Nine-year-old achieves first degree black belt

Nine-year-old Hannah Farinha of Marian Academy was among the 72 successful students who participated in the Guyana Karate College’s (GKC) first grading examinations for the year on March 30.

The examinations were held at the GKC main dojo at the Malteenoes Sports Club, Thomas Lands.

Farinha, Kerry Ramkumar of Timehri, Matthew Hurry, Antoine Herod and Bharat Jhiant all achieved the rank of Shodan,