Warrior Taekwon-Do News: 9 February

Dear Members,

We hope our Ellerslie members have enjoyed their first full week back in the dojang! (If you haven't seen them already - check out some photos from Thursdays training sessions). This week our Three Kings branch also starts training for 2015 on Tuesday, and our Diocesan School branch on Thursday.

And the winners are ...
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who sent in a photo for our Summer Photo Competition! It was a big thrill as each entry came in to see what people had come up with and the hard copy entries on the wall of the dojang have been a talking point over the whole summer. The clear winner of the People's Choice category (chosen by photo likes) was Aarav Kumar's turning kick, and he will be receiving his black belt teddy bear prize in class. 

Although staff were ineligible for prizes, a big thanks to all of our staff who sent in some really cool photos with special mentions to Mr Matthew Chan's wildly popular and much talked of jumping kick in front of the Louvre in Paris and Mrs Debbie Hart's Taekwon-do pose on top of a truck!!!

The winner of the Grand Prize - Best Photo award was extremely hard to decide as there were so many creative photos and an argument could be put forward for any of the photos to win ... however, one photo that really stood out was of Flynn Coxhead's flying sidekick. Congratulations Flynn, we'll get your Taekwon-do gear bag to you in class this week!

As a thank you to all of the entrants of our photo competition we are organising spot prizes for you all and will contact entrants by email about how to collect them over the coming week.

Movie Night Madness
Ms. Roisin Giles and Ms. Jacky Geurts are heading to Italy in May to compete at the ITF Taekwon-Do World Championships! They will be hosting two movie nights for all ages to raise money for their trip.

MOVIE NIGHT #1
What: Frozen and 21st Jump Street
What else: Face painting, balloon animals, food, drink, beanbags...
When: March 27th. Doors open at 6:30pm, first session at 7:30pm, second session at approx. 9:15pm
Where: Warrior- 198 Marua Rd

MOVIE NIGHT #2
What: Croods and American Hustle
What else: Face painting, balloon animals, food, drink, beanbags...
When: April 17th. Doors open at 6:30pm, first session at 7:30pm, second session at approx.9:15pm
Where: Warrior- 198 Marua Rd

TICKETS
$10 presale - Buy your tickets from your instructor or online here:
http://moviefundraiser.weebly.com/ or $15 at the door.

Tickets include complementary popcorn. More food and drink available for sale.

Adults with little or no martial arts experience - our Kickstarter Course is for you!
Warrior Taekwon-Do's three-week Kickstarter course kicks of in March 2015, and is perfect for anyone aged 13+ who is looking for an opportunity to get active, learn the basics of Taekwon-Do and find out more about this amazing martial art for all ages.

Come and train with a fantastic community of people of all ages under two of New Zealand's most highly regarded instructors - Master McPhail (8th degree black belt) and Mrs Sonya Robinson (4th degree black belt), in New Zealand's premiere Taekwon-Do do-jang facility.

Sessions are run on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm and run for 1 hour over three weeks, and participants are expected to attend both sessions each week. After the Kickstarter Course you will have all the basics and be able to jump into our main classes if you wish. 


If you are a family member of an existing member of Warrior Taekwon-Do interested in this course, contact us or see the email version of this newsletter for a very special offer for you.

Apply for the Kickstarter Course here
   
Have a great training week!


Best wishes,


Rachel Bates
Centre Manager