2011 Update So Far

So far 2011 is off to a great start.  We've teamed up with The Personal Achievement Academy to bring you a new character development program with weekly mat chats and homework missions ... and the monthly homework and newsletter are now being sent out via email. We've started the "Ticket Contest" with various ways each week for students to earn tickets. We've hosted a super Parents Night Out and I can only hope that the parents had 1/2 as much fun as the kids! We gave a Professional School Presentation for the 4th grade class at Thomas Heyward Academy in which we taught the students the "ABC's of Being a Champion in Life" along with some self protection skills. Next on the agenda is the Kid Safety Course this weekend.  We hope to educate the kids and parents in the community so that we don't end up like the statistics! (Download a copy of the Kid Safety Course booklet & Test)

Financial Peace?

Starting in February, Jim & Lindy Woods will host Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University at Dunamis Karate.  What will you learn in Financial Peace University?

In 13 action-packed lessons, you'll learn how to beat debt, build wealth, find bargains, invest for the future, give like never before, and much more! This information will change your life.

More than one million families have attended Financial Peace University with amazing results. On average, these families paid off $5,300 in debt and saved $2,700 in just the first 90 days! Stop worrying about money, and start your journey to Financial Peace today.

For more information click here: www.daveramsey.com/fpu
or call Jim Woods at (843)226-0357

Quick Dates to Remember

Jan. 31      Demo Team Tryouts
Feb. 2       Financial Peace Intro
Feb. 6       Financial Peace Intro
Feb. 11      Valentines Party
Feb. 14-17  Pajama Bottoms Week
Feb. 25       Belt Graduation & Movie
Feb. 26       Mass Intro Class
2/28-3/3      Bring a Friend Week
March 4      Tournament Prep Class
March 5      Goodwill Tournament
March 31     Ticket Contest Drawing

Exciting News for January 2011

We hope your Christmas & New Year were as exciting as ours!  But, the holidays are over now and it’s time to start off the new year right.  We have some new things happening this year that you don’t want to miss.  Read the entire newsletter to find out more!

This month we start our Ticket Contest.  Students will earn tickets during the months of January, February & March each time they do something extra at the school.  In January, tickets can be earned by bringing a friend to class (Jan. 3-6), bringing a friend to the mass intro (Jan. 8), if their friend enrolls after the intro, for wearing a hat to class (Jan. 10-13), for attending the Parent’s Night Out, bring a friend to parent’s night out (Jan. 13), for attending the free Child Safety Course, bringing a friend to the safety course (Jan. 22), and for trying out for the Dunamis Karate Demo Team (Jan. 30).  There will be other ways to earn tickets in Feb. & March.  At the end of March we will draw for various prizes including gift certificates, patches, Hyper T-shirt/DVD, and MORE!

We are excited to introduce a new Character Development Program for all students called the Personal Achievement Academy.  Every month students will receive a Personal Achievement Academy handout.  This is an incredible tool for educating the entire family on important Life Skills.  The hand out has 4 weekly lessons and cool missions for the students to do.  These missions are the key to helping students develop positive life changing success habits.  They are fun and students will earn points for each mission they accomplish.  Students earning 150 points or more will get a stripe on their belt.  The hands outs should be returned during the last week of the month.

 









Bring a Friend Week - January 3^rd – 6^th
            Bring a friend to class with you and earn a ticket for the Ticket Contest

Mass Intro – Saturday, January 8^th
            Bring a friend to this free intro class and earn another ticket.  If they enroll, you will get 2 more tickets!

Parent’s Night Out – Friday, January 13^th
            Parents, enjoy the night out while we entertain the kids.  Only $10 per person – Includes pizza and drink.  Earn 1 ticket for attending this event … Bring a friend with you and get another ticket.

Free Kid Safety Course – Saturday, January 22^nd   10:00am
            This one hour seminar will include 911 training, stranger danger, fire/water safety, drug and dangerous addictions, gang avoidance, accident alertness, internet safety rules, playground & neighborhood safety, and self protection against the two most common attacks.  (Recommended for families with kids ages 5-12.)
            Attend this event and earn 1 ticket.  Bring a friend with you to earn another ticket!

Demo Team Tryouts – Monday, January 31^st   7:00pm
            Have you been thinking about joining the Dunamis Karate Demo Team?  Now is the time!!  Talk to Mrs. Woods ASAP to find out what you need to do!  You even earn 1 ticket when you try out!

January Birthdays:    

Larson 1/3                   Moises 1/13                 Lucas 1/17                  Louie 1/17         

Audrey 1/22                Caelin 1/25                   Abraham 1/26

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!