Belt Promotions: Testing was held March 18th. Congratulations to
the following students on their promotions: Elias Rostad, green belt;
Madison Lammon, purple belt. The next testing will be held April
22nd at 10 AM. As mentioned before, even if you are not testing
please attend to support your fellow classmates. As always, your
family and friends are welcome at testings.
Schedule: There will be NO class on Saturday April 15th because of
Easter and NO class on Saturday April 29th because of the taekwondo
tournament in Clark, SD (see below).
Business: Just a reminder that the new quarter for dojo fees
begins April 1st. If you can not pay the quarterly rate you can pay
monthly for an additional charge. Quarterly it's $200 per student or
$75 monthly. The family discounted rate for 2 people is $325
quarterly or $125 monthly. You do save money by paying quarterly.
Please have all dues paid the first week of April so we can figure
out the dojo budget. Thank you.
We are also going to offer a coupon for 20% off dues for every new
student you bring into the dojo who signs up. So if you know a
friend who's interested in martial arts bring them to a class. If
they join the dojo you will get a coupon saving you 20% off you
dues. If you bring two new people in you get two coupons equaling a
40% discount.
Class Picture: We will be taking the 2006 class picture on April
18th at 7:15 PM. Everyone please try to attend even if you can not
stay for class. Full uniform required for the picture. We are
looking at having baseball style trading cards made up from the class
picture. In order to offset the cost we need enough interest and
people planning on ordering the cards. We are looking at asking $1
per card, 12 cards for $8, 24 cards for $12, or 50 cards for $20.
These will be similar to the police trading cards. If we don't get
enough orders we won't be able to order the trading cards. There's a
4 week turnaround time on the trading cards. We won't be offering
matted photos this year but will still offer the 5x7s and 8x10s.
We are also looking at getting window decals. These will be
similar to the soccer ones you see on the rear windows of vehicles
except they will be karate. You can have your name also added to
them if you choose. They will be white in color and will have a
silhouette of a karate figure. They will probably run around $15 per
decal. We'll try to get a sample sent to the dojo so everyone can
take a look at one.
Upcoming Events: There will be a taekwondo tournament in Clark, SD
on 4/29/06. Registration begins at 9:30 AM and the competition
begins at 11 AM lasting until at least 5 PM. This is a very large
tournament with teams from as far away as Mexico, Puerto Rico, and
Canada competing. Spectator admission is only $4. Except for black
belts this is a point sparring (no contact) match. It would be a
good one to attend if you've never been to a tournament before.
Please speak to Mr. Lammon or Mr. Holland if you are interested in
going. If we have enough interest we can carpool to Clark. I
recommend going even if you don't compete.
We've come up with a new tentative date for a Karate Camp this
summer. We're now looking at July 28th-30th. Hopefully this will
work better for everyone. Let us know.
Kumite: Just a reminder that sparring is done Thursday nights at
approx 8:45 PM. You need head gear, foot and hand protection, mouth
guard, and groin protection for males. Shin guards are highly
recommended. Chest protectors are optional. You can get a basic set
of gear for around $80.
If you got time check out our website:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/aberdeenkenpo/ Feel free to
add your thoughts or martial arts related stories, just no spam or
junk please.
Thanks again to everyone for your continued business and support.
Don't forget picture day April 18th at 7:15 PM.