TIger-Rock Academy Newsletter

For the week of: 05/19-05/24
Cycle Tenet: "Strength, is the ability to solve problems both mentally and physically. Strong mind...focus on purpose. Strong body...eat right and exercise."

Good Afternoon,

This is week #6 of 8 in our current training cycle for our martial art programs.

Newsletter Highlights:

1. Goals for the week
2. Merit Badges due by June 7th
3. New Class Schedule
4. Kama Weapon Enrollment
5. Gymnastics Class Saturday Instead of Board Break Seminar
6. Memorial Day Abridged Schedule 
7. Upcoming Events
   
   

We had a fantastic display of martial arts at our King of the Hill tournament in Johnson City, TN this past weekend. Our school took 37 competitors with a combined score of 158, and Johnson City brought 52 competitors with a combined score of 161. Although we did not win the tournament, our champions did a great job representing our students, our school, and our families. We all could not of been prouder of the display of martial arts prowess and sportsmanship our students displayed. Now it is time to reset our training goals, improve on our techniques, and prepare for our rank exams coming up in June. Please register for your Priority Rank Exam Registration today through May 31st. Late Exam Registration (Additional $10.00) is June 2nd-June 7th.

We will have the following merit badges available this training cycle:
Skillbuilder Merit Badge: The merit badge this cycle will have students practice their form 50x at home. Please pick up an A.L.L.Y. Program sheet at the front desk.

Character Builder Merit Badge:  Students will track their nutritional input everyday for six weeks, and indicate whether they consumed any junk food, if they ate any fruits and vegetables, and controlling portion sizes. At the end of six weeks, students will reflect on their nutrition, and any effects it may/may not have had on their own body.

Academic Learning Stars: Please be sure to get your academic teachers to fill our your Partners-in-learning forms so you can earn your academic stars. Forms can be found at the front desk.

Parents: Please pick up our new class schedule that will go into effect after our June Rank Exams. It includes day classes, gymnastic classes, white and yellow belt only classes, more weapons classes. It is going to be a great summer of movement.

Weapon Enrollment has now begun. Our weapon for next cycle will be the Kama's. The competition Kama's are $24.95, and the Elite Competition Kama's are $49.95. Weapon Training Classes are $40.00 unless on All-Access. ENROLLMENT MUST BE COMPLETED DURING PRIORITY EXAM REGISTRATION.

This Saturday, May 24th, was originally scheduled as a Buddy Board Break Seminar. However, we have cancelled this lesson, and instead have inserted a Free Gymnastics Preview Day during regular classes. Please join us!

We will be open on Memorial Day (05/26) running an abridged schedule.

Tiger Cubs 5:00p.m.

Juniors 5:30p.m.

Teens and Adults 6:30p.m.

Grappling 7:30p.m.

05/19-05/31: Priority Rank Exam Registration & Weapon Enrollment
05/24: Gymnastic Preview Day
05/26: Memorial Day Abridged Schedule
06/02-06/07: Late Exam Registration, an additional $10.00 for rank exams.
06/04: Junior Grappling Rank Exam 5:30p.m. (No Black Belt Class)
            Adult Grappling Rank Exam 7:15p.m. 
06/05: Junior Blue-Black Belt Class 4:00p.m.
            Tiger Cub Rank Exams 5:30p.m.
            White, Yellow, Green Belt Rank Exam 6:30p.m.
            Teen and Adult Class 7:45p.m.
06/06: Junior Blue-Red L2 Rank Exams 5:00p.m.
            Red L3-Black Belt Class 6:30p.m.
            Adult and Teen Rank Exams 7:15p.m.
06/07: Red L3 & Black Belt Rank Exam 10:00a.m.
           Instructor Meeting/Workout/Team Builder Function 1:00p.m.

Your proud instructor,

 
Senior 4th Degree Tiger-Rock Black Belt & Certified TaeKwonDo Trainer
Tiger-Rock Grappling TrainerCDT Protection Instructor


Phone: (865) 247-4437
Email: WestKnoxTigerRock@gmail.com

Website: www.WestKnoxTigerRock.com

Tiger-Rock Academy Newsletter

For the week of: 12/02-12/07
Cycle Tenet: "Perseverance, never giving up despite obstacles or delays in achieving success."

Good Morning,

This is week #1 of 8 in our current training cycle for TaeKwonDo, and week #6 of 10 in Grappling.

Newsletter Highlights:

1. Goals for the week
2. Time Change for Promotion Ceremony tonight
3. Christmas Holiday Class Plans
4. New A.L.L.Y. program merit badges
5. Check to see if your name is on the list for merit badges
6. Next Cycles Weapons
7. Upcoming Events

 

Congratulations to all of the students who achieved success, and earned a new rank last weekend. For those students that did not achieve their goals, never give up, we will work hard together to earn our new rank next cycle. We are in our LAST training week of the year, and it is our REWARDS week. Please see the upcoming event section below to know what times your classes are offered.

 

Please Note: The Tiger-Cub, white, and yellow belt promotion ceremony remains at 5:30. The Jr. Green-Black, Teen, and Adult promotion ceremony has been changed to 6:15 instead of 6:45. Please note the time change, and remember full uniform.

In next week's newsletter, Students will receive two different lesson plans to complete over the Christmas holiday break. Students that complete the documentation with parents signature, and post a picture of their training to our Tiger-Rock Martial Arts of Wets Knoxville Facebook page will receive a class credit per hour of training at home. Maximum class credit is three for the holiday break. 

Please make sure your name is below for the food drive merit badge (if not below email WestKnoxTigerRock@gmail.com A.S.A.P.):

Skyler Fetty     Brayden Beckman     Joshua Judzewitsch    Adrian Hughes     Emma Skou    
Lydia Twigg    Quin Irwin     Logan Holbrook     Nathan Holbrook    Austin Holbrook    
Ethan Lopez     Jeremiah Bowman     Jordan Reiling     Sofia Hamilton      Calvin Hamilton     

Maya Bowling     Jack Holdenreid     Brooke Childress     Zach Pare     Bella Reeves     Halen Reeves     Ali Reeves     Ethan Bowker      Jaylen Drinnen      Aidan Allison

Please make sure your name is below for the practice at home merit badge:

Jordan Reiling     Emma Skou     Skyler Fetty      Amelia Hamilton

Next cycle's merit badges:

Students will choose one of the harvest forms (korean name), and write a short research paper on the topic. General Guidelines for the research paper will be posted onto kicksite, and emailed out shortly. 

The second merit badge will be a skill building merit badge. Students will have thirty seconds to complete a complex skill based on their rank at the end of each class, if the student misses one of the kicks they will be disqualified for that days class. Tiger Cubs-Jump Front Kick (10x), White & Yellow Belt-Jump Front Kick (15x), Green-Brown Belt-Spin Crescent Kick (10x), Black Belts-Jump Spin Crescent Kick (15x).

Next Cycle's Weapon is the Nun-Chuck ($14.98). Weapons classes are offered every Saturday at 12:00p.m. The weapons program is offered to All-Access students for free, and is $5.00 per class for students not on the All-Access Program.  You may also rent a weapon for $5.00 per class instead of purchasing one.

12/17: Promotion Ceremony
           Tiger Cubs, Jr. White, & Yellow Belts 5:30p.m.
           Jr. Blue-Black, Adult, Teen 6:15p.m.
12/18: Fight Night (Regular Schedule)

12/19: Forms Classes (Regular Schedule

12/20: Fun Night (Wear your favorite silly Christmas shirt & TKD pants)

12/21: Last day of classes for 2013.

1/2/14: Classes resume

Your proud instructor,

 
Senior 4th Degree Tiger-Rock Black Belt & Certified TaeKwonDo Trainer
Tiger-Rock Grappling TrainerCDT Protection Instructor


Phone: (865) 247-4437
Email: WestKnoxTigerRock@gmail.com

Website: www.WestKnoxTigerRock.com 

Rank Exams tonight and tomorrow

Good Afternoon,
We are all so excited to see our students show off all of their skills at our Tiger-Rock TaeKwonDo Rank Exams this weekend! Please remember there will be no classes on Friday, Saturday, Monday, or Tuesday due to our exam and promotion process. Classes will resume on Wednesday for our rewards week.
As a reminder for Rank Exams:

• Be sure you are in Full Uniform (Jacket, Pants, Belt, with proper color undershirt, red for most students)
• Be sure to have all of your sparring gear
• Be sure to have a water bottle

As a reminder for spectators:

• Please make sure all spectators are respectful of the students on the mat
• Please make sure to keep all noise to a minimum
• Please make sure to turn off electronic devices
• Please make sure the playroom stays quiet, and all children are not running along the mat.

Enjoy the show, and don’t forget we have our black belt rank exams on Saturday morning at 10:30 for all to come and enjoy! Mr. Halen Reeves will be testing for his 1st Degree Level 2 Black Belt, and Mr. Calvin Hamilton and Mr. Brandon Sloane will be testing for their 1st Degree Level 1 Black Belt! Wish them good luck!

Your proud instructor,

 
Senior 4th Degree Tiger-Rock Black Belt & Certified TaeKwonDo Trainer
Tiger-Rock Grappling TrainerCDT Protection Instructor


Phone: (865) 247-4437
Email: WestKnoxTigerRock@gmail.com

Website: www.WestKnoxTigerRock.com 

Tiger-Rock Academy Newsletter

For the week of: 12/02-12/07
Cycle Tenet: "Integrity, I have the moral courage to make my actions consistent with my knowledge of right or wrong."

Good Afternoon,

This is week #8 of 9 in our current training cycle for TaeKwonDo, and week #5 of 10 in Grappling.

Newsletter Highlights:

1. Goals for the week
2. Inclement Weather Policy
3. Tiger-Rock TaeKwonDo Rank Exams (Registration Deadline Saturday)
1. Please see requirements on rank skipping eligibility on your kicksite account
2. Please register through your kicksite account for the event
4. Team Revolution Extreme Performance at Fantasy of Trees
5. Tiger-Rock Leadership Team assisting at Fantasy of Trees
6. Tiger-Rock A.L.L.Y. Program
1. Honors Team Food Drive & Merit Badge
2. Partners-in-Learning Stars
3. Home Practice Merit Badge
7. Next Cycle Weapon: Nun-Chuck ***Purchase Today***
8. Upcoming Events

 

We hope that everyone had a fantastic training week last week.  We are ramping up training for our end of the year rank exam on December 13-14th.  Be sure to get your classes in, and your curriculum stripes to be eligible for the exam. We will be working on completing any missing curriculum stripes

Parents & Students: Please remember that our inclement weather policy follows the Knox County School Systems. If Knox County School Systems close due to inclement weather (snow), we will also close. You can check the status of closing on our website, blog, facebook, google+, twitter, and wbir.com.

Tiger-Rock Rank Exam Information
Please see testing requirements on uniform, attendance, rank skip eligibility, etc through your kicksite account.

General Rule of Rank Skipping: Four classes above minimum, 95% or above on exam.

Priority Registration Deadline (Must be registered and paid): 11/25-12/7
Deadline Registration (Extra $10.00): 12/09-12/12

Exam Times: 

Friday, December 13th

Tiger Cubs 5:15p.m.

White & Yellow Belt Juniors 6:15p.m.

Apprentice Team (Honors, Leadership, Trainer) 7:15

Saturday, December 14th

Teens & Adults 9:00a.m.

10:30 Red Belt L3 & Black Belts (all ages)

12:00 Junior Green-Red Belt L2

2:30-4:30 Apprentice Team Christmas Party

Team Revolution Extreme Performance Team
Very Proud of our Team Revolution Extreme Performance Team for putting on a fantastic show at the Fantasy of Trees this weekend. They did great!!! Such a wonderful group of young people. We are looking for more performances....any ideas? Church events, youth groups, sporting events. It is an exciting show hosted by these talented martial artists.

Leadership Team helps set up Fantasy of Trees

We are also extremely proud of our Leadership Team & Parents for helping assist in setting up the fantasy of trees to benefit East Tennessee Children's Hospital as their cycle leadership project! Way to go guys!

As we gear up for rank exams, don't forget to make sure you get all of your merit badges, and partners-in-learning stars turned in. The last day to accept the A.L.L.Y. program requirements is on Thursday, December 12th by close. The merit badges are for bringing in at least 10 items of non-perishable food items, completing the practice at home form with questions (found on kicksite) as well as 270 minutes of practice time,  and having your teacher fill out your partner-in-learning form (found by the desk). 

Next Cycle's Weapon is the Nun-Chuck ($14.98). Weapons classes are offered every Saturday at 12:00p.m. The weapons program is offered to All-Access students for free, and is $5.00 per class for students not on the All-Access Program.  You may also rent a weapon for $5.00 per class instead of purchasing one.

12/2-12/7: Priority Rank Exam Registration

12/9-12/12: Deadline Rank Exam Registration
12/13-12/14: Tiger-Rock TaeKwonDo Rank Exams
12/16: Exam Processing
            5:30 Secondary Rank Exam
            6:30 Apprentice Team Physical Rank Exam for probationary students
12/17: Promotion Ceremony
           Tiger Cubs, Jr. White, & Yellow Belts 5:30p.m.
           Jr. Blue-Black, Adult, Teen 6:45p.m.
12/18: Fight Night (Regular Schedule)

12/19: Forms Classes (Regular Schedule

12/20: Fun Night (Wear your favorite silly christmas shirt & TKD pants)

12/21: Last day of classes for 2013.

1/2/14: Classes resume

Your proud instructor,

 
Senior 4th Degree Tiger-Rock Black Belt & Certified TaeKwonDo Trainer
Tiger-Rock Grappling TrainerCDT Protection Instructor


Phone: (865) 247-4437
Email: WestKnoxTigerRock@gmail.com

Website: www.WestKnoxTigerRock.com