March 2024
Snapkick
Dojo Student Newsletter
“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” ~ Og Mandino
Featured
Chanbara Competition 3/2
Our Chanbara Competition will be held on Saturday, March 2nd of 2024 at Cupertino High School! It is by enrollment only and has a limited student availability.
Testing
All Classes: March 27, 28, 29
PLEASE ATTEND IN FULL UNIFORM AND BELT
Theme of the Month
This month, we are focusing on various types of kicks. The goal this month is to improve everyone’s kicks on all levels; speed, accuracy, power, and all around technique. We will have many new and unique kicking drills and games to keep it fun and interesting.
Cornered by an unruly gang of pine boards, Robert suddenly remembers his Karate training.
The Cookie Thief
By Valerie Cox in “A Matter of Perspective”
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice, I would blacken his eye.”
With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought… oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude, why he didn’t even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
February 2024
Snapkick
Dojo Student Newsletter
“Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing. And your attitude when you have everything.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
Featured
Movie Night 2/16
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
(STUDENTS AGES 6+)
Entrance Fee of $35 (per person)
$50 for 2 people
2/19: Closed for Presidents Day
Testing
All Classes: February 21, 22, 23
PLEASE ATTEND IN FULL UNIFORM AND BELT
Coming soon
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chanbara competiton 3/2
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Coming soon 〰️ chanbara competiton 3/2 〰️
Theme of the Month
This month, we will continue to focus on kata forms. We will also be spending time on Chanbara, also commonly known as “padded weapons training” in preparation for the upcoming competition. Here at WVMA, our focus is to use chanbara as a safe and fun way for students to learn spatial awareness, strategy, and discipline through live, friendly competition.
January 2024
Featured Event
ZBBK Dues Are Due
West Valley Martial Arts and its students are a part of a non-profit organization called the Zen Bei Butoku Kai. Committed to carrying on O’Sensei Kim’s legacy, the ZBBK certifies our curriculum, our instructors, and our ranking system.
For all Pre-Karate students, the annual membership fee is $10.
For all other students, your annual membership fee is $20.
You can pay by cash or check, sorry no credit cards.
Please pay this amount by January 31st. Please make checks to ZBBK and note that donations to the ZBBK (Fed Non-Profit ID #72-1532938) qualify as a charitable donation and are tax deductible under section 501(c).
The Zen Bei Butoku Kai
In 1959 O'Sensei Richard Kim founded the Zen Bei Butoku Kai when he came from Japan to teach in the United States.The Zen Bei Butoku Kai is a martial arts organization dedicated to the preservation of the teachings of the late O’Sensei Richard Kim, 10th Dan and his legacy. That legacy has stretched to all ends of the earth over the years and has touched thousands. I was fortunate enough to train and travel with Master Kim for about 10 years until he passed away in 2001. His teachings of the traditional martial arts and, perhaps even more significant, the philosophy of the martial arts are second to none. O'Sensei Kim was referred to as “Karate's Guiding Light” by Black Belt magazine and was considered the “world’s authority” on traditional karate.
1/15: Martin Luther King Jr. day
Closed for the holiday
Theme of the Month
This month, we will be focusing on striking. We will be looking at variations of striking combos as well as focusing specifically on how to be a good bag holder. The goal of this month is to improve not only the physical technique of good striking, but how having a good bag holder can drastically enhance the training for both parties involved.
