Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Academy Newsletter
Jacksonville, NC
Training Emphasis this week -  Sparring, Tournament Preps
Cycle Tenet - Strength
03/08/2010
In This Issue
April Schedule
Let's Go to Augusta!!!
Testing Requirements
Relay For Life Team is forming up!
We are moving soon!!! Volunteers needed!!!
Virginia Diner Fundraiser Due Date is Approaching
New Schedule for April!!!





TIGER CUBS
WED 4-4:30pm White-Green Stripes
        4:30-5pm Blue-Black Stripes
SAT   9-9:30am White-Green Stripes
        9:30-10am Blue-Black Stripes

TAEKWONDO
MW      5-5:50pm Juniors White/Yellow
TuThur 5-5:50pm Juniors Green/Blue
Fri       5-5:50pm Juniors Brown/Red/Black

Mon 6-6:50pm Super Junior Mixed
Tue  6-6:50pm Adult White/Yellow      
Wed 6-6:50pm Junior Brown/Red/Black
Thu  6-6:50pm Super Junior Mixed
Fri    6-6:50pm Adult Black

Mon 7-7:50pm Adult Green/Blue
Tue  7-7:50pm Adult Brown/Red/Black
Wed 7-7:50pm Adult Green/Blue
Thu 7-7:50pm Adult White/Yellow
Fri   7-7:50pm Adult Brown/Red

Sat 10-10:50am Juniors Mixed
      11-11:50am Super Juniors/Adult Mixed

Be sure to check this box for changes in the schedule!
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Spring Regional Tournament Is Almost Here!!!
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We now have the registration forms for the Spring Regional Championships in Augusta, Ga! Start making plans now to attend the Tiger Training and Spring Regional Championships on March 19th and 20th in Augusta, Georgia. Those who have attended our tournaments can attest to the fact that your participation in our tournaments makes you a better martial artist. They are informative, exciting, and most of all a fun event! More information will be posted in this newsletter as it becomes available. We hope to have a large percentage of our student body participate! See Mr. Ashton or Mrs. Murray for your applications!
Requirements for Testing
peanutsThere has been some concern that students who have participated in class, worked very hard and prepared themselves for testing will not be allowed to test due to our move to the new dojang and billing concerns connected with that move.
Please be assured that any student who is eligible for testing, will have the opportunity to test for their next belt. As always, tuition must be current, class attendance must be current, instructor recommendation will be required and all students who are testing must have a private lesson with one of our instructor staff before being allowed to test. Any questions concerning this matter should be referred directly to Mr. Ashton.
 
Relay for Life Team
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The Annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life is gearing up here in Onslow County. The event is scheduled to be held at the Northside High School on April 30-May 1st, 2010. We are happy to be fielding a team for this event.

Our team is the TKD Cancer Kickers with Mrs. Anne Ashton as the team captain! In the coming weeks, Mrs Ashton will be bringing information about this event. If you would like to participate as a team member you may register online as follows:

1. Go to the ACS website for Onlsow County

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=24625&pg=entry

2. Click on SIGN UP button
3. Click on Join a team
4. Click on Search for a team
5. Find TKD Cancer Kickers with Anne Ashton as team captain

From this page you can track our progress toward our goal of raising $1000, join our team, or choose from a variety of donation options to help us kick cancer!

If you have any questions, or need more information, feel free to contact Mrs. Ashton at the following email address.

amashton@hotmail.com

In the Tiger Rock spirit of Community, please help us in this very worthwhile annual event!

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Thank you for being the wonderful students and parents that you are! Our program is only successful when we have the full team of student, parent and instructor working together. If you have any comments or questions about this newsletter, please do not hesitate to contact me or any member of our instructor staff! If you are a business owner or know any businesses that would like to sponsor our newsletter please contact Mr. Ashton.
Sincerely,
 

Patrick Ashton and your instructional staff at
Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Academy Jacksonville, NC
Dear Parents and Students,
This week we will be getting ready for our upcoming tournament.These preparations  consist of sparring flows for our Level 1 Green Belts and also escape skills for our white belts. We will be discussing the three exciting types of sparring that we practice in Tiger Rock, and will do some tournament sparring this week as well! All Green Belts and above will wear their elbow pads and shin guards to class this week BEFORE we begin class.

March is here and we will be leaving the recreation center after this month. Billing agreements are starting to come in and we are excited about our relationship with Members Solutions. I will be bringing the agreements with me to class every day over the next 4 weeks. If you are a military family and are worried about being "stuck" in a legal agreement, we will be able to cancel your agreement at no charge to you! Simply produce a copy of your orders. We will be happy to add leave time with your pcs dates. If you have any concerns please see Mr. Ashton.

After the opening of our new dojang we will be scheduling classes 6 days a week so that all students have the opportunity to attend 2-3 classes per week which will include a class on Saturday! The class times will  be a little later than they are now, but should fit into everyone's busy schedule. LOOK FOR THE NEW SCHEDULE IN THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER.

Be sure to check this issue for news about our new schedule, upcoming tournament, the move of our school to the Cross Pointe Centre (Old Navy, Shogun, Hallmark), our Relay for Life Team and our Virginia Diner Fundraiser.

WE STILL NEED MEMBERS TO SIGN UP FOR OUR RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM!!! PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO SIGN UP FOR THIS VERY WORTHWHILE COMMUNITY BASED EFFORT!!!


Parents and students are reminded to login to itaonline.com and make sure that their membership dues are current, so that they will be able to register for  upcoming events. White Belt students and new Tiger Cubs will be pre registered and their member numbers and passwords will be e mailed to them. White Belt students have their memberships paid for the first 60 days. All other students must have their memberships current. Membership in the ITA allows you to participate in rank testings, tournaments, and gives you visitation privileges to all ITA franchised schools in the US and other countries.
The New Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Dojang is nearing completion!
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The new dojang is coming along nicely! The interior walls are up, the windows are being placed this week and the painting has begun! We have had a new air conditioning unit installed to facilitate the comfort of our students, new Zebra mats and pole pads have been ordered with delivery expected in mid - March, and 30 feet of mirrored wall with a stretching bar is also on the way!

We need ADULT VOLUNTEERS to donate ladders for our finishing project, and to help with painting of the interior spaces. Mrs. Ashton is heading up the working parties, but we need your help. If you wish to help us with painting, cleaning or any other of the details in our move, please contact Mrs. Ashton or Mr. Ashton. More Information will follow!

The tentative opening for the Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Academy will be in the first week of April, 2010. This move will facilitate the opportunity to provide training in Tiger Rock Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Yoga, and also to open more classes during the week for Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo. We will be expanding our Tiger Cubs program to two classes a week and be better able to implement our dynamic curriculum for our students.


As with any change, we expect to experience "growing pains", such as moving to a billing system, rather than making payments as you have done with the recreation department. We will have more information on our new partnership with Member Solutions. They are ready to provide excellent customer service to our ITA members and you will see how easy it will be to make payments! Just think! There will be no more problems with the recreation department website, forgetting to come in and pay, and having ease of mind, knowing that your customer service needs are being cared for by a top rate company!





 


Virginia Diner Peanut Fund Raiser
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As part of our efforts to meet our goals in the Relay for Life, we successfully conducted a fundraiser through the Virginia Diner Peanut company! On behalf of the Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Academy and the American Cancer Society, we wish to extend a big THANK YOU to all of the students and parents that contributed to our fundraiser!!! We have raised over $500 toward our goal.
Virginia Diner products are among the best tasting treats you can buy! Mrs Anne Ashton will be taking late orders for our TaeKwonDo Cancer Kickers, but be advised that the orders will come in at a later date than those orders which came in on time.  If you have any questions you can contact her in class or e mail her at the following address:

amashton@hotmail.com

Please have all checks made out to Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Academy!