Parental information meeting

August 15th, 6:00pm - all members and parents free to attend.

*NO FRIDAY CLASSES

Mr. Pagnotta would like to talk to all the parents about the upcoming plans for Tien Lung Halifax!

***Kids pizza movie night after the meeting and REMEMBER children may only attend the movie night if their parents attend this meeting.

Sign up at the front desk.

Instructor/TLP Meeting

ALL Blue's & TLP's are expected to attend this months meeting on Aug 7th after black belt class

Instructor's pizza movie night!

August 22nd 9:30pm - after competitive class, get ready for some fun guys! Any movies you would like to watch, be sure to bring on your own merit!

R.B.E. Program

The Red Belt Enrichment (RBE) program is designed to help our students excel.

The RBE Program is a program that is available to all Red Belts and Black Stripes regardless age. Students will earn the privilege to wear coloured chevrons on their left dobok sleeves once they have successfully re-examined for each junior belt level. This program has been created in order to provide an excellent opportunity for students to prepare and review material vital for their upcoming Black Belt examination. By earning all 10 chevrons students can be much more confident of a successful Black Belt Exam.

There is no cost to sign up for the program although you must purchase a new student manual to record their reexamination results. Please see Mr. Pagnotta or Ms. Dionne for more information.

NEW Competitive Program & Registration

For those of you who wish to compete in events hosted outside of Tien Lung, starting in September you will now be required to be in the Tien Lung Competitive program. This program gives you additional weekly practice and coaching in Patterns and Sparring and works towards training you for Competitions.

If you are interested or planning on joining the Competitive Program, you MUST attend the information session on August 23, (Saturday) at 6:00pm. This information meeting is for Yellow Belt & up only. For those of you who are under 18, you MUST bring at least one parent or guardian to this information meeting. Following this meeting, members are required to complete their registration.

This is the only meeting and registration date, therefore it is REQUIRED that you attend. No exceptions!

Master's Club

If you haven't registered for Masters Club already, please proceed to do so. As there are only twenty spots left! You can register by booking a meeting at the front desk.

There are MANY benefits! :

• 2-3 classes per week!
• Pro-shop discounts
• 30% off training gear!
• 30% off Tien Lung clothing/ accessories
• 30% off Tien Lung social events, seminars & camps
• Additional 10% off on your birthday!
• Masters club badge & T-shirt - FREE!
• One PRIVATE lesson each month - FREE!

Happy Birthday!

All Students

Please put your name on your dobok tags (pants & top)! This will prevent potential mix-ups or loss of your dobok.

Also please visit the front desk ASAP if you do not have your name written on your sparring gear yet.

T.L.P. Tien Lung Leadership Program

Leading the way for to create excellent students!

The T.L.P. Meeting for August will be held on Thursday 7th at 9pm at the Dojang. All must attend!

WE NEED MORE T.L.P. MEMBERS!!!

We are always on the lookout for FUTURE Instructors! If you are interested in becoming a Tien Lung Instructor, this program is open to all Red Belts (ages 10 and up), just see Mr. Pagnotta or Ms. Dionne for an information package. This program runs all year and you can sign-up and anytime. New members are always welcome!

No classes: Natal day August 4th (Monday)

ALL SATURDAY CLASSES MOVED TO FRIDAY'S

Farewell Saturday Classes!

This summer we are trying some new schedule changes and moving all Saturday classes to Friday!
The class schedule will be as follows:

5:00 - Yellow Stripe to Green Belt
6:00 - Blue Stripe to Black Stripe
7:00 - Black Stripe and UP prep class
8 - 9:30 - COMPETITIVE

Meeting your Fitness Goals

One of the many reasons that people are attracted to practicing Taekwon-Do is physical fitness. Taekwon-Do can help you increase your cardiovascular heath, reduce fat, and help to build muscle. However, an often-overlooked aspect of physical training is the identification of realistic goals that will help you reach your desired level of fitness. In this article we will try to give you some important tips for determining what different activities are necessary in developing a workout routine and some helpful hints to assist you in working toward your fitness goals.

Most exercises can be broken down into four categories. The categories are, cardiovascular fitness, bone and muscle strength, and flexibility. To reach a true state of physical fitness, it is necessary to choose exercises from all the above listed categories. Exercises included in the cardiovascular category are those exercises that help you increase the fitness of your lungs and heart. As anyone who has ever sparred for more than a couple of minutes can tell you, this category is especially important in the practice of Taekwon-Do. These types of exercises include activities that increase your heart rate from 60 to 90 percent of its maximum, usually for a period of at least 10 minutes. Increasing your cardiovascular health will give you more endurance and a greater amount of energy. Bone and muscle exercises are designed to help you increase strength and power. Exercises in this category include push-ups and isometric exercises. Bone and muscle exercises place most of their focus on the major muscle groups (arms, shoulders, hips, legs, back and abdominals). Muscle strength is often important to martial artists because it enables you to add more power to your kicks and punches and generally gives you a greater amount of physical control.

Flexibility is of great importance in practicing Taekwon-Do. Flexibility exercises help you to increase the range-of-motion in all your muscle groups, and help to prevent injuries caused by over exertion of muscles. You should try to incorporate flexibility activities into all of your exercise sessions. Be sure to eat properly and stay away from fatty foods.

Set goals that are realistic - both in your current physical level and the amount of time that you have each day to engage to fitness activities. Workout before or after school or work or al lunch time and attended your Taekwon-Do classes regularly.