Sorry for the length of this week’s email. We have several things to let you know about and several processes to explain especially for newer students!
1) This Week’s Goals! No Junk Food Week
2) How Do I Earn Belt Stripes?
3) This Week’s Mat Chats!
4) Train with a Tiger Rock Founder …
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This is our Testing Practice week!
We have our regular TaeKwonDo schedule Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week. …
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Wow! We had great classes last week and you were a huge part of it. While we had many students taking end of the summer vacations, we still had many students on the mat, sweating, smiling, and learning great martial arts! Super Job to all students in class last week. We have our regular class schedule all week this week! Train, Train, Train!
Well it’s that time again! The Back to School season is upon us. As parents, I’m sure some of you are always surprised at how excited my children are to return to school. Sure they lament the end of late nights and waking up at noon, but they’ve missed their friends and teachers a lot. I think if our kids were honest they would tell you that summer time is a little boring. Their lives are more active and vibrant while they are engaged in school.
The transition from the summer mentality to the school year mentality is a difficult one. Every year we worry about the new and unknown challenges that await us when school starts. So much change. New Classes, New Teachers, sometimes there’s even a new school with new start and end times. It would be easy to throw your hands up and say “that’s it!” that’s all I can take.
Sometimes parents will come to us and ask what we think about taking time off from TaeKwonDo training in order to focus on these early days of the school year. Our response to them is not surprising. DON’T DO IT!
Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water. Studies at University of Florida have proven that TaeKwonDo lessons have a positive impact on academic studies. They offer the student stress relief, practice in concentration, focus, attention to detail, and follow through (my personal favorite). Here are some tips to making this school year the best possible…..
1. During the first few weeks of school try to attend one weekday lesson and one weekend lesson. This will allow you to train on the mat and still free vast amounts of time for the new demands on your mind and body.
2. Inform your academic teachers that you are pursuing TaeKwonDo training and that you are very serious about it. Ask her to participate in our Partners in Learning program. If your teacher would like, your Instructor would be more than happy to come talk to the class, sharing ideas for better mental focus as well as techniques for staying calm under pressure during exam times etc.
3. Adjust your sleep and eating early to ensure success. We all tend to let our guard down a little during the summer. Just like a fighter who keeps his guard down too long, if we wait too long to develop new habits we will sure pay the price.
Your Tiger Rock Martial Arts instructors would be more than happy to assist in any way possible. As always we don’t just want to be your child’s martial arts instructor, we really are success coaches. If you have feel that your child is in need of a one on one meeting with an instructor to discuss motivation, behavior, or performance at school, please do not hesitate to ask.
We are on the TWO week countdown until our next promotional testing. Try to be in class at least three times each of the next TWO weeks.
Theme of this Week! TESTING PREPARATION
Cycle Tenet: Knowledge
Goal for the week: Finish All Belt Striping/Register for Testing!
We are very excited about how you are all doing in class! Let’s keep up the excitement. This cycle’s goal is in striking distance with testing being TWO weeks away! Promotional testings are such an important part in all martial artists training. Testings give each student the chance to gain the confidence that comes by setting and reaching a goal. Testings provide great feedback on what is going well and what needs to be improved upon.
Promotional Testing:
Friday, August 13: at Echols Middle School
5:30 PM – Tiger Cubs
6:30 PM – All Adults (age 15 and above all ranks)
Saturday, August 14: at Echols Middle School
9:00 AM – Junior Brown, Red, and Black Belts (age 14 and under)
11:30 AM – Junior Green and Blue Belts (age 14 and under)
1:30 PM – Junior White and Yellow Belts (age 14 and under)
Monday, August 16: Jiu-JitSu Testing at East Academy
6:00 PM – all Juniors (all ranks age 13 and under)
7:00 PM – all Adults (all ranks age 14 and above)
Students test in full uniform (with all correct patches). Please arrive for your testing 10 to 15 minutes before the scheduled start time! A parent or guardian is REQUIRED to stay throughout the entire testing process!
go to www.tigerrockonline.com to register for your promotional testing. You just need you login ID and your password.
Deadlines:
All Black Belts: Thursday, August 5
All Other students: Tuesday, August 10
There is a $20.00 late fee for registrations made after midnight Tuesday, August 10. Please be prompt in your registration!
The photographers from Boster Photo will be here this week! If you signed up for a photo time, please be sure to arrive at least 5 minutes before your scheduled time. We will keep the lists posted this week, so that you can still view your times!
East Academy: Monday and Tuesday
South Academy: Wednesday and Thursday
Northport: Friday and Saturday
If you or your employer are interested in a group personal safety class, please have your Human Resources/Office Manager contact us! We have our “training for life” course that is designed perfectly for the group setting to help empower people with basic safety and self-defense knowledge. This class is perfect for Real Estate agents, nurses, home health care, teachers and for a group of ladies from a particular office who just want to learn how to defend themselves in a easy to learn way.
We are currently booking Birthday Party spots for the remainder of the summer and for early Fall. If you or a friend have an upcoming birthday, we would love to give you some information concerning our great Martial Arts Birthday Parties! Easy set-up, great entertainment, great fun, and easy clean-up. Let us tell you how! Birthday parties can be booked during the week and on the weekends during the summer!!
We are very proud of your efforts! See you in class!
Great Job to everyone who participated in the World Black Belt Camp and Championships in Jackson, MS this past week. We are back in town and looking forward to seeing all students in class starting Tuesday of this week. …
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