Man loses 17 pounds during major holidays through Tiger-Rock Training Programs

For Mr. Kevin Sacco and many people in Knoxville, TN, the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are a wonderful time to spend with families with great food, family fun, and laughter. However, many people during the holidays typically over indulge, and therefore creates New Years resolutions come January.
Yet, for Mr. Kevin Sacco the holidays were a rewarding experience for him after losing over 17 pounds from November to February. According to Sacco, "I'm not on a diet....I do not try to continuously watch what I eat." Mr. Sacco participates in Tiger-Rock Martial Arts of West Knoxville's Kisado Fitness and Adult TaeKwonDo training programs as his source of exercise. One of Tiger-Rock's professional trainers and manager of the academy, Mr. Scott Bailey, described Mr. Sacco's success as a "home run," and a testament to his hard work and dedication.
"Mr. Sacco is a truly hard working individual, and as a professional trainer, when an adult student steps onto the scale, and is surprised at the amount of weight they have lost, it continues to inspire the trainers and other students around them. It is truly amazing." For Mr. Sacco, he was truly astonished at the amount of weight he lost through the holidays and into the new year. "The only other thing I have done is stopped drinking soda products. I had to look twice to make sure the scale was right." Mr. Sacco typically attends the Tiger-Rock's training programs 2-3 days per week for one or one and a half hour training sessions.
Mr. Bailey also explains Tiger-Rock's success compared to a typical gym. "In most gyms, participants are there working out by themselves, requiring adults to have self-motivation. However, self-motivation typically ends with excuses and the New Years resolution going down the drain. With Tiger-Rock's training systems, students gain comradery with other adult students while getting a great workout; most students don't even realize the intensity of the workout, and the muscle groups they are using.....at least not until the next day," He says with a smile.

CONGRATULATIONS MR. KEVIN SACCO. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!

Kisado Fitness is a high intensity cardio and strength conditioning workout developed by Tiger-Rock Martial Arts. Kisado Fitness utilizes a training regiment including martial arts, weights, and cardio aspects to burn calories and to build muscle tone. The classes are typically 30-45 minutes long, and are developed for any athlete or non-athlete to be able to get the workouts they need.
Tiger-Rock's Adult TaeKwonDo training program utilizes the formal techniques that have been practiced over 2,000 years combined with new modern training strategies to develop strong martial artist. The adult TaeKwonDo program focuses on self defense for yourself and/or your family, getting an fun and intense workout, while training in a modern martial arts program.
Tiger-Rock also offers a grappling program, extreme martial arts program, Bully Know, and weapons training for all age groups.

VolsTeach Student receives $1,400 Air Force Association STEM grant for West High School

VolsTeach Student receives $1,400 Air Force Association STEM grant
for West High School

  

Scott Bailey, a VolsTeachapprentice teacher and a microbiology undergraduate student at the Universityof Tennessee, Knoxville, recently submitted a grant application as part of theassignment for his Project-Based Instruction course.  The grant was approved and awarded to WestHigh School by the General Bruce K. Holloway Air Force Association Chapter inthe amount of $1,400. The grant provided by the chapter promotes STEM (Science,Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) within local classrooms to enhancestudent learning and education across the United States, and AFA chapters aroundthe world. The chapter provides multiple monetary resources to teachers withinthe area including STEM grants, and teacher of the year awards to outstandingeducators. The chapter says they have more funds available for schools,however, they need for more teachers to apply for grants for their resources.

            The STEMgrant will provide West High School with the ability to purchase gelelectrophoresis equipment for students. The equipment will be utilized in manyDNA & RNA lab activities, and to promote biotechnology across multipleclassrooms. The funds were chosen to go to Dr. Dan Weinand’s classroom andlabroom due to his continuous excellence within his high school classroom, andhis dedication as a mentor teacher to Scott Bailey during the VolsTeachprogram.

            TheVolsTeach program was started in 2010 to promote STEM educators within localhigh school classrooms. VolsTeach is a program targeted for undergraduate math,science, or engineering majors who are interested in expanding theirprofessional skills and exploring a career in Secondary Teaching. Students cangraduate in four years with a degree in math, science or engineering as well asobtain licensure as highly qualified teachers in their respective contentareas. The program emphasizes early and ongoing field-based experiences inlocal elementary, middle, and high school settings. 

Scott Bailey, an apprentice teacherat Fulton High School this semester, will be in the first cohort ofprofessionally licensed educators to finish the VolsTeach program. Baileydescribes the VolsTeach program as a “highly enriching” program, and is greatfor anybody interested in pursuing a teaching career. “The program is wonderfulbecause it allows multiple field experiences in elementary, middle, and highschool settings for students to see if teaching is a career field they want tochoose,” Bailey says, “not to mention the amazing friends and people involvedwith the program.”

           

 

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