Belt Testing

Congratulations to Everyone!

We had belt testing this morning. Everyone did exceptionally well. We were so pleased by how well prepared all the students were for testing. Congratulations to everyone!

 Look at this great group of kids!

The two students shown here have just promoted from the Little Dragon Class to the Juniors. They are doing a great job! 

The 6&7 year old Little Dragons did a great job!

 

Three adults and one intermediate junior promoted to their next belt. 

We are very proud of everyone!!!

Board Breaking

BB pictures

Board breaking was an overwhelming success. We had so many students participating and we had so much fun. From Little Dragons to the adults everyone did a great job. There are so many pictures I don't know how I will choose which to post. Here are just a few. 

Parent/ Student Classes

 Parent classes were a lot of fun! We didn't have everyone participating but we had many parents who enjoyed the time with their kids. Check out some of the pictures!

 

Parent/ Student Classes

 

 

September 21st-22nd

 

 This is a very special class for families. We love to have our parents in the studio but it is even more fun when they participate in class. The children really have a lot of fun practicing techniques and seeing their parents enjoy class as much as they do. We will be having parents in class on both nights Friday and Saturday. Take this opportunity to try our class. You will have a great time. Parents dress comfortably and appropriately so you can get full enjoyment out of the time.

 

Parents of Juniors please pick either Friday or Saturday class to participate since we have limited space.

 

 

Board Breaking Seminar

 

Board Breaking Seminar

September 15, 2012

1:30-?

"Overcome Obstacles and Break through Barriers"

 

 

 

We will be having a board breaking seminar on Saturday September 15th. Mr. May will be giving a seminar on how to break through barriers in life and overcome obstacles that stand in our way. He will use the board breaking as a way to reinforce this message.  He will also be giving a demonstration on how to break boards. We will begin with the youngest children, then juniors & adults. We will have additional boards available for those that wish to break more if time permits. If you wish to watch you are welcome to come in. Students must wear uniforms for seminar.

 

 

Schedule changes

 

Schedule changes

Changes taking effect immediately!

 

Please read over the schedule on the sidebar of this page. We have made some changes to our current schedule. There have been changes to our start times, 6-7 yr old Little Dragons  and our Saturday schedule. We have been growing by leaps and bounds and this has caused us to need to restructure our class schedule. We are optimistic about the outcome of this schedule. It will allow us to maintain smaller class sizes, quality instruction and personal attention for each of our students. Thank you to all of our students and parents for their flexibility and support as we are making these changes.

 

 

Class availabiblity:

Each of our Little Dragon classes will not exceed 10 students.

 

At this time we only have one spot remaining in the 3-5 yr old Litte Dragon class.

 

In the 6-7 yr old Little Dragon class we have 3 spots in Group A class on Friday nights.

 

We also have 3 spots in the Group B class on Saturday Mornings.

 

The Basic Junior class is FULL at this time. We will only be able to accept students on a waiting list for this class at this time. Please contact us for further information. 

 

Our Adult class still has space available.

 

 

 



Nunchaku Class

 

 

Nunchaku Class

Tuesday, September 11th

Juniors and Adults will have class on Tuesday, September 11th. Mr.May will be focusing on Nunchakus. If you have your own nunchaku please be sure to bring them. We have extra chuks for use in class. We also have them for sale for $8. You can take home your very own nunchakus. This is a great opportunity to learn new and fun moves with the nunchakus. We will be covering basic moves, releases and even the nunchaku form.

 



She is here! The newest member of our family is here. Johanna was born last Friday and we are so very happy she is finally here. She wasn't ready to come as quickly as the other two have come. She wanted to hangout with mommy a little longer. But she is now here, happy and healthy. We are adjusting well to having a new baby at home. Thank you to everyone who has sent us well wishes, food and gifts for the baby. We are very blessed to have such a wonderful Martial Arts family. I will post more pictures as we get them downloaded off of our cameras.

Johanna May
10lbs 5 oz
20.5 inches

 

McGruff Safety Class

Safety Classes - June 30,2012

We were so happy to have the Troup County Sheriff's Department visit our school along with McGruff the Crime Dog. The children were very welcoming to our "Guest Instructor" McGruff. He came to remind the children of safety tips and stranger danger reminders. 

We know children hear this at school and at home but we want to show families and our students that it is also importnat to us. Knowing Martial Arts is not a reason to not need and use safety tips. If we save even one child or family with this information every bit of effort is worth it. 

Thank you so much to Ms. Leslie Purdy- Thorpe. She is the mother of one of our Little Dragons and has been VERY valuable to myself and Mr. May. She arranged this visit as well as previous visits by emergency personnel for safety courses. We are blessed to have all of our parents who support us on a daily basis.

Here are some pictures of our visit with McGruff.

Here are our Little Dragons with McGruff

 

With the Juniors, McGruff was not able to stay. But McGruff's keeper was able to stay and teach a lesson on Stranger danger and Safety as it realtes to internet safety. It is never too early to teach and remind our children how to stay safe in the vast world of the internet. There are so many ways to be caught in unsafe behavior on the computer. We truly care about our students total awareness not just their physical awareness.

Thank you once again to the Troup County Sheriff's Department. 

Mr. May and I were thrilled to see so many of our students participate in this safety class. 

We will repeat this class on a future date for those that were not able to attend. 

 

 

 

Back to School Expo Pictures

Back to School Expo

We are so proud of all of our students. The Expo on Saturday was a great demonstration of our students and what we try to teach in our studio. It is so very important for us to be visible and accessible to those in our community that do not know us or Martial Arts. I would like to thank Michelle and Curt Nation for taking fantastic photos for me to share with everyone.

 

Our Juniors class began the morning.

The juniors are demonstrating falling a defensive position.

 

Our two Little Dragons that are transitioning into the juniors class are ready for self-defense.

Board breaking is ALWAYS popular portion of our demonstrations. The kids love it and so do those watching.

The Intermediate Junior class is demonstrating combinations of techniques with and without hand targets.

They even got to use the beginning level Kali sticks that are foam to reduce chance of injury. This is a way we incorporate Kali into our program.

This group of Juniors even got in on the board breaking. The red and black boards are the most difficult to break because of their thickness.

 Our Little Dragon class was combined for this event. They demonstrated movement to avoid the blocker.

They also had a great time with the obstacle course. This is fun for them but it is teaching balance, crawling with cross movement, and jumping alternating feet and spacing on jumps. All of this is developmentally so important for children this age to be learning to be more agile and well-balanced.

We are so thankful to each and every family that brought their children to class at the mall. We are excited by the exposure our school received. We also anticipate future events where our students can "show off their stuff"!