Melanie Venin earned a junior black belt, her father a second-degree black belt and her mother and sister a black belt. POMPTON LAKES — Here's some good advice: Don't mess with the Venin family!

The Detroit neighborhood institution has provided resources to the community since 2004, and it's one of the few karate schools in the country that has two ninth-degree black belts. More ...

In the end all 35 removed their Brown Belts and tied on their new Black Belts and became Ultimate Karate’s Class of 2012. They joined the ranks of over 160 Black Belts awarded at Ultimate Karate ...