Dear Parents and Students,
We have ended the cycle, and all of the students who tested have done very well. This week's schedule includes Late test and retest at 6pm on Tuesday August 17th, There will also be our Award Ceremony on Thursday August 19th beginning with Tiger Cubs at 5pm, all Junior and Super Junior Students at 6pm and Adults at 7pm.
Please note that we also have a new cycle tenet - Honor.
The new training cycle also will feature our exciting addition to the adult program! Elite Counter Aggression Skills is a new segment that we will introduce to you this week and next. It will replace the sparring segment of the adult classes. Sport free sparring will be held separately for those adult students that wish to participate in sparring.
Look for changes in our schedule coming soon. These changes will be posted on our bulletin board. We are revamping the schedule to give the students and adults more of an opportunity to attend classes. The new schedule will be posted in the lobby and an e mail will be sent to this list. We will announce the changes at the award ceremony. 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. White Belt students have their memberships paid for the first 60 days. All other students must have their memberships current. Membership in the Tiger Rock Martial Arts, Inc allows you to participate in rank testings, tournaments, and gives you visitation privileges to all Tiger Rock franchised schools in the US and other countries.  |
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Elite Counter Aggression Skills for Adults!
 This cycle will bring with it an exciting change for the adult class. Adult Green Belt students and above, will be participating in self defense training in our new Elite Counter Aggression Skills (ECAS) segment.
ECAS drills are designed as dynamic defense tactics using traditional TaeKwonDo techniques and concepts, similar to the one step sparring drill above.
ECAS has three connected components. Every student must learn to integrate and combine quickly every component in split second responses to unpredictable and varied attack options. These components are
Direction
- movement in the proper Direction and understanding the Direction of an attack
Avoid/and or Block
- Avoidance and or Blocking the attack
Counter
- responding with an effective Counter attack.
ECAS will be closely instructed with guidance, basic techniques and concepts followed by both regimented and "open" practice. This training will create students who are quick thinkers, resulting in a more reliable skill response for the individual student relative to their age, body type and athletic ability.
In the interest of safety, there will be equipment requirements for ECAS. This gear package is as follows:
ARMS - One piece hand-forearm pads that can be adjusted to protect the part of the arm that is exposed.(NOT sparring punches)
LEGS - One piece shin-instep pads (NOT sparring boots)
TEETH - Mouthpiece
MEN - groin protector
OPTIONAL FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Chest protector
Mesh Gear Bag
Drawstring Back Pack
ECAS gear will be available for purchase by submitting an order to our staff in the office.
Sparring gear will also be handled in the same manner for those adults that wish to participate in sparring.
ECAS GEAR FOR MEN $60.00
ECAS GEAR FOR WOMEN $50.00
Sparring Gear (orange) $200
Sparring Gear (black) $225
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Late Test/Retest - Award Ceremony  Late testing and restesting will be held at the Academy on Tueday August 17th at 6pm for all students awarded a retest or those who are testing late. The Award Ceremony will be held at the Academy on Thursday August 19th as follows: Tiger Cubs at 5pm, all Junior and Super Junior Students at 6pm and Adults at 7pm. Please ensure that you are in full Taekwondo uniform for these events.
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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.
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Sincerely, Patrick Ashton
and your instructional staff at
Tiger Rock TaeKwonDo Academy Jacksonville, NC
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Sparring gear is required for all Junior and Super Junior students at the Green Belt level and above for sport free sparring. Also any Adult students who wish to participate in sport free sparring classes must have Tiger Rock approved sparring gear. 
