Mothers Day Class!

In honor of Mother's Day, we want you to bring your Mom, Aunt, Grandmother, older sister (or any female) to class with you on Thursday May 8th! Have your guest wear some comfortable clothing, and she will participate in class with you. You will be able to show her what you have learned in Taekwon-Do, and she will also be able to try some basic moves! (Don't worry-nothing too strenuous!) All you need to do is pick up a guest waiver form, and have your mom (or guest) sign it, and bring it back with you and your guest on 8th! Looking forward to seeing you all there! Psst....this is a great way to check off "YES" for bringing a friend to the Dojang or Tien Lung function on your Qualification Requirement.

Class schedule for the 8th:
6:00pm - 7:00pm
Little Dragon & White Belt to Yellow belt Moms & Buddies
7:00pm
Demo Team!
7:15pm - 8:15pm
Green stripe to Black belt Moms & Buddies

Calling all Grandmothers, Grandfathers or anyone with some extra time

Do you have a free hour every day or every few days? Well, we need a new driver for Daily Dragons, and we want YOU! Or if you know anyone who would be willing to join our team, please contact our administration at 409-8888.

Proud Mom Shirts

Don't know what to get your mom for Mother Day, Tien Lung has high quality Mother's Day Proud Mom Shirts available in our Pro-shop! Perfect for any mom!

Paintball

Dip, Dive and Dodge! The Northside school has challenged us! We need everyone to come join our Instructor Team and show your Tien Lung pride and together we can take on the Northside school! Mark your calendars on Saturday, June 14th from 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., come and have a blast (rain or shine)! This is not a spectator sport! We will be paintballing at Quest for Adventure near Gibbons (Maps will be available at the front desk).
The Cost is $40.00, this includes 500 Paintballs, a paintball gun, camo schmock, mask and unlimited CO2. You can get an additional 500 paintballs for only $25.00! If you have your own gear the cost is $30.00 (which includes 500 paintballs). Please sign up at the Front Desk, and you MUST fill out the waiver form - available at the front desk! Don't forget to pack a lunch. Deadline to sign up is Tuesday, June 10th or when we reach 30 people (psst... we always sell out this event, so sign up before all the spots are filled.

Attention Black Stripes planning on Examining for Black Belt in August

If you are a Black Stripe planning on examining for your Black Belt in August or a Black Belt planning for their next dan, you need to be at the Qualification Code meeting which is going to be held at 8:00pm on Monday May 26th. This meeting will cover everything that will be required prior to your examination. Anyone planning on examining for their Black Belt in August, must be at this meeting!!!

Graduation Day

The Graduation will be on May 3rd at the Northlands Agricom, Hall D from 12:00-2:00 pm. (Graduating students must arrive at 10:30 am)

Graduates, please remember to pick up your manual as you leave the Agricom. Feel free to bring friends, family and your camera to the graduation! There will be a $2.00 admission for family and guests.

T.L.P. Meeting

Attention all Blue Belts and up: if you want to take part in the Leadership program, join the T.L.P! Have fun and develop new skills while hanging out with the Instructors. The next meeting will be on Thursday, May 29th at 5:30 pm. Join our amazing instructors, and learn from Mr. & Mrs. Gaudet. This meeting is also mandatory for all current students in this program.

Demo Team Candidate Class

Are you a green belt? Ever wanted to be on the Demo Team and learn the cool skits they get to do? Now is the time to come to Demo Team Candidate Class!

*ATTENTION DEMO TEAM & CANDIDATES*
You can now bring your Student Manual to demo team class and receive stamps for your attendance! This will help ensure you graduate on time.

There are still spots left in the class and to try out for next year's demo team so see Mr. or Mrs. Gaudet for details!

• Grace Martin
• St. Teresa
• John Paul 1
• Greenview
• Pollard Meadows
• Tipaskan
• Duggan
• Malmo
• Richard Secord
• Academy at King Edward
• St. Brendan
• Our Lady Mount Carmel
• Terrace Heights Argyle Centre
• Keheewin
• Rutherford
• St. Elizabeth

If your children attend any of these schools or schools in the area, YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE IN DAILY DRAGONS! If you are interested in upgrading to this program, please be sure to see the Front Desk to book a meeting to discuss fees and to when your child can start.

Summer Wear

Our big summer wear order was placed at the end of March. The leftover of sizes are in the front Pro-Shop. Sizes are extremely limited. Remember you can start wearing your T-shirts and shorts on May 5th. The following summer wear combinations will be acceptable:
1. Tien Lung shirt with one of the 3 options
-Tien Lung shirt/tank with dragon & Canadian flag
-Tien Lung Masters Club T-shirt/tank top,
-Tien Lung Daily Dragons T-shirt
with your dobok pants, belt
2. One of the previous T-shirt options with the Tien Lung dragon with Canadian flag shorts, belt
3. Dobok Pant, dobok top, belt

Proud Mom Shirts

Don't know what to get your mom for Mother Day, Tien Lung has high quality Mother's Day Proud Mom Shirts available through our pro-shop! Perfect for any mom!

Camp #1 - July 7-11
Camp #2 - July 14-18
Camp #3 - July 21-25
Camp #4 - July 28 - August 1
Camp #5 - August 5 - August 8
Camp #6 - August 11 - August 15
Camp #7 - August 18 - August 22
Camp #8 - August 25 - August 29

Need Gas? Munchies? More?
Visit the Millwoods Shell Gas Station!

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Chaudhry and the Shell Gas station located at 1968 Millwoods Road (just south of 23rd Avenue). They are our premiere sponsor for our Demo Team and Daily Dragons programs. So if you live in Millwoods or are driving by, please be sure to stop in to fill up, grab a coffee, some munchies and say hi to Mr. Chaudhry! His Shell station can fill all of your convenience store needs!

Happy Birthday!

Badge of the Month

For the month of May, the badge this month will be Pop-up Master.

If you have any questions regarding this badge please see your Instructor, or for more information about the badge program see the Front Desk.

Congratulations to the only students who received a badge last month! We look forward to many more student receiving badges in the future.

April's Badge of the Month
Academic Achievement
Iain McClean
Rachel Cummings

Classes Cancelled This Month
Mark Your Calendar

"Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein and Mr. Wisniewski."

The Most Important Martial Arts Technique

One of the first things an instructor teaches the beginning white belt is how to come to attention. The students stand up straight, heels together toes apart hands by your sides. Their eyes maintain eye contact with the instructor and they are almost ready for training. Except for one thing: bow.

Bending at the waist and lowering the head, the student signals that they recognize the instructor as someone who is knowledgeable and proper in behavior and toward whom they hold deference, either felt or shown. This means they hold another person in high regard and treat them how they want to be treated.

A student of Martial Arts must master respect to the school's flag, instructor and other students.

Respect to the flag - Upon entering the training area of the new white belts school, the student is taught to bow to the flag hung on the school's wall. This means that the area the student is about to enter is special, and somehow different than just another room.

The student bows to the flag and respects the country's long tradition of Martial Arts excellence and the students respect for their place in the schools hierarchy of training, often symbolized in the color of the belt around the students waist.

Respect to the Instructor - Bowing to the instructor symbolizes many things. Typically, this helps build trust between the student and the teacher of the martial arts. Recognizing the leadership the instructor offers is another meaning conveyed between the two martial artists. Most importantly, bowing to the instructor demonstrates the student knows less and is an "empty cup" ready to become filled with the knowledge of the style taught in the schools walls.

When a student bows to an instructor, it demonstrates the students willingness to grow and improve their training... everyday!

Respect to other students - Before practicing a new technique, or sparring with another student, the two partners bow. Receiving a bow demonstrates to one another that each will maintain good sportsmanship throughout the exercise. It shows the other student is appealing to a sense of fair play and that the student respects the others training as equally important. It indicates techniques will be controlled preventing injuries.

Maintaining self control throughout these exercises is just as important as practicing the technique. Conveying a sense of common ground, a sense of unspoken rules, is necessary to shake any fear of being intentionally hurt during practice. Bowing sets the tone for respect toward each other throughout all exercises.