Upcoming Gup Belt Test

Upcoming Gup Belt Test

January 28, 2012

Our next belt test will be Saturday, January28th. 

9:00 Juniors

10:30 (6-7)Dragons

11:00 Adults

 

3-5yr old Little Dragons will test in their regular class on another date.

All testing applications & fees must be turned in by January 21, 2012. If applications are turned in after this date the student will not receive a belt at testing, if they pass their test.

                                         If you have any questions please call Mr. & Mrs. May.

Special Guest Tuesday Night

Thank you so much to Lieutenant Robinson from the Fire Department. He did a great job presenting safety information to our children. As a part of our curriculum we incorporate life/safety skills. We feel it is very important to make sure the kids are aware of safety information that could save their lives or their families lives.
I would also like to thank Leslie, Luke's mom, for helping to organize this class. 
Thank you once again to parents and students for having such good attendance and respectful behavior for our guests on Tuesday night.
For the students who still need patches I will have them to you soon.




I will post pictures as soon as I have them downloaded.
Regular classes on Friday and Saturday.

Special Guest Tuesday Night

Special Guest Tuesday Night

January17,2012

This Tuesday night we will be having a patch workshop. We will be learning about fire and home safety from our special guests from the LaGrange Fire Department. 

Our schedule will be slightly different than normal. It will be as follows:

6:00-6:30 All Little Dragons - Patch Workshop

6:30-7:00 All Juniors- Patch Workshop

7:00-7:40 Open workout - Stripe testing or Review for testing.

7:45- 8:30 All Adult class

Celebration of Caleb's Life

Today the May Martial Arts family is mourning the loss of one of our students and friends. Caleb Kinnersley has lost his battle with cancer. He has gone home to be with the Lord. He will be greatly missed! We are continuing to pray for his family as they mourn the loss of their son.
Please join us in praying for this family!

Here are some pictures from the time Caleb was with us. I wanted to share so we can all remember his wonderful, loving spirit!

We love you Caleb! We will miss you very much. We will see you again one day when we all meet Jesus face to face.

Christmas Parade 2011

WOW! It was GREAT!

The Christmas parade was a great success!

We had wonderful weather, wonderful help, wonderful kids and wonderful Christmas Spirit!

I want to first of all thank everyone who made our entry in the Christmas parade possible.

• All families who brought their children to participate.
• Leslie Thorp-Purdy for helping me with the decorating of the trailer.
• The Ray family for donating the Christmas tree, small chairs and Christmas lights to be used on the float. 
• Dr. Walt Stewart, Caleb Kinnersley's grandfather, for use of his trailer for the 2nd year.
• David Bonner for providing the large cardboard tubes for the frames to hold the lights.
• ETI and Ricky Ray for Providing the generator to power our lights.
• All of the students for bringing cardboard tubes for the paint brushes, painting the sign for the trailer and making ornaments to decorate the float.
• Last, but not least, Mr. May for working so hard to make everything safe and enjoyable.

Here are a few pictures to enjoy!

Merry Christmas!!

 

This comes from our saying we teach the Little Dragons: 

" To get stronger and better in our quest to be our best!"

WILL

FAMILY

COUSINS

FRIENDS

"THE BOYS"

"SUCH SWEET GIRLS!"

 

The float was all lit up and ready to go!

It looked fabulous once we had it all together. 

We even got a tree on top of the Xterra this year! I have to admit this was Mr. May's idea. I didn't think it would work but , of course, he made it work just as he always does. Yeah!

Can we top this next year?! I don't know, let's wait and see.

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Test Results

CONGRATULATIONS!

We want to wish all those who tested congratulations. We had 20 students testing this month. We are so proud of each and every one of them.

Beginning with our youngest students, we are so proud to announce the following students advanced to their next belt:

Anna Beth- Purple

Rylie - Purple

Colby - Yellow

Our Little Dragons receive a white striped/color belt because they are beginning the journey with age appropriate beginning martial arts learning.

Next we have our older Dragons. These students are between the ages of 6-7 years old. They too receive white/striped colored belts. They are learning beginning skills as well building their strength, balance and coordination.

Congratulations to the following students:

Luke - yellow

Mackenzie- yellow

Ryan - Yellow

Sencere - Yellow

Myles - Blue

 Great job both classes of Little Dragons!

They demonstrated self-defense - How to get away from a grab

 Myles showed how to get away from a "bear hug" from an unwanted stranger.

The students must also retell memorized Code of Ethics. They are life skills for the students to use as they grow and learn.

Next came our Juniors as they showed the techniques they have practiced.

Congratulations to all of the Juniors!

Back Row L to R : Matthew, Nylah, Bryan, Willis, Madeline, JT

Front Row L to R: Theisman, Jared, Brandon & Caleb 

Last , but not least, THE ADULTS!

Samantha and Jay both did a great job!

Once again, everyone did very well. We are so proud of the obvious dedication that has been demonstrated through the performance of all students.

We look forward to seeing everyone else test in late January! Have a wonderful Christmas Season!

 

Belt Testing

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are so proud of everyone who tested this Saturday to advance to their next belt. Thank you to Mr. Welton Sanders for driving from Austell to join us and sit on the testing board.

I will post pictures from testing soon.