Summer Camp Dates
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Thursday, April 29th
End of 100-day Training Challenge
Saturday, March 20th
Spring Into Action
Open House event, 12-3pm!
Kids’ demonstrations 12:30-1:30pm
Friday, March 5th
Moy Yat Art exhibition
as a part of First Fridays
Special forms performance at the school!
Satellite forms performance at Gallery 5!
Saturday, February 27th
Certification Ceremony & Demonstration 1-1:30pm
Special Young Masters “Lion Dance” Workshop & Performance
to Celebrate the Chinese New Year – Year of the Tiger!
February 7th – 16thBring a Buddy Week
Show someone how much you care -
bring them to class to help them get healthy and strong,
and learn the priceless art of self-protection!
Saturday, January 23rd and 24th
New Years Wellness Open House Event
Eat More Fruits & Vegetables in 2010: Nutrition Event
for Parents & Kids
3 – 4pm on both days, Kid Demos from 12:30-1:30pm
Stay committed to your New Year’s Resolutions by
choosing “The Road to Better Health!”
Please join us for a fun and informative talk on how
you can improve your health and the health of your
family. We’ll also have an interactive Children’s
Nutrition Workshop, so bring the whole family! Super
healthy refreshments will be served.
convenient day!
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Launch of 100 Day Training Challenge
Improved “playing” of exercises!- Faster Learning! – Open to All students!
Motivate yourself to train harder! – Get recognition for your hard work!
Start date: Tuesday, January 19th
End date: Thursday, April 29th
Rules:
1. Each consecutive day must be marked – no exceptions.
2. Neither private nor group lessons count as practice.
3. If your child misses a day,they can try again
during the 25-day challenge in the fall.
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Students who participate will be recognized for 100 consecutive days of practice at the end of the challenge. Each student should complete a 20-minute workout session every day which consists of Siu Nim Tao (the first form, up to whichever part the student knows), conditioning hand strikes (punches, palm strikes), kicks (front and side kicks), and pad work.
Good Luck!
Now: click on the image below and print it out
to begin keeping track of your 100-day progress!
Asia Day at Tuckahoe Montessori school
Richmond, VA
Sifu Julia’s mini-lesson for 4-6 year old kids,
in honor of Asia Day!
Thursday, January 14th
Smoothie Day
Smoothie King will come to the school at the end of the Little Fists class
to bring a healthy treat for each child in our kids programs!
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
First day back to class in the New Year!
December 20th – January 10th
Holiday break
Thursday, December 17th
Certification Ceremony
December 12th & 15th
End of Semester Testing Dates
Friday, December 11th
Holiday Party at Chuck E Cheese’s
No Classes November 25th – 28th
to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 9th – 14th
Bring a Buddy Week
Students will be encouraged to bring a friend on any or all days for that week of classes.
Saturday, November 7th, 12:00 – 4:00 pm
Open House Event
Here are a few pictures from the event.
Thanks for coming, everyone!
Saturday, October 31st, 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Halloween Trick or Treat Event!
With candy, prizes, and live music! Bring your friends!
Our in-house band was there to help celebrate!
Thanks to Matthew (lead guitar), Alec (rhythm guitar), and Adam (keyboards).
Everyone had a great time.
Thanks for being there to make it happen, and hope to see you again next year!
Tuesday, October 27th
First day of the 25 Day Training Challenge.
(All students are eligible to participate.)
Saturday, October 24th, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Certification Ceremony & Demonstration
For New Beginner Level students and their parents and families only.
Remember to bring your cameras!
Saturday, October 17th, First official exam for all NEW students!
September 15th, Fall Semester Begins.
August 15th – September 15th, End-of-Summer Break.
August 15th, Kids’ T-shirt Advancement Certification Exam.
This is a big exam and will be cumulative – it will include everything they have learned up to this point in their training. Students who pass will qualify to continue in the fall into the Children’s Expert Certification Program for Young Masters!! Very exciting!!
June 23 – August 15th, Summer Semester Regular Kids Program.
SPECIAL KUNG FU & ART SUMMER CAMP:
Pictures from the Session 1 Lion Dance! 
The lion in the photos was made during the first semester of Summer Camp ’09 by all attendees. At the performance, the lion dance was such a success with the crowd that several encores were required!
The Summer Camp happens in two sessions. This year’s schedule is below, but if you want more information, you can click on the link to see oursummer camp brochure, or look at our special Summer Camp information section (linked on the left side of your screen). It contains lots of pictures from our most recent adventures, and even some playwriting from this year’s campers!
Camp 2009 Schedule:
Session 1: June 22 -July 1 (M-F 12-5pm)
Session 2: July 13 – July 31 (M-F 12-5pm)
June 13th Certification Exams and end of the semester party (10am-2pm)
We will have a pizza party lunch to celebrate and will watch some excerpts (I will not be showing any film in its entirety so as to avoid anything controversial - I am just going to pick a few short segments)from some well known kung fu movies. I am asking for each parent to bring $20 per child. This will cover each of their personal framed certificates, award ribbon, their “gold bar” patches, official photo, (individual and group) and the pizza lunch.
June 14 – June 22, Summer Vacation Break.
Tuesday, June 9th Radio Show “Making A Difference” (6:30pm-8:00pm)
www.lovebroadcasting.net/, click on schedule for “heavensgateway” and scroll down to Tuesday at 7pm, the program is called “Making A Difference,” Hosted by Erica Wakefield.
We have been invited to do a special radio program. I will spend part of the next couple of classes working on a writing project to help prepare the kids to share their feelings and ideas about their kung fu training and how it has helped them. I will also be sending home some info so you can help them prepare as well. The program is 1 hour long, so each child will get a chance to present (they will be able to read from what they have prepared), and we will have some free form discussion as well as some working out. The radio studio is just down the street form the school on Main. The program
begins at 7, so well need to meet at the studio at 6:30 to prepare. Parents are welcome to stay and watch! My friend Erica Wakefield regularly hosts the program “Making a Difference” and is really excited about hearing from the kids about how kung fu has made a difference for them. Please check out the link for more info and directions.
Saturday, June 6th Animalia Demo @Farmers Market, (11am-1pm)
We will be conducting class at the market so we will meet there at 11am and the demo will be at noon – the kids should be all finished no later than 12:30. This particular Farmers Market is the “Animalia” market which is super kid and family friendly so hopefully you will all come out for this event – It will be a lot of fun. Be sure to check out the link for more info, directions & parking, etc.
http://www.richmondgov.com/econdev/FarmersMarket/Animalia.htm
Saturday, May 30th, Video-shoot at Kung Fu School (10am-11pm)