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Vol 7 Issue 3 |
March 2009 |
Last Month
We held a Black Belt pre-test on the 14th and we now have 5 new Black Belt Candidates! Congratulations to Jaimie Cates, Doug Kolb, Megan Manha, Austin Quinlan, and Elisabeth Wilson. They passed their pre-test and have begun their three months of testing for Black Belt! You’ll see them out in the back room preparing for their exams, so please wish them well, and offer some assistance if you’re able. This is a very exciting time for them, and over the next few months they’ll be living, eating and breathing Kenpo as they go through this challenging 3 month process. Good luck to all of you!
MVKS went to the Manchester Monarchs on the 21st, and saw a pretty lopsided victory, 7 -2 , over the Lowell Devils. It was Martial Arts Night at the Verizon Arena, and students from all over NH were there representing their schools. Our school was well represented, with over 25 people in attendance. The Monarchs do an excellent job providing affordable family entertainment, and I really enjoy going to their games with my family. Hopefully we can get together as a school and go see a Fisher Cats baseball game this summer!
This Month...
We are having a Buddy Week promotion during week 2 of the next cycle, March 23rd thru the 28th. Students who have a friend or family member who may be interested in taking Karate lessons can bring them as a guest for free lessons all week. Page 4 of this newsletter has a Buddy Week invitation form for you to give to your friend or family member. All guests this week are required to bring this form with them to class as it contains necessary contact information and a waiver for parents to sign. - Open Invitation for printing
We are having a family movie night on Friday, March 27th at 7:00. We’ll be turning the back room into a movie theater for the movie Kung Fu Panda. Students may bring their families and their buddies to this event. We will be providing snacks and drinks, so we kindly ask that you sign up so that we can have enough for everybody. Look for the sign up sheet on the bulletin board.
The deadline for Summer Camp sign ups is March 31st. We currently have 4 openings in each camp. The reason for the deadline is so that I can plan for the proper rental vehicle for the day trips scheduled for each week.
You’ve probably seen the flyers already, but I am proud and honored to have been asked to teach a seminar at the upcoming Kenpo Camp scheduled for May 1st and 2nd. This Camp has been nicknamed the “ My 3 Sons “ Camp, as it will be taught by Mr Wedlakes’ only 3 7th degree Black Belts. This is very rare to have an opportunity to learn from Mr Wedlakes’ 3 top guys, and I hope students from MVKS can make it to this special event. Students who register before April 1st can save $20. off the camp investment
Kenpo
Clues: - Kenpo Questions to Help You Along Your Journey
In the technique Swinging Pendulum:
For Beginners: What is the name of the block you use in the first move?
For Advanced: This technique shares some motion with another technique named Reversing Mace. Can you explain why you would do one instead of another?
Happy
Birthday!!!
- Another year older and wiser…..
Happy Birthday!!! - Another year older and wiser…..
3/ 01.…Tom King, Seamus Othot
3/ 07... Eric Kolb
3/ 28... Elisabeth White
Other News and Notes:
- The new BB Prep Class schedule has almost finished its’ first cycle, with impressive results. I’ve seen some real improvements with some of our students, especially our younger ones, with the added time we now have.
-The extra time has allowed us to train in some extracurricular material as well, and we’ve been playing with the escrima sticks on Mondays and Thursdays. We’re going to continue training with them next cycle, and I’d like to gently remind the students in this class that they should look into getting a pair of sticks of their own, so that we don’t run short like we have on some nights.
- We will be sparring during week three of the next cycle, due to our Buddy Week promotion.
-With Spring fast approaching, we’ll be taking orders for t-shirts this month. Order forms will be sent home the week of March 16th. Look for yet another cool new design this year!
-Once again we’ve been asked to participate in the Mont Vernon Spring Gala. We’ll be marching in the parade, and putting on a demonstration. This years Gala will have a Hawaiian theme, which is perfect for us since that’s where Ed Parker was from!
-As a community service, we will be once again offering a free Womens self defense for all the MVKS Moms and their friends. It will be held next month, date tba.
