Dunamis Karate December 2010 Belt Test Results

Congratulations to the following students for advancing in rank:

Sauls, Michael	White Belt
O'Quinn, Austin	White/Gold
Harkins, Smith	White/Gold
Maxey, Tyler	White/Purple
Smith, Logan	White/Purple
Brantley, Trent	White/Orange
Scott, Lucas	White/Blue
Beach, Bryleigh	White/Blue
Pusha, Jakhi	White/Red
Bunton, Anna Jean	Gold/White
Guillen, Karime	Jr. Gold Belt
Harkins, Larson	Jr. Gold Belt
Barker, Julia	Jr. Gold Belt
Solis, Jose	Jr. Gold Advanced
Bundschuh, Joshua	Jr. Gold Advanced
Dupree, Jessica	Jr. Gold Advanced
Crosby, Wyatt	Jr. Gold Advanced
Shuster, Elana	Jr. Purple
Hunter, Jenica	Jr. Purple
Swartz, Tristan	Jr. Purple
Owens, Collin	Jr. Purple
Halker, Sonny	Jr. Purple
Scott, Jared	Jr. Purple/White
Smith, Louie	Jr. Purple/White
Dahlquist, Sabastian	Jr. Purple/White
Manrique, Abraham	Jr. Purple/White
Ahern, Tyler	Jr. Purple/Orange
Humbert, Preston	Jr. Purple/Orange
Owens, Caelin	Jr. Orange
Vera, Alice	Jr. Orange/Advanced
Amy, Camren	Jr. Blue
Mixson, Cole	Jr. Green
Dubose, Byron	Jr. Green
Lord, Nathan	Gold
Lowther, Faye	Gold
Lowther Krey Sr.	Gold
Stevens, David	Gold
Manrique, Jose	Purple/Orange
Manrique, Pricilla	Purple/Orange
Garvin-White, Sharon	Orange

Turn your wishes into reality!

In old stories, people needed a fairy or genie to grant wishes for them, but YOU have the power to make your own wishes come true … through goal setting.  What is a Goal?  You set a goal anytime you say “I want to …” Your goal might be to get a pet dog, learn to dance, play football well or get better grades in school.  You can wish for anything … but a wish turns into a goal when you decide to do something to help the wish come true.  

 A wish is like a toy car without a batteries… it doesn’t do very much… but having a goal is like putting batteries in that toy car… it gives power to your wish.  When you want something so much that you decide to do something to make it happen, you put power into your wish & it starts to come alive… just like the toy car!

A good goal says exactly what you want.  For instance, you might say, "I want a pet." That's not a very exact Goal, is it? If you said, "I want a pet DOG," that would be a good Goal. But what if you said "I want a dog that will be a little bit smaller than me, it will be brown and black, it will have big pointy ears, and a nice long tail," then that would be an EXCELLENT Goal, because you are saying EXACTLY what you want.

A good goal also says when you want it.  If your goal is "I want to get good grades at school," to make it a good Goal, you would say something like: "I want to get grades that are one grade higher than the ones I got in my last report card. And I want to get these grades by the time I get my next report card." That way, you're saying EXACTLY what you want, AND you're saying EXACTLY WHEN you want it!

A good goal is one you can believe.  If you said, "I want to learn to fly like a bird," that's not a good Goal, because you can't believe it… you know you haven't got wings! But if you say, "I want to learn to hang-glide next summer," then that's a good Goal, because you know that it is possible, so you can believe in it!

A good goal also says HOW you are going to get it.  To have a good Goal, you need to make a PLAN. This is great fun! The plan will be different for every Goal, because every Goal is special. 

This month our mission is to set 3 different goals and a plan to make them happen.  Your CKD Value homework has a place for you to write them down on the back of the page.  We must write them down and make a plan ... if we don't, they are not planned to happen!