Parent Participation Classes - Little Dragon Class

As I promised here are the pictures from the Little Dragon Class. We had great parent involvement and even had a new family! Wow! What a fantastic morning.

Zane and His Dad are demonstrating a quick release move. This is to protect children from strangers and bullies who try to hold on to them and cause harm. The children are taught to pull against the thumbs as they step back to release the opponents grip.

THis picture shows Mr.May demonstrating the beginning of teaching children to fall backward. We begin from a seated position and eventually have them standing. They are to cross their arms,tuck their heads and roll backwards as they slap the mat and kia.

After rolling backward and slapping the map a defensive position is taught to keep off your opponent and push them away. This prevents the child from being tackled and allows them a chance to get up and run away to safety. The parents did a great job don't you think?!

Mr. May is so good about getting down to the level of the student to make them feel comfortable even the first day in class. I am so proud of his tenderness with students.

Once again, thank you to ALL parents who took part in these special classes this weekend. We are so proud of all of our students.

Parent Participation Classes

We were so excited to have parents involved in our Junior class on Friday night. It is hard for parents to get up and take class doing something new and different. We appreciate all of the parent interaction and it so much fun! Parents were rewarded with Honorary White Belt certificates and most of all with smiles on their children faces.

We were about to start target drills in this picture.

It is very important for parents to learn proper technique to better help their child practice at home. We use targets for this drill but pillows and cushions of any kind can be used.

The children are demonstrating cross punches on the hand targets.

Now the parents get a chance to join in and take a turn at punching the target. I know this shot is blurry but I loved how one young man and his dad seemed to be having so much fun! Thanks David & Venture!

We also went over self-defense quick release moves and falling backwards. Mr. May also had a short time of sharing with the parents concerning why we were having this class.

More parents joined in towards the end of class but the camera battery had died so unfortunately I have no more pictures of them.

Once again thanks to all parents and we hope to have a class like this once every 3 months to allow parents to experience class and learn along side their children.

Next Parent Participation class will most likely be in June.

Little Dragon pictures to come  on Monday.

Parent/Student Classes

This weekend we will be having classes with parents involved. All parents are welcome to come and join class and learn basic techniques. We will also allow students to teach parents techniques. Parents will be shown how to practice techniques with their children at home. The parents of juniors may join class on Friday night, March 26th at 7pm. The parents of Little Dragons may join class on Saturday, March27th at 10:15. Pictures to follow.Come back and check out how it went.

Welcome

We would like to officially welcome our new students to our school.
A'zion, DeShawn, Maegan and her dad, Matt.

WELCOME!

Academic Achievement

We are so proud of one of our juniors,Sydney, pictured here on the right. She has earned an academic patch for all A's in school for the last grading period. She also earned her health and fire patch at the Patch workshop this weekend. I will have to get a new picture showing her new patches. Just the same we are very proud of Sydney and her hard work and the commitment shown by her and her family.

She has been a fantastic addition to our school. Congratulations Sydney!

New schedule

Our new schedule will be as follows:
Juniors - MWF - 7:00-7:45; Sat 9:30
Adults - MWF - 7:45-8:45; Sat 10:45
Little Dragons - Fri 6:30; Sat 10:15
This schedule will begin Monday March 22nd.

Schedule Change

Due to Mr. May's full time job working longer hours we are forced to change our class schedule. Saturday March 20th we will be posting our new schedule. Please check back for more details.

Self-Defense

Juniors, Maegan and Sydney are demonstrating how to do a double wrist grab preparing to do a quick release self-defense move.

 

Juniors, Matthew and DeShawn, are demonstrating a single wrist grab preparing to do a quick release.

As part of our self defense training we teach all of our students how to fall forwards and backwards safely. In this class, the students are learning how to fall forward and protect their face.

 We also prepare our students to roll safely and quickly to get back up to defend themselves. The students in the picture below are preparing to roll over on their leading shoulder as done in Aikido.

Self defense is an integral part of our curriculum at all levels and ages. Every self defense technique is taught at an age appropriate level. We teach our students to use the techniques of our program to defend themselves in a last resort situation.

NEW WEBSITE

The new website for American Fighting Arts Federation is up and running.  Please check it out and read the news from all of our schools. In the news section is a picture of Mr. May with the Little Dragons

http://afafkarate.com/.

Special Visit

We were so glad to have Mr. Charles Shelton visiting us on Saturday, March 6th. He is a 1st degree black belt from a sister school in Lake City, Georgia. He teaches at the Academy of Fighting Arts along side Mr. Johnny Flournoy. He helped to teach some classes and participated in our adult class on Saturday. Thank you for your visit Mr. Shelton.

CONGRATULATIONS LITTLE DRAGONS! 

These are our Little Dragons who earned their new belts last week. We are so proud of them. Thank you to their parents for making sure they are at class so often.

Special Accomodations

We do have special accommodations for viewing our classes.

We have a parent viewing area for parents to easily view the classes and hear and see what is being taught.

We also have a play yard area with small toys for small children to play safely.
We strive to make the environment in our school welcoming,safe and secure for everyone.

Junior Classes

We also offer classes for children from the ages of 7-13 yrs old. These classes teach the techniques of our traditional style of Tang Soo Do while developing balance, strength and discipline in each of our students.

Classes

We offer classes for all ages. Our youngest students are called Little Dragons. We encourage them to develop self-control, discipline, balance and coordination through learning martial art techniques and playing fun developmental games.

New Class Times

Our class times are as follows:

 Monday and Friday

6:00-6:30 Little Dragons (4-6 yrs old) Friday Only
6:30-7:15 All Juniors ( 7-13 yrs old)
7:15-8:15 All Adults (14 yrs old - adult)

Saturday
9:30-10:15 All Juniors Philosophy and Floor workout
10:15-10:45 Little Dragons
10:45-11:45 All Adults

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