BSK Times Dec. '17

Bill Taylor's Bushido School of Karate

BSK Times

November 2017

Closed for Christmas and New Year’s
Both locations will be closed Fri. Dec. 22nd through Mon. Jan. 1st for Christmas and New Year’s. We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Brittany Project 8th Annual Christmas Tree and Decoration Drive
Both BSK locations will be accepting donations for The Brittany Project 8th Annual Christmas Tree & Decoration Drive. The program provides Christmas trees, ornaments, tree skirts and tree toppers to low-income families, including homeless families living in local motels. Donations will be accepted November 4th - December 8th, during normal business hours. If you are interested in volunteering for organization or delivery, please email Kim Maxwell at info@thebrittanyproject.org for more information. 
Needed Items:
         New or Very Gently used Shatterproof Ornaments
         New or Very Gently used Tree Toppers
         New or Very Gently used Tree Skirts
         New Tree Lights in 100, 150 or 300 Count Boxes 
         New 6ft or Longer Extension Cords
.  New or Very Gently used 4' - 6.5' Christmas Trees ( in original secured box or tree bag)
Please make sure all Gently Used items are securely packaged, are not broken, tarnished, discolored, stained, ripped, torn, and have all parts in working order. If you prefer to make a monetary donation, please visit www.thebrittanyproject.org. Thank you in advance for your kindness and support!
Thank You For Choosing Us!!
Mr. Taylor and his Staff, would like to thank everyone for your votes and support in this years Ruthies Awards. We sincerely appreciate all the support for our program, as we could not do, what we do, without all of our amazing students and parents. The Bushido School of Karate is extremely proud to have won the Ruthies Award, 21 out of 23 years! Again, thank you to everyone for your support, as we love what we do.
CT Patterson Scholarship for Excellence
This new scholarship is intended to provide financial assistance to a USEWRKD Federation Wado-Ryu Karate student to help fund their post high school education in either a four-year college, junior college or an accredited vocational or technical school. The actual scholarship amount will be determined at a later date. Candidates will need to have a “C’ average or higher in High School and be a graduating senior. Candidates will fill out a questionnaire and write an essay to be considered for this scholarship. Further details will be provided as they are known.
Attention Parents and Adult Students
In order to serve you better, we have decided to create a Bill Taylor’s Bushido School of Karate Facebook group for parents and students to get updates on classes, cancellations and important information more quickly. We will continue to post to our Facebook Page @BushidoKarate; if you haven’t already – please “LIKE” our page. There is no obligation to Opt-In to this Group Page and you may leave it at any time. If you would like to Opt-In to this group page and receive instant updates from Bill Taylor’s Bushido School of Karate, please stop by the office and fill out a form, or simply email us your email address associated with your Facebook to bushido96@aol.com .
Exams
Broad St.Business Campus Dr.
Fri. Dec. 15th                                        Sat. Dec. 16th
Juniors- 4:00 pm                             Juniors- 10:00 am
Adults- 5:30 pm Adults- 11:00 am

*There will be no 4, 5 or 6:00 pm classes at the Broad St. school on Friday, Nov. 17th . This includes the 4:00 pm Kinder Karate class.
**There will no regular classes on Saturday, Nov. 18th at our Business Campus Dr. location.
Junior BBC Event (Broad St.)
Date – Fri. Dec. 15th
Time – 6:30 – 8:30pm
What – Christmas Party / Movie Night
Bring – Blanket & Pillow if you want
Eat – Holiday Snacks will be served
Junior BBC Event (Business Campus Dr.)
Date – Tues. Dec. 19th
Time – 5:00 – 6:00pm
What – Tournament Practice Sparring and Kata
*Sharpen your Kata and practice useful point Sparring Techniques!
**Get info and tips on doing your best at the USEWF Tournament in March 2018!!
***This is a great event to attend even if you are not sure if you will compete in the tournament!!!
Adult BBC Event (Broad St.)
Date – Wed. Dec. 13th
Time – 7:00 – 8:00pm
What – Weapons Class
Bring – Foam or Wooden Sword, Nunchaku and Bo Staff if you have them.
Adult BBC Event (Business Campus Dr.)
Date – Wed. Dec. 20th
Time – 6:00 – 7:00pm
What – Tournament Practice Sparring and Kata
*Sharpen your Kata and practice useful point Sparring Techniques!
**Get info and tips on doing your best at the USEWF Tournament in March 2018!!
***This is a great event to attend even if you are not sure if you will compete in the tournament!!!
Leadership Team Event ( Broad St. & Business Campus Dr.)
Date – Sat. Dec. 16th
Time – 9:00 – 10:00am
What – Ju Jitsu Class
Where – Business Campus Dr. Location
Instructor – Mr. Oceguera
Attention Orange Belts
As an orange belt, please be aware that one of the requirements to be able to test for your blue belt is that you have to be sparring in class. Thus, you need safety gear. Minimum sparring equipment consists of head, hand and foot gear along with a mouthpiece. Shin guards are also highly recommended. One of the benefits of joining the Black Belt Club is that you receive all of this safety equipment along with much, much more in your Black Belt Club package. If you have received an invitation to join the Black Belt Club, but you have not made an appointment to discuss joining with Mr. Taylor yet, please simply contact the school office. It is at least worth talking about. We look forward to hearing from you.
Support Your Fellow Students and Parents
If you are a parent or adult student of the Bushido School of Karate, and own your own business, we would like to help you reach more potential clients! We would like to start listing contact information for the owners of businesses affiliated with BSK. In this manner, students and parents would be able to find a business owner they have at least one thing in common with, our school! If you would like to have your business listed in our newsletter, please email your name, the name of your business and all pertinant contact information to bushido96@aol.com. We will list these businesses in our monthly newsletter starting asap, if there is sufficient interest. This system would allow your business to contact over 400 families each month. We may also hi-light one of these businesses each month is there is sufficient interest.  
BSK Family Business Spotlight
Kristi's Kreations
Kristi’s Kreations does custom embroidery, digitizing logos for embroidery, names on karate bags. Contact Kristi Ankrom at 423-605-3434
E&R Urgent Care
E&R Urgent Care is an independently owned urgent care clinic located at 2943 S. Rutherford Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN. 37130
Phone: 615-809-2929
Healing Faith Therapy
Located inside BodyWise Nutrition Center
1313 Memorial Blvd, Murfreesboro, 37129
615-631-3950
Kimberly Collins Davis, LMT
Wellness Advocate doTerra Essential Oils
Melissa Holt
615-513-7572
well.leadtrain.com
* Essential oils can be used for a wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications from eating right, exercising, rest, stress management, reducing toxic loads and overall informed self care.
Murfreesboro Pulse Magazine
Bracken Mayo Sr.
Publisher/ Editor in Chief
615-796-6248
The Pulse is a free monthly magazine featuring arts, entertainment, dining, community events, businesses and people.
Benchmark Realty LLC
Lane and Rebecca Wommack
Affiliate Broker / Realtor
615-542-6261 or 615-542-0660
Patio Dreams
Travis Hester
Patio/Sunroom/Deck Builder
615-638-1007
travisjhester@gmail.com

BSK Times August 2017


BSK Family – Business Spot Light


Kristi’s Kreations


Kristi’s Kreations does custom embroidery, digitizing logos for embroidery, names on karate bags. Contact Kristi Ankrom at 423-605-3434

E&R Urgent Care

E&R Urgent Care is an independently owned urgent care clinic located at 2943 S. Rutherford Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN. 37130
Phone: 615-809-2929
Hours: M – F  9am – 9pm
Sat & Sun  9am – 5pm

Healing Faith Therapy

Located inside BodyWise Nutrition Center
1313 Memorial Blvd, Murfreesboro, 37129
615-631-3950
Kimberly Collins Davis, LMT


Wellness Advocate doTerra Essential Oils
Melissa Holt
615-513-7572
well.leadtrain.com
*doTerra therapeutic grade Essential oils can be used for a wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications from eating right, exercising, rest, stress management, reducing toxic loads and overall informed self care.


Murfreesboro Pulse Magazine
Bracken Mayo Sr.
Publisher/ Editor in Chief
615-796-6248

The Pulse is a free monthly magazine featuring arts, entertainment, dining, community events, businesses and people.





Beat the Heat - Wear Your BSK T-Shirt to Class!!

Students may wear a Bushido School of Karate T-Shirt to class instead of their uniform top from June 1st until August 31st. It must be a Bushido School of Karate T-Shirt. T-Shirts need to be worn tucked in to the uniform pants, and of course, wear your belt. Students don’t have to wear a T-Shirt, you can still wear your complete uniform, if you want. Anyone needing to purchase a T-shirt can simply stop by the office to see what is available.
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Three Ways to Ensure Martial Arts Success!

  1. Keep showing up! (especially when you don’t want to)
  2. Give your best effort! (even when it’s hard)
  3. Embrace and enjoy the journey!


Three Ways to Ensure Martial Arts Failure

  1. Card Cramming – Coming to class to get lots of hours on your card.
  2. Worrying about when other students are testing.
  3. NEVER practice at home.



Confusion about Tips and Belt Testing

Lately, there seems to have been a lot of confusion about earning tips and how that effects testing.  The below information is from our red Student Guide, pages 24 and 25 (not kinder karate guide).  If you have any questions concerning this, please see Mr. Taylor, Mr. Holt or Mr. Oceguera.

Student Guide Page 25:
“Tips or stripes are awarded as progress checks between belts.  Our school uses a 5 tip system.  Tips are NOT awarded because of accumulated hours alone, but more importantly, based on performance.  Parents, PLEASE do not mislead children by telling them to expect a tip on any given day.  There are probably many skills being looked for you are not aware of.  Tip one is awarded mainly for good attendance and attitude.  The second tip means the student is starting to have a good understanding of the material.  The third tip is an indicator that the student can complete most of the material on his own, without help or guidance.  The fourth tip means the student has completed all of the material for the next belt, but still may need to polish up certain areas.  The fifth tip, usually of a different color, is awarded when someone from our exam committee, has looked at the student and approved them for the next exam.  Please remember, in order to earn your 4th and 5th tip, you also need to be able to perform all of the material from all previous exams, as well as the new material.”  

Student Guide Page 24:
    “Having the minimum number of hours on the student card is by NO MEANS a guarantee that a student will be put up for an exam.  More important than the number of hours on the card is knowing the material and being able to perform it correctly.  The minimum number of hours is used merely as a guide.  Actually, after a student attains the minimum number of hours, he will probably go over the minimum by a number of hours before the next testing cycle.

    If you feel you are due a tip and have not received it, the correct procedure is to ask the instructor you work with most frequently, ‘What do I need to improve in order to earn my next tip?’”


Summer Pizza Ticket Party Dates

Any student who collected 16 or more tickets during June and July may attend a FREE pizza party! In order to attend the party, please have your tickets turned in to the office to sign up by Wed. August 23rd . The Broad St. party will be Sat., Aug. 26th from 1-1:40 pm and the Business Campus Drive party will be Sat. Aug. 26th at 12 noon.

*You must be an enrolled student in order to attend the pizza party. If you are a Summer Program Student, and you did not continue with the program at the end of July you are not able to attend this party.

BSK Times July '17

BSK Times July 2017

Exams
                                         Broad St.                                      Business Campus Dr.
                                          Fri. July 21st                             Sat. July 22nd
                                          Juniors- 4:00 pm                  Juniors- 10:00 am
                                          Adults- 5:30 pm                     Adults- 11:00 am

*There will be no 4, 5 or 6:00 pm classes at the Broad St. school on Friday, July 21st . This includes the 4:00 pm Kinder Karate class.

**There will no regular classes on Saturday, July 22nd at our Business Campus Dr. location.


Visit our website (for students) at www.bsk.showitsite.com
Send a friend to our marketing site at www.bskonline.com

*Check out our Birthday Page. Simply click on the link on our home page.

*Also please like our page on Facebook!


Junior BBC Event (Broad St.)

Date – Fri. July 28th
Time – 7:00 – 8:00pm
What – Ninja Dodge Ball


Adult BBC Event (Broad St.)

Date – Fri. July 28th
Time – 6:00 – 7:00pm
What – Sword Class
Bring – Your own foam rubber practice sword
($24 if you need to purchase one)


Junior BBC Event (Business Campus Dr.)

Date – Fri. July 14th
Time – 7:00 – 8:00pm
What – Summer Game Night
Wear – Comfortable Clothes
*Work on balance, coordination and speed while having fun! We will play some of our favorite karate games and maybe something NEW!!


Adult BBC Event (Business Campus Dr.)

Date – Thurs. July 27th
Time – 6:00 – 7:00pm
What – Sword Class
Bring – Your own foam rubber practice sword
($24 if you need to purchase one)


Leadership Team Event ( Broad St. )

Date – Thurs. July 27th
Time – 5:00 – 6:00pm
What – Discuss the Food Drive & Future Plans
Snack – Cupcakes!!!


Leadership Team Event ( Business Campus Dr. )

Date – Sat. July 29th
Time – 1:30pm
What – Greenway/Stones River Cleanup! See Mr. Oceguera for more details and supplies list.


Leadership Team Ju Jitsu Class (Broad St. & Business Campus Members)

Date – Sat., July 22nd
Time – 12:00 – 1:00pm
What – Ju Jitsu Class
Where – Business Campus Dr. Location
Instructor – Mr. Oceguera


Attention Orange Belts

As an orange belt, please be aware that one of the requirements to be able to test for your blue belt is that you have to be sparring in class. Thus, you need safety gear. Minimum sparring equipment consists of head, hand and foot gear along with a mouthpiece. Shin guards are also highly recommended. One of the benefits of joining the Black Belt Club is that you receive all of this safety equipment along with much, much more in your Black Belt Club package. If you have received an invitation to join the Black Belt Club, but you have not made an appointment to discuss joining with Mr. Taylor yet, please simply contact the school office. It is at least worth talking about. We look forward to hearing from you.


Support Your Fellow Students and Parents!

If you are a parent or adult student of the Bushido School of Karate, and own your own business, we would like to help you reach more potential clients! We would like to start listing contact information for the owners of businesses affiliated with BSK. In this manner, students and parents would be able to find a business owner they have at least one thing in common with, our school! If you would like to have your business listed in our newsletter, please email your name, the name of your business and all pertinant contact information to bushido96@aol.com. We will list these businesses in our monthly newsletter starting asap, if there is sufficient interest. This system would allow your business to contact over 400 families each month. We may also hi-light one of these businesses each month is there is sufficient interest.


BSK Family – Business Spot Light

Kristi’s Kreations

Kristi’s Kreations does custom embroidery, digitizing logos for embroidery, names on karate bags. Contact Kristi Ankrom at 423-605-3434

E&R Urgent Care

E&R Urgent Care is an independently owned urgent care clinic located at 2943 S. Rutherford Blvd. Murfreesboro, TN. 37130
Phone: 615-809-2929
Hours: M – F 9am – 9pm
Sat & Sun 9am – 5pm

Healing Faith Therapy

Located inside BodyWise Nutrition Center
1313 Memorial Blvd, Murfreesboro, 37129
615-631-3950
www.healingfaiththerapy.com
Kimberly Collins Davis, LMT


Wellness Advocate doTerra Essential Oils
Melissa Holt
615-513-7572
well.leadtrain.com
*doTerra therapeutic grade Essential oils can be used for a wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications from eating right, exercising, rest, stress management, reducing toxic loads and overall informed self care.


Vacation Postcards!

Send the Karate School a postcard from your summer travels. The student that sends a postcard from the furthest distance will win a $25 gift credit to our Pro-Shop!!!



Attention Parents and Adult Students

In order to better serve you, we have created a Bill Taylor’s Bushido School of Karate Facebook group for parents and students to get updates on classes, cancellations and important information more quickly. We will continue to post to our Facebook Page @BushidoKarate; if you haven’t already – please “LIKE” our page. There is no obligation to Opt-In to this Group Page and you may leave it at any time. If you would like to Opt-In to this group page and receive instant updates from Bill Taylor’s Bushido School of Karate, please stop by the office and fill out a form, or simply email us your email address associated with your Facebook to bushido96@aol.com .


Beat the Heat - Wear Your BSK T-Shirt to Class!!

Students may wear a Bushido School of Karate T-Shirt to class instead of their uniform top from June 1st until August 31st. It must be a Bushido School of Karate T-Shirt. T-Shirts need to be worn tucked in to the uniform pants, and of course, wear your belt. Students don’t have to wear a T-Shirt, you can still wear your complete uniform, if you want. Anyone needing to purchase a T-shirt can simply stop by the office to see what is available.

Summer Attendance!!!

Please keep your attendance up during the Summer months. Summer is a great time to make up classes you might have missed during the school year or over the holidays. Any classes missed due to Summer vacations may be made up before or after your vacation.

*Please be aware that Broad St. junior students may attend class Tues. and Thurs. mornings at 8am and Mon. Wed. and Fri. at 12:30pm. These classes are open anytime kids are out of school.

*Business Campus Dr. junior students may attend class Tues. & Thurs. from 12:00 - 1:00pm. These classes are open anytime kids are out of school.

*Kinder Karate (Broad St.) students schedule is Mon. Wed. Fri. & Sat. 11 - 11:45am
Tues. and Thurs. 3:30 - 4:15pm and 4:15 - 5:00pm & Fri. 4:00-4:45pm

*Kinder Karate (Business Campus Dr.) students schedule is Tues. Thurs. & Sat. 11:00 – 11:45am and Mon. Wed & Fri. 4:00 – 4:45pm.

*We don’t change our schedule during the Summer, these classes are open year round, and junior students may attend the earlier class times anytime they are out of school.


Ik-Kyu (1st Degree Brown Belt) Conferences

All Ik-Kyus are asked to attend one of these meetings in order to better understand the Black Belt testing process. This is a great time for students and parents to ask questions concerning the Black Belt testing process. All Ik-Kyus are encouraged to attend. You may attend any of the meetings at either location. Parents of Ik-Kyu students also need to attend. The same material will be covered at all three meetings. If you have previously attended a meeting, and would like to attend again, you are certainly welcome to.

                 Broad St. Meetings                                            Business Campus Dr. Meetings
                 Monday, July 24th 6:45pm                         Tuesday, July 25th 5:45pm
                 Wednesday, July 26th 3:30pm



Thank You

Thank you to everyone who supported our June 24th , Stephen “Wonderboy” Thompson seminar!! What a humble, shining example of what good martial arts training can do for a person! Both Stephen, and his father Ray, were a pleasure to have at our school for the weekend. Bringing in former, or retired fighters can be challenging. Bringing in a currently active #1 World Contender, who has speaking and endorsement responsibilities all over the world, can be beyond challenging. The support shown by our attendees made this event worth all the work. Wonderboy and his dad, did mention, more than once, that they’d love to come back. We will see if we can work that out.
Wonderboy agreed to hold an autograph session between seminars in order to help raise money for the Heaven Sent Adoption Agency Angel Fund. $200 was raised in a little less than 30 minutes! Thank you Stephen for your time, and thank you to everyone who donated to this worthy organization.

Sensei Bill Taylor


Special Kids Camp Ability July 21st

Mr. Taylor will be working with a very special group of children and young adults at Camp Ability, a special needs summer program sponsored by Special Kids. These short, fun classes will be taught Fri. July 21st at 9am and 9:45am. If you would like to help with these classes, please contact Mr. Taylor at bushido96@aol.com. You could help demonstrate some moves, hold pads, encourage the students and be there for support. Any student, adult or junior is welcome to help. You can help with one or both classes. Ik-kyus who are scheduled for Black Belt testing Fall of 2017 are welcome to use these hours as part of your community service requirement. Please contact Mr. Taylor if you are interested, or have questions. These classes will be held at the Northfield Blvd. Church of Christ.


Wado Ryu Karate Do - 9th Dan Hanchi - Koji Takamatsu Sensei and son Sergio Takamatsu, 7th Dan Kyoshi Shihan Seminar!

Takamatsu Sensei will be conducting seminars at our Broad St. location on Thurs. July 13th . What a great chance to be able to study under an original student of the first Grandmaster of Wado-Ryu! Seminars will be held for kids, adult under Black Belt and Black Belts.
Seminar Times
Children ( 6 – 14 years) 5:00 – 6:00 PM $15
Adult under Black Belt 6:00 – 7:00 PM $20
Adult Black Belts (15 yrs and older) 7:00 – 9:00 PM $30

Participants can register and pay online at useasternwado.com , or register and pay at the door on Thurs. July 13th.

Please take advantage of this rare opportunity to train under an original student of the first Grandmaster of Wado Ryu Karate! True Master - Koji Takamatsu Sensei has been studying and teaching Wado Ryu Karate since 1948. We hope to see you training with us on Thurs. July 13th!

*All regular classes will still meet at both locations, except the 7pm adult advanced class at the Broad St. location. Any adult advanced student, not planning to attend the seminar, needs to attend the 5pm class on that Thurs. However, we would highly encourage all students to register and attend this once in a lifetime opportunity to train with Wado Ryu Master, 9th Dan Hanchi – Koji Takamatsu!


Summer Pizza Tickets

Starting June 1st, every time a Junior or Kinder Karate student attends class they will receive a ticket. This will go on until the end of July. You will need to save your tickets. Lost tickets will not be replaced. If you attend class an average of twice per week, then by the end of July you should have 16 or more tickets. Once you have at least 16 tickets, you may come sign up for a pizza party, which will be held in the Fall. This party is free and is intended to be a fun reward for keeping up your attendance during the Summer months. Again, lost tickets will not be replaced, it is your responsibility to keep track of them. It is also not fair to others for anyone to give tickets to another student, or to use tickets from a previous year.
*You must be an enrolled student in order to attend the pizza party in the Fall. This means if you are a Summer Program Student, and you do not continue with the program at the end of July, you will not be able to attend this party.
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