Weekly Update – February 11, 2018
Skill Stripes for the Week – Blue and Green
On Monday and Tuesday, students will have a shot at earning their Blue Stripe:
Early Skillz – Punching
Basic Skillz – Teamwork
Kids/Teens/Adults – Technique
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, students will have a shot at earning their Green Stripe:
Early Skillz – Kicking
Basic Skillz – Kicks
Kids/Teens/Adults – Kicks
Students will be learning the following forms this testing cycle:
Basic Skillz – Chon-Ji
Beginners (White and Yellow Belts) – Ki-Bon
Intermediates (Orange – Sr. Purple Belts) – Won-Hyo
Advanced (Blue to Sr. Red Belts) – Hwa-Rang
Black belts are assigned forms according to their ranks:
1st degree Probationary and Recommended Black Belts: Gwan-Gae
1st degree Decided Black Belts: Po-Eun
1st degree Senior Black Belts: Gae-Baek
2nd degree Black Belts: Choon-Jang
2nd degree Decided Black Belts: Yu-Shin
2nd degree Senior Black Belts: Ul-Ji
All forms can be found on our student website, fortbendtaekwondo.com/videos. White, Yellow and Orange belts can also find videos of their one-steps here as well. Remember that these videos are meant to supplement in-class learning, not take the place of it.
NEW, EASIER TO READ CALENDAR IS NOW AVAILABLE!
We’ve updated our calendar for you, making it easier to see what’s coming up for the month! The calendar includes the color stripe we’re working on, what skill each of those stripes are for, the forms each class is working on, our physical path to mastery daily challenge, and events! Whew! The calendar is attached to this e-mail and is also available at the front desk and in the closed Facebook group.
NINJA STAR PHOTOGRAPHY IN-HOUSE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
Ninja Star Photography will be taking photos for our annual Student Poster. You need an appointment to have your photo taken. If you haven’t yet signed up for an appointment, please be sure to do so at the link below. Students need to be in full white uniform for photos.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0e49a9ab23a7f94-20184
PATH TO MASTERY – KINDNESS AND SQUATS
Congratulations to the following students who completed BOTH January paths to Mastery – The Cardio Challenge and the Growth Mindset Handouts! These students receive one of our cool Fort Bend TKD laynards:
Abbey Bacher
Sydney Tran
David Quionez
Joseph Quionez
Gabriel Richardson
Our February paths will focus on kindness for our character path, and a daily squat challenge for our physical path. You can find the physical challenge on our February calendar. Our character path challenge will be to perform and log 10 random acts of kindness on our kindness chain! We’re pretty excited for this one and will be explaining this in more detail in classes.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS…
Parent’s Night Out – March 24
Parent’s Night Out – May 4
TA TX Regional Tournament – Saturday, May 19, Dallas TX (tentative)
TA Black Belt Conference – May 25-27, Jacksonville, FL
TA TX Regional Camp – July 20-22, Corsicana, TX (tentative)
TA National Tournament – September 21 & 22, Plano TX
2018 TESTING DATES
April 9 – 11
June 4 – 6
August 6 – 8
October 8 – 10
December 3 – 5