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November 2008 Newsletter Fall Open House!!! Wed—Nov. 19th—5-8 pm Be part of the celebration to honor AKS Head Instructor, Jim Clapp’s induction into the Delaware Sports Museum & Hall of Fame! Special Appearances by Featuring demonstrations by: AKS Instructors Plus—if your guest wins a drawing for a FREE 3 month program, you/your
child receives a FREE Middleweight uniform! Make your plans to bring your family & friends to this great event! AKS Fall Karate Tournament! Saturday—Nov. 15th Events: Kata, Sparring and Self Defense with a partner! Plus—Yellow Belts may participate—simply demonstrate self defense with a partner and you’ll receive a participation certificate (you will not be judged). Pick up an information sheet at the Front Desk that explains how the Self Defense with a Partner will work. Awards: There will be awards for those who win or place, plus everyone receives a STAR for their uniform for participating! Plus everyone receives a Tournament T-shirt! Registration: Sign up sheets are at the Front Desk—remember, all registration/entry fees must be done by Wed—Oct. 30th . . . Sorry, there can be no exceptions. Time: All Self Defense and Kata Divisions will start at 10:30 am; Instructor Demonstration at approximately 12:20 pm; All Sparring Divisions will start around 12:30 pm. All awards will be given at the conclusion of the sparring divisions. Be sure to invite your friends to come and cheer you on! Sign up today at the Front Desk! Message from the Master by Jim Clapp Over the past month, we’ve been cheering on the Philadelphia Phillies major league baseball team to win the division, the playoff games, the league championship, and now the World Series…baseball’s biggest team prize! At least in this area and at least some of us have been doing that. Hooray for those of us who’ve been doing just that, and are seeing a professional sports championship come to this part of the country. It’s a long time (since 1983 with the basketball 76ers…and since 1980 with the Phillies last doing it). Wow! It’s been a long time when I think of it…and I’ve been a fan for about 50 years! Let’s recap this year. The season started in February with Spring Training with workouts and the sorting out who will be on the team. Then the pre-season games in March began. Finally, the regular season started in April. It is now October. That’s a long time to be playing baseball or any sport for that matter. Did you know that baseball has twice the number of regular season games as the next pro sports teams (162 to NHL’s hockey or NBA’s basketball who each have 82). To win the World Series a team has to play roughly eight months. That’s a lot of traveling on airplanes and going to cities across the country on regular basis. That’s a long time to keep the body healthy to play this rigorous sport…to keep mentally sharp…and, to keep emotionally on an even keel. But, what can this teach us? What can we gain out of it other than a big shout out for the Philadelphia Phillies? What can we take with us that will help us in our lives? I would like to give you my thoughts on this now. First, the Phillies had to have a vision of what they wanted to accomplish. Then, they had to play together as a Team…give up their own personal egos and goals and put those of the team first. Their goal had to be to win the World Series as a team! Next, they had to dedicate and commit to their vision and goals in order to receive the benefits of winning the World Series at season’s end. They had to have patience and perseverance to go with the self-discipline that was needed everyday regardless of the circumstances. Every player and the manager, coaches and staff had to take it one game at a time (live in the present moment) and keep their eye on the prize while doing it one day at a time. They had to overcome obstacles and challenges that occurred with injuries, slumps, personal undertakings, losing stretches, the loss of players, accepting new players onto the team, the media, traveling, etc. But, finally the payoff…the goal has been reached. The Phillies are the 2008 World Series Champions!!! And, those of us who decided to follow them are smiling now…we got to cheer…we got to high five…we got to know that there is light at the end of the tunnel…And, we are better for the experience. The Fightin’ Phils did us proud. As I always say, we may not have it all together, but together we have it all. This is Teamwork. This is an example Black Belt Excellence. Let us reflect on what it takes to be a winner in everyday life and live the spirit… Special Classes This Month!Nov. 1st thru Nov. 22nd—AKS Annual Canned Food Drive to Benefit the Delaware Food Bank Wed—Nov. 12th—JR Falling Class w/ Mr. John Week of Nov. 10th—Secret Santa Sale! Sat—Nov. 15th—AKS Fall Tournament! Week of Nov. 17th—Dyna-Tot & JR Buddy Week! Wed—Nov. 19th—Fall Open House! Thurs—Nov. 20th—Special JR Class w/ Mr. Jim! Thurs—Nov. 27th thru Sat—Nov. 29th—AKS Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday! Junior Class Schedule Changes taking place this month! Parents, please take note of the following schedule changes for Juniors beginning this month! Effective Sat., Nov. 1st, the JR Sparring class will move to 11-11:30 am; the JR Blue thru Black class will move to 11:30-12:30 pm Effective Sat., Nov. 1st, all JR White thru Orange classes will be 45 min. in length. Effective Friday, Nov. 7th there will no longer be a 4 pm Friday class for Juniors White thru Orange belt. Our Fall Referral Campaign Continues!Win an X-Box or Nintendo DS2!!!As part of our Fall Referral Campaign, we’re giving all of you the opportunity to win and X-Box (1st prize) & an Nintendo DS2 (2nd prize)! Just in time for the Holidays! Simply refer your family and friends to one of our Kenpo programs, and when they enroll, you’ll be entered to win! The prizes go to the people who refer the most and second most people who enroll between Oct. 1st & Dec. 15th! We have a number of special events coming up that will make it easy for you to introduce others to AKS. These include the Fall Tournament and our Open House this month! Plus, you can bring anyone to the school with you at any time, or simply have them call to set up an appointment! Start talking to your friends today! Tournament Prep Classes! From Nov. 1st thru Nov. 13th, all JR Sparring classes will be taught as Tournament Prep classes. Practice will include kata, sparring & self defense techniques. Black Belt Club News! Congratulations to Sean Pedrick on his recent enrollment in the Black Belt Club! Remember, a Black Belt is a white belt who never quit! November Black Belt Club Classes Legion of Honor Many thanks to Varun Pradeep for his recent referral to our Kenpo program! Remember the greatest compliment our students can give our school is the referral of their family members and friends! Welcome to AKS!A warm AKS welcome goes out to all who enrolled in one of our programs
last month! We encourage you to introduce yourselves to others and get to
know your new circle of friends! Congratulations to all who were promoted to new belt ranks last month! Keep up the good work as you continue to progress towards Black Belt excellence! Dyna-Tots promoted to new ranks include: Yellow—Ryan Boone & Joshua Paul; Orange—Anthony Mangini; Purple—Amelia & Sibly Roosen, Aaron White & Casey Winnington; & Green—Sydni Wright. Juniors promoted to new ranks include: Yellow—Spencer Boyle; Orange—Meadow Behringer; Orange Stripe—Connor Long & Justin Mossey; Purple—Luke Punturieri, Hunter Smith, Billy Lorenzo, Sean Pedrick & Dallas Yetter; Purple Stripe—Christine Cardenas, Benjamin Caruccio, Aditi Das & Bryce Ingalls; Blue—Taylor Shelman; Blue Stripe—Timothy & Erin Parks; 3rd Brown—Olivia Rubini & Stephen Sreekanth; 3rd Brown Stripe—Nicholas Kayatta; 2nd Brown—Jimmy Blaszkow & Ashu Mishra; 2nd Brown Stripe—Melisa Soysal; 1st Brown—Christian Waibel; & 1st Brown Stripe—Emily Andersen, Melissa Jernakoff & Corby Lyn Smith. Adults promoted to new ranks incude: Yellow—Asparuh Doynov; Orange—Elijah Lyon; Orange Stripe—Warren Arrington & Taisya Perry; Purple—Rosalind Johnson; 3rd Brown—Katheryn Warren; and 2nd Brown—Daniel Miller. Te-Geri Fitness Kickboxing students promoted to new ranks include: Purple—Sara Zimmerman and to Black—Connie Broadwater & Heather Tusi. Congratulations to all once again! See you back here next month! |
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