THEME OF THE MONTH

This month our theme is WELLNESS.

We will be giving the students a Leadership challenge and part of it is to eat healthy. We are challenging each student to eat 30 servings of fresh fruit or vegetables every week, pick one week and document it and turn it in and you will receive a prize. What you eat effects how you feel for the day. Fruits and veggies are always a great choice. What will you do this month towards better wellness?

STUDENT OF THE

MONTH

Congratulations to Sara Smith! Sara is so willing to help and attends every event she possibly can. She has gotten her sister involved in Karate also. Sara always try's very hard and seldom misses a class. Great job on being Student of the Month.

Featured Item

We will be featuring “Back to School” items this month. We have some great new back packs and we still have some great shirts (especially for MMA Days). Donut forget TAX FREE weekend is August 13^th and 14^th.

Staff Seminar

If you attended our breaking seminar you know how fantastic they are, filled with awesome instruction and new ideas. We will be having a Staff seminar on the 27^th. You do not want to miss this opportunity to learn new skills and bone up on some you already know. We will have a sign up sheet closer to the event. Cost is $10 for Leaders, $15 for Masters and $20 for anyone else who would like to attend.

OPEN HOUSE/ANNIVERSARY

Get ready to PARTY! We are having our annual Open House event on 8/6 to celebrate the 9^th anniversary of Middleburg Martial Arts. The event kicks off at 5:30PM we will have a water slide and hot dogs, the Parents Club will be selling cotton candy and you can “PIE” (for a $1 donation) your favorite Instructor or Black Belt. This event is free and open to the public. We will be having a special Self-defense Course at 6PM and an “Earn Your White Belt” class following at 6:45PM. Please feel free to invite your friends as you can still get raffle tickets for the $100. All non students need to have a permission slip filled out before participating in either class. Please make arrangements to supervise your child as we will not have enough staff to do so.

CLUB THEME

All club members will be working on tumbling or rolls and falls on Mondays and Tuesdays and sparring on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Leaders will get to work with Master Lappin and Michael Henschel on 8/13. They will be doing Tonfas. Ms. Dot will be teaching a tumbling class to the Masters Club on the 20th. Please make sure you bring your proper gear and weapons.

Summer Attendance

We will be giving out special Patches at the Promotion Party in September for those who have perfect attendance this summer. Perfect attendance consists of 2 classes per week for the entire 9 weeks of summer. Please make sure you make up any classes that you miss so you can qualify for this achievement.

After School Program

Our AMP (After School Program) is filling up fast. Reserve your spot now. This is a fantastic alternative to traditional day care and your child gets their Karate classes included with the cost. We are open later than most with a 6:30PM pick up time. See any one of our staff members if you have any questions. Right now the registration fee is 50% off if you are not currently enrolled.

UPCOMING EVENTS

8/2 Special Karate Kid Week of Summer Camp

8/6 ANNIVERSARY/OPEN HOUSE 5PM-8:30PM

8/7 GUP TESTING 9AM

8/13 Leaders Club. Tonfas w/Master Lappin and Michael Henschel 6PM

8/13 Employee meeting 7PM

8/16 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

8/20 Masters Club Tumbling w/Ms. Dot 6PM

8/20 Gold Meeting Assertiveness training, VIPing and review of Gold book w/Master Lappin 6PM

8/21 Wal-Mart Demo 9:30AM-1:30PM

8/25 TT/LD Test 3:30PM

8/25 MMA Test 6:15PM

8/27 Staff Seminar 6PM-7:30PM

PARENTS CLUB NEWS

The Parents Club hosted an AWESOME movie/game night last month and everyone had a lot of fun. We are all looking forward to the next one.

Special “THANKS” to the Parents Club for everything they did for the World Tournament.

The Parents Club will be selling cotton candy at the Open House Party as well as helping out with the events.

They will be selling food at the GUP test as well as having a 50/50 drawing. Food donations are welcome, just contact Joanne Manzi as to what is needed.

Our Wal-mart Demo is scheduled for 8/21 from 9:30AM until 1:30PM. You do not have to be there the whole time but if every parent and student did just one hour that would be GREAT!

Any questions or suggestions please e-mail Joanne Manzi at jmmanzi@fdn.com.

Referral Contest

WE GET TO DO THE DRAWING!

Thanks to Hunter Barbree for our newest student, Dylan Lore. We are excited to grow our family and we will be doing the drawing of $100 at the GUP test. You still have a chance to get in the drawing by bringing a friend to the anniversary/open house party on the 6^th.

Battle of the Bands

Our 2^nd Annual contest was a huge success. Thanks to Jasmine, Megan and Michael for all of the prep-work and to our helpers, Alvin, Sean, Zack, Dana, Hannah, Michelle and Bianca. A special thank you to John Richards for helping with all the music. I hope we did not miss anyone! Everyone had a lot of fun. Special congrats to our band winner “Fire at Will!”