As a reminder, there is no School next Monday, January 21 (Martin Luther King Day), and also no After School Program. Evening classes will be taking place as normal and you’re more than welcome to come take class.

Little Kickers (age: 5-7)
5:00-5:30pm

Juniors (age: 8-13)
5:30-6:00pm

Junior Leadership (Bo staff)
6-6:30pm

Full Time and Part Time Students:
**Next Wednesday, 23rd, we have a “half” day of School. We have an opportunity to go over to Jump Around Gymnastics here in town. If you would like your child to participate at Jump Around, it will cost $3 per person and you will need to sign a risk waiver and turn it in ASAP so we have an accurate head count.

If you are Part Time and Wednesday does not fall on your regular date of attendance and would like to attend next Wednesday’s half day, you can add this day for $32 per person.

Thank you!

Hope everyone continues to have a great holiday. I also hope you have enjoyed the piles of snow!

We are open the rest of this week for regular classes. We are closed on December 31 and on January 1.

After New Year’s we’re back to normal from that point on. See you all in class!

I hope everyone is enjoying the Holiday season!

The studio has a been a busy place with the A+ After School Program, Evening Karate, as well as Total Fitness Training.

We are having our Annual Sweatshirt Sale. There are black & white and red & white to choose from… Hoodies are $35 for youth sizes and $37 for adult sizes. We also have long sleeve black tech shirts this year. They are $18 and are great for working out or to layer under your regular gear. We also have some awesome polos in red or black. These are snag resistant and great quality shirts for $40. Sizes and quantities are limited so check out the gear this week. Great gift ideas.

Other martial arts gift ideas are uniforms, sparring gear, t-shirts, or a new weapon for our Leadership Team students.

If there is any thing you need or want that we need to order, please do so this week (by Friday, Dec. 14) to be sure we can get it shipped in time for the holidays.

The “Spirit” jar is full! The Spirit jar is what A+ After School students have been filling with a colored gem when their card is blue or green. Now that the jar is full, the reward is here!

A movie and snacks the reward for all A+ After School students (full- or part-time) on Friday, Dec. 7. There is a sign up sheet on the counter, please fill in your child’s name and either “YES” or “NO” for if your child will attend. Thank you!

When: Friday, December 7, 2012
Where: MPK
Time: Right after school (3:30 – 5:30)
Pickup: 5:30 for everyone (little kickers and juniors)

We will be starting another fun rotation of Leadership Team Training. By popular demand we bringing back the Bo as our training weapon on this rotation. If you have not tried the bo before now is the time to five it a whirl! If you have not participated in our Leadership Team training before I will attach some info regarding the purpose of Leadership Team Training.

To kick off this off this rotation we will be hosting a seminar with Todd Anderson Sensei. Wisconsin Representative (MKKI) Matayoshi Kobudo Kodokan International on Saturday, Nov. 10 at 9:30am.

Everyone is welcome to participate in the seminar (click below) as we will be introducing traditional bo training to our group. This is new information for everyone, so even if you have some experience, there will be fresh and interesting skills to master. Please sign up at the counter to for both the Leadership Team and for the Seminar so we can get a head count. We also will need to order bos for those of you who do not have one.

View Leadership Teambo flyer

For more information about Leadership Team and an enrollment link, click here.

This is the schedule for this week’s testing and graduation (Oct 15-18). If you are not testing this week you may still attend class with your regular belt rank group. Please keep in mind we have split the groups by rank — not by age — for testing. Students may schedule make-up time on Tuesday by contacting Mr. Armstrong or Mrs. Taylor ahead of time.

Please be on time for your test and be in full uniform. Test fees and permission slips are due before graduation of Thursday.