Martial Artists Making a Difference – New Year’s Promotions

Steve Gengo, 6th dan (lleft) & Scott Berg Sensei, 5th dan (right) with Eddie Frager Sensei, 3rd dan (center)

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Paul Rest at an Instructor's Workshop led by the late Kato Sensei. 8th dan

Robert Frager Sensei, Head of the Western Aikido Group, announced these “much deserved and also way overdue promotions” on January 13th:

Steve Gengo, 6th dan

Bob Noha, 6th dan

Scott Berg, 5th dan

Bob Noha and Scott Berg have appeared here previously. Steve Gengo and I are cooking up an interview now.

Stay tuned!

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Paul Rest is a 3rd degree black belt. He is one of the founding members of the Western Aikido Association and is a student of Robert Frager Sensei, 7th dan. Paul has written over 200 articles about Aikido in this publication and elsewhere that have been published here and in many countries and...

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