<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Announcement on Kha's School of Karate</title><link>/tags/announcement/</link><description>Recent content in Announcement on Kha's School of Karate</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="/tags/announcement/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Tran Xuan Quang</title><link>/post/2025/08/20250818/</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/post/2025/08/20250818/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The International Silkisondan Karate Association mourns the loss of Tran Xuan Quang, 20-Sept 1946 - 18-Aug 2025, father to Cinnamon Pham. He will forever be missed.&lt;/p&gt;
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 &lt;img src="/img/tranxuanquang.png" alt="Tran Xuan Quang"&gt;

&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Rank Promotions Guidelines(Draft)</title><link>/post/2025/08/20250806/</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/post/2025/08/20250806/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;All prerequisites for testing include understanding of and proper execution of:&lt;br&gt;
Kiai&lt;br&gt;
Chun bi stance&lt;br&gt;
Attention stance&lt;br&gt;
Pushups&lt;br&gt;
Situps( hands behind head)&lt;br&gt;
Reverse situps&lt;br&gt;
Front Raising kicks&lt;br&gt;
Back raising kicks&lt;br&gt;
Hops&lt;br&gt;
Basic etiquette for bow&lt;br&gt;
Student oath&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3 id="white-testing-to-yellow"&gt;White (testing to yellow)&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First stripe - Tie belt/student oath&lt;br&gt;
Second stripe - Chon ji first half&lt;br&gt;
Third stripe - Chon ji second half&lt;br&gt;
Fourth stripe - One step (3 techniques)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Attendance: 24 classes&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Rank belt test: Goochland, VA July 2025</title><link>/post/2025/07/20250714/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/post/2025/07/20250714/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Rank belt test in Goochland, Virginia Monday July 14, 2025. No class at the Annandale location.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Goochland Parks &amp;amp; Rec Building&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
1800 Sandy Hook Rd, Goochland, VA 23063&lt;br&gt;
Instructor: Sensei Kris Larson (Monday)&lt;br&gt;
Instructor: Sensei Mark Wilds (Thursday)&lt;br&gt;
Test starts at 6:30 PM&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Rank belt test: Annandale, VA July 2025</title><link>/post/2025/07/20250709/</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/post/2025/07/20250709/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The next rank belt test will be held on July 25, 2025 10:00 AM&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Kha&amp;rsquo;s Karate School&lt;br&gt;
6930 Little River Turnpike&lt;br&gt;
Annandale, VA 22003&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Black Belt Test Nov 2022</title><link>/post/tests/blackbelttest112022/</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>/post/tests/blackbelttest112022/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone,
I just wanted to confirm the Nov. BB test details.&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
The test will be held Sat. Nov. 5, 10a, at Atlee Rec.&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
The candidates that will test are:&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
Luke Hajacos - to 1st Dan&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
Trey Choiunard - to 1st Dan&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
Sensei Mark Wilds - to 3rd Dan&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
Trey has a conflict with the Nov. 5 date and will be tested in class on Tues. Nov 1.&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
Luke and Sensei Mark will test on Nov. 5.&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;
Master Burke plans to attend from Florida.&lt;!-- raw HTML omitted --&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>