| Tammy Webb started training under professors in late 1984, worked her
way to Ikkyu, first brown in early 1989, then ceased her training for a few
years. She returned to her training in June 1996. A year and a half later was
able to test for Shodan. She performed excellently on her test, scoring one of
the highest if not the highest on a black belt test in the last 15 years,
scoring 707 points out of 770 points.
Prof. Kufferath commented that Tammy did very well, as she performed all techniques from Yawara, Nage, Shime, Oku, Kiai No Maki, Shinnin No Maki. She also was required to perform punch and kick defenses and a three man attack at the end of the test. In this test she was attacked continuously by three men until told to stop. |
Tammy Webb stands with her teachers Profs. Kufferath and Janovich |