Leadership – Performance Martial Arts Academy

Mini Tournament to be held on Saturday

We will be having a mini tournament on Saturday, September 29th. Please sign up at your academy so that we will know how many competitors to expect. The tournament will be held at the Valdosta academy starting at 8:30 a.m.

8:30 a.m. – Adults

9:15 a.m. – Tiny Tiger/Basic

9:45 a.m. – Leadership (4-8)

10:30 a.m. – Leadership (9-12)

We look forward to seeing you all on Saturday morning.

Color Belt Testing

We will be having the next color belt testing on Thursday, September 13, 2012. Early registration is going on now up until Wednesday, September 12.

Testing times are as follows:

Basic Tiny Tigers: 5:00 – 5:30

Basic: 5:30 – 6:00

Leadership (4-8): 6:00 – 6:45

Leadership (9-12): 6:45 – 7:30

Adults: 7:30 – 8:15

Mini-Tournament March 31, 2012

We will be having a mini-tournament on Saturday, March 31, 2012. All students are welcome to compete!! This will be a great tournament to be involved in, especially if it is your first tournament. Please sign up at your academy so that we can have a better count of how many competitors we will be having.

Competitions will begin at:

8:30 AM for adults

9:15 AM for Tiny Tigers (basic)

9:45 AM for Basic

10:15 AM for Leadership (4-8)

11:00 AM for Leadership (9-12)

Prices are:

Forms and sparring – $35

Weapons – $20

Combat Weapons – $20

All Other Events – $20

Hope to see you all on Saturday!

ATA Health and Fitness Day

At the Valdosta Super Regional tournament we had a special guest at the event, Alvin Peyton. Mr. Peyton, Mayor Pro-Temp, on behalf of Mayor John Gayle and the city of Valdosta honored Mr. Church and ATA with a Proclamation. The proclamation proclaimed January 14, 2012 as ATA Health and Fitness Day. This day will forever be remembered as a day of not only health and fitness, but confidence, discipline, personal excellence, and leadership.

We would like to thank Mr. Peyton, Mr. Gayle, and the city of Valdosta for bestowing us with this great honor.

New Leadership Now Ssahng Jeol Bongs

Ms. Hardy of the Performance Martial Arts Academy was chosen to premire the Leadership Now black Ssahng Jeol Bongs, during Spring Nationals in March of 2010.

Leadership Clinic – Sahn Knat | Kama

The focus on this past Saturday’s Leadership Clinic was the Sahn Knat or Kama.? Mr. Smith went over the proper care of these ATA weapons as well as the different styles (protech, xma / tournament versions), and the in depth history of the Kama.? Traditionally a farming implements similar to a sickle used for reaping crops and also employed as a weapon.? The Sahn Knat is a formidable weapon, traditionally used in pairs, though in agricultural use it would be used one-handed, whilst the other hand grasped the stalks for cutting.? As a weapon, both the point and sharpened edge of the metal blade are called in to use, while the Sahn Knat could also be used to block, trap and disarm weapons used against the wielder.

Mrs. Adkins went over counts and variety of Strikes, as well as the form for this cycles weapon testing to be used with the kama(s).? Then Ms. Adkins a 2009 State Champion in XMA (whom used the Kama for tournaments) and Mr. Cox went over a variety of tricks and stylish moves to allow the students a variety of fun movements to develop their free-style over the coming months.

Of course a Leadership clinic would not be complete without some pad jumping! Then Finally the Pizza party to re-energize everyone that attended and work so hard during the morning.? Thank you to the instructors, the assistant instructors of the IP program and all the leadership student whom made this a successful and fun leadership clinic. Remember practice your ATA weapons daily and you will become more familiar and better with the weapon.