April Newsletter
Easter Schedule
We will be closed from Friday, April 6th to Monday, April 9th, we will re-open on Tuesday, April 10th.
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 21st, 1-4pm, April 25th, 6-9pm.
Tournaments
May 5th-Calgary, Calgary TKD Academy Open.
Summer Camps
THEY ARE STARTING TO FILL UP! BONUS- We have extended the Early Bird price to April 14th.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 14th, $119 after that. Non-members $179 before April 14th, 199 after that - this includes free uniform. Additional family members are $129 before April 14th, $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 (23rd – 27th), 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 2nd. 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 12thbecause 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 12th
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 10th
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
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.
In March we will have the following test dates. March 3rd, 1-4pm, March 17th 1-4pm, and March 21st 6-9pm .
March 10th-Red Deer, March 24th-Provincials in Edmonton, and March 31st-Calgary
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.
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.
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 21st 8pm-9:30. You need to register with M.T. by March 19th.
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.
Date- April 28th
Hi Everyone,
I wanted to quickly fill everyone in on a few things.
1) Testing this week will be on Friday 5pm and Saturday 1pm. Remember you have to book and pay for the testing prior to the test date. Next Dates will be Wednesday, February 23rd at 6pm and Saturday, February 25th at 1pm.
2) We will be attending the D.K. Chun Memorial Tournament on February 18th in Edmonton.
3) We will be closed from February 17th until February 20th for the Family Day Long-weekend.
4)We will have all the Child Sport tax receipts out by the weekend.
5) Class change reminders: The Tuesday and Thursday Youth and Adult Classes now run from 8-9pm. The warm-up will start in the racquetball court #7. Raptors classes will now run from 7-8:20pm.
6) Extra Lil' Dragon class: we are still waiting to hear from all of the Lil Dragon families to see if anyone is interested in attending a Thursday 5:15-6pm class.
Studios Group Martial Arts Calgary March 2010 Newsletter
Spring is coming up fast! As usual we have a very busy month for us. We will be attending an 3 tournaments, starting our Intermediate Women’s Self-defense, preparing for our Open Invitational Tournament, We’ve started accepting deposits for our Summer Camps, and We have to name this month’s Student of the month. FEBRUARY RE-CAP! In our latest session of women’s self-defense, 10 more women successfully past the course and are anxious for the Intermediate session to start. Mason Depatie was last month’s Student of the Month! Our Pot-luck Party was an awesome time with over 75 people enjoying the great food and games. At the Edmonton Tournament we continued our winning ways with our 3 students winning 1 Gold and 2 Bronzes. We also have already signed-up over 15 children for our Summer Camps.
STUDENT OF THE MONTH March's “Student of the Month” award goes to Riley Zuber. Riley is this month’s Student of the Month because of his continued success and dedication as a Raptor. Riley won again last month at the D.K. Chun Memorial Tournament in Edmonton. Riley struggled for a while at the Black Belt level, but over the last year and half has really won more than 80% of his tournaments and is well on his way to become National Champion someday, and for these reasons we congratulate Riley Zuber! TOURNAMENTS If you haven’t heard the big news yet the Raptor Society and SGMA are hosting our first Open Invitational Tournament on April 24th at the South Fishcreek Recreational Center. We are hosting the tournament to raise funds for both our competitors and the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. We are the first Taekwondo School to ever do such a thing! We have invited 55 schools across Alberta and expect an excellent turn-out. So, we need your help! We have a very important meeting planned for Thursday, March 11th 7-8PM at the club. We want all the Parents and Adult students to please attend. We need volunteers and competitors! We will be sending information regularly to all the students as it comes up. In March we will be attending 3 Tournaments. On March 6th we will attend Master Chan Lee’s Invitational Tournament in Calgary, on March 20th we will attend the Senior Provincials in Edmonton, and lastly on March 27th we will be attending the Victory Martial Arts Tournament in Calgary. Here are the complete results for the D.K Chun Memorial Tournament held in Edmonton February 6th:
So far we have won a total of 45 out of a possible 46 medals (98%), and won the 25 out of 39 (64%) of the highest medals we were able to win! We continue to do this with new competitors! We are always looking for new students to join our Raptor’s program. Students can join at any time, and students will be placed in tournaments at levels where they will be successful regardless of their current belt level. Training to be a Raptor dramatically increases the student’s speed, strength, timing, techniques, confidence and athleticism. The program is open to all students Yellow Belt and Higher or on Master Thibault’s recommendations. Raptors train to compete in tournaments for Sparring and Patterns. SUMMERCAMPS Every summer our camps are enjoyed by a large number of children. Last year over 50 children took part in 4 in our best camps yet! We were able to go Lake Midnapore over 15 times! The demand is already high, so this year we are going to have 5 Summer Camps! 3 regular summer camps open all children ages 5-13, 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 Midnapore where we have full access to all the facilities and boats. Master Thibault has over 15 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 1 other Senior Black Belt Instructor. 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: The specialty will be Black Belt camp () and a Sparring Camp August 23rd - 27th. Dates: July 12th-16th, August 9th – 13th, and 16th – 20th 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 other arrangements can be made. Costs: The cost of 1 Summer Camp is $129 + GST. Each additional family member is $89. New members are $169 + GST and $119 for each additional family members. New members receive a new uniform and White Belt 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 19th-23rd. This camp will focus on advanced techniques for Black Belts; weapons, self-defence, 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.
SPARRING CAMP! The Sparring Camp will take place in the last week of August (23rd – 27th), and would 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. The camp would be open to all Green Belts and Higher ages 8+ or on Master Thibault's recommendation. We have already accepted deposits from over 15 students, so if you are interested in any of the camps so should reserve spots NOW! WOMEN'S INTERMEDIATE SELF-DEFENSE Our Introductory program was very successful with 20 women completing the course. We are now going to expand on that program by introducing Weapon’s Self-defense. This course will focus on self-defense from a variety of weapons. Each Session will consist of 4 – 1½ hr classes held on 4 consecutive Wednesdays. The first class starts on Wednesday, March 17th and will conclude on April 7th. All class times will be from 8:00PM until 9:30PM. All Participants Must Be a Minimum Of 14 Years of Age and have previous training (either the introductory course or a current member of SGMA). This course will cover defending against different knife attacks, and sticks of varying length. Students will also learn defenses against weapons for different distances, the most effective weak spots and pressure points, more advanced striking techniques, advanced assessments of escape routes in order to make proper decisions. The cost of each session is only $60 for family members of SGMA and $80 for outside participants. All Participants Must be a Minimum of 16 years of age or on Master Thibault's recommendation. Also students must have either completed the Introductory course, or an active member in SGMA. We already started accepting registrations for the March Session. Those interested please contact Master Thibault as soon as possible there is limited space. TESTING This month we should see a lot of color belt testing as many of the students have either already received or are very close to receiving all their stripes. Remember Green Belt Students scoring over 95 % on their Promotion Test will skip to the next level, and we only charged 50% of the skipped Belt. As usual Color Belt testing will be done throughout the month when students are ready. Our Next Black Belt Test will be February 27th, 11:00AM-1PM. Please Note: The Testing will be done DURING Class Times, hence NO Cancellations. Students will be required to have all the necessary stripes to test. Please refer to the website www.sgma.biz for testing requirements. Currently those requirements can be found in the Student Handbook on the Training Materials Page. SPARRING GEAR FOR ALL STUDENTS We require all Green Stripe Belts & Higher to purchase Fist-Forearm ($24) and Shin-In-Step ($24) Pads, and all students are required to bring them to every class. Black Belts are required to purchase Vinyl Forearm and Shin-In-Step sparring pads which are $30/set. We provide chest protectors for all students which is the most expensive part of the sparring equipment at $50/chest protector. CLOSURES & SCHEDULE CHANGES -There are closures in the month of March. -We will be closed from April 2nd to the 5th for Easter.