2500 W Nine Mile Rd | Pensacola, FL 32534 | 850-478-0680 | Office Hours: M – TH 2:00-7:00pm
We are excited for our members to begin training on our new mats. A BIG thank you to J. Maxwell, Bob & Allyson Hendrix for their help. You guys rock!
BTW – We are selling our old mats ($10 per mat). First come first serve. Get them before they are gone.
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Endurance is the ability to withstand hardship or adversity; especially : the ability to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity.
As we all know, building endurance is not an easy task.
Here are my top 3 tips for building more endurance.
1. Tell Yourself – I CAN DO IT! Can accomplishes a lot more than can’t. Get your head right to move forward.
2. Measure to Improve How long can you currently do something? Consistently increase your time by a small amount.
3. Fuel Up Like a Champ! In order to improve endurance, our bodies need the proper nutrition to accomplish our goals.
Who’s Going with us to Washington D.C.?
We are excited to be attending the ITF World Championship on July 26-28 in Washington, D.C. This is your chance to attend and train in seminars with Grandmaster C.S. Kim and Technical Advisory Members, Compete with ITF students from around the globe, go to a special award banquet and witness advanced Black Belt and Master’s Testing. Of course, being in Washington allows for a great mini vacation to see historical sights in our nations capital. Interested? Follow this link to get more information.
Isn’t it a great feeling to give to others? This is one of the many perks of being an instructor. It’s simply a wonderful feeling to pass along wisdom and methods past down from my instructors. This week, let’s make a point to give the gift of kindness and compassion to our family and friends. Start with a smile and kind word. The gift of love and support makes more of a difference than we realize.
Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
May 24 – Kyo Sa Nim DuFour conducted a practical self defense seminar for the teachers of Beulah Elementary today. Everyone walked away from the seminar feeling empowered. Great job ladies!
Don’t miss this Thurs., May 24th’s exciting breaking class! To ensure that you and/or your child have boards for the class, please order no later than Wed., May 23rd. To order boards, please send us the following information.
1. Student’s Name
2. Board Size (Sm = Ages 7 & younger, Med = 8-12 yrs, Lg = 13 & older)
3. Amt of Stacks (i.e. 1 Stack = 3 boards)
4. Method of Pmt (i.e. Run CC on file, I’ll bring the green stuff)
This Weeks WOW (Word of Week) – Confidence
“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is PREPARATION.” -Arthur Ashe
We all know what confidence looks and feels like, but we also know the look and feel of NOT having confidence. In my humble opinion, it’s rather simple to build one’s confidence.
Here’s my formula. Vision + Consistent Hard Work + Belief = Confidence
VISION- Seeing what you want to be.
Have an idea of what your success looks and feels like, then start with that.
CONSISTENT HARD WORK- The crucial part of this formula takes a lot of discipline. You have to be willing to fail over and over in the pursuit of becoming more sure of yourself. Any successful person has a trail of defeats and failures behind them. The difference is that they didn’t quit.
BELIEF- Believe to achieve.
Keep telling yourself that you can do it. There’s something powerful about what we say after the words “I am…”. Be sure it’s what you want to become.
I am looking forward to improving our confidence this week. It’s time to go get it done!
Saturday, May 19 – Several of our students competed at the Gulf Coast Martial Arts Championship. Each of our members represented themselves and school in a positive way. Our Team brought home 6 Grand Championship Trophies! Congratulations to Kyo Sa Nim Bailey Duane (Grand Champion Forms, Weapons, Sparring), Mr. Cody Nelson (Grand Champion Forms), and Master DuFour (Grand Champion Master Forms & Sparring).
Our next Competition Team Practice will be on Saturday, June 2nd (10-11am). Come out so we can help coach you improve for the next event!
