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Lee’s Martial Arts conducted a rank promotion test on Saturday, the 7th of December, 2013. We had a couple of milestones on this last test. The first was that this was our largest test to date! 49 Lee’s students were promoted (three of them to 1st dan black belt), and 6 YMCA students were also promoted. The second milestone concerned one of our newest black belts, Mr. Bob Young. He joined us after our grand re-opening, and he is the first student to go all the way from white belt to black under the new ownership. Awesome! Also we want to give a special congratulation to the outstanding student of the test, Zoie Ault!

Black Belts
Our newest black belts, Mr. Young and Mr. Nguyen.

Lee’s Students
1st row (l to r): Alan Martindale (yellow), Jacyn Madeira (yellow), Ty Madeira (yellow), Alex Madeira (yellow), Nicholas Harris (yellow), Zak Harris (yellow), Cameron Sassano (orange), Evan Fons (green), Taylor Henson (green), Hannah Winders (purple), Zoie Ault (blue), Maddox Ault (blue), Cooper Charles (purple), JR Cross (yellow).
2nd row (l to r): Jody Madeira (orange), Lyra Schneidt (green), Sam Weir (green), Youngjun Woo (orange), Brandon Oliphant (yellow), Brandon Walker (blue), Abby Miles (brown), Sujin Woo (blue), Jerin Fons (green), Justus Belton (brown), Ginger Curry (purple), Bella Miles (brown).
Back row (l to r): Matt Madeira (orange), Robert Sassano (yellow), Tyrone Bradley (blue), David Hunt (orange), Rodney Taylor (orange), Dane Boss (green), Lydia Martin (green), Nick Nehring (blue), Kris Holtman (red/black), Donna Thuma (brown), Mr. Bob Young (black).
Not shown: Ava Schneidt (green), Mr. Alexander Nguyen (black), Nolan Robinson (purple).

YMCA Students
Alonzo Eggleston (blue), Anika Drichel (green), Senora Porter (yellow), Ollie Cano (yellow), Jenevieve Wright (yellow), and not shown: Aiden Gomez (green).

Lee’s Martial Arts conducted a rank promotion test on Saturday, 12 October. The following students were promoted by Grand Master Cecil, several Master level instructors, and other black belts. Samuel Lackey was voted the Most Outstanding Student of the test cycle. Outstanding job, everyone!

First off, congratulations to our newest Taekwondo 1st dan black belt, Valerie Christy!

The following were promoted in Tae Kwon-do (TKD) and/or Hapkido (HKD) – back row: Matt Christy (brown), Courtney Waskow (purple), Rodney Taylor (yellow), Scott Titzer (green HKD), Vidhya Silanose (yellow), Youngjun Woo (yellow), Steven Cox (purple HKD), middle row: Samuel Lackey (red/black), Lydia Martin (orange), Barrett Tieman (purple), Brennan Stockbridge (purple), Blake Waskow (purple), front row: Lyra Schneidt (orange), Ava Schneidt (orange), Taylor Henson (orange), Cameron Sassano (yellow), Kevin Nguyen (orange).

On the makeup test the following were promoted: back row: Kris Ensign (brown TKD/HKD), Janet Simon (brown TKD/HKD), Dane Boss (orange TKD/HKD), front row: Tristan Boss (purple), Kendall Hewitt (orange), Matt Madeira (yellow), Jody Madeira (yellow).

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in our August test, and especially to Mason Hatfield for being voted Outstanding Student for the test cycle!

The following as shown in the photo were promoted in rank in Tae Kwon-do and Hapkido.

Front Row (l to r): Lyra Schneidt (yellow), Brennan Stockbridge (green), Hannah Winders (green), Cooper Charles (green), Taylor Henson (yellow), Ava Schneidt (yellow), Mason Hatfield (Outstanding Student-brown), Kevin Nguyen (yellow)
Second Row (l to r): Barrett Tieman (green), Tristan Boss (green), Kendall Hewitt (yellow), Lydia Martin (yellow), Sujin Woo (purple), Stepan Holtman (green), Gage Harden (red/black), Michelle Hatfield (brown)
Back Row (l to r): Scott Titzer (yellow-HKD), Steven Cox (green-HKD), Tyrone Bradley (purple), David Hunt (yellow), Nick Nehring (purple TKD/HKD), Dane Boss (yellow-TKD/HKD), Kris Holtman (yellow-HKD). Not shown: Jun Wu (yellow-HKD), Alex Wang (yellow-HKD), Brandon Walker (purple), Donna Thuma (blue-TKD/HKD).

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in our February test, and especially to Arianna McCrory for being voted Outstanding Student for the test cycle! Keep it up!

June’s test will be on Saturday, June 8th, at 10:00 a.m. Testing students should arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. to get dressed, fill out paperwork, pay test fees, and stretch. Test list and after-test-pitch-in sign up are on the cork board.

Note to all students and parents, did you know that you can fill out test paperwork and pay your test fee in advance? Please see any instructor for more details.

Knife Defense Seminar
Date: Saturday, March 16, 2013
Place: Lee’s Martial Arts
Time: 1:00pm until 3:00pm

Lee’s Martial Arts will be hosting a Knife Defense Seminar next Saturday from 1-3pm. For our Hapkido students, we will begin with our regular Hapkido class and blend in he Knife Defense Seminar.

This training will be also GREAT for our Hapkido joint lock skills.
We will learn disarms and defensive techniques from close range threats.

If you have a personal training knife, feel free to bring along, if not we have extras.

Sorry kids, this is an adults only class.

Please feel free to invite adult friends and family to this FREE seminar led by Master Scott Johnson.

If you have a Facebook, like us and here is the link to let us know if you are attending.

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in our February test, and especially to Donna Thuma for being voted Outstanding Student for the test cycle! Grandmaster Richards and Grandmaster Cecil both were impressed, and all of the instructors are very proud of you. Keep it up!

Front Row: Blake Waskow (yellow), Justus Belton (purple), Abby Miles (purple), Brandon Walker (orange), Stone Walker (orange), Brennan Stockbridge (yellow), Bella Miles (purple), Sergei Holtman (orange), Isaac May (yellow). Back Row: Steven Cox (yellow HKD), Donna Thuma (green TKD/HKD), Kristine Ensign (purple TKD/HKD), Janet Simon (purple TKD/HKD), Stepan Holtman (yellow), Courtney Waskow (yellow), Gage Harden (red). Not shown: Kris Holtman (brown), Monica Erk (green TKD/HKD), Maddox Ault (green), Zoie Ault (green), Keeley Price (blue), and Valerie Christy (blue HKD).

February’s test will be on Saturday, February 9th, at 10:00 a.m. Testing students should arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. to get dressed, fill out paperwork, pay test fees, and stretch. Test list and after-test-pitch-in sign up are on the cork board.

Note to all students and parents, did you know that you can fill out test paperwork and pay your test fee in advance? Please see any instructor for more details.

Congratulations to all of the winners and competing students of our first in-school tournament! The in-school tournament was a big success. Thanks to all the judges, scorekeepers, registration workers, stagemaster Val, and everyone that attended to support the students. Next one is Sat., 23 March. We will work to get info out as soon as possible to plan for it. So, mark it on your calendars.

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The following event has been cancelled. Please speak to your instructor for more information, or contact Mr. Jarvis and/or Master Geissman if you are interested in attending and representing Lee’s Martial Arts in the upcoming regular tournament season (either as an individual or as part of a demo team).

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Lee’s will be hosting an in-school tournament on Saturday, March 23rd. Are you uncertain what goes on at a tournament? Have you been to tournaments before but would like to brush up on your techniques? Or do you just want to have fun? If you answered yes to any of those questions, this tournament is for you! To find out more, please talk to your instructor or view the flyer and registration form below.

Tournament Flyer

Tournament Registration Form