Hard to believe the summer is almost over! We’ve had a lot going on and more events coming up as summer draws nearer to a close.
First of all, a big congratulations to our newest First Degree Black Belts. We had 10 promotions on our July 18th test with 10 candidates who gave their best effort. Nice job Allison Jacobsen, Opal Lawrence, Harlan McKay, Dru Peirce, Carly Zawlocki, Ian Watson, Alexander Armstrong, Jay Franz, Madison Camilleri, and Zak Nowakowski! If any of you have a great group picture from the test, can you please share it? We’d like to get it into the newspaper.
For those of you who participated in our 20th Anniversary Open House — thank you very much for helping make the day such a success! We had a great turn out of current students, past students, and new students, a lot of great demos, and a ton of hot dogs. Our outstanding families are what make MPK a great place to be, and I appreciate all you do to help and contribute.
We have testing for colored belts coming up next week, August 10-14. For those of you who have all your classes and stripes and plan to test, here is the schedule:
- No regular classes next week except for Sparring on Tuesday and Little Kicker class on Thursday. All other time slots are for testing only.
- Monday — Testing for all ranks at normal class times.
- Tuesday — Mandatory sparring for blue belts and higher who are testing.
- Wednesday — Little Kicker testing at 5:00. All other ranks begin testing at 5:30.
- Thursday — Regular LK class at 5:00. Make up testing for Intermediates and Advanced during regular class times.
- Friday — Graduation for all ranks and ages beginning at 6:00 pm.
Super Saturday is this Saturday, August 8 for all Black and Brown Belts. Come on in and get your advanced training in at 10:30.
We’ll be holding a women’s self defense seminar in August. This is appropriate for ages 13 and older and is a great opportunity for girls starting high school or heading off to college in addition to those who just want to learn skills to stay safe. Details on dates and costs will follow soon – bring a friend!
Registration for our A+ After School Martial Arts program is in full swing. If you still need to enroll or would like additional information, please stop in during our normal hours or send us an email, and we’ll contact you.