A Few Updates…

Posted on December 16, 2016

First of all, congratulations to all our hard-working students who passed their belt promotion tests last night — great effort by everyone!

Please take a minute to check the lost and found to see if anything is yours. We’ve had a lot of things left over the last few months that haven’t been claimed, including a large number of sweatshirts, jackets, gloves, hats, water bottles, and a few pairs of glasses and pieces of jewelry (see the front desk for the last two). Everything else is set out on a table next to the front desk.

Just a reminder for Brown and Black Belts: we’ll have a Super Sunday this weekend — Sunday 12/18 from 5-6:30pm. If you haven’t already, please let me know if you plan to attend.

We still have MPK hats and a couple of logo hoodies available (Hoodies size M and L). Please email me (mpkstudio@karatedeforest.com) or see the front desk if you’re interested.

We had a last minute addition to our fundraising items. We have 9 cute handmade fleece scarves that were donated that are for sale for $8 each. There are several different colors/patterns, and Bob is modeling one below — see the front desk if you’re interested in one. Tickets for the quilt drawing are also still available if you want to get in on that. Drawing will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 20.

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Fundraising Gifts! Perfect…

Posted on December 9, 2016

Hi MPK Families! Just in time for the holidays we have a great opportunity for you to make a difference in our karate community. Most of you are aware of Little Kicker Maddie Feldman’s battle with a brain tumor. She’s doing well, but she and her family still have a long road ahead, and we’ve had some great items handmade and donated for a fundraiser by our fabulous Black Belt, Becky Godat.

We have 13 adorable handmade sock monkeys available for adoption for $15 each on a first-come-first-served basis. They’re keeping us company at the front desk until they find their forever homes, so stop in and take a look!

We also have a gorgeous, handmade, one-of-a-kind MPK quilt (65″ x 48″) in red, black and gray with the MPK logo available in a sweepstakes drawing.

You can get a quilt entry ticket at the front desk with a suggested donation of $5 per ticket, and we’ll draw the winner on Tuesday night, December 20.

Pictures of both items are attached and we’ll have quilt tickets and sock monkeys available beginning this Saturday morning and during regular class times.

Thank you all for the support you’ve shown Maddie and her family as they face this challenge — we’re privileged to have such great families in our program!

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A+ After School Dates for December

Posted on November 28, 2016

Here’s what’s happening in December… important dates to note:

12/3 – DAHS Craft Fair at YES – 9:00am – 3pm
12/5 – Early Release Day at School* (see below)
12/8 – DAHS Winter Choir Concert, PAC – 7pm
12/12 – DAHS Winter Band Concert, PAC – 7pm
12/13 – DAMS 8th Gr. Band/Choir concert w/Jazz Band, PAC 7pm
12/15 – YES, 3rd grade music program, PAC – 7pm
12/15 – MES Music program, grade: K-4, PAC – 6:30pm
12/19 – DAMS – 6/7 Band/Choir concert, PAC (6th grade: 6pm, 7th grade: 7:45pm)
12/23 – 12/31 – NO SCHOOL – WINTER BREAK

*Monday 12/5 is early release day at school. We will be ringing bells again this year for Salvation Army next door at Pick-N-Save from 2-4pm. We’ve done it the past few years and kids love it. We’ll put kids into small groups of little kickers and juniors mixed, ringing bells and singing Christmas songs, rotating groups every 15 minutes so everyone gets a chance to participate. Once they are done ringing bells, they will come back over to MPK and take class regular class. If a child doesn’t want to participate, they’ll stay at MPK and take class.

Monthly Flex payment families: Please watch for an email from me letting you know what you owe for December. It’s a smaller amount, since there’s only three weeks.

Updates Through December

Posted on November 17, 2016

After a fantastic fall, the holiday season is nearly here. So here’s an update with all that’s coming up:

➤ NINJA NIGHT – Both sessions of our Ninja Night this Saturday Nov 19 to benefit Maddie Feldman are filling up, but we still have slots available if you haven’t signed up yet. Ages 4-8 are from 2-5 pm and ages 9 and up are at 6-9 pm. You can sign up at the front desk this week or email me with names and ages of the kids, and I’ll add you.

➤ LOGO GEAR – Our Hoodie samples are out, and the order form is at the front desk. If you’d like to order either adult or youth logo hoodies, please sign up no later than Monday, Nov. 21, so we have time to get them stitched. We also have hats, headbands, key chains, string backpacks, uniforms, and other accessories in stock or available for order if you’re looking for gift ideas.

➤ TESTING – Our next test is coming up in December. Because the normal Saturday date falls at a really busy time, this test will be on Wednesday night, Dec. 14.

  • Little Kickers testing for Gold through Green Belts will test at 5pm.
  • All adults and juniors and Little Kickers testing for Purple Belt and up will start at 5:30pm.

➤ SUPER SUNDAY – We’ve added a Super Sunday this weekend, Nov. 20 for 1st and 2nd Degree candidates. Adult Red Belts are also invited to this session. It will run from 5-6:30 pm and is a great opportunity for some extra training.

➤ HOLIDAY SCHEDULE:

  • Regular classes through Wednesday, Nov 23
  • Closed for Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Nov 24 and 25
  • Saturday, Nov. 26 will have Total Fitness Training at 8am, but no regular classes. We will, however, have an open gym from 9-10:30am. Come with a plan to work independently on your curriculum material
  • Closed Saturday, Dec 24 through Monday, Dec 26 for Christmas
  • Regular classes T-Th, Dec 27-29
  • Sat, Dec 31 – to be announced
  • Regular classes resume Monday, Jan 2

MPK Logo Gear for the Holidays

Posted on November 9, 2016

It’s that time of year again – we’re getting MPK gear just in time for holiday gift-giving. We’ll have MPK logo sweatshirts & hats, as well as string backpacks, belt rank key chains, and belt rank headbands (see below for pictures).

We’ll be special ordering the sweatshirts, so place your order at the front desk by November 23rd. We’ll have samples available in the studio soon. Hats and the other items are in stock now if you’d like to check them out.

If you’re interested in weapons, belt displays, or other items from the Century catalog, we’ll be placing an order before the end of the month. See the front desk for pricing and to order items from the catalog.

We also have uniforms and sparring gear in stock… is it time to upgrade?

  • Regular student uniforms in both black and white ($35)
  • Black/white (Gold-Green Belt) and black/red (Purple and higher) v-neck team uniforms ($59)
  • Kids bundle sparring package – $155
  • Adult bundle sparring package – $125
  • Bag gloves – $25

All sparring items are also available individually with most items in stock in red and black. Other colors can be special ordered.

unnamed sweatshirt2Sport Tek Hoodie is black with red accents and will have a large embroidered logo on the front.
Adult sizes S-XXXL: $45 Youth sizes S-L: $42

winterhatBlack, white, and red Beanie Hat fits most sizes: $15

headbandsBelt rank Headbands available in Gold through Black Belt: $5

keychainsBelt rank Key Chains available in Gold through Black Belt: $4

stringbackpacksRed String Backpacks: $10

Halloween Reminder & Notes for November

Posted on October 25, 2016

Monday is Halloween so we just wanted to remind everyone that we will have our A+ After School program as we always do. However, there will be NO evening classes on Halloween.

Trick-or-Treating in DeForest is from 5-7pm. Happy Halloween!

Here are some dates to keep in mind for NOVEMBER:
Monday 11/7 – NO SCHOOL – Parent Teacher Conference
Tuesday 11/15 – WES – Family Science Night – 6pm

THANKSGIVING DATES:
Wednesday 11/23 – NO SCHOOL
Thursday 11/24 – NO SCHOOL
Friday 11/25 – NO SCHOOL