Institute Of Martial Arts Tournament - June 2nd, 2024

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

Master Belt Grading - June 24th, 2023

 

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.

Black Belt Grading - October 1st, 2021

On Friday, October 1st, Master Ken Saucier conducted a Black Belt grading at the AMAC dojang. A total of four students graded and were promoted as follows:

• Master Paula Saucier - 7th Dan
• Master Josh Washburn - 4th Dan
• Master Emily Feeney - 4th Dan
• Mr. Kerry Baker - 2nd Dan
  

Congratulations to all, and thank you very much to the members of the Black Belt panel who participated in the grading.

AMAC Gup Grading - September 24th, 2021

On Friday, September 24th, Master Saucier conducted a gup grading at the AMAC Dojang. In all, fourteen students were promoted. Congratulations to everyone who graded, and a special congratulations to our newest Apprentice Black Belts, Ariana Payne and Ryan McAuliffe!

Orange Belt	Blue Belt	Green Belt	Red Belt	Apprentice
Blake Mattia (9 Gup)	Elijah Torres (8 Gup)	Logan Hamel (4 Gup)	Jillian Benoit (1 Gup)	Ariana Payne
		Victoria Ryan (5 Gup)		Ryan McAuliffe
		Joseph Person  (5 Gup)
		Nolan DesRosiers (6 Gup)
		Anthony Mielniczuk  (6 Gup)
		Nicholas Mielniczuk (6 Gup)
		Blaise Owen (6 Gup)
		Sadey Sarette (6 Gup)
		Donald Sarette (6 Gup)

Black Belt Grading - March 19th, 2021

On Friday, March 19th, AMAC  Master Ken Saucier conducted a Black Belt grading at the AMAC dojang. Congratulations to AMAC's newest cho dans; Kaleb LaCroix and Samantha Gordon! These two students have worked tirelessly to earn their new ranks and are models of dedication,  perseverance and indomitable spirit. Also, thank you very much to the members of the Black Belt panel who participated in the grading.

Master Belt Grading - March 12th, 2021

 

On Friday, March 12th, Master Saucier conducted a master belt grading at the AMAC Dojang.  Congratulations to AMAC's newest 4th Dan and master belt, Miss Felicia Baker. Master Baker has been a dedicated, hard working instructor and model student since joining the AMAC family, and as trained tirelessly to earn this fantastic achievement.

AMAC Gup Grading - October 8th, 2020

On Friday, October 9th, Master Saucier conducted a gup grading at the AMAC Dojang. In all, eighteen students were promoted. Congratulations to everyone who graded, and a special congratulations to Samantha Gorden, our newest Apprentice Black Belt! Pictures from the grading are now available on the AMAC drive

 

Orange Belt	Blue Belt	Green Belt	Red Belt	Apprentice
	Nolan Desrosers (7 Gup)	Julien Clancy (4 Gup)	Donna Gilbert (1 Gup)	Samantha Gordon
	Victoria Ryan (7 Gup)	Avery Main (5 Gup)	Heather Benoit (1 Gup)
	Person, Joseph   (7 Gup)	Deanne Stewart  (5 Gup)	Chris Benoit (1 Gup)
	Robert Ryan (8 Gup)	Alexander Lieberman (5 Gup)	Tyler Benoit (1 Gup)
		Logan Hamel  (6 Gup)	Ariana Payne (2 Gup)
		Bailey Kuipers (6 Gup)	Ryan McAuliffe (2 Gup)
			Jillian Benoit (3 Gup)