Here is an invitation to an awesome training camp being held on December 30 at MPK Deforest.

It’s a one day camp for ages 8 and up. We will work on two weapons, the Bo and the Nunchaku, as well as spend about an hour and a half on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

We will serve snacks and lunch. MPK will provide the weapons and training.

Cost $75 for the day of training and lunch. ($10 discount for second family member)

Space will be limited so sign up soon.
NO weapon experience is necessary. Invite a friend!

Sign up at the front desk.

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We hope you are all enjoying the fall weather and getting ready for cooler days. Classes have been very busy and exciting with a great mix of new and current students making their toward testing.

As many of you have already gotten striped, here is a brief description of what we are doing and why. All students will earn 5 colored stripes. Each stripe represents part of the information they need to graduate to their next belt.

You may start earning stripes as a Little Kicker as soon as you have earned your black stripe belt.

As a Junior-Adult student you may earn stripes as soon as 25 classes. You may ask to be tested for your stripe as long as you feel you know your information. It’s sort of a mini test. Instructors may also ask a student to test if they feel they are prepared to do so. You may sign up for stripe testing on Saturday Mornings. You may test for 1 or 2 sections of your requirements depending on your rank and how many students are signed up that day.

Advanced students will have more information to cover. Once you have all your 5 stripes you are then eligible for promoting to your next belt at the next scheduled test.

Also, we are going to be updating our method payment processing in the near future. If you are currently part of automated payments via your credit card, please stop at the counter to arrange for payment with check or cash until the transition to the new our new system is complete. Thank you!

Hope you’re all staying cool with this end-of-summer heat wave, we’ll keep the AC crankin’ in the studio!

Here are some notes for the beginning of September.

— No classes Labor Day weekend. Saturday the 31st and Monday the 2nd we will be closed.

—Leadership Team and Hyper Pro Team Training signup sheets are at the front desk. We will be learning the Kama. If you are planning to participate you will need to sign the Team Sheet as well as order your weapon on the Kama order sheet. Both are at the front desk. We will be placing an order for weapons by next Wednesday (9/4). Cost for the four month rotation is $75. You can pay in-studio or pay online (select “Martial Arts Classes” from dropdown, and choose Leadership Team for the number of students you are signing up).

—BJJ Classes will start on Tuesday, September 3, at 7 pm. Ages 13 and up. Any one interested in taking these classes should contact Mr. Armstrong.

—Uniforms that have been screen printed are on the table at the front of the studio. Please collect yours if you have not yet done so.

— Beginning Sept. 4 full uniforms are to be worn. You may wear MPK t-shirts to any Tuesday or Saturday. For all other classes and tests full uniforms are required.

We will be offering Brazilian Jiu Jitsu beginning this fall. Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is an exciting art which teaches students the art of grappling and working from the ground.

We will be hosting a seminar on Sunday, August 25, from 5-7 pm to get things started. Seminar cost is $20 and will introduce you to what our BJJ curriculum will be like.

Ages for this system are 13 and up with instructor approval.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm.

Cost for MPK students is $80 for a 4-month session. Sign up at the front desk if you plan to attend.

This is Relay for Life weekend. MPK will be performing a demo at about 7:30 pm on Saturday evening. We would like to invite everyone down to participate with us to show your support for the Relay and the fight against cancer.

The demonstration should take about 30-45 minutes total. Every belt rank will have something they can show as part of the demo. We will also select a few students to show individual skills or forms.
Please arrive at the DeForest High School by 6 pm for a group practice.

Any questions please let me know!

— Tony

After the Relay for Life Kick-a-thon Wednesday July 17, we’ll have our regularly scheduled classes, in case you were wondering. Learn more about the Kick-a-thon here.

Also, this Saturday morning July 20, we will be hosting another Black Belt test at 10:00 am. We will still have Leadership and Hyper Training at 9:00 am.

Looking ahead to Labor Day Weekend, we will not have class on Saturday, Aug. 31 or on Labor Day, Sept. 2…