Gup Belt Test

UPCOMING BELT TEST

Saturday, July 23^rd

Juniors 9:00

Little Dragons 10:00

Adults 11:00

Application Deadline July 15^th&16^th

See Mrs. May for applications

 

AFAF Tournament

AFAF Tournament

    Our federation of schools is having a tournament in July. The focus of the tournament is to have fun, meet other students in our federation and the experience of participating in a tournament. Competition is not the focus; we want all of our students to do their personal best. Medals will be awarded.

When: Saturday, July 16th at 10:00 am

 Why:

· This tournament is a great way for students to see other students in martial arts. Because we are not close to another federation school we do not have many chances to see and meet each other.

· This is also a learning opportunity for everyone. We want our students to continue to grow and improve as martial artists.  This is a safe and fun way to try out a tournament. It is only going to be students from our federation.

· This is a great price for tournament competition. For our students the time and travel are the biggest hurdle.

· We would love to have as many students as possible participate. If you are interested please see Mr. or Mrs. May and we can get you started.

AFAF Karate Tournament

Saturday July 16, 2011

 Tournament Location

Burnette Karate

3118 Jodeco Road

McDonough, Ga 30253

Just off I-75 at exit 222

 Little Dragons, Rangers 10 am

(The other schools call their 4-6yr olds Rangers)

Juniors 11am

Adults : TBA

Rangers please be at location by 9:45am for check in

We are so excited at the response to the tournament. I can't wait to see our students perform the techniques and "show-off" what they have learned.

I will of course post pictures and results following the event.

Great Attendance

WOW!!

June was a great month for attendance!

In our Little Dragon class the following students had perfect attendance:

Mark Stephen

Daniel

Sawyer

Caleb*

Juliette

Anna Beth

Myles

Little Dragons attending  85% or more of classes:

Boots 

Destiny

Basic Juniors with perfect Attendance:

Bryan

Intermediate Juniors attending 70% or more of classes:

Cierra 

Theisman

Adults attending 90% or more of classes:

Mr. Bonner

Mr. Martin

This is FANTASTIC!! We are so proud of our families for the level of commitment and enthusiasm they exhibit.

Giecho Hyung Il Bu Sang Gup

This is also posted on the forms page.

Upward Cheerleading Camp

Four of our girls participated in cheerleading camp last week. We are so proud of them. They showed good sportsmanship, respect and good participation during camp. I wanted to share a few pictures in this collage.
The Upward program strives to not only teach fundamentals of the sport but also to instill in the children good values and morals they can use in all areas of their lives.

Great Job Girls!!!

I had to add a picture of one of our Little Dragons, Caleb who participated in Upward Basketball camp. Great Job Caleb!

Gup Belt Test

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

We want to wish everyone congratulations who tested on June 4th. This was the first test in our new studio. We were so honored to have four guest black belts in attendance. 

We want to say a special thank you to Mr. Duke Tirschel, Mr. Rick Burnette, Mr. Steve Guettler, and Mr. Steve Reynolds for coming down to sit on the testing board. 

Four of our Juniors tested for their next rank. They all did a very good job. 

Thank you to Matthew for helping out with the test.

The juniors are demonstrating their horse stance preparing to do 12 basic movements.

 

 

The Little Dragons were next. Five of our Little Dragons tested on Saturday morning. Thank you to Myles for helping with his classmates testing.

 

The black belts were able to work with the Little Dragons to demonstrate safely their techniques and understanding of self-defense.

Three of our Little Dragons were testing for their Little Dragon blue belts. We are so proud of these three. It is a big accomplishment for the children and their parents to reach such a goal. We look forward to adding these three to our Junior class when they turn 7 yrs old.

 We want to congratulate all of the Little Dragons on earning their next belt rank. Great job !!

Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures of the men who tested from the adult class. I had to leave to pick up a child. If anyone has pictures they can share please pass them along to me.

We still want to congratulate Mr. Martin and Mr. Bonner on earning their next belt rank. Mr. Camp was a great help and did very well participating in the adult test.

Thank you to everyone parents, students and instructors who took part and/or provided support for our test on Saturday. It was great 1st test in our new facility.

Next Gup Belt Test will be in July!!

Guess What!

We have moved!

The new location officially opened today. We are so excited to have everyone come see our new facility. 

Our 1st day of classes is this Friday, June 3rd. 

 Our 1st Gup Belt testing this Saturday, June 4th

Our new address is:

229 S. Davis Road Suite 400

LaGrange, Ga. 30241

Come and see what we have to offer you and your family!