September Announcements

Punch - block - Kick Contest ends October 1st.
The Punch-Block-Kick Contest will end October 1st. We will be having more contest in the month of September. Most all the students are back from vacations so everyone should get an even chance at earning stars. Good luck to all.

Demo Team Practice Times
We have tried to come up with the best time for the Demonstration Team practice. We have come to the conclusion that the most appropriate time for the students on the demo team would be the last half of the Black Belt Club. Black Belt club will run from 5:45p.m. to 7:30pm on Thursday evening. The first 45 minutes will be devoted to fundamentals and instruction. The last hour will be for preparing for demonstrations.(BBC members, try and stretch out on your own as much as possible before class, because we want to spend more time on instruction.) Black Belt Club members, who are not on the Demo Team should try and stay. We will have enough instructors available to help you improve in areas necessary to your development.

We may need to schedule special practice dates on Friday evenings periodically if it becomes necessary. Also, on the one week a month we do not have Advanced Sparring we may run Demo Team practice longer. We will keep demo team members informed.

Challenge Matches
We will be having the Fall Sparring Challenges Matches on Friday evening October 17th. The Punch - Block - Kick Contest will have been completed, and students will be able to focus on this competition. We will also be able to schedule more sparring classes in early October to prepare students for them. The Fall Jiu Jitsu Challenges will follow one month later on Friday November 21st. We will give you more information as that event approaches.

Elite Competition Team
Sensei Panicucci is forming a competition team to compete outside the Dojo. There are many different venues of competition. Lets try some different ones. Rules vary from tournament to tournament. The most important thing is if you become a better martial artist from your experience. Winning is nice, but that should be secondary. Improving as a Martial Artist, and following our Code of Ethics, should be our first priority. Anytime you work with different systems you become a better Martial artist. Any questions, you can email Sensei Panicucci.

Start taking notes
Sensei Panicucci would like to see students bringing notebooks to class. Some techniques you learn are complex and the steps should be written down and studied. This will help you advance further as a martial artist and enable instructors to teach higher skilled techniques.