Student of the Month: Matthew Hileman

Thank you for always being a positive light of energy. We can always count on your effort and hard work everyday. Your positivity is contagious and you make everyone around you better. Keep smiling and raising the bar for yourself and your classmates.

KICKS Beach Day: Saturday September 12th: 11am – 5pm

Join us for a fun day in the sun. Come and hang out with your KICKS family at the beach. Bring your bathing suits, beach games & toys, EZ-ups and towels. There is even a water trampoline park to play on (reservation required / click here for reservation website). If you are interested in this water event, parents must accompany their kids during the time of event. KICKS instructor cannot watch over anyone during their reservation. Most families choose the 1pm time slot but you are welcome to choose the time that works best for your family. Try to reserve a time slot as soon as possible as times do fill up and the last few years there were no same day reservations. When you arrive to Newport Dunes there is all day parking in their parking lot. When you come to find us on the beach, we are always in the center of the beach area on your way to the bathrooms at the center of the bay. You will see our KICKS EZ-ups and sign. We can’t wait to see everyone at the beach and look forward to another fun year. The address to Newport Dunes is 1131 Back Bay Dr. Newport 92660.

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:

Alaina Redmond, Autumn Vargas, Christopher Lawandy, Hector Robles, Isla Shanahan, John Coffey, Jonathan Novoa, Julian Del Angel, Juliette Setzler, Lincoln Shanahan, Maya Fayad & Sasha Mendez!

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 August 24th – 27th. Please be in full uniform.

Graduation will be on Friday August 28th. 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

Aug 3rd / 7th: Ground Self Defense

Aug 10th / 14th: Chucks & Double Chucks

Aug 17th / 21st: Sticks & Bo Staff

Aug 24th: Stars & Sword

Aug 31st: Advanced Kicks

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!