
Student of the Month: Uriel Villegas
You put 100% into everything you do. Thank you for being such a hard worker and a great example to your teammates as well as the rest of the class. Keep pushing your hardest everyday and soon you will be able to spar and learn weapons!
Holiday Schedule:
Closed Dates:
Thanksgiving Holiday: Thursday & Friday Nov 26th & 27th
Christmas & New Year: TBD
Upcoming Graduation Dates:
Thursday November 19th
Friday December 18th
Holiday Camps Coming Soon
We are so excited to bring back our Holiday Camps. The kids had so much fun last year and we know this year will also be a blast. While the kids are off on their holiday break, keep them busy with fun martial arts games and activities that will help them in their physical skills but also help them to grow in their focus and teamwork. Our camp games are so fun and the kids always have a great time. If you want to get a away to do some holiday shopping or wrapping our camps are a great idea. There will be dates and times to come soon so keep on eye out in the lobby and updates here on the newsletter.
Nominations to Black Belt Club
We are so proud of the following students. They push their hardest everyday in class and are ready for the next level of their training. With your nomination to Black Belt Club, you’ll have the chance to start training in sparring, chucks, sticks, ground self-defense and even more advanced kicks. Keep up the great work and continue to train with Black Belt Excellence! These are the students who have been nominated:
Avery Truong, Cruz Ruiz, Emiliano Rocha, Gilliana Alapag, Ileana Contreras, Jordan Martinez, Layla Emdadi, Maria Alapag, Sophia Berrera, Sophie Gonzalez.
YouTube Channel
We just added some new content to our channel. There is a video on how to tie your belt and a few updates to our Forms channel. Also we streamed our first graduation live and it was a great success! Families loved the convenience and quality of the live stream. If you want to be notified about new content or future live streams, subscribe to our channel at Kicks Taekwondo Riverside.
Upcoming Events
Stripe week for this month will be the week of October 19th – 22nd. Please be in full uniform.
Graduation will be on Friday October 23rd. Here are the graduation times:
5pm for Ninja Classes & Kids Combo
6:30 for Family Classes and Adult Classes
Demo Team: Friday at 4pm
Leadership Team: Friday at 4:30pm
Weapons Schedule for this Month
October 2nd: Ground Self-Defense
October 5th & 9th: Chucks / Double Chucks
October 12th & 16th: Sticks & Bo Staff
October 19th: Advanced Kicks
October 23rd: No Class due to Graduation
October 26th & 30th: Stars / Sword
General Knowledge
3 Rules of Focus: Focus your eyes / focus your mind / focus your body, sir!
Black Belt Success Cycle: Know what you want / have a plan / and a success coach / take consistent action / review your progress / renew your goals, sir!