Testing was held July 30th. Congratulations to the following people
on their promotions: Jensen Knoll, jr yellow belt stripe; Logan
Ramsey, yellow belt; Murphy Lammon, orange belt; Madison Lammon,
orange belt; Laura Lund, orange belt equivalency stripe; Tony
LaPorte, orange belt; Ben Ramsey, purple belt; Zach Weisenburger,
purple belt. Mr. Holland presented Mr. Lammon with a Cane Masters
cane at the end of the testing. Also just a reminder that you can
have your friends and family come to testing.
We held our student appreciation day on July 9th after class. Mr.
Holland was presented with a plaque for his outstanding dedication to
the dojo and his leadership abilities. He's a true role model for
all karateka. A photo of the plaque is on the Yahoo Groups web
page. Way to go Mr. Holland!!
Schedule Note: Morning class will be held at 11:30 AM on August 11th
instead of 11:10 AM.
We could once again use a few more new students. So as an
incentive for the month of August, for every new student you bring in
who joins you will receive a coupon worth $10 off dues, equipment or
gear.
Starting this month on Saturdays after class we will be focusing on
kobudo weapons training. Mr. Holland will be able to teach cane to
those of you who are interested and Mr. Lammon will be teaching bo
staff and nunchaku. You do need to buy your own weapons and
equipment. Follow the training schedule on the calendar on back. We
hope to become a Cane Masters affiliate school by 2007. Cane Masters
is its own organization where you can test and receive rank for
proficiency with the cane. We highly recommend membership with Cane
Masters (which is only $25 per year) but it's not required. You can
start out with a modified stockman's cane. The cane also qualifies
as one of the 7 weapons of which you must be proficient with at least
one prior to black belt. Further, the cane is the only weapon that
is legal everywhere, every state and even on airplanes.
Summer is not over yet. August is often the hottest month of the
summer. Remember to bring water to class. Please have it in a spill
proof container. You need to drink plenty of water to prevent
dehydration.
We got some new equipment. We now have a mat for blue belts to
practice their grappling techniques. However, remember that you
still need to practice break falls. Also we now have a handheld
target shield. It will allow more versatility in training than the
heavy bag or wave master.
Class picture day will be on Tuesday August 16th at the beginning
of class. We would like all club members present for the picture,
which we will be taking yearly to visually track our growth and
membership. Even if you don't want photos for yourself please attend
the class picture. Be in full uniform with sleeves down, please.
We will be having our first demo team meeting this month on August
10th at 7 PM. We need to start working routines for demonstrations.
The demo team will meet at least once a month to work on routines.
Since no one is really taking advantage of the open workouts we'll
have the demo team practice during one of those times. Demo team
practice will usually last two hours. The first meeting will be a
brain storming session to see what ideas people have for routines and
to see who all is interested. If you're interested in the demo team
come to the meeting. We hope to do some demos at schools and other
sporting events this next year.
Again thank you for your business, hard work, and dedicated
training. Keep it up.