Center held a Master Belt grading at the AMAC Dojang. The honorific of Master in the art of Tang Soo Do is achieved at the 4th degree level. Candidates demonstrated a mastery of skills in forms, sparring, self-defense, weapons and board breaking.
Grandmaster Ken Saucier promoted
the following students:
| Christopher Cavar 6th Dan | Merideth Cotta 4th Dan |
| Joshua Lacourse 6th Dan | Roberto Grelle 4th Dan |
| Brendan Boucher 5th Dan | Audrey Hussey 4th Dan |
| Matthew Yaskovic 5th Dan |
In addition, a very special recognition was given to Anne McCoy form McCoys Action Karate, Auburn Mass as 8th Dan Grandmaster in Tang Soo Do.
