Thursday, March 25, 2010

April 2010 Karate News

Welcome Our Newest Students: Xabian Mungin, Omari Mungin, Hannah Cook & Bryleigh Beach - We are glad to have you has a part of our karate family!

Spring Break Boot Camp #2 – (timed with the private schools) – begins Monday, April 5 – Thursday April 8th Camp curriculum will consist of traditional skills, extreme skills, falls & rolls, grappling, weapons, board breaking & more! Students who participate in the camp will have logged in 16 hours of extra training and will be eligible to “skip a belt” during their next belt test in April. The camp is open to any student age 6 and up. The cost of each camp is only $125. We will take a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 kids for each camp, so if you are interested, please stop by the pro-shop A.S.A.P.

Chun Kuk Do Black Belt Test & Workouts – We will have regional Black Belt tests & workouts Friday & Saturday, April 16-17th at Club Karate in Lady’s Island. If you have never seen a Black Belt test live, you have no idea just how difficult it is. This test is very close to home so it’s a great time for you to come check it out. There will also be workouts for the under belt students. The workouts are FREE to all UFAF members. (If you are not a member of UFAF, please stop by the pro-shop for information on how to join so you can participate.) More information about the schedule of events will be available soon.

Belt Testing – April 19th & 20th … Students will be evaluated for their new belts. For all those being promoted in rank we will have a graduation ceremony on Friday, April 23rd at 5:30pm. Please make sure all tuition is up to date, promotion form and test fee are paid prior to test date. No student will be allowed to test if behind in payments or class attendance, or if behavior at home and school do not meet parent & teacher approval.

Demo Team – We will practice every Monday in April at 7pm… on 4/26 we will hold demo tryouts.

Karate Demo – Sat., Apr. 24th at 10 am - Blue Heron Nature Trail for the 13th Annual Lawn & Garden Festival.

Want to be a part of the Demo Team? We will have tryouts for the demo team on Monday, 4/26 at 7pm. For more information about what is required, see Mrs. Woods or visit our website and click the “Demo Tryouts” link.
www.DunamisKarate.com

Extreme Team – No practice April 2nd due to Good Friday holiday.

Masters Club – For the next three months, we will be training in Brazilian JiuJitsu. All students will need to bring a cross over gi top (not the V-necks) for this class!

April Birthdays: Cole 4/1 Jonah 4/2 Mackenzie 4/8 Camren 4/10
Bryleigh 4/15 Emmanuel 4/15 Hannah C. 4/22 Mr. Alex 4/30

Friday, March 19, 2010

Spring Break Boot Camp

What will you be doing over Spring Break?

Last year our Spring Break Boot Camp was a HUGE success. We had 7 kids attend the camp … sharpening their existing skills and learning new ones … in four days of fun and intense training.


This year we will have 2 spring break boot camps … because the local schools will be having Spring Break at different times.

The first camp would be March 29th through April 1st, the 2nd camp would be April 5th through 8th. Camp hours will be 9am until 1pm each day.

Camp curriculum will consist of traditional skills, extreme skills, falls & rolls, grappling, weapons, board breaking & more!

Students who participate in the camp will have logged in 16 hours of extra training and will be eligible to “skip a belt” during their next belt test in April.

The camp is open to any student age 6 and up. The cost of each camp is only $125.

We will take a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 kids for each camp, so if you are interested, please stop by the pro-shop A.S.A.P.

Monday, March 15, 2010

Birthday Bash

Remember the Birthday Bash for Mrs. Woods, Saturday (3/20) at 6pm at the karate school. We will have Cake and Ice Cream ... Or maybe just Ice Cream Cake! :~)

We will be done by around 7pm!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

New Ranks - 2/26/10


Dunamis Karate held a belt graduation ceremony on Feb. 26, 2010.

The following students were promoted in rank:

Gage Duncan White Belt
Christopher Carmichael White/Gold
James Carmichael White/Gold
SaNay Parker White/Purple
Shion Parker White/Purple
Shamaud Parker White/Purple
Jakhi Pusha White/Purple
Karime Guillen White/Blue
Anna Jean Bunton White/Blue
Abby Bowers White/Blue
Collin Owens Gold/White

Gino Bernardini White Belt
Sabastian Dahlquist White Belt
Walker Deloache White Belt
Caelin Owens Jr. Gold Belt
Jackson Cramer Jr. Gold Belt
Savion Parker Jr. Gold Belt
Richard Jones Jr. Gold Belt
Branden Davis Jr. Gold Advanced
Tyler Ahern Jr. Gold Advanced
Emma Jansen Jr. Gold Advanced
Kelly Garcia Jr. Gold Advanced
Nicholas Boyd Jr. Gold Advanced
Gabriel Williams Jr. Purple
Jaidyn Zinnerman Jr. Purple/White

Krey Lee Lowther Jr. Purple
Cole Mixson Jr. Purple/Advanced
Alice Vera Jr. Purple/Advanced
Bryon Dubose Jr. Orange
Camren Amy Jr. Orange/White
Alondra Mercado Jr. Blue
Emmanuel Sanford Jr. Blue
ElyJiah Mitchell Jr. Blue

Nykel Dixon Jr. Green

Monday, March 8, 2010

BBFC Jacksonville Tournament

Five students from Dunamis Karate traveled to Jacksonville, FL this weekend for the first Black Belts For Christ tournament of the 2010 season. I hope to have their stats posted soon. But in the meantime, thank you to: Andi Woods, Dani Neiderhiser, DeAndre Brown, Emmanuel Sanford and Sami Neiderhiser for making the trip and representing our school and our style with honor! You guys ROCK!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Results from Goodwill Tournament


The results for the Dunamis Karate students who participated in the Goodwill Tournament on Feb. 27th in Lady's Island, SC:

Tyler Ahern 6 year old Beginner 3rd Forms

Hunter Avichouser 8 year old Intermediate 3rd Forms, 2nd Sparring

DeAndre Brown 10 year old Black Belt 1st Forms, 3rd Weapons, 1st Sparring

Anna Jean Bunton 3 year old Tiny Tiger 1st Forms

Brian Creech 15 year old Advanced 1st Forms, 1st Sparring

Branden Davis 6 year old Beginner 3rd Forms

Kelly Garcia 6 year old Beginner 2nd Weapons, 4th Forms

Alex Gardner 17 year old Black Belt 1st Forms, 1st Weapons, 2nd
Sparring

Emma Jansen 6 year old Beginner 1st Weapons, 2nd Forms

Audrey Lowther 16 year old Advanced 2nd Forms, 1st Sparring

Emma Lowther 12 year old Black Belt 4th Forms, 2nd Sparring

Jonah Lowther 9 year old Advanced 2nd Forms, 1st Sparring

Lauren Lowther 14 year old Advanced 3rd Forms, 2nd Sparring

Devin Mock 17 year old Advanced 2nd Weapons, 1st Forms

Daniel Neiderhiser 17 year old Black Belt 3nd Weapons, 3rd Forms, 1st Sparring

Sami Neiderhiser 12 year old Black Belt 3rd Weapons, 4th Forms, 3rd
Sparring

Emmanuel Sanford 10 year old Intermediate 1st Weapons, 1st Forms, 2nd Sparring

Andi Woods 11 year old Black Belt 2nd Weapons, 1st Forms