Tiger-Rock Martial Arts Academy Newsletter

Good Morning,

This is week #5 in our training cycle.

We have our normal class schedule all week this week!  Lot's of opportunities to train!  We hope to see you early and often!

Great effort in class last week team!  We are so proud of your progress!  We are at the half way point of our training cycle!  4 weeks left until our next belt exam.  Now that the kids have gotten into the "Back-To-School" routine, let's amp up our training over the next 4 weeks as we all shoot for our next belt exam!

This week's newsletter highlights!
1) This weeks Goal is to earn at least white, yellow, & green stripes.
2) Tiger-Rock Tuesday!
3) Beach Trip Referral Contest
4) Special Guest Instructor Senior Master Greg Roy
5.) Parents Night Out & Teen Lock In
6.) Upcoming Events

Tiger-Rock Tuesday!

Don't forget our new tradition!  We know that everyone loves to sport the colors/shirts/hats, etc of their favorite teams!  Last week we started the "Tiger-Rock Tuesday" tradition. We want to encourage all students to wear one of their Tiger Rock T-shirt's to their school every Tuesday. Just like Tennessee fans love seeing other Vol shirts.....we want our students to feel empowered when they see all those Tiger Rock shirts in their local schools (in the hallway, lunchroom, fellow classmates, etc!). We are a team!  Wear your Tiger-Rock apparel to school tomorrow! Post the pictures to our facebook page and/or use hashtag #TigerRockTuesday

Win a week long vacation to Pensacola, Beach, FL
Our Back-to-School referral contest is going great! We have had so many new faces inside our academy, and our academy is up to 176 members! Way to go guys! The competition ends on October 12th.

So far the leader is The Reynolds Family.

Bring a friend to try class or event=1 point
Have a friend sign up on a starter course=3 points
Have a friend enroll full time=7 points

Special Guest Instructor Senior Master Greg Roy (9/28)

***NO TIGER CUB CLASSES***
***KID GRAPPLING CLASSES TIME CHANGE***
Don't forget on Saturday September 28th we will have a modified class schedule due to Senior Master Greg Roy teaching TaeKwonDo classes. The seminar is $10.00 for all students not on the All-Access Upgrade.
Class Schedule is as Follows:

Kid Grappling 8:00a.m.
Youth & Adult Ranks 9:00a.m. 
Junior Advanced Ranks 10:00a.m. (Brown-Black)
Junior Beginner Ranks 11:00a.m. (White-Blue)






Students should wear black training pants and Red Training T-shirt. Students wearing any other attire (other than apprentice team members) will not be allowed to participate.

Parents Night Out & Teen Lock In

Please see flier below for Parents Night Out information.
Teen Lock In is from 9:00p.m. to 8:00a.m. Cost is $35.00 for All-Access and $40.00 for members and non-members.

Upcoming Events

9/14:Parents Night Out & Teen Lock-In
9/28: Seminar  by Senior Master Greg Roy
10/11: Rank Exams
Tiger Cub 5:00p.m.
White & Yellow Belts: 6:00p.m.
Apprentice Team Meeting 7:15
(All apprentice team must be in attendance Trainers, Leadership, and Honors)
10/12: Rank Exams
Jr. Green-Red Belt Belt 9:00p.m.
Jr., Teen, & Adult Black Belts 10:30p.m.
Colored Belt Teen & Adults 12:30p.m.
Apprentice Team Building Function at 2:15
10/26: Student Appreciation Halloween Party ***DATE CHANGE***
Please RSVP by the following link: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44A8A722A46-tigerrock2

11//16: November National Championships in Chattanooga, TN

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 & Motivation

Good Afternoon,
We hope that everyone had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend, and is ready to hit the ground running with their training. This week in classes we will be focusing on utilizing the side kick with our progressive contact skills from our focus last week. We will also be concentraing on board breaking this week.

Upcoming Events for September:
09/14: Parents Night Out from 5:30-9:30p.m. All-Access members $20.00, Members $25.00, and Non-Members $30.00
09/14 Teen Swag Lock In from 9:00p.m. to 8:00a.m. All-Access Members $35.00, Members and Non-Members $40.00
09/28: Train with Senior Master Greg Roy All-Access Members Free, Members $10.00.9:00a.m. Youth & Adults, 10:00a.m. Advanced Juniors (Brown-Black), 11:00a.m. Beginner Juniors (White-Blue). ***MUST WEAR RED TRAINING T-SHIRT, AND BLACK PANTS*** APPRENTICE TEAM MAY WEAR TEAM SHIRTS! NO TIGER CUB CLASSES.

Now for a note and wise words from Senior Master Jason Griffin (7th degree black belt from Mississippi)
Can I hop on my soap box for a second?? Thanks!
MOTIVATION:
Everyone has their ups and downs in training and even in life. I have heard from a few of my students these last 2 weeks about being tired and wanting to take a break...CODE WORD QUIT. Come on, if it was easy everyone would wear a black belt! We all have responsibilities and things that get in our way and take our eyes off our goals/plans. Getting into a routine after summer and starting school is always hard. Don’t be someone that allows that as an excuse. Some of these students that want to take a break are some of the most athletic students with great potential. If it comes easy then be amazing!
1. Did your buddy pass you in rank since they trained this summer and you did not? Get over it. Why don’t you train like crazy and double promote this testing instead of taking the easy way out and quit.
2. It’s not fun. YOU ARE RIGHT! If you are not getting better it won’t be fun. Would you go and play baseball and soccer if you did not get any better and got beat every game? No, you would quit that too. Invest in training, get over the hump and learn.
3. I want to try new things: Don’t bounce from sport to sport, activity to activity and not be really good at anything. Self confidence in life is created by being really great at something. Train more and see the benefits of our program.
4. We don’t have time. Here is the big one!! Once you stop one activity, you will fill it with another. If you were getting better, you would not want to stop! Let’s re-invest in consistent training 2 days a week.
5. Kids are kids (adults too), we all dig our heels in when we want our way. My Kids don’t want to come to class some days too. That should make you all feel better! Telling dad he is not any fun is not a good topic!! I know the benefits of the program and I am proof of it. I see long term and my kids see short term. Short term they are unmotivated, long term I see the confidence they have thru classes. I see my girls going out on a date in the future and they are equipped with a black belt...ha, I feel bad for their date if they try to sneak in a kiss.
Reflection: Less than 2 months ago some of these students were class leaders and were working extremely hard. Summer thru us a curve ball, time to learn to hit the curve!
This is my soap box from over 20 years of teaching kids (and yes you adults too) full time. Times are changing and life is faster than ever. Things that work, that are tried and true never go out of style. Perseverance and hard work will take you to the top of whatever you do in life.

LAST THING! Call one of your buddies that is unmotivated and motivate them back to class. Call, e-mail or send them a facebook message today! One day they may be motivating you!

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 Martial Arts Upcoming Events

Good Morning,

We are in week two of our eight week training cycle. We hope everyone is enjoying classes, and is seeing the amazing growth of our academy! It's totally awesome! As a reminder, Mr. Bailey. Mr. Hazelip, and Mrs. Amy will be attending the Tiger-Rock Franchisee Summit in Pensacola, Florida this Friday-Sunday. We will have regular lessons taught by Mr. Billy and our Trainer Team on these two days. The desk will be closed on Friday and Saturday.

Friday All-Access Seminar this cycle is XMA Extreme. The class is open to all Junior, Youth and Adult students.

All students should try to earn their white stripe (life skills) by the end of this week.

Upcoming Events
-Teen “Swag” Night March 9^th (TIME TBD)
-Tiger-Rock National Championships March 16^th in Chattanooga, TN (Highly recommended to all students)
Competition Times (Competitions typically lasts 1.5 hours; please note that later in the day typically tends to have later start times than on registration slip)
All Instructors - TOURNAMENT SETUP 7:30 AM
ADULT 1st & 3rd & 4th 9:00 AM
ADULT 2nd & JR 2nd & JR 3rd 10:30 AM
JR 1st & ADULT WHITE & YELLOW 12:00
JR Cubs & JR White & JR Yellow 1:30 PM
ADULT GREEN – RED & All Ages Xtreme 2:00 PM
JR GREEN & JR BLUE 3:30 PM
JR BROWN & JR RED 5:00 PM


-Tiger-Rock Spring Break Camp (Cost and Agenda to be announced soon) March 25^th-28^th. 7a.m.-5:30p.m. (tentative) child care will be provided. Students can sign up for weekly or daily sessions.
-Academy closed for Easter Holiday March 29^th and 30^th.
-Tiger Rock Exam Registration  March 25^th-April 6^th.
-Black Belt Testing Deadline April 6^th.
-Tiger-Rock Deadline Exam Registration April 8^th-April 12^th.
-Tiger-Rock Rank Exams April 13^th.

Team Revolution
Practice March 2nd (12:00-1:30)
Practice March 9th (8:30-10:00)
Performance at Knoxville Zoo for MDA March 23^rd (9:00-11:30)
Performance at Cedar Bluff Elementary April 12th 

Tiger-Rock A.L.L.Y. Program

Students may earn two merit badges before their next rank exam. The first is for goal-setting. Students will write down and complete 7 weekly goals, as well as one long term goal (8 weeks or longer). Students will write down their goals all at once, turn them in on the wall, and every week upon completion initial the goal has been completed.

The second merit badge for students is the Honor Roll badge. Students will submit their gradecards after March 13th with all A's and/or B's to earn their badge.

Hope everybody has a wonderful week!

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