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Students who have made 3rd quarter honor roll should submit their names to Craig Stoll for inclusion in the next newsletter.
Students from the school participated in two tournaments during the past month, one in Akron and one in Oxford. The results from the tournaments are included in this newsletter.
In addition to participants, we are also looking for volunteers for our tournament. Volunteers may register online or contact David Huffstutler.
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In This Months Letter
Mid-American Tournament Results
Picture from http://go.to/martialclipart
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As a reminder to all the sparring students, no sparring classes are held on the night of Junior Belt Testing. Parents should expect the Junior Belt Test will be approximately 1 - 1.5 hours long.
Be Prepared
Street Precautions
Office Security
These tips were taken from the Los Angeles Police Department, which has a great web site for personal security information, e.g. rape prevention, identity theft prevention, ATM safety tips, etc.
If one of your goals is personal safety, then as you train, try to focus on developing your strength and speed and practice your one steps. The one step and self defense techniques can work, but you must be able to execute them in a real defense situation and that confidence comes with practice.
The Mid-American Taekwondo Championships was held on Saturday, March 12th, 2005 in Oxford, Ohio. This tournament was very large and included competitors from all over the mid-west. The following students participated in the tournament and placed.
This month we will look at self defense against someone attempting to choke your from the front. There are many self defense techniques against this attack, e.g. a simple front kick to the groin. However, we will be looking at techniques that can be applied after the person has begun to establish the choke. This Self Defense - Front Choke link provides one basic approach to defending yourself against a front choke hold. In addition to this basic technique, we will look at one or two other techniques that you can apply.
The other self defense technique that we will consider this month is Self Defense - Bear Hug from Behind Around the Arms. The bear hug self defense link also contains some other great escapes from front chokes.
The Medford site, listed below provided the example of a front choke escape and is a great reference site for grappling techniques. Check out the site's technique of the month.
Links to Teen Exercise and Medford Judo.
Special Thanks to http://go.to/martialclipart for the use of the free martial arts clip art.
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Spring,
storms, and warmer temperatures are finally here! As we enter
this month, we are approaching the semi-annual black belt test. Those
students testing for black tips, credit tests, and black belts will test together
on Saturday, April 30th. The test will start at 1:30 pm and typically
lasts 1.5 - 2 hours. For more information on the black belt test, students
can check out the computer in the studio. .jpg)
The school sponsored
tournament is scheduled for May 7 at Fairfield Intermediate School located on
Donald Drive beginning at 11:00 am.
This is the 5th year our school has sponsored this tournament. For our
students who have thought about competing but never gotten around to attending
a tournament, this is the ideal first tournament. The fees are reduced for
our students and the tournament is located near the studio. If you have
questions about participating in the tournament, see David Huffstutler or one of the other
black belts.
One of the reasons people take a martial arts or kick boxing class is to
develop an ability to defend themselves. One of the first key steps to
being able to defend yourself is to develop habits that don't require you to
defend yourself. Some things that you can do are:
The
AAU Region 6 Championship was held on Saturday, February 26th, 2005.
The Amateur Athletic Union tournament was in Akron, Ohio.
Several of our students participated in this tournament and placed.
The students who placed in their events are listed below.
Please congratulate them on their participation in the
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Adult
training in grappling based on Jiu-jitsu is offered on Saturday mornings 11:45
am to 12:30 pm. I had difficulty finding a link to an animated .gif or video
for the techniques we will study this month. We will look a a scissor
sweep take down from the breakfall position. This is a self defense
technique used against an opponent who is still standing and approaches you while you are on
the ground. The other technique that we will look at is a Front
Gi or Lapel Choke. This is a very basic choke. Both of these
techniques are available on our school's CDROM.%20(2).JPG)
Version
2.0 of the supplemental CDROM is complete.
The CDROMs are offered in four varieties: beginners, intermediate, advanced, and
master. The CDROMs are designed to allow students to hone techniques
outside of the classroom and to supplement the techniques taught in class. Some
examples of new material includes grappling self defense techniques, new one
steps, grappling techniques, etc. There are also multiple views of many of
the forms for students preparing for their next belt test to use as reference.
The CDROMs sell for $25 each.