![Regie Toussaint, co-owner of USA Karate Academy in Crestview, accepts his eighth-degree black belt from Professor Gallop Franklin (right), of the Gallop Karate Center in Tallahassee. [SPECIAL TO THE NEWS BULLETIN]](http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ghows-DA-5e22457d-f46f-5e94-e053-0100007f8a45-814bb645.jpeg)
CRESTVIEW — A Crestview man has been promoted to the eighth-degree black belt level.
Sensei Regie Toussaint is co-owner of USA Karate Academy in Crestview, and a seven-time National Black Belt Karate champion.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Resident advances in black belt training