Sturgis Academy of Martial Arts earns School of the Year award

The Sturgis Academy of Martial Arts received a wonderful honor recently.

The school was picked as the iKali Academy of the Year for its leadership and contributions to the progress of iKali, the Artwork of the Blade. The award was introduced to Sturgis Academy of Martial Arts co-homeowners Bret and Katie Hamlin by Tuhon Apolo Ladra, Kali Artwork of the Blade founder and Learn Ace Ramirez at the Filipino iKali Academy headquarters found in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

“[The instructors at this academy have] absent through all the levels and are now operating on the next level. What is improved than that? Receiving your learners to that [level] — speedier, much more efficient, superior than the way it was in advance of,” Ramirez said. “One way to do that is a crew. How do you mature an academy? You have a team and what’s a greater workforce than a partner and spouse?”

The Hamlins are honored to have received the recognition.

“We are so exceptionally very pleased to have been acknowledged as Academy of the Yr. We have an remarkable team of students who operate challenging and have created large strides in their talent degrees over the earlier 12 months, and we simply cannot hold out to see what they will do about the up coming year,” Katie Hamlin reported. “Equally amazing is our instructor staff who is constantly placing in the get the job done to amount up and assist our academy proceed to prosper. We are so privileged to have these a wonderful group.”