Ulrich tested for black sash during the weekend celebration of Shrfu Shigenaga's birthday, March 10th and 11th in Las Vegas. Ulrich did a great job during his test in front of a group of black sashes in town for the big celebration. The panel of black sashes included Shrfu Shigenaga, Tony Shrfu, Mark Shrfu, Lani Shrfu, Rick Shrfu, Alex Shrfu, Debbie Shrfu and Lao Shr Mike Boen. After the test and seminar Tony Shrfu and Mark Shrfu were promoted to 5th Degree Black Sashes and Mike Boen was promoted to 2nd Degree Black and awarded the title of LaoShr.