2024 Black Belt Graduation Ceremony

Congratulations on all the hard work, persistence and determination you have demonstrated over these past years!

This year’s Uechiryu Butokukai Black Belt Graduation Ceremony will be hosted at the beautiful DoubleTree by Hilton, in Manchester, NH. This year’s ceremony will begin at 5:00 pm Saturday (September 14th) located in the “Armory,” and will run for about an hour. During the day leading up to this we have many activities (including fantastic training) for the graduates to be a part of.

12:00pm - All 2023 Graduates are asked to be present in the “Armory” at 12:00pm for a quick dress rehearsal and group photo.

12:30 pm through 4:00pm - Join us for UechiCon 2024 - a fantastic training with instructors from across the country (complimentary to all of this year’s graduates).

3:00pm - Book signing will be in the Ballroom area.

4:30pm - the doors for the graduation ceremony will be opened, it will begin at 5pm and last for about an hour.

FOR PARENTS AND SPOUSES

The doors for the graduation will open to the general public will be open around 4:15pm. We ask that all graduates keep their gi on. At the conclusion of the graduation, all the graduates will receive their belts and we’ll line up for a series of photos!

Also, we need candid karate and/or non-karate-related pictures of you for our yearbook and for a video presentation, which will be shown during the Graduation. Fun pictures (approximately ten in total) with your family or pets are the best.

All pictures must be submitted no later than August 1st to be in the yearbook and September 1st to be in the graduation ceremony.