Saturday, May 2, 2015

SAM’S THROW BACK TOURNAMENT

Karate Tournament Results
Saturday, May 2nd

Brandon Kiatoukaysy 8-9 Intermediate 1st Kata, 2nd Kumite
Dylan Kiatoukaysy 10-11Intermediate 1st Kata, 2nd Kumite

Friday, May 1, 2015

May 2015 Newsletter

Excellence is more than just doing well, or being good. It's a comprehensive and significant refinement of how we manage performance.

TOURNAMENTS & PROMOTIONS
DAVE ESTES KARATE TOURNAMENT
Saturday, April 11, 2015 Results:
Dieon Hamilton-Novice 2nd Kata, 2nd Sparring
Dominic Rivera-Novice 2nd Kata, 1st Sparring
Gage Teaney-Novice 1st Kata, 1st Sparring
Jake Winters-Int. 2nd Kata, 2nd Sparring
Everette Gould-Int. 2nd Kata, 2nd Sparring
Levi Geesling-Int. 2nd Kata, 1st Sparring
Natalie Williams-Int. 1st Kata, 1st Sparring
Cristine Warring-Expert 2nd Kata, 2nd Weapons, 1st Sparring



SAM PRICE THROW BACK TOURNAMENT
Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
Hutchinson School of Karate
North 3201 N. Lorraine
Hutchinson, Kansas

GREAT PLAINS KARATE CHALLENGE
Saturday, June 20th, 2015
Kansas State University-Salina
2310 Centennial Road Salina, Kansas
CONTACT: Roy Miller 785-493-0257

PROMOTIONS
Saturday, April 18, 2015

Kynlie Bland Gold Belt
Dylan Kiatoukaysy Jr. Green Belt
Brandon Kiatoukaysy Jr. Green Belt
Charlie Miller Jr. Green Belt



CRIME VICTIM’S AWARENESS WEEK WOMEN'S SELF DEFENSE
April 19-25, 2015
During the month of April the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) helps lead communities throughout the country in their annual observance of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. This year, NCVRW was observed April 19-25, 2015. We put on our free workshop for Women’s Self Defense on Saturday, April 25th. The class was open for ladies ages 13-over. This year’s workshop was well attended. The ladies worked hard and learned many new skills and techniques that could help them defend themselves and be aware of their environment. I want to thank my team of outstanding instructor/coaches that assisted throughout the day.

T-SHIRT AND HOODIE FUNDRAISER
teespring.com/american-karate-t-shirts

We are trying to raise funds to purchase a special cushioned flooring that will protect our youth and senior students from injuries due to falling. Slips and falls on hard wood and indoor-outdoor carpet over a concrete can cause serious injury that can set back a student’s training time. We have uni-sex and female t-shirts as well as pull over hoodies. The colors are white, red and grey. Go to teespring.com/american-karate-t-shirts to view and place an order. You can also get to the campaign site from our websites, Pinterest and Facebook pages. Don't worry, your credit card won't be charged unless the minimum is reached. Orders are printed and shipped when the time expires (May 18th) on this fundraising campaign. Time is ticking we need to hit this fundraiser hard. Get with your friends and family. You can expect your package to arrive around 7 days after printing starts.
Mr. Williams

SUMMER HOURS
Starting June 1st we will be going into our annual summer hours. Those affected will be in the Adult Classes. Youth and specialty classes will remain the same. From June 1st through August 31st all adult classes will be combined and there will be no Adult Class on Wednesday evenings.

SUMMER HOURS
JUNE 1st THROUGH AUGUST 31st
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
5:30 - 6:30 Musical/Team Kata Monday Ages 6-Over
5:30 - 6:30 Weapons Class Wednesday Purple-Above
6:30 - 7:30 Youth Intermediate M&W Ages 6-12
7:30 - 8:30 Adult Open Class Ages 13 - Over

5:30 - 6:15 Youth Novice T&Th Ages 6-12
6:30 - 8:00 Adult Open Class T&Th 13 - Over

SPIRIT WEEK
June 22-26, 2015
Spirit Week is right around the corner. This is a great time when all of the AKMS students are together for a week of hard work. Classes will be from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Monday through Thursday beginning June 22nd. Black Belts will be on Friday evening. Saturday afternoon will be our annual school picnic. This year the picnic will be at the Boys and Girls Club. More information as that date draws closer.

SPECIALS AND DISCOUNTS
We have several specials going on for martial arts classes. Please tell your friends about them. We have a 2 for 1 special going on during the month of May and several coupons on LOCALSAVER.COM. Many of these can be accessed by going to https://www.facebook.com/americankarate1.

STATE GAMES OF AMERICA
August 2015 The National Congress of State Games will be hosting the 2015 State Games of America in Lincoln, Nebraska. The biennial multi-sport festival will take place July 28–August 2, 2015. Final registration deadline is Friday, May 15th In order to allow organizers enough time to plan. All non-Nebraska athletes must be registered by May 15, 2015. All gold, silver and bronze medalists from National Congress of State Games Member State programs (Winter and Summer) in 2013, 2014 and prior to July 1 of 2015 are eligible to compete in SGA 2015. If you are planning to attend the State Games of America you should be getting your hotel reservations taken care of and polishing up your empty hand and weapons kata and drills for sparring.

Schools Out, Now what?