HEAD of the IKD, Shuseki Shihan, Dr Frank Woon-A-Tai 10th Dan, assisted by Shihan Amir Khouri Seventh Dan, promoted eight new black belts.
The grading was also assisted by Sensei Hazrat Ali, Sixth Dan & Sensei Roger Peroune, Fifth Dan, on Sunday last at the YMCA, Thomas Lands.

See full list below
Promoted from 10th kyu White to Yellow belt Eighth kyu: Tanveer Ramcharitar, Nicoli Fernandes, Kyle McDonald, Thara Samad, & Alaina Bell.
10th kyu White to Orange belt Seventh kyu: Liam Hodge, Elon Rickford, Kyron Huntley, & Soofian Guptar.
10th kyu White to Green belt Sixth kyu: Kyron Savory, Keyshia Beaton, & Keith K.A. Beaton.
Eighth kyu to Orange belt Seventh kyu: Jihanna Smith, Christian Seymour, Runako Delph & Nathan Henry.
Eighth kyu to Green belt Sixth kyu: Radane Bissessar, Adysson DeSantos, Maya Balram & Anthonio DaCosta.
Seventh kyu to Green belt Sixth kyu: Adam Baksh, Aleeza Azimullah, Anusha Singh, Jola Williams, Romana Ramjit, Devraj Ramgobin, Junaid Bacchus & Lawrence Williams.
Seventh kyu to Blue belt Fifth kyu: Kayden Hackett, Otavia Bobb, Phillip Persaud, Josiah Dick, Frank Persaud, Alana Hollingsworth & Karissa Savory.
Sixth kyu to Blue belt Fifth kyu: Salih Ali, Miah Rajkumar, Madison Narine & Aidan Bell.
Sixth kyu to purple belt Fourth kyu: Leon Jagmohan & Jordan Benjamin.
Fifth kyu to Purple belt Fourth kyu: Veerendra Krishna, Alisha Moideen, Natalia Persaud, Marquis Ferreira, Shawn Ranjit & Rachael Seymour.
Fifth kyu to Brown belt Third kyu: Prame Pooran, Kayden Savory, Julia Badal & Sachin Pitamber.
Fourth kyu to Brown belt Third kyu: Tremiyah Lake & Zuriyah Howell.
Fourth kyu to Brown belt Second kyu: Adi Persaud.
Third kyu to Brown belt Second kyu: Charisse Scott, Ashton Chang, Josiah Clinken, Sachin Mulchand, Christopher Cooblall, Clarissa Scott & Mariah Francis.
Second kyu to Brown belt First kyu: Simkhael Levans, Lukas Singh, Rayden Austin & Algernon Sealy.

The following were promoted to
SHODAN (First Dan Black Belt): Saffir Ali, Saskia Dyasindoo & Mahir, Rajkumar.
NIDAN (Second Dan Black Belt): Kishan Ragubeer.
SANDAN (Third Dan Black Belt): Andre Sookram & Leonard Leuwaisee.
YONDAN (Fourth Dan Black Belt): ASP Keith A.A. Beaton
HACHIDAN (Eighth Dan Black Belt):