Student of the Month
Student of the Month in WindsorOur Student of the Month in Windsor is Red Belt Brendan Pfahler. Brendan is a member of our Tournament Team and Black Belt Club. He is a very dedicated young man with excellent attendance, and a Black Belt Attitude! He will be eligible to test at the BBX 2009 in May for his Assistant Black Belt. Great job Brendan!
Student of the Month in LakeshoreOur Student of the Month in Lakeshore is Dimitri Godard. Dimitri is one of our most recent members in Puce, but he has been working hard, non-stop to reach his goals. His effort and cooperation in class make him an outstanding student. Great Job Dimitri!
Message of the Month - The Sixth Tenet
One of the things that we as teacher hope to instill in our students is COMMITMENT. In our country today is this one of the virtues that is lacking, thus the problems our society and government have. If you follow this link, you will find an essay on why we are going from 5 to 6 tenets in our school.
Chad Barry Workshop
Master Chad Barry will be in town on Friday January 30th for a Bojuka Workshop. The event will start at 7:00pm and run until about 9:00pm. The cost of the session is only $25, so don't miss out! More information on this seminar is available at this LINK. For more information on what Master Barry does visit his website at http://www.bojuka.ca
Children's Safety and Awareness Seminar
On Sunday January 11th at 2:00pm Master Mason will be presenting a FREE information seminar on keeping your children safe in our unsettled world. Topic that will be cover are safety to and from school as well as on the Internet. Book your spot today as space is limited. For more information please visit http://www.kidsafecanada.net
Self Defense Workshop
On Sunday January 11th at 3:15pm Master Art and Master Curt will be presenting a FREE self defense workshop for adults (Parents). This event will run about 75 minutes and will give you some simple and easy techniques to use if you are ever in a situation calling for you to defend yourself. Space for this event will be limited to 24 people, so sign up ASAP!
Tournament Team at 1st Defense in Essex
Our Tournament Team was invited in November to attend a special tournament sparring practice at 1st Defense Martial Arts in Essex. Several team members, as well as some non team member students attended the session run by Master Joe Cammalleri. All the students present had a fantastic time at the event and learned a lot about the different style of sparring. We are hoping to do something like this with their school again in the New Year.
Our Thanks
I would like to thank all the parents and students who particiapted in this years Firefighters / Lion's Club Christmas Toy Drive. We did very well this year, especially consider the difficult times we are currently experiencing.
"A Christmas Story"
Windsor student Luca Cunial recently played the character Flick in "A Christmas Story" at the Windsor Theater. I was unable to be present myself at this event, but the reviews were fantastic. If you follow this LINK you will see some great pictures from this play. Great job Luca!
2008 - A Year in Review
2008 was a great year for our school. We reached many milestones as a school and hosted several special events for our student body. Here are a few highlights of this great year.
- BBX 2008 with special guests Steve Stewart & Chad Barry
- The Chad Barry Seminar in January 2008
- Our Open House in August
- Get Fit Month
- Parents Appreciation Month
- New Colour Belt System
- New Interactive Student Website
- Novice Kyusho Jitsu Program
- Special Student Awards (attendance, iron man, etc)
- Parent's Night Out
- Christmas Party
- Parent's Self Defense Workshop
- School Camping Trip to Rondeau
Demo Team
Our Demo Team did a brief performance at our December Colour Belt Testing and Graduation. They did an outstanding job. We are looking forward to seeing more from them in the very near future!
Black Belt Demo
Select Black Belts from our school will be doing a Demonstration on Saturday March 21st at 10:00am at our Windsor School. The demo will feature performances from our Demo Team as well as Master's Art, Curt and Scott. See you then!
To keep up with all the latest news from our school visit our Student Website often. That concludes our January issue, see you in February!
