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Allstar Martial Arts Academy\'s News and Announcements - June/July 2010.9128 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, FL 33414 561-790-5422TRANSCRIPT
School’s out and summer is
in full swing! Many of us
enjoy the more relaxed
schedule that summer
brings. For some, summer
is just as active and busy as
the school year. Make sure
your summer includes
plenty of exercise and
physical activities to keep
you and your child fit and
healthy — lifestyle habits
that benefit our children
throughout their lifetime.
Encourage your kids to
play outside instead of
watching TV or playing
computer or video games.
Playing sports with the
kids, like tossing Frisbees,
playing soccer or pitching
baseballs are great ways
for the whole family to
have fun and stay in shape
over the summer.
Since it can get hot during
the day in the summer,
it's best to schedule your
outside exercise and
activities during the
morning or in the evening,
when the sun is not so
high or hot.
Drinking plenty of water is
important any time of the
year, but it's particularly
important during the
summer when you're
sweating more than usual,
especially if you and your
family are spending time
playing outside. Make sure
you keep water handy if
you plan on being outside
for long periods of time.
If you will be spending a
lot of time outside, make
sure you use plenty of sun
block and other protection
from the sun as well, like
hats and sunglasses, to
protect yourself from
burns and skin cancer
threats.
The summer is one of the
best times to get fit and
stay healthy as a family.
Take advantage of the
warm summer months to
resolve to be active, eat
healthy and take care of
yourself and your family's
health and fitness.
June 2010:
6/19 12:00 p.m. Makeup
Testing
6/25 Parent’s Night Out,
6:30-9:30 p.m. Drop off
the kids for a night of
action, dinner, and movie.
$30
July 2010:
7/12-7/16 Allstar Summer
Camp 9:30am-1:30 pm
7/19 through 7/24 Allstar
Martial Arts Academy is
CLOSED. Schedule your
makeup classes at your
convenience.
7/26 through 7/31 BUDDY
WEEK at Allstar Martial
Arts. Bring a buddy to class
with you AND you can wear
your Allstar T-Shirt in class!
Your buddy can see how much
fun you have!
Upcoming Events—Important Dates!
School’s Out! Keep Fit & Healthy this Summer!
The Allstar Alert
Inside this issue:
Allstar Birthdays 2
Allstar Leadership 3
Current Patterns 3
Board Breaking 4
Karate Kid 5
Practice Patch 6
NEW Black Belts 7
June/July 2010
Allstar Martial Arts Academy’s News and Announcements
Allstar Martial Arts Academy • 9128 Forest Hill Blvd. • Wellington, FL 33411
561-790-5422
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August 2010:
8/9-8/13 Allstar Summer
Camp 9:30am-1:30pm
8/21 Board Breaking
Workshop 1-2:30 p.m.
Registration required. (All
ages welcome.)
8/27 Parent’s Night Out
September 2010:
9/6 Studio CLOSED for
Labor Day
9/18 Testing Ceremony
9/20 Awards Ceremony
9/21 through 9/25 FUN
WEEK-wear your Allstar T-
Shirt to class!
We will announce any
additional
events that
may come up!
Dylan Smith June 1
Christofer Theodoropoulos June 7
Gianna Striano June 7
Sebastian Merchan June 7
Hannah Cooper June 13
Gabriella Gonzalez June 14
Alex Hovannesian June 14
Henry Konsker June 21
Rudi Larkin June 23
Cameron Raichbach June 28
Jack Elm July 2
Hunter Lucia July 2
Marissa Mangini July 4
Nidiyan Rajendran July 6
Justin Nichols July 6
Gavin Wall July 8
Katie Richert July 8
Austin Stickley July 14
Dylan Gunawardene July 14
Reese Collier July 15
Daniella Pena July 17
Anand Sharma July 17
Jack Yan July 18
Jordan Kahn July 18
Nicholas Urbina July 27
Page 2 The Allstar Alert
Allstar Birthdays June/July!!!! Happy Birthday to YOU!
The Birthday
Child gets to
cut his/her
cake with a
REAL
SAMURAI
SWORD
(with the
instructor’s
help).
Every guest
gets to
BREAK A
REAL
WOODEN
BOARD at the end of the party!
If you would like more
information, please let us know!
You can visit us on
facebook.com/
allstarmartialartsacademy to
view some great Allstar Martial
Arts Academy Birthday Party
pictures. Call or email to
request a party date. 790-5422
Give your child the ULTIMATE
birthday party experience with
an ALLSTAR MARITAL ARTS
ACADEMY BIRTHDAY PARTY!
We will provide you with a fun,
exciting and unique way to
celebrate your child’s birthday.
We lead action-packed martial
arts games, with the birthday
child as the “Assistant
Instructor”. The party guests
have a blast learning how to kick
and punch on the target pads
and bags.
Do you want to have the BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER???
Allstar Martial Arts Students who
show an interest in assisting others,
leading others, and helping others are
invited, by their instructors, to join
the Leadership Team.
This is an invitation only class that
meets once each week on Wednesdays
at 6:20 p.m., where students will
further develop their leadership
skills. Public speaking is a hurdle that
is best overcome at a young age. The
Leadership Class eases the students
into public speaking, and in a short
time, the fear is overcome. As the
student becomes more and more
comfortable in front of a group of
students, he/she learns how to teach
and manage the group. The students
will learn how to properly and
effectively teach a full class of
students.
This step by step training in
Leadership Development benefits
your child throughout his/her
lifetime. Leadership qualities
enhance a student’s character and
serves him/her inside our classroom
and outside of our classroom.
Leadership Team Members are role
models and ambassadors of Allstar
Martial Arts Academy, are always on
their best behavior, and always try
their hardest in everything they do!
Leadership Team, we commend the
hard work and effort you put forth in
your classes each week. Keep up the
great work!
If your child is
interested in
attending the
Leadership Class,
but has not been
invited by Mr.
Lord, please let us
know.
memorization of the correct pattern
movements, and helps them to
become accustomed to shifting
stances, maintaining balance, and
executing moves with power and
force.
The students are taught that the
patterns are a series of movements
that are executed precisely and
forcefully, as if you were defending
yourself against an invisible
attacker. The movements include
rank specific blocks, kicks, and
punches that all are used during
sparring, and all could be used
against any attacker.
The current patterns are:
Beginners—Do San, 24 moves.
(White, Yellow, and Advanced Yellow Belts)
Intermediate—Yul Gok, 38 moves
(Green, Sr. Green, Advanced Green, Sr. Adv.
Green, Blue, Sr. Blue Belts)
Advanced—Hwa Rang, 29 moves
(Adv. Blue, Sr. Adv. Blue, Red, Sr. Red., Adv.
Red., Sr. Adv. Red)
Black Belts — Po Eun, 36 moves
In taekwondo, “patterns” are a
series of rank specific movements
placed together in a certain order.
The purpose of the pattern is to
enable the student to go through
many fundamental movements in a
series, to develop sparring
techniques, improve flexibility of
movements, master body shifting,
build muscles and breath control,
develop fluid and smooth motions,
and gain rhythmical movements.
That’s a mouthful, right? In short,
the pattern helps a student become
proficient in their techniques, helps
to keep their mind sharp through the
great pride in the martial art we are
learning, in our Academy where we
learn, and in the instructor(s) who
teach us. Please do not disrespect
your art, dojang, or instructor, by
arriving to class in a messy, wrinkled,
or too small uniform. Every student is
Every student is a representative of
Allstar Martial Arts Academy. As
representatives of our Academy, we
expect our students to look and act
their best at all times — especially
when wearing an Allstar Martial Arts
Academy Uniform. We all should take
expected to arrive on time, in their
proper uniform, tied up, and belt on.
Please do not expect your instructor
to “fix” up your child for you. If you
need a lesson in tying the belt, let us
know. If you need a new uniform,
they are readily available.
The Allstar Alert
Every Student is a Representative of Allstar Martial Arts Academy
What is a Taekwondo Pattern and Why do we do Them?
Page 3
“A leader is
one who
knows the
way, goes the
way, and
shows the
way.”
John C. Maxwell
Allstar Students are our Future Leaders
The Board Breaking Seminar held on
June 5, 2010 helped students perfect
their breaking techniques. During
each Testing, students break real
wooden boards using a rank specific
technique. Students practice their
breaking techniques during class using
re-breakable practice boards. The
practice boards vary in strength
required to break them. The colors
of the boards correlate to the belt
rank system, in that the white board
is easier to break than the yellow, the
yellow is easier than the green, the
green is easier than the blue...and so
on.
The real wooden boards that the
students are required to break at
their testing, are sized according to
the rank, age, and size of the
student. The wooden boards are no
harder to actually break than the
practice boards the students are
used to breaking in class; however,
the wooden board APPEARS harder to
students and causes some of them to
second guess their confidence level.
This is where the Board Breaking
Seminar comes in especially handy.
During the seminar, students are
provided with 8 real wooden boards
that they are taught to break using
effective techniques, with speed and
precision. This seminar provides
students with so much confidence in
themselves, that the real wood board
will not pose a threat to them on test
day, physically or mentally.
The next Board Breaking Seminar will
be held on Sat., 8-21-10.
Page 4 The Allstar Alert
Board Breaking Seminar Helps Allstar Students Perfect Their Techniques
A group of Allstar students watched
The Karate Kid movie together, on
Sunday, June 13, 2010. Allstar
Martial Arts Academy T-shirts filled
the cinema as moms, dads, and
students watched the movie as a
TEAM and proudly displayed our
school spirit, at Regal Royal Palm
Beach
The movie was fantastic and very
motivating! Seeing other people
performing martial arts, even if it is
in a movie, is a great motivator for
martial arts students.
The movie had a great message, as
well — that martial arts should be
used to build a more peaceful world.
The movie drove home this message
as the main character wins a
tournament against a group of
“bullies” from another martial arts
school.
The Karate Kid movie addressed
another important issue, as well (one
that all Allstar students can
appreciate), which is: There are no
bad students, only bad instructors.
Instructors who teach aggressive,
bullying behavior, only create
students with those same behaviors.
Our instructors teach our students
respect, discipline and self control —
and that martial arts should be used
as a last resort in physically
defending yourself.
This is what sets our students apart
from the rest. Our students are
RESPECTFUL, COURTEOUS, AND
KIND-HEARTED. Allstar Students,
you should give yourself a pat on the
back. You continually do a great job
in the dojang and outside of the
dojang. The respect and discipline
you demonstrate, gets you every bit
of respect and discipline in return —
well deserved!
Patterns are a series of rank
specific movements placed together.
The purpose of the pattern is to
enable the student to go through
many fundamental movements in a
series, to develop sparring
techniques, improve flexibility of
movements, master body shifting,
build muscles and breath control,
develop fluid and smooth motions,
and gain rhythmical movements.
That’s a mouthful, right? In short,
the pattern helps a student become
proficient in their techniques, helps
to keep their mind sharp through the
memorization of the correct pattern
movements, and helps them to
The Allstar Alert
Allstar Martial Arts Academy Students
A large group watched The Karate Kid movie together
at Regal Royal Palm Beach Cinemas on June 13, 2010.
Page 5
Allstar Martial Arts Movie Day—a “HIT” at The Karate Kid Movie
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The Allstar Alert Page 7
Congratulations to All Students who Tested Recently, and Earned New Rank
Congratulations, Allstar Students, on
earning your new rank!!! Everyone
proudly and confidently demonstrated
their knowledge and techniques at the
recent Testing Ceremonies.
It is quite an accomplishment to earn
a new rank in martial arts! This is
your reward for working hard and
trying your
best in
taekwondo
class! You are
now one step
close to your
BLACK BELT!
Keep up the
GREAT work!
Remember, you should save
each and every one of your
belts!!! Display them proudly
in a belt rack! We have a
great looking belt rack at the
studio that will keep all of
your belts safe and on
display. Check it out, on our
display rack and let us know
if you would like one.
The Journey has Just Begun for these NEW BLACK BELTS!
Earning a Black Belt in martial arts is
a HUGE accomplishment! It takes
effort, perseverance, integrity and
indomitable spirit to get to the point
where you are ready to prove yourself
worthy of a BLACK BELT.
The Black Belt is just the beginning
of the journey to perfecting your
techniques and really proving yourself
as a martial artist. There are 9
degrees (dans) that can be earned by
a Black Belt. Upon receiving your
Black Belt, you have earned your first
degree (dan). Perfection is key, as
you advance in black belt degrees.
The patterns, self defense and
sparring become more difficult and
technical, and you, as a Black Belt,
must rise to the challenge.
These hard-working students have
earned their black belts and are on
the road to training for their next
degree, with pride and honor:
Julia Cesare, Brendan
Kasper, Shane Drayson and
Andrew Weinstein.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Allstar Martial Arts Academy
Summer Camp has begun! We have
two sessions left and a few spaces
available in each one.
Anyone is welcome to attend our
camp, between the ages of 5 and 12.
During the camp, the campers take
part in non-stop martial arts action.
Martial arts games, drills, and skills
fill the day, and it flies by!
Available Sessions:
July 12-16 9:30-1:30pm
August 9-13 9:30-1:30pm
Session
Fee—$120,
Sibling fee
$60.
Each day a
different
theme is
covered—
bully
awareness and self defense,
bag and pad skills (kicks and
punches), weapons
(nunchucks—foam padded),
board breaking, etc.
Call, email, or stop by to
register for camp!
The Allstar Alert
KIDS KORNER
Page 8
Allstar Summer Camp is FUN, FUN, FUN
Have fun coloring in these taekwondo guys!What color are their belts going to be?
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