Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
-- Yoda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4vqL78Vzfo

Feed back would be appreciated!

"When you create a business, you create something that
improves the life of your customer, of another person,
maybe of ten people, of a thousand people, of a
million people. There's no higher calling."
— Paul Zane Pilzer: Economist, entrepreneur, and auth

I am cracking up! I am at home flipping through the channels and stopped on a
tragic scene of a snake eating a frog on Animal Planet. The frog was still alive
and like the videoagrapher I was captivated by the struggle. It wasn't a titanic
struggle. The frog looked like he was just calling for help while the snake
worked its way up the frogs body. The frog however, was drawing in air and
spreading its front legs to keep it from going down. When the videographer moved
some grass for a better shot, the snake panicked and ended up in the pond. The
frog kept fighting and then - BAM! - a bigger frog divebombed on the snake's
head and both frogs got away! The snake slithered away unhappy!

There is a message - Never Give Up! No one had to tell the frog to keep
fighting. He took no classes on self defense. He fought until he got help. In
nature he knew it was keep fighting or die! There are too many situations in
"civilized" life where we should also embrace this philosophy and get rid of the
you win attitude!


There was an expert that stated that the bigger frog was just being territorial
towards another frog in its pond but the videographer says that he sees the two
sitting together all the time. You can never underestimate the power of
willpower and having good friends...Cheers!

I am cracking up! I am at home flipping through the channels and stopped on a
tragic scene of a snake eating a frog on Animal Planet. The frog was still alive
and like the videoagrapher I was captivated by the struggle. It wasn't a titanic
struggle. The frog looked like he was just calling for help while the snake
worked its way up the frogs body. The frog however, was drawing in air and
spreading its front legs to keep it from going down. When the videographer moved
some grass for a better shot, the snake panicked and ended up in the pond. The
frog kept fighting and then - BAM! - a bigger frog divebombed on the snake's
head and both frogs got away! The snake slithered away unhappy!

There is a message - Never Give Up! No one had to tell the frog to keep
fighting. He took no classes on self defense. He fought until he got help. In
nature he knew it was keep fighting or die! There are too many situations in
"civilized" life where we should also embrace this philosophy and get rid of the
you win attitude!


There was an expert that stated that the bigger frog was just being territorial
towards another frog in its pond but the videographer says that he sees the two
sitting together all the time. You can never underestimate the power of
willpower and having good friends...Cheers!

Should we do this for our next Black Belt Physical?

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_title

TRUSTWORTHINESS: Trustworthiness has four core qualities: Honesty,
reliability, integrity, and loyalty.

Quote:  "Being a good example teaches others to be good."--Aesop

On a personal note if you are a old student of mine:

I am very disappointed in those of you that feel the grass is greener
on the other side of the fence.

KJ Kastelle

Write me in for Osseo School board member in November.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper, it's made out of cotton.
2. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.
3. The dot over the letter I is called a "tittle".
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and
down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. Susan Lucci is the daughter of Phyllis Diller.
6. 40% of McDonald's profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.
7. 315 entries in Webster's 1996 Dictionary were misspelled.
8. The "spot" on 7-UP comes from its inventor, who had red eyes. He
was albino.
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents, daily.
10. Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are brother and sister.
11. Chocolate affects a dog's heart and nervous system; a few ounces
could kill a small sized dog.
12. Orcas (killer whales) kill sharks by torpedoing up into the
shark's stomach from underneath, causing  the shark to explode.
13. Most lipstick contains fish scales (eeww).
14. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't
wear pants.
15. Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
16. Upper and lower case letters are named "upper" and "lower" because
in the time when all original print had to be set in individual
letters, the "upper case" letters were stored in the case on top of
the  case that stored the smaller, "lower case" letters.
17. Leonardo DaVinci could write with one hand and draw with the other
at the same time.
18. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II
were made of wood.
19. There are no clocks in Las Vegas gambling casinos.
20. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan; there was never
a recorded Wendy before!
21. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with: orange,
purple, and silver!
22. Leonardo Da Vinci invented scissors. Also, it took him 10 years to
paint Mona Lisa's lips.
23 A tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion will make it instantly go mad
and sting itself to death.
24. The mask used by Michael Myers in the original "Hal- loween" was a
Captain Kirk's mask painted  white.
25. If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have
$1.19 , you also have the largest amount of money in coins without
being able to make change for a dollar (good to know).
26. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you can't sink
in quicksand. (and you thought this list was completely useless).
27. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law,
which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than
your thumb.
28. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player
for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was
the Victrola, so they called them selves Motorola.
29. Celery has negative calories!  It takes more calories to eat a
piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with. It's the same
with apples!
30. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
31.The glue on Israeli postage stamps is certified kosher.
32. Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the Book most
often stolen from Public Libraries.
33. George Carlin said it best about Martha Stewart. "Boy, I feel a
lot safer now that she's behind bars. O. J. Simpson and Kobe Bryant
are still walking around; Osama Bin Laden, too, but they take the ONE
woman in America willing to cook, clean, and work in the yard, and
they haul her tail off to jail."

Watch the Olympic Coverage LIVE on www.nbcolympics.com !!



NBC Olympics will be streaming LIVE coverage of the taekwondo events
beginning on Wednesday, August 20 in Beijing at 9:00 AM.  (Tuesday
Evening 9 PM EDT)

Don't miss out on the opportunity to watch TEAM USA straight from your
computer.



The start times for the competitors are as follows:

Charlotte Craig                  Tuesday 10:15 PM EDT

Diana Lopez                       Wednesday 10:00 PM EDT

Mark Lopez                         Wednesday 11:30 PM EDT

Steven Lopez                      Thursday 11:30 PM EDT

Click on the link below for details!

http://www.worldtaekwondoacademy.net/content/view/48/71/

Dawns TaeKwonDo UPDATE:

August 2008 TaeKwonDo News

Happy Birthday

Eddie Weinstine 8-26
Daniel Volfson  8-21
Devin Newman 8-17
Michael Hart 8-19

Have a great Birthday!  If we missed anyone please let us know.

Help Wanted:   Volunteer Cable Television Crew!  Director, Camera,
Editors needed.
Free training if you live in the NWCT area.  See Master K for information.

Belt Promotion Monday August 11th 6:30 PM
Location Coon Rapids World TaeKwonDo Academy
  3015 Coon Rapids Blvd NW,
Coon Rapids, Minnesota, 55433,
763-427-5355

Saturday September 20th Reserve the date for Byung Yul Lee's
Tournament of Champions!
Check the link below!

http://www.worldtaekwondoacademy.net/content/view/48/71/

Kastelle's WTA
4928 Highway 169 North New Hope
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TaeKwonDo Classes Schedule: Monday and Wednesday 7 PM Saturday 10:30 AM.

Don't start the resolution without me!

Check it out!

Tournament:  On Sept. 20th Grandmaster Lee's annual tournament is
scheduled at Concordia University in St. Paul.  This event is open to
all W.T.A. students and we encourage everyone to come out and
participate.  It's a great way to see some of the best Black Belt
taekwondo athletes and for you to experience a safe competition.  We
will have divisions from ages 3 and up with beginners, intermediate,
advance, and black belt levels.  This event is one of the best run
events in the midwest.   So mark your calendars.

Kevin Kastelle wrote:
How do you see TaeKwonDo's benefits?

• In a survey of 200 parents whose children (ages 5-11) have been in
Martial Arts training for at least six months:
98% said their children's' behavior improved!
• Out of 127 teachers who had hyperactive students in Martial Arts for
at least six months:
(Ages 5-8) 79% improved
(Ages 9-11) 87% improved
(Ages 12-16) 97% improved
•
• Out of 172 adults enrolled in Martial Arts training, when questioned
about their attitude towards life:
(Ages 18-30) 97% said it had improved
(Ages 31-50) 100% said it had improved
(Ages 51-74) 100% said it had improved
•
• Out of 111 parents with handicapped children enrolled in Martial
Arts, when asked if there were any improvements in their childrens'
self-esteem and attitude:
o 87% saw improvement
o 13% saw no change (after six months)

• Academic teachers with students in Martial Arts training who had
practiced for at least one year:
(Ages 5-8) 95% improved dramatically
(Ages 9-12) 81% improved academically
(Ages 13-18) 91% improved academically
•
• In a survey of 121 adults (ages 18-65) enrolled in Martial Arts: in
their childrens' self-esteem and attitude:
o 73% lost 25 lbs. or more
o 25% lost at least 5 lbs.
o 2% gained 5 lbs. or le