To parents that have little experience with the world of martial arts, the entire sport can seem violent and dangerous for kids. Upon closer inspection, however, many find that their kids will reap an innumerable amount of benefits from participation in a martial arts training program. In addition to busting sedentary habits and getting kids in shape, martial arts instruction also helps kids learn these ten valuable lessons.

1. Determination and Dedication – In order to ascend through the ranks and earn ...

The New Year is creeping up, and it’s that time of year where the words ‘New Year’ are always followed closely by ‘Resolution’. One of the most common New Year Resolutions out there is weight loss. Although every resolution is unique, most of them share one commonality; almost everybody sets one & almost everybody fails. There are a multitude of reasons why we don’t succeed when it comes to fulfilling our resolutions. So what can we do about it? Listed ...

The holiday’s are just around the corner, are you ready to tackle the onslaught of Christmas dinners/office parties/New Year’s events without completely giving up your healthy lifestyle? This is a question I get a lot at this time of year and here are a couple pieces of advice that many people have found useful:

1) Keep Training!!
If you know you will be indulging a little more when it comes to food, don’t ditch your gym-going habits. This will make things ...

Date: Saturday, November 16th @ 5:00 pm
Location: Bethel Community Church – 14204 – 25th Street
Time: Doors at 5:00 p.m. and Dinner at 6:00 p.m. Dance to Follow.
Tickets: Advanced Sales ONLY – tickets are limited to the number printed
Cost: $5 per person (children 3 and under are free) – Cost is to help cover the cost of the hall rental.

The Spirit Taekwondo Christmas Potluck Party will be on Saturday, November 16th. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m. ...

Costume Safety
Coming up with a creative disguise doesn’t mean that safety needs to be forgotten, so here are some safety tips to keep in mind.

• October 31 can be a chilly night so make sure that costumes are loose enough to be worn over warm clothing but not so baggy or long that trick or treaters can trip over their costumes.
• Trick-or-treaters should wear sturdy walking shoes.
• Choose brightly colored costumes that will be clearly visible to motorists. For greater visibility, add ...

On Sunday August 11th from 1 pm – 6 pm we are organizing a family day with our brother schools, Elite Tkd and CIA BJJ Academy. We will be having softball and soccer games. The softball team will only be for juniors and adults. Soccer will be for the kids.

This will not be a potluck, just bring whatever for your family and enjoy the day with everyone.

We have Ball Diamond #3 reserved for our group, which is NE of the ...

Please keep these places clean. When changing into your dobok, put your regular clothes in your bag and when you leave, don’t forget any of your Tkd gear. If you only bring a jacket, hang it up on the coat hangers provided, do not just throw your stuff every where and anywhere.

Respect – Do not go into other peoples bags. That this their personal stuff and you do not need to look in their back without permission.

Bathrooms, Please do not ...

This will be the second last newsletter printed on paper, we will do one more in September. Beginning in October we will be distributing all newsletters via our website and e-mails. Daily information will be posted on Facebook and Twitter.

In order to be on our distribution list we ask that everyone come into the office and register yourself into our database. It takes only 3 minutes to complete. ...

July’s summer Camp was sold out and all the instructors and kids had a blast! We went to the Movies, had fun at the Fun Dome, Spent a gorgeous day out at Fort Edmonton Park and finished the week of at the Spray Park with ice cream.

Thank you to the parents who took the time out of their busy schedule and supposedly break from their kids to volunteer to give us rides to and from all of our field trips. ...

No need to worry about what your kids are going to do or where they’ll be during summer break, they can be with us at the gym learning and playing! You must be 6 years old and up to attend Camps.

Like every year we are going to do something a little more exciting for our camps. There will be a 5 field trips/camp – In the morning we will focus on Taekwondo training and after lunch we will be doing ...