Belt Promotions is this week! Join us on Wednesday (All Adults) for a special workout focusing on our unique fitness challenge and performing all the curriculum we've been working on over the past two months. That Adult Belt Promotions is going to be at 7:15pm. Make sure you've registered for Belt Promotions before then.
On Saturday, all of the kids and the rest of the Adult Black Belts will perform at Belt Promotions. As with the Adult Promotions, make sure you register ahead of time with Ms. Ellishia or an instructor before Saturday.
With Belt promotions, many students will be moving to a new class (Yellow Belts going to Camo Belt, Red/Black Belts going to 1st Degree) so make sure you know the new schedule. There is usually new equipment needed to keep up with the more advanced training.
On September 4th, we are going to be learning special knife attack defenses. Learn more about the seminar on our Facebook Event Page for that event. That highlighted part right over there is the link, click on it. YOU DON"T NEED TO HAVE A FACEBOOK PROFILE TO SEE IT!!!
September 14th: The Parent's Night Out event themed for the Lego Product "Legends of Chima." Lots of kids are already registered and they are really excited to bring their favorite TV show, video game, and legos to life! Register at our school next time you're in. Here's the link for it: Legends of Chima Event Page
September 21st: A few months ago, I went to the Chamber of Commerce for Main Street in Elkton asking to do an event with them. A few years ago, there was a special Firefighter Combat Challenge and they stopped hosting it starting last year. I wanted to focus on inspiring families to eat more nutritious meals, get active, and inspire kids to try their best in school (Mental Self-Defense). I need a big team of volunteers for the event, especially for one special part of it. At 3:30pm, we are going to have a mock grilling competition. It will be perceived as a competition but our aim is to show people how easy it is to create good meals at home on the grill AND get the whole family involved. Many moms and dads love to grill and if you have a way to get your grill onto main street in Elkton, I NEED YOU!! We can't do it without our best families from ATA martial Arts. If you can be there, please let me know because it's really important to me that this whole day goes off without a hitch! Just email, reply or give us a call to get it started!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Upcoming News
Hey members! I'm on vacation in Ocean City, MD and wanted to send a quick email for news & updates! For anything you have to register for, please use this website and choose "online store."
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/adm/home.asp?studioid=27262
This week is a great week to test for those stripes that are missing so let Ms. Leach know that you're ready! For kids, charge them up and send them asking Ms. Leach to catch up with any stripes that they were missing and have been working on! There's still 2 weeks left until belt promotions and it's not too late to grab a few extra private lessons or really focus on memorizing the forms and mastering the physical skills!
This weekend (August 24): NO MOBILE DOJO: visit Ms. Holubyckyj at our school to catch up on all stripes and get some tips on how to make your forms stronger this weekend!
August 28th: Adult Belt Promotions (All Adults welcome for testing & midterms). 7:15pm til about 8:00pm, See the event on Facebook
August 31st: Whole School Belt Promotions: 10am Tiny Tigers, 12pm Juniors, 2:30pm Red/Black and Black Belts, See the event on Facebook
September 2nd: ATA closed for Administrative purposes!
September 4th: Basic Knife Threat seminar (Adults only). RSVP to attend, The first 15 students to register will receive a free training knife for use at the seminar and afterwards. See the event on Facebook to know how to register for this one!
September 14th: Parents Night Out, Themed for Legends of Chima! All the kids were going crazy over this class because it's going to be unique and very exciting! Kids take on the role of being different characters from the show and acting them out with martial arts combos! Join this event for only $10 and drop your children off for a 4 hour class! See the event on Facebook.
Always ask your instructor for more information and feel free to reply to the email you received this link from with any questions! See you on Monday!
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ASP/adm/home.asp?studioid=27262
This week is a great week to test for those stripes that are missing so let Ms. Leach know that you're ready! For kids, charge them up and send them asking Ms. Leach to catch up with any stripes that they were missing and have been working on! There's still 2 weeks left until belt promotions and it's not too late to grab a few extra private lessons or really focus on memorizing the forms and mastering the physical skills!
This weekend (August 24): NO MOBILE DOJO: visit Ms. Holubyckyj at our school to catch up on all stripes and get some tips on how to make your forms stronger this weekend!
August 28th: Adult Belt Promotions (All Adults welcome for testing & midterms). 7:15pm til about 8:00pm, See the event on Facebook
August 31st: Whole School Belt Promotions: 10am Tiny Tigers, 12pm Juniors, 2:30pm Red/Black and Black Belts, See the event on Facebook
September 2nd: ATA closed for Administrative purposes!
September 4th: Basic Knife Threat seminar (Adults only). RSVP to attend, The first 15 students to register will receive a free training knife for use at the seminar and afterwards. See the event on Facebook to know how to register for this one!
September 14th: Parents Night Out, Themed for Legends of Chima! All the kids were going crazy over this class because it's going to be unique and very exciting! Kids take on the role of being different characters from the show and acting them out with martial arts combos! Join this event for only $10 and drop your children off for a 4 hour class! See the event on Facebook.
Always ask your instructor for more information and feel free to reply to the email you received this link from with any questions! See you on Monday!
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Events coming up in the next few weeks
No video update today - instead, I made a quick list of things to look out for. Here it is:
August 10th - Mobile Dojo at the Park!
August 12-16 - Hyper Kicks & Flips Camp! You can still register for this camp - there are only 5 spots left! This camp is going to be the most fun because we are learning about Being Awesome. That means believing in yourself and always trying your best. We're going to be having fast-paced and action packed classes that keep kids focused even when they are tired! It's all about cool kicks, combos, and a special Hyper Pro Training form. All the students get the brand new and unique light blue "Be Awesome" Hyper Tshirt! Register with us as soon as possible - It's the last camp of the year!
August 17th - Mobile Dojo at the Park! AND the last day to register for Belt Promotions before you get into the RED ZONE!! Register right away!
August 31st - Belt Promotions! Here are the times for the one-day event: Tiny Tigers from 10am - 11am, Juniors 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Black Belts 2:30pm - 4:00pm
September 14th - Legends of Chima This "Parent's Night Out" style event is a bracket tournament to see which tribe will control the Sacred Pool of Chi!! Based on the popular children's show on Cartoon Network, kids will be divided into teams that represent one of the 8 most popular tribes in the show: Gorillas, Crocodiles, Wolves, Rhino, Bears, Wolves, Eagles, and Lions. Each "tribe" will have a special team name and learn a unique martial arts form/ combo based on the animal! Whichever team wins the team competition will help their favorite tribe move on to the championship round to see who will win control of the Sacred Pool of Chi! Note, this event is one of three. The first event is 4 challenges, the next is 3 challenges, and the last is the Semi-Finals and Finals! All winners in the final competition will win special Chima prizes and everyone that attends will receive a chance to win an official Lego Playset! $10 per child, includes an ATA kid and a non-ATA kid. This is an event to help keep our students excited about coming to our school and to get new members involved.
September 21st - Elkton Fall Fest. We are hosting a Be a Healthy kids event at the Fall Fest where we are going to be inspiring kids to do their best in school with our "Success Course for Keeping A+ Grades" class! Register via Facebook or at our front counter!
October 5th - The event we did on the 14th, we're going to do it again on 10/5 but it's going to the Semi-Finals in our cool competition! Don't miss it!
August 10th - Mobile Dojo at the Park!
August 12-16 - Hyper Kicks & Flips Camp! You can still register for this camp - there are only 5 spots left! This camp is going to be the most fun because we are learning about Being Awesome. That means believing in yourself and always trying your best. We're going to be having fast-paced and action packed classes that keep kids focused even when they are tired! It's all about cool kicks, combos, and a special Hyper Pro Training form. All the students get the brand new and unique light blue "Be Awesome" Hyper Tshirt! Register with us as soon as possible - It's the last camp of the year!
August 17th - Mobile Dojo at the Park! AND the last day to register for Belt Promotions before you get into the RED ZONE!! Register right away!
August 31st - Belt Promotions! Here are the times for the one-day event: Tiny Tigers from 10am - 11am, Juniors 12:00pm - 1:30pm, Black Belts 2:30pm - 4:00pm
September 14th - Legends of Chima This "Parent's Night Out" style event is a bracket tournament to see which tribe will control the Sacred Pool of Chi!! Based on the popular children's show on Cartoon Network, kids will be divided into teams that represent one of the 8 most popular tribes in the show: Gorillas, Crocodiles, Wolves, Rhino, Bears, Wolves, Eagles, and Lions. Each "tribe" will have a special team name and learn a unique martial arts form/ combo based on the animal! Whichever team wins the team competition will help their favorite tribe move on to the championship round to see who will win control of the Sacred Pool of Chi! Note, this event is one of three. The first event is 4 challenges, the next is 3 challenges, and the last is the Semi-Finals and Finals! All winners in the final competition will win special Chima prizes and everyone that attends will receive a chance to win an official Lego Playset! $10 per child, includes an ATA kid and a non-ATA kid. This is an event to help keep our students excited about coming to our school and to get new members involved.
September 21st - Elkton Fall Fest. We are hosting a Be a Healthy kids event at the Fall Fest where we are going to be inspiring kids to do their best in school with our "Success Course for Keeping A+ Grades" class! Register via Facebook or at our front counter!
October 5th - The event we did on the 14th, we're going to do it again on 10/5 but it's going to the Semi-Finals in our cool competition! Don't miss it!
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
First Mobile Dojo Class scheduled!
Our first Mobile Dojo Class will be held across the street from Meadow Park in Elkton, Maryland. Classes include: Adults, young kids, and older kids. To attend, come with a friend that is a member of ATA Elkton or just show up and look for the big red table to sign up!
If you call us first, you can take care of all the prep-work ahead of time! (410) 398-8624!
If you call us first, you can take care of all the prep-work ahead of time! (410) 398-8624!
What is Mobile Dojo?
Mobile Dojo is a cool way to experience martial arts classes all over the place! In your community, martial arts instructors are planning special field days where their students and their friends get to have fun martial arts classes at the park!
There's nothing like training under the sun, a bright blue sky, and on the grass! It's how the ancient martial artists like it!
To be a part of Mobile Dojo in the Elkton, MD area, contact Josh Hayhurst or his staff at mrhayhurst@gmail.com or calling (410) 398-8624
This is something for the whole family so get out and train hard!
There's nothing like training under the sun, a bright blue sky, and on the grass! It's how the ancient martial artists like it!
To be a part of Mobile Dojo in the Elkton, MD area, contact Josh Hayhurst or his staff at mrhayhurst@gmail.com or calling (410) 398-8624
This is something for the whole family so get out and train hard!
ATA Martial Arts presents Mobile Dojo
This summer, students from ATA Martial arts in Elkton, MD are going to be taking over the parks! We are going to be hosting our fun classes at the park with Mobile Dojo! Since our goal is to be the best martial arts athlete that we can be, we'll have fun drills, games, and outside exercises that will take our training over the top!
You can learn Karate, Taekwondo, and many unique styles of self-defense!
Our first event is going to be at the park across the street from Meadow Park in Elkton, Maryland. There's no official address but it's on Delaware Avenue (route 7) in between main street and whitehall road. Be sure to get there plenty early so you can find us! This is June 8th! Here are the times:
+10am - 11am: Adult Martial Arts 14yr & Up
+11:15am - 12pm: Tiny Tigers 3-1/2 to 6yr
+12:15pm - 1:15pm Juniors 7yr - 13yr
We want these classes to be fun and full - if you are an ATA Elkton member, these are included in your membership. We want you to bring friends. Anyone that comes to mobile dojo that isn't an ATA Elkton member can participate in 4 weeks of Mobile Dojo Classes for just $10
You can learn Karate, Taekwondo, and many unique styles of self-defense!
Our first event is going to be at the park across the street from Meadow Park in Elkton, Maryland. There's no official address but it's on Delaware Avenue (route 7) in between main street and whitehall road. Be sure to get there plenty early so you can find us! This is June 8th! Here are the times:
+10am - 11am: Adult Martial Arts 14yr & Up
+11:15am - 12pm: Tiny Tigers 3-1/2 to 6yr
+12:15pm - 1:15pm Juniors 7yr - 13yr
We want these classes to be fun and full - if you are an ATA Elkton member, these are included in your membership. We want you to bring friends. Anyone that comes to mobile dojo that isn't an ATA Elkton member can participate in 4 weeks of Mobile Dojo Classes for just $10
If you are someone just passing by and seeing our banner and you'd like to join mobile dojo, contact us via email MrHayhurst@gmail.com or by calling (410) 398-8624
This event is open to all ages and experience levels - beginners are the best!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Family Life Skill: Kids and Money
Parents teach their children to make bad financial decisions subconsciously. I have seen it so many times in the past. No, I didn't read this in a book or ask someone who is "certified" in this field. Let me tell you a story about a kid named Justin.
Justin was one of my best students and he was always a pleasure to have in class. He was a cool kid that rocked ATA gear to school and always motivated the kids in his ATA class. Then, Dad lost his job (but mom didn't) and it hit the family pretty hard. After about 3 months, Dad got another job but wasn't making enough money. Mom and Dad were supportive parents and didn't let Justin stop doing karate while they were stressing about money. But with that, imagine all the worrying that the children heard the parents doing and all the anxiety that Mom and Dad had about paying the bills.
A month after Dad got his job back and Mom and Dad started getting their bills back in shape, Justin starting telling his Mom and Dad that he didn't want to do summer camps, wasn't ready for Belt Promotions, and didn't like to compete in tournaments any more (even though he was a 3x State Champion).
Mom said, "I don't care if you continue with martial arts but you're not going to do it half-assed. If you do it, you need to do it 100% if I'm going to be paying all this money." Justin decided a few weeks later that he was going to quit karate.
What changed in the four months that Dad didn't have a job and the parents were in a temporary financial challenge? The anxiety and stress that the parents were feeling trickled down to Justin. I know, after speaking with Justin years later, that he was worried that karate was making his parents not pay the bills. He didn't want to be the reason that they couldn't go out to eat or his Dad to stop bowling every weekend.
People make decisions subconsciously because of events in their life. You can call these things Superstitions. These superstitions are similar to the old "don't walk under a ladder" or "see a penny, pick it up, all day long, you'll have good luck," only they make more sense. To the outside world, the person looks just as crazy. Justin made up a superstition called, "If I keep doing karate, my family will be poor and my dad won't be able to bowl anymore." In his later life, he will make decisions to quit things instead of trying to "make it work" or to push on through challenges.
Now there is always a time when you should quit, but Justin LIED to his parents because he thought it was THE RIGHT THING TO DO. He said he didn't want to do Camps or Belt Promotions and his Mom got angry because she didn't realize the real reason he was saying these things.
In the future, when finances get tight, keep it between you and your spouse. Have a logical conversation about it with your children instead of adding anxiety and stress into their life. If it's a decision to quit something because you can't pay for it anymore, have a good conversation about it and make sure the reasons are clear.
My passion for the character development in children inspires me to give you this call to action: Take a stand for the important people in your life that train in martial arts - get them to commit to competing in a tournament to make them better martial artists and stronger people.
Justin was one of my best students and he was always a pleasure to have in class. He was a cool kid that rocked ATA gear to school and always motivated the kids in his ATA class. Then, Dad lost his job (but mom didn't) and it hit the family pretty hard. After about 3 months, Dad got another job but wasn't making enough money. Mom and Dad were supportive parents and didn't let Justin stop doing karate while they were stressing about money. But with that, imagine all the worrying that the children heard the parents doing and all the anxiety that Mom and Dad had about paying the bills.
A month after Dad got his job back and Mom and Dad started getting their bills back in shape, Justin starting telling his Mom and Dad that he didn't want to do summer camps, wasn't ready for Belt Promotions, and didn't like to compete in tournaments any more (even though he was a 3x State Champion).
Mom said, "I don't care if you continue with martial arts but you're not going to do it half-assed. If you do it, you need to do it 100% if I'm going to be paying all this money." Justin decided a few weeks later that he was going to quit karate.
What changed in the four months that Dad didn't have a job and the parents were in a temporary financial challenge? The anxiety and stress that the parents were feeling trickled down to Justin. I know, after speaking with Justin years later, that he was worried that karate was making his parents not pay the bills. He didn't want to be the reason that they couldn't go out to eat or his Dad to stop bowling every weekend.
People make decisions subconsciously because of events in their life. You can call these things Superstitions. These superstitions are similar to the old "don't walk under a ladder" or "see a penny, pick it up, all day long, you'll have good luck," only they make more sense. To the outside world, the person looks just as crazy. Justin made up a superstition called, "If I keep doing karate, my family will be poor and my dad won't be able to bowl anymore." In his later life, he will make decisions to quit things instead of trying to "make it work" or to push on through challenges.
Now there is always a time when you should quit, but Justin LIED to his parents because he thought it was THE RIGHT THING TO DO. He said he didn't want to do Camps or Belt Promotions and his Mom got angry because she didn't realize the real reason he was saying these things.
In the future, when finances get tight, keep it between you and your spouse. Have a logical conversation about it with your children instead of adding anxiety and stress into their life. If it's a decision to quit something because you can't pay for it anymore, have a good conversation about it and make sure the reasons are clear.
My passion for the character development in children inspires me to give you this call to action: Take a stand for the important people in your life that train in martial arts - get them to commit to competing in a tournament to make them better martial artists and stronger people.
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