Well today is a new day in the life of a couple of our members.  That’s right!  Promotions!!!!

Testing went great yesterday, and I am happy to tell those that tested, you are due to be promoted!  Hooray!  Tomorrow’s practice will involve ceremonial promotions along with a light practice.

A couple of things to keep in mind during promotions:

• Be ready to cheer on your fellow members and especially those ranked higher than you.
• You will be asked to remove your old belt; however, when you do so, do NOT let it touch the floor.  Very important!
• Promotions will go by ranks.  Sorry we don’t have time to promote and honor each and every person individually.
• There will be a lot of bowing.  It is part of the honor of martial arts.
• When you are promoted, the class will bow to you and you will bow back to them.
• When your fellow members are promoted, you will bow to them and they will bow back to you.

I was very pleased by the respect Brandon JKN was greeted with and he was extremely pleased by everybody’s performance during testing.

After we get through promotions, we will review set #1 of Ssang Jool Bong, which is single.  For those of you that would like, we have Ssang Jool Bong and you may purchase them from Bret.  Next week, we will go over the set for doubles and it is optional practices.   We may or may not be teaching new material that week depending on who attends practices.  Study for your finals, and then come take a break and practice Kuk Sool before break!!!

One last note.  Dave is graduating and so be sure to wish him luck after graduation if you see him around.  I will try and see if he can come to practice.

Good Luck to everyone on their finals if I don’t see you after tomorrow!!!

Dan DBN

Wow!  Very cool, guys!  I think apart from this interview, everyone should talk to Chris and Dave.  Connect with them & find out more about them both if you have similar interests.  It is also very important that you continue to encourage each other now that you are getting to know each other better.  Have a good week and keep checking back for more updates!

P.S.  There is one final note I must mention.  Next week is Thanksgiving!  w00t!  Tuesday, November 25 we will NOT be having practice so everyone be safe over break and enjoy the delicious food!  I will post more information on this later.  Have fun and thanks again, Chris!!!

of the semester, that is.  I hope everyone is not too bogged down with their finals.  A few things before you start making your plans for studying.  Remember next week is testing.  Everyone should be there on Tuesday (4/22) for testing.  If you absolutely cannot be there, then please send Brandon JKN an email or get in contact with him and let him know. 

Next order of business, in case you did not know, Walter is beginning his black belt testing.  If you did  not know, basically, in order to obtain a black belt, you must achieve brown belt, learn all of your techniques and forms that come with that, and you test twice in front of Kuk Sa Nim, our grand master.  The first test is the initiation into the black belt testing.  The second test is similar except you must wait at least one year after the first test.  During the time period between the first & second test you continue with your brown belt, but you obtain black stripes that show your knowledge and mastery of the forms and techniques up through brown belt.  Once you obtain 10 black stripes and wait a year after the first test, then you are finally able to test for your first degree black belt.  It is a very involved process and Walter will be starting the quest for his black belt.  Make sure you offer some encouragement before next week Thursday(4/24).  Also over the Summer, Tony, Nick, Bret, and myself (Dan) will be starting the first round of testing. 

 If you are going to tournament in St. Louis, you should have already gotten an email from me with the information for travel and such.  If you have not received it, double-check and then let me know at practice or email me.  I want to have some special practices for those of you going to tournament to help each other get better on the final stretch. 

Last thing, we are participating in the Activities Fair at BGR in the Fall.  Whether you have ever been to BGR or not, almost everyone knows that the Activities Fair is a huge recruiting opportunity for our club.  We are not going to have a demo; rather it will be simple:  have a display board, talk to potential future members about your experiences in Kuk Sool, display some weapons, and get some free stuff from all of the other participants in the Activities Fair.  If you would be interested, talk to me or send me an email.  I think that is it.  Everyone have a good week!

Hey everyone!

If you are new to our club, here are a few things:

-Remember to check this blog regularly for updates on practices and such

-If you haven’t done so already, click on the “Contact Us” section and fill out the contact form and in the “description” field tell us a little about yourself, your background experience with martial arts, if you have questions write those down, and also how you found out about our club.

- If you would like to know more about our club also feel free to send us a message or come to our callout on Tuesday, January 29, 2008.

For all of our current members:  continue talking to people about our club and tell them about our callout.  Also remember that our ad for the callout is on the “Sudoku” section of the Exponent today Jan. 25.  On Monday, our ad will be on page 3 of the Exponent.  For Tuesday’s ad, I will let you all know when I find out what page it will be on.  Keep talking about Kuk Sool, and don’t forget about practice on Sunday at 1:30P.M.  Finally, big, monstrous Thanks! to Max Page JKN for the callout posters!!!

Have a good weekend!

We are having our callout Tuesday January, 29th at 7:00 pm in RSC 128.

Due to the growth of the club and the individual attention that all of you deserve we have decided to split up Sunday classes into Advanced Belts (Yellow Belt & Up) and Beginners. The times are below:

Location: RSC room 128 (Co-Rec)

Advanced Belts: 1:30 - 2:30pm

Beginners: 2:30 - 3:30pm

Because classes will only be an hour on Sundays, please come on time and try not to be late so we can teach as much fun stuff as possible. Also, if you want to come early or stay late and practice that is a good thing.

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