April Newsletter

Easter Schedule

We will be closed from Friday, April 6^th to Monday, April 9^th, we will re-open on Tuesday, April 10^th.

Student of the month

This month’s Student of the Month Award goes to Quincy Rodway for winning Gold in every tournament he entered in March. Quincy won 3 Gold Medals last month! So this makes him the best student for April’s Student of the Month Award. If you happen to see him in the club please wish him congratulations. His picture will be on the front window of the Martial Arts room at the club.

Testing

In April we will have the following test dates. April 21^st, 1-4pm, April 25^th, 6-9pm.

Tournaments

May 5^th-Calgary, Calgary TKD Academy Open.

Summer Camps

THEY ARE STARTING TO FILL UP! BONUS- We have extended the Early Bird price to April 14^th.Our first Summer Camp in July is practically full and most of the others are half full. So if there are any particular weeks you are interested you really need to book as soon as possible. Every Summer our camps are enjoyed by a large number of children. Last year almost 120 children took part in 6 of our best camps yet! We were able to go Lake Sundance over 25 times! This year we will have 4 regular summer camps open all children ages 5-14, and 2 specialty camps ages 8-15 (Black Belt & Sparring). Our full-day camps are jammed packed with activities for the children. We do Martial Arts in the morning, and play a variety of sports and games in the afternoons. Every nice day we go to Lake Sundance where we have full access to all the facilities and boats. Master Thibault has over 16 years of boating experience (Canoe's, Rowboats, Kayaks & Paddle Boats) and will be in every boat the children will be in. There will be no unsupervised boating of any kind. Master Thibault instructs all the camps, and has the assistance of at least 2 other Senior Black Belt Instructors. Since we actually do 15 martial arts classes in one week the lower belts often have the opportunity to test at the end of the week.

The regular camps will take place on the following dates:

Dates: July 9-13th, 16-20th, 23rd-27th, and August 13-17th
Location: Fishcreek Sports Club
Times: 9 AM-4PM
-Parents wishing an early drop-off time or a later pick-up time please speak with Master Thibault so arrangements can be made.
Costs:
Pricing for members for all camps: $139 before March 31st,$159 after that. Additional family members are $99 before April 14^th, $119 after that. Non-members $179 before April 14^th, 199 after that - this includes free uniform. Additional family members are $129 before April 14^th, $149 after that with a free uniform as well. Ages & Ranks: 6-14 years of age, all belt levels.
Promotion Test Fees: Are not covered by the Summer Camp Fees.

Deposit to secure your spot: 50% deposit is required to hold your spot.

BLACK BELT SUMMER CAMP!

We are creating a summer camp just for Black Belts that will run from July 30th-August 3rd. This camp will focus on advanced techniques for Black Belts; weapons, self-defense, kicking, striking, blocking, patterns and sparring. The cost of the camp will be $139 + GST, and is open to all Junior Black Belts and Black Stripe Students 8-14 years of age. This camp will focus only on higher level techniques designed to learn the elite level martial arts. We will be accepting non-Black Belt students in this camp as well.

SPARRING CAMP!

The Sparring Camp will take place in the last week of August (23^rd – 27^th), and will be open to all Raptors and students thinking of joining the Raptors in the Fall. This camp we focus on sparring and sparring techniques, higher levels of strategies and superior fitness and coordination. We will include in-depth analysis and formulated action plans so students can develop their sparring abilities to National and International skill levels. The cost of this camp will be $139 + GST. We will be accepting non-sparring students in this camp as well.

We have finalized the dates of our summer camps and are taking deposit starting March 2^nd. Our Summer Camps were over Sold-out last year with almost 120 students attending the 6 camps we held. We do martial arts in the mornings and then we go to Lake Sundance in the afternoon.

The days of the camps are as follows;

regular camps July 9-13th, 16-20th, 23rd-27th, and August 13-17th. Black Belt Camp July 30th-August 3rd, Sparring Camp 20th-24th. Both of the specialty camps will have space for regular students. Pricing for members for all camps: $139 before March 31st,$159 after that. Additional family members $99 before March 31st $119 after that. Non-members $179 before March 31st $199 after that includes free uniform. Additional family members $129 before March 31st $149 after that. The big addition to the camps is the inclusion of many more scheduled activities during the afternoon including many more fun activities both for the lake and for the club. 50% deposit is required to hold their spot. The balance of all the camps must be paid by May 31st for July and June 15th for August.

Movie & Pizza night

We have had to post-pone our Movie & Pizza until May 12^thbecause Master Thibault has to be in Edmonton for a WTF Canada Coaching Seminar. Our Movie and Pizza nights have always been our most popular event.  To start the evening will we watch a children’s martial arts movie and then we play a variety of games for prizes. We gave away over $400.00 in prizes last time. We also give away several door prizes. The cost is $15.00 per child and includes 3 slices of pizza and 3 juice boxes. The movie will be shown on a 300 inch HD Projector with surround sound. Prizes will include new Black Collar uniform, Taekwondo gym bags, targets, badges and many more.

It is important, when you reserve your spot(s), to please let us know if your children will be eating either Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza.

Here are the rest of the particulars:

Date- May 12^th

Time- 2:45-6:30

Pick-up Time- No later than 7pm

Place- Fishcreek Sports Club, Court 7 and the Studios Group Martial Arts Studio

Age- 5-12yrs

Taking names from April 10^th

Hi Everyone,

A couple quick reminders:

Testing: Wednesday, March 21st 6-9pm. Saturday, March 31st 12-2pm.

Women's Self Defense: Wednesday, March 28th 8-9:30pm. Is free and open to all females aged 12 years of age and up. Please register by email no later then March 26th.

Summer Camps: March 31st is the deadline for the early bird price for the Summer Camps. There is space in all the camps as they are about 1/3 full right now.

I needed to point out that there was an error in the March Newsletter. The Women's Self-defense Seminar is scheduled for March 28th and not the 21st as was originally written in the newsletter.

Also, please note that all those who register for the Summer Camps in March receive a discount. The Summer Camps we offer are listed below.

Summer Camps

Every summer our camps are enjoyed by a large number of children. Last year almost 120 children took part in 6 of our best camps yet! We were able to go Lake Sundance over 25 times! This year we will have 4 regular summer camps open all children ages 5-14, and 2 specialty camps ages 8-15 (Black Belt & Sparring). Our full-day camps are jammed packed with activities for the children. We do Martial Arts in the morning, and play a variety of sports and games in the afternoons. Every nice day we go to Lake Sundance where we have full access to all the facilities and boats. Master Thibault has over 16 years of boating experience (Canoe's, Rowboats, Kayaks & Paddle Boats) and will be in every boat the children will be in. There will be no unsupervised boating of any kind. Master Thibault instructs all the camps, and has the assistance of at least 2 other Senior Black Belt Instructors. Since we actually do 15 martial arts classes in one week the lower belts often have the opportunity to test at the end of the week. The big addition to the camps is the inclusion of many more scheduled activities during the afternoon including many more fun activities both for the lake and for the club.

The regular camps will take place on the following dates:

Dates: July 9-13th, 16-20th, 23rd-27th, and August 13-17th
Location: Fishcreek Sports Club
Times:  9 AM-4PM
-Parents wishing an early drop-off time or a later pick-up time please speak with Master Thibault so arrangements can be made.
Costs:
-Pricing for members for all camps: $139 before March 31st,$159 after that. Additional family members $99 before March 31st $119 after that.

-Non-members $179 before March 31st $199 after that - this includes free uniform. Additional family members $129 before March 31st $149 after that with a free uniform as well.

-Ages & Ranks: 6-14 years of age, all belt levels.
-Promotion Test Fees: Are not covered by the Summer Camp Fees.

-Deposit to secure your spot: 50% deposit is required to hold your spot.

-The balance of all the camps must be paid by May 31st for July and June 15th for August.

BLACK BELT SUMMER CAMP!

We are creating a summer camp just for Black Belts that will run from July 30th-August 3rd. This camp will focus on advanced techniques for Black Belts; weapons, self-defense, kicking, striking, blocking, patterns and sparring. The cost of the camp will be $139 + GST, and is open to all Junior Black Belts and Black Stripe Students 8-14 years of age. This camp will focus only on higher level techniques designed to learn the elite level martial arts. We will be accepting non-Black Belt students in this camp as well.

SPARRING CAMP!

The Sparring Camp will take place in the last week of August (23^rd – 27^th), and will be open to all Raptors and students thinking of joining the Raptors in the Fall. This camp we focus on sparring and sparring techniques, higher levels of strategies and superior fitness and coordination. We will include in-depth analysis and formulated action plans so students can develop their sparring abilities to National and International skill levels. The cost of this camp will be $139 + GST. We will be accepting non-sparring students in this camp as well.

We have finalized the dates of our summer camps and are taking deposit starting March 2^nd. Our Summer Camps were over Sold-out last year with almost 120 students attending the 6 camps we held. We do martial arts in the mornings and then we go to Lake Sundance in the afternoon.

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to give you the heads up. Over the past weekend in Red Deer at the Adam's Invitational Tournament, our 5 competitors all won Gold! We were a perfect 9-0 in our matches. Here are the competitors: Dylan Lassaline, Aidan Lassaline, D.J. Nicholson, Braden Marks, and Riley Zuber. Aidan also won a bronze for his pattern as well.

Also want to remind everyone because of Master Thibault's hectic schedule this month there are only 2 testing days. This Saturday March 17th, 1-4pm and Wednesday March 21st 6-9pm.

Please register as soon as possible because space is limited.

March Newsletter

Student of the month

This month’s Student of the Month Award goes to Alex Lerch for receiving 95% on his Blue Belt Test. If he had been a lower belt he would have skipped a belt level. Regardless, he still was the best student for March’s Student of the Month Award. If you happen to see him in the club please wish him congratulations. His picture will be on the front window of the Martial Arts room at the club.

Testing

In March we will have the following test dates. March 3^rd, 1-4pm, March 17^th 1-4pm, and March 21^st 6-9pm .

Tournaments

March 10^th-Red Deer, March 24^th-Provincials in Edmonton, and March 31^st-Calgary

Summer Camps

Every summer our camps are enjoyed by a large number of children. Last year almost 120 children took part in 6 of our best camps yet! We were able to go Lake Sundance over 25 times! This year we will have 4 regular summer camps open all children ages 5-14, and 2 specialty camps ages 8-15 (Black Belt & Sparring). Our full-day camps are jammed packed with activities for the children. We do Martial Arts in the morning, and play a variety of sports and games in the afternoons. Every nice day we go to Lake Sundance where we have full access to all the facilities and boats. Master Thibault has over 16 years of boating experience (Canoe's, Rowboats, Kayaks & Paddle Boats) and will be in every boat the children will be in. There will be no unsupervised boating of any kind. Master Thibault instructs all the camps, and has the assistance of at least 2 other Senior Black Belt Instructors. Since we actually do 15 martial arts classes in one week the lower belts often have the opportunity to test at the end of the week.

The regular camps will take place on the following dates:

Dates: July 9-13th, 16-20th, 23rd-27th, and August 13-17th
Location: Fishcreek Sports Club
Times: 9 AM-4PM
-Parents wishing an early drop-off time or a later pick-up time please speak with Master Thibault so arrangements can be made.
Costs:
Pricing for members for all camps: $139 before March 31st,$159 after that. Additional family members $99 before March 31st $119 after that. Non-members $179 before March 31st $199 after that - this includes free uniform. Additional family members $129 before March 31st $149 after that with a free uniform as well. Ages & Ranks: 6-14 years of age, all belt levels.
Promotion Test Fees: Are not covered by the Summer Camp Fees.

Deposit to secure your spot: 50% deposit is required to hold your spot.

BLACK BELT SUMMER CAMP!

We are creating a summer camp just for Black Belts that will run from July 30th-August 3rd. This camp will focus on advanced techniques for Black Belts; weapons, self-defense, kicking, striking, blocking, patterns and sparring. The cost of the camp will be $139 + GST, and is open to all Junior Black Belts and Black Stripe Students 8-14 years of age. This camp will focus only on higher level techniques designed to learn the elite level martial arts. We will be accepting non-Black Belt students in this camp as well.

SPARRING CAMP!

The Sparring Camp will take place in the last week of August (23^rd – 27^th), and will be open to all Raptors and students thinking of joining the Raptors in the Fall. This camp we focus on sparring and sparring techniques, higher levels of strategies and superior fitness and coordination. We will include in-depth analysis and formulated action plans so students can develop their sparring abilities to National and International skill levels. The cost of this camp will be $139 + GST. We will be accepting non-sparring students in this camp as well.

We have finalized the dates of our summer camps and are taking deposit starting March 2^nd. Our Summer Camps were over Sold-out last year with almost 120 students attending the 6 camps we held. We do martial arts in the mornings and then we go to Lake Sundance in the afternoon.

The days of the camps are as follows;

regular camps July 9-13th, 16-20th, 23rd-27th, and August 13-17th. Black Belt Camp July 30th-August 3rd, Sparring Camp 20th-24th. Both of the specialty camps will have space for regular students. Pricing for members for all camps: $139 before March 31st,$159 after that. Additional family members $99 before March 31st $119 after that. Non-members $179 before March 31st $199 after that includes free uniform. Additional family members $129 before March 31st $149 after that. The big addition to the camps is the inclusion of many more scheduled activities during the afternoon including many more fun activities both for the lake and for the club. 50% deposit is required to hold their spot. The balance of all the camps must be paid by May 31st for July and June 15th for August.

Women’s Self-defense

This seminar is Free and available to all female students 11 years of age and up. The seminar focuses a providing girls and women basic and strong self-defense techniques. Here’s the date and time: March 21^st 8pm-9:30. You need to register with M.T. by March 19^th.

Movie & Pizza night

In April we will have another Movie and Pizza night. Our Movie and Pizza nights have always been our most popular event. To start the evening will we watch a children’s martial arts movie and then we play a variety of games for prizes. We gave away over $400.00 in prizes last time. We also give away several door prizes. The cost is $15.00 per child and includes 3 slices of pizza and 3 juice boxes. The movie will be shown on a 300 inch HD Projector with surround sound. Prizes will include new Black Collar uniform, Taekwondo gym bags, targets, badges and many more.

It is important, when you reserve your spot(s), to please let us know if your children will be eating either Cheese or Pepperoni Pizza.

Here are the rest of the particulars:

Date- April 28th

Time- 2:45-6:30

Pick-up Time- No later than 7pm

Place- Fishcreek Sports Club, Court 7 and the Studios Group Martial Arts Studio

Age- 5-12yrs