Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 6:30 pm. Sandra and Ricky Byrd of the McPherson School of Karate has invited Mr. Williams and students, Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Estes and their students to an early evening gathering in McPherson at her facility called the Under Ground. This will be a pot luck dinner. Please save this date. It will be an evening of fellowship, brotherhood and awards.
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY ORDERS
The Century Martial Arts catalogs are in for Christmas or any special occasion. Drop in and view or pick up a catalog. We will be taking pre-paid orders now through December 15th. Order forms are in the back of the catalog and extras are posted. There are a few good specials and neat novelty items. I will be placing bulk orders for the Christmas holiday over the next two Fridays with the last order going in Wednesday, December 17th. Please turn in your order forms and money accordingly. If you have been contemplating any special engraved orders you may want to place those orders prior to the 17th to ensure that they arrive in time for Christmas.
Thomas Williams, Instructor
SOLIDARITY PATCH
Close to a year ago or so there was a meeting of black belts from Mr. Pina's, Mr. Caldwell and our school regarding one of Mr. Pina’s black belt’s attitude and behavior towards Mr. Pina which resulted in him breaking away from the Hutchinson School of Taekwondo. What came out of that meeting was that our three schools would watch out for one another at events and not support any events held by the individual in question and the Hutchinson School of Taekwondo until further notice. Another thing that came out of that meeting was a patch that Mr. Caldwell designed called Solidarity, representing the solidarity between the three schools. You will see several of our advanced students wearing this patch. The wolves represent the statement made after Mr. Caldwell and I were called to meet and mediate an earlier incident concerning this same individual. He basically stated that if he knew Mr. Pina was going to bring out the wolves, he would not have shown up to the meeting.The bottom line to all of this is that if you start a club or school and form a partnership with another black belt even if it is a student, unless otherwise agreed, there is only one chief instructor. If you don’t like the way things are then grasshopper, it is time for you to leave. No snatching the pebble from the master’s hand…no branding dragons and tigers on your forearms from a hot urn. You have to go. I personally and professionally don’t care how many sides to the story there are……you don’t take over your parent’s house!
Mr. Williams, Master Instructor American Karate & Martial Science
Senior Instructor, Pina’s Taekwondo Moo Duk Kwan
TOURNAMENTS AND PROMOTIONS
SAM PRICE ALLSTAR KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
Dominic Rivera 6-7 Novice
2nd Place Kata
3rd Place Sparring
Gage Teaney 10-11 Novice
1st Kata
1st Sparring
Alex Johnson 6-7 Intermediate
1st Kata
1st Sparring
Chance Barr 8-9 Intermediate
1st Kata
2nd Sparring
1st Obstacle Course
3rd U-Tug
Shayla Johnson 10-11
1st Kata
3rd Sparring
DAVE ESTES TOURNAMENT
Saturday, November 15th, 2014
Gage Teaney 11-12 Novice
1St Place Kata
1st Place Sparing
BELT TEST
Deion Hamilton Gold Belt
Dominic Rivera Gold Belt
Gage Teaney Gold Belt
MARTIAL ARTS, A LIFE JOURNEY
I have trained, studied and taught the martial arts for just over forty-three years. I was recently promoted to 9th Degree Black Belt by Grand Master Manuel Pina and the executive board of the Independent Martial Arts Federation. I am very appreciative of this honorific advancement. I am also much appreciative of the support of my family friends and students who have been on this journey with me. I appreciate the cards, calls and written acknowledgements.
Reach One***Teach One, Thomas Williams, Chief Instructor
SCHOOL CLOSING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
As every year American Karate along with Fitness Is An Attitude will be closed Christmas day through New Year’s day. We will resume normal classes on January 5th, 2015. I encourage all of you to look at your accomplishments for this year. If you were not satisfied in any area of your training whether that is martial arts or fitness, I encourage you to start working on a plan to press upward and onward from where you are right now. From my family to yours I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Mr. Williams
