{"id":38443,"date":"2026-07-02T12:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=38443"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:35:31","slug":"shaolin-martial-arts-instructors-colarossi-and-wakefield-earn-master-shifu-status-at-investiture-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/shaolin-martial-arts-instructors-colarossi-and-wakefield-earn-master-shifu-status-at-investiture-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaolin Martial Arts instructors Colarossi and Wakefield earn Master Shifu status at investiture ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Martial Arts instructors Rocco Colarossi and Daniel Wakefield earned their next level of coaching certification on Sunday afternoon at their Shaolin training facility on Mary Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the investiture ceremony, Jiaolian Rocco and Jiaolian Daniel were greeted respectfully by students and their parents as \u201cthe new Shifu.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the dignitaries bestowing Master Coaching status on Shifu Colarossi and Shifu Wakefield were Grand Masters Richard Long, Richard Palmer, and Tim Wakefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Saturday morning, the rising star coaches ran a three-hour Kung Fu Workshop\u2014marketed as a way to \u201ckick start the Summer Break with a special day of awesome Martial Arts Skills and great grub.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After elevating the skills of dozens of young martial arts enthusiasts, Shifu Colarossi and Shifu Wakefield mingled with the attendees and enjoyed a celebratory post-event BBQ in the facility\u2019s parking lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the quieter confines of Shaolin\u2019s reception area, Colarossi identified the most satisfying aspect of reaching the next level of martial arts coaching: \u201cGetting through the extraordinary difficulty of the test and working through it was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also cited a timeless Biblical proverb to describe his ongoing relationship with his martial arts students: \u201cThe old adage \u2018Iron sharpens iron\u2019 applies to improving one another\u2019s skills and character so I am looking to create those connections with our athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most satisfying aspect of the ceremony for Wakefield was the completion of a key stage in his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor me, it\u2019s the culmination of 20 years of training. This is a journey I\u2019ve been taking and I want to understand the mindset of a Master. It\u2019s going to be enjoyable to stand with the guys that I\u2019ve admired.  It\u2019s about the competition and the discipline that comes with a lifetime of training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Jim Stewart<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Martial Arts instructors Rocco Colarossi and Daniel Wakefield earned their next level of coaching certification on Sunday afternoon at their Shaolin training facility on Mary Street. After the investiture ceremony, Jiaolian Rocco and Jiaolian Daniel were greeted respectfully by students and their parents as \u201cthe new Shifu.\u201d Among the dignitaries bestowing Master Coaching status on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-sports","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-a03","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 01:52:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38444,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38443\/revisions\/38444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}