Salem Tournament Cancelled due to flooding January 21st, 2012
I would like to thank all of you for your warm regards. It has meant a lot to myself and Gigi.
Our Friendship Tournament has been re-scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012.
All tournament information has been updated on our website: www.davestkd.com
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me by replying to this e-mail or calling me at (503) 362-3538
Sincerely,
David M Wolf
Dave’s TaeKwon-Do
We Stretch! January 19th, 2012
Sometimes I’ll hear from students that they think we don’t do enough stretching. Here’s my take on stretching within our classes. Stretching is very important. Flexibility is key to health and full range of movement. That said, we are a martial arts school where the curriculum goes beyond just flexibility. To spend the appropriate amount of time to get the body opened up using just traditional stretching methods within an hour long class does not leave much time for practicing other self defense movements. So. We typically start classes with martial art drills (not traditional stretching poses) done at slow speed. The idea is to use movement to warm the body up, increase the range of motion, and do it at a speed that is least likely to injure the participant – all the movements being martial techniques. We are killing 2 birds with one stone! If a student hurries through this process or doesn’t work to go through a wide range of movement, they will miss the benefit of going slow at the start.
So last night, we stretched – the traditional way. Splits, bridges, poses. A Yogi would have been happy with what they saw! Was it so wrong that they were doing chi sao while in these stretches?
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Wednesday Morning, January 18th January 18th, 2012
Due to snow, we will not be holding Advanced Class or the 9am class this morning. At this point, we WILL be holding our regularly scheduled evening classes. Keep checking this blog and the AKF phone message for further updates.
Tuesday January 17, 2012 Schedule Change due to weather January 17th, 2012
Tonight’s Class Schedule is as follows:
5pm Kids Class is on!
6-7:15pm Adults Class. All Levels welcome!
No 7:30pm adult class due to weather.
Come get some at 6pm!
A Good Morning of Sparring January 16th, 2012
Professor Fred King, Professor Dan Anderson, Sifu Allen Jackson, Sensei John Olivera, Sifu Shannon Carey, Sifu Sean Kelly, Black Belt Dan Jones, and more… What a line up! It was an honor having this level of talent come in for a morning of sparring. Lots of good lessons learned.
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Cleveland High School is back for more! January 4th, 2012
About 40+ brave Cleveland High School kids took on the AKF’s curriculum for 2 weeks. They represented themselves quite well showing a nice mix of enthusiasm and focus. The kids gave it their all and kept the smiles on their faces. Great group!
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Today’s Schedule January 2nd, 2012
Reminder of today’s schedule:
5pm Kids Class is on!
6-7:15pm Adult Class – All Levels tonight!
No 7:30pm class so train at 6pm!
Which Troublemaker does she make you think of? December 20th, 2011
About a half dozen people came to mind, for myself. Looking at them through her filter cracked me up.
(This was sent to me from my wife!)
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