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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 47
BY SENATOR BISHOP
A RESOLUTION
To commend XS Martial Arts Dojo and Save One Now for presenting the Tenth Annual
Crescent City Kumite.
WHEREAS, XS Martial Arts Dojo enhances positive leadership, crime
prevention/intervention, life skills, bully awareness/prevention, self-esteem, character
building, and discipline for youth and adults by offering martial arts training through after
school programming, all day camps, physical education programs in schools, and a
Leadership Training Academy for military veterans and former athletes; and
WHEREAS, Master Jason B. Horne is the founder and master instructor of the
MA-KIBO-KARATE-DO system of XS Martial Arts Dojo (XS MAD); and
WHEREAS, he received his associate's degree from Delgado Community College
and served in the United States military for twenty-one years; and
WHEREAS, Master Horne has dedicated over twenty-five years of his life to martial
arts, holds a 6th-degree black belt in various styles, and has been inducted into the Martial
Arts World Hall of Fame twice (2008 and 2010) for his humanitarian work; and
WHEREAS, his philanthropic efforts have been consistent, as he is also the founder
and executive director of S.O.N. (Save One Now), a nonprofit organization that focuses on
the families and youth of the metropolitan New Orleans area; and
WHEREAS, S.O.N. reinforces XS MAD's anticrime efforts in schools and
communities throughout the city; and
WHEREAS, Master Horne graduated from the first cohort of the Goldman Sachs
10,000 Small Businesses initiative, and has impacted over 1,000 students; and
WHEREAS, he is dedicated to keeping kids off the street and giving them something
constructive to do with their time, he believes that by instilling these principles in all youth,
it will produce positive and respectable individuals; and
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WHEREAS, on May 20, 2017, XS Martial Arts Dojo and Save One Now will present
the Tenth Annual Crescent City Kumite.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend XS Martial Arts Dojo and Save One Now.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Jason B. Horne.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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