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Tea Time with Marcus McDonough
For any who has seen Marcus McDonough’s work at the Academy, it will come as no surprise that Senior teacher John Ottenberg recently awarded him the rank of Black Belt in an open ceremony at class. Marcus is a talented … Continue reading
Pirates and Prevaricators, the truth about rank
I hear this all the time, two sides of the same story. “Black Belt 
doesn’t mean a thing!†Continue reading
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