Exams
Broad St. Business Campus Dr.
Fri. Feb. 19th Sat. Feb. 20th
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,
Feb. 19th . This includes the 4:00 pm Kinder Karate class.
**There will no regular classes on Saturday, Feb. 20th 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 new Birthday Page. Simply click on the link on our home page.
*Also please like our page on Facebook!
Junior & Adult BBC Event (Broad St.)
Team Taylor Practice
*It
is time once again to start preparing for the USEWF tournament that
will be held on Saturday, March 19th. This class will help students be
prepared for the Kumite (fighting) portion of the tournament.
Date – Tues. Feb. 16th
Time – 6:00 – 7:00pm
What – Tournament Style Sparring
Bring – All Safety Sparring Gear
Junior BBC Event (Business Campus Dr.)
Team Taylor Practice
Date – Tues. Feb. 16th
Time – 5:00 – 6:00pm
What – Sparring Class
*It
is time once again to start preparing for the USEWF tournament that
will be held on Saturday, March 19th. This class will help students be
prepared for the Kumite (fighting) portion of the tournament.
Adult BBC Event ( Business Campus Dr.)
Date – Tues. Feb. 16th
Time – 6:00 – 7:00pm
What – Sparring Class
Instructor – Mr. Wommack
This
sparring class will be a great class for those new to sparring or
people needing help with new techniques. We will also add when to
engage, distancing, and self-defense drills to have some real life
application. We sure hope to see everyone there.
Leadership Team Event (Broad St.)
Date – Wed. Feb. 17th
Time – 5:00 – 7:00
What – Movie-Making for the 30 second Film Contest
Snack – Pizza
*Please
bring a recording device and any extra equipment, such as costuming and
props that you might like to use for your movie. Extras (friends that
you might like to cast in your film) are welcome, but please RSVP for
them in the office. Also, please have ideas for your movie/script
prepared. This should be a lot of fun if you come prepared.
Leadership Team Event (Business Campus Dr.)
Date – Thurs. Feb. 25th
Time – 5:00 – 6:00pm
Snack - Pizza
*Leadership
Team member, Colby Davis, proposed collecting new or slightly used
shoes for a charity organization called, Soles for Souls, which collects
shoes nationally and gives them to the needy. GREAT SUGGESTION COLBY!
*We will be discussing the Special Kids Race and our Leadership Team participating in the run together as a group.
Leadership Team Ju Jitsu Class (Broad St. & Business Campus Members)
Date – Friday, Feb. 19th
Time – 5:00 – 6:00pm
What – Ju Jitsu Class
Where – Broad St. Location
Instructor – Mr. Oceguera
*
Beginning in March, the Leadership Team Ju Jitsu Class will meet on the
3rd Saturday of each month at our Business Campus Dr. location at noon.
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.
Monthly
Tuition Payments May Be Made Online! Bushido students or their
parents may make their monthly tuition payment early, pay in advance or
pay off their account in full at www.efconlinepayments.com. You would need to know your account number in order to do this. You may get your account number from the Karate school office.
Cardio Kickboxing Class Times at Business Campus Dr.
Morning cardio kickboxing classes are now available at our Business
Campus Dr. location on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 9:00am. Classes
also available on Tuesday and Thursday at 5:00pm. Anyone interested in
trying the class, please let us know, and we will schedule a FREE trial
class for you! This is an adult only class. Adult Leadership Team
members, and parents of Junior Leadership Team members may attend these
classes.
Bad Weather Policy
Anytime you are not sure whether the Karate School will be open or not
due to the weather, please simply call the school to find out. There
will either be someone there to answer your questions, or there will be a
very clear message on the answering machine stating that we will be
closed due to ice or snowy conditions. Just because schools may be
closed, doesn’t necessarily mean the Karate school will be closed.
Aspiring Filmmakers Wanted
Are you an aspiring filmmaker? If so, we have a contest for you. Make a
30 second film about the Bushido School of Karate and turn it in to us
by Feb. 27th. Be as creative as you want. We are looking for short
films, which describe the value of participating in martial arts at the
Bushido School of Karate. Your film can feature demonstrations,
interviews, karate class footage….whatever it takes to get your point
across. Feel free to film at the school, outside the school or at home,
it’s up to you, the filmmaker. A committee will be created to judge the
films. The winner of the best short film will win a $100 gift card. We
will need at least 10 entries in order to hold the contest. All of the
entries will be shown at the Bushido School of Karate Film Festival
(date to be announced), and the winner of the contest will receive a
$100 gift card. If you have any questions about the film contest, please
contact Mr. Taylor or email him at bushido96@aol.com . Please email
videos to bushido96@aol.com .
New Black Belt Club Benefit
Chris and Sherry Sale, travel specialists, are able to assist the
Bushido School of Karate’s Black Belt Club members, along with their
friends and family, with as much input and recommendations or as little
assistance as they would like in planning their vacation travel.
Regardless of the amount of assistance that they want in planning their
vacation, Chris and Sherry will be able to help them save money and/or
get them value added amenities for use on almost all of their Resort and
Cruise Vacations, including Walt Disney World, over the “discounted”
online vacation/cruise websites or the Company websites. In order to
receive these savings and/or value added amenities, BBC members MUST
contact Chris or Sherry Sale at either (615) 295-8388, (888) 394-4178
ext 2, or send them an email at s.sale@cruiseone.com
Website Link: http://BSKBBC.HonorTravel.com
NEW 8 Week Faith & Fitness Class
Are you ready for a New Way to get FIT?
FAITH then FITNESS
Cardio – Strength – Stretch – Worship
Classes Start January 11th , 2016
Every Monday and Wednesday for 8 weeks from 9-10am
*Business Campus Dr. location.
Contact: Melissa Sandefur at 615-556-8941 or mellisa@thrivefree.org
Compete at the USEWF Tournament
The United States Eastern Wado-Ryu Federation will hold the 14th Annual
C.T. Patterson Memorial Championship Tournament on Saturday, March 19th
at Columbia State Community College in Columbia, TN. We encourage all
BSK students to make plans to attend and compete. We have a long
tradition of having the most students from a single school compete, and a
long tradition of bringing home numerous trophies. Our students always
do extremely well at this tournament, so please make plans to attend.
You can register several different ways. You can email or phone the
USEWF Headquarters at renmei@comcast.net / (615) 365-8600. You can go
online to the Federation website at www.useasternwado.com
and get all the details about how to register or about the different
divisions offered at the tournament. You can pay online at the
federation website using your debit or credit card through PayPal. We
will not be accepting your registration forms and payment for the
tournament at the school. Pre-registering will help you avoid long lines
trying to register at the tournament site on the day of the tournament,
which is also an option that you have. Pre-registration cut off is
March 15th. Please see detailed flyers about the tournament posted
around the school.
Please
come to the tournament and be a part of celebrating our great
Federation and our awesome style of Martial Arts! This tournament is a
great environment for someone who has never competed before, or if you
have very little tournament experience. Even if you don’t decide to
compete, please come out and support your friends and classmates as they
compete. *Candidate belt levels will compete at the rank you just
moved up from. A purple candidate will compete with the blue belts,
green candidates with the purple belts and brown candidates with the
green belts.
“Sweatin with your Sweeitie”
During
the entire month of February, any enrolled student may bring a guest
for one FREE Cardio Kickboxing class. Those “sweeties” who enroll after
their FREE class will be able to do so at the reduced rate of $30 per
month.
Also,
Karate students who would like to have their “sweetie” try a FREE
class, an introductory class may be scheduled in the office, and the
enrolled student may come with their guest to participate in the
introductory class and assist by holding kicking shields. Special
pricing will be offered if your “sweetie” would like to get enrolled.
We
will be serving wine and cheese following the 7-8pm Cardio Kickboxing
class on Thursday, February 11th, so this would be a great class to
bring your “sweetie” with you to try Cardio Kickboxing, and get them
exercising with you. Anyone interested in bringing their “sweetie” to a
class, is asked to fill out an information form before hand. You can get
one from the office, or simply ask your Cardio Instructor.
STOP -Don’t buy your kids Valentine’s at the store, USE OURS!
We have Valentine’s your child can use to give out at school, or really
to anyone they would like. These Valentine’s offer the person who
receives it, a FREE month of classes. Students can get as many
Valentine’s as they need. We will be giving them out at the end of our
classes, but students may also drop by the office and ask for some.
Karate School Family Cookbook Charity Fundraiser
The
Leadership Team members at both of our locations will be collecting
recipes for a charity cookbook fundraiser beginning in February. They
will be collecting submissions for several months, and the cookbooks
will go on sale this summer. Proceeds from the sales will go to a
charity partner.
All
karate students and their family members are welcome to submit recipes.
Recipe sheets will be available at the school, or you can send an email
to shelby.c.hughes@vanderbilt.edu , please include all necessary
information.
We
want you to get creative! Come up with fun karate recipe names for your
submissions! (Examples include “Karate Crab Cakes”, Kiba Dachi Key Lime
Pie”, and “Shuto Uke Sherbert”.
