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 669-6666.

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 Wednesday, May 7th or 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 May 7th or 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

Paintball

Dip, Dive and Dodge! The Southside school has challenged our location! We need everyone to come join our Instructor Team and show your Tien Lung pride and together we can take on the Southside 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 6:15 pm during Prep Class on Friday May 30th. 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!!!

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 Tuesday, June 3rd at 5:30 pm. Join our amazing instructors, and learn from Mr. & Mrs. Wisniewski. This meeting is also mandatory for all current students in this program.

Summer Wear

You can start wearing your T-shirts and shorts on May 5th. The following summer wear combinations will be acceptable:
1.Tien Lung shirt (one of the 3 options)
-Tien Lung shirt/tank with dragon & Canadian flag
-Tien Lung Masters Club T-shirt,
-Tien Lung Daily Dragons T-shirt
with your dobok pants and belt
2. One of the previous T-shirt options with the Tien Lung dragon with Canadian flag shorts and belt
3. Dobok Pant, dobok top and belt

Mothers Day Package

Don't know what to get your mom for Mother Day? Tien Lung has a Mother's Day Packages perfect for every Mom. For $40.00 the package will include:
- One Proud Mom Shirt
- One Proud Mom Travel Mug (to take with you, while your bringing your child to & from Taekwon-Do)
- & One Gift Box with Tissue (to wrap up your lovely present for your mother)

Want to know why Tien Lung Summer Camps are the best, check out all the details, by clicking the link below:

http://www.tienlung.com/camps.htm

Summer Camp Rates:
All camps include a free T-shirt (a new one every 2 weeks of camp), transportation, and activities PLUS our weekly visit to the Royal Alberta Museum (every Wednesday morning). Our weekly activities will include one to two of the following fieldtrips: swimming, Waterpark, Laserquest, Galaxyland, Let's Play, Rock Climbing, or even Chuck E Cheese.

Complete Summer Package: $1010 per child
This includes all 8 weeks of camp, all the activity fees, transportation, 4 summer camp shirts (each a different color!)!

Any 4 weeks: $600 (BBC-$550 MC-$505)

Week by week for camp: $200.00 (No Discounts Available)

You must register by May 1st to guarantee the right T-shirt size for your child. Registrations after May 1st will receive a shirt, but we cannot guarantee the size.

Quick Summary of what we include: Early drop off between 7:30am - 9am, Pick up by 5:30pm, Free Camp T-shirt, Transportation for field trips, Taekwon-Do classes daily - Sometimes twice per day! Fun filled field trips - generally 2-3 per week!

To register for our summer camps, please contact us TODAY to register and guarantee a spot for your child. Space is limited.

Badges

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

Splits Club
Brian Duong
Anthony Nguyen

Pop-up Master
Ben Mussche

April's Badge of the Month
Academic Achievement
Jocelyn Bartolome
Daniel Waldbauer
Jordan Sopiwnyk

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.

Happy Birthday!

Classes Cancelled This Month
Mark Your Calendar

Noon Hour Class
Tuesday & Thursdays from 12-1 pm

Even though it is not listed on the schedule, noon hour classes will continue until June 25th, taught by Miss Williams.

"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.