STUDENT EXPRESS For and about those who strive for Black Belt excellence!

Zeus International Martial Arts Academy

Level 1, Marrickville Tennis Centre, Cnr Livingstone Rd & Frazer St,

Marrickville Park. Correspondence:

P.O. Box 5188 Marrickville N.S.W. 2204 Web:

www.zeusacademy.com Email:

info@zeusacademy.com Telephone: 0410 689 735 0412 428 549 0422 390 449

Pankration / MMA Muay Thai Hapkido

Kickboxing Taekwondo

Submission Grappling

How To Build Self-Esteem By Instructor Roberto Baeza

Zeus International Martial Arts Academy May / June / July 2010

I believe there is nothing more important than building your self-esteem. This sense of well being has a tendency to automatically draw positive people and circum-stances into your life, and hold off negative people and conditions. Self-esteem is

like an invisible wall of protection that surrounds you at all times. The best part of having a high level of self-esteem is that you will automatically begin to build the self-esteem of those around you. This will make you a person. In fact, there is no area of life that you won't dramatically improve. Self-esteem is so powerful that whatever the method you use to build your sense of well being will become an addiction. If you gain your self-esteem from an internal source, you will be blessed with an incredible and exciting lifestyle. Examples of self-esteem activities that are positive: working out, internal goal setting, prayer and meditation. There are three principles that underlie self-esteem. What is so powerful about them is that they are exactly the same irrespective of age or stage in life.

What is a “principle”? No, we’re not talking about the person who sits in a big office at the front of your school...that’s a principal. Principles are guidelines you use to decide how you will think, act and live. Your principles say a lot about who you are. The Martial Arts are full of them!

Seven Things That Mark The Wise Man By Master Costa Prasoulas

1. The wise man does not speak before one who is greater in wisdom; 2. He does not interrupt another in their speech; 3. He is not hasty to answer; 4. He asks pertinent questions, and answers to the point;

5. He speaks first upon the matter first in order, and last upon the last; 6. When he does not understand the matter under discussion, he confesses: 'I do not understand it'; 7. When the truth is presented, he readily acknowledges it.

Principle #1: Set and achieve small goals. These goals must be totally within your Control. In the same way if I say, "My goal is to win at the Martial Arts' tournament." I've taken my personal power and put it in the hand of judges, competitors, and scorekeepers. Instead a better goal would be, "I'm going to train in the Martial Arts three hours every week." Again, if you keep this commitment (one that is your complete control), you will grow as a person! Principle #2: Never Criticize. When you criticize, you will get immediate burst of negative esteem. Criticism is destructive.

Principle #3: Always do your best. It is the one principle that holds everything together. You can't always control your outcomes, but you can always control whether you tried your best. If you set a goal to do your best, how can you ever fail? If you never fail, you will learn to depend on yourself and your self-esteem will grow.

These three simple ideas can change your life forever!

Safety Rules For Children By Instructor Roberto Baeza

The Power Principles By Master Costa Prasoulas

Remember these safety rules and you can not only protect yourself but have fun too. 1. Don’t accept rides from someone you don’t know.

2. Know your telephone number and the telephone number of a close friend by heart.

3. Do not take money, toys, candy or other gifts from anyone. Ask your parents first.

4. Say, "This is not my parent" loudly when touched by someone in ways you don’t like or feel funny about. Then run and tell your parents.

5. Don’t talk to people you don’t know. 6. Don’t answer the door when you are home alone. 7. When you get lost in a store, find a clerk and ask for help. Do not walk out of the store. 8. Always tell your parents whom you are playing with and where you are playing at. 9. Walk to and from school with friends and go straight to where you are going. 10. Don’t keep secrets from your parents, even when you are afraid to tell them. 11. When you are home by yourself and answer the telephone, never say that you are home alone. Say, "my mum can't come to the phone right now, she’ll call you right back." Try and get a name and telephone number.

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Fight News & Events by assistant Lauren Patricia Scott

National all styles

Congratulations to our little Zeus Warriors who all placed in the top 5 in their categories:

Victoria Prasoulas (3rd Place sparring) William Kondylis (2nd Place sparring)

Raphael Koukkoullis (4th Place sparring) George Prasoulas (3rd Place Weapons)

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Australian Martial arts Championships

Congratulations to Samuel Elnajar who came 1st in the Full Contact welter weight division

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Australian Submission Grappling Championships

Congratulations to Master Costa Prasoulas

who in the 85-90 kg super middleweight division was Silver Medalist at the Australian Submission Grappling Championships .

Zeus Fight Team Training with

Polite, respectful & all the qualities of a true Master. Randy Couture is arguably one of the greatest fighters / martial artists & trainers of our time & a UFC hall of Fame Superstar .

Master Costa Prasoulas, Dimitrios Perdios, Kostas Thanos, George Katralis & Chris Glinatsis had the honour of training with the LEGEND himself. a three-time former heavyweight cham-

pion and a two-time light-heavyweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Couture is one of only two UFC fighters to have held a championship title in two different

divisions (heavyweight & light-heavyweight) Truly a inspirational athlete full of wisdom, Knowledge & at 47 yrs of age he is still a force to be reckoned with.

Randy ‘The Natural’ Couture

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Skills & Drills

To spend 10 mins , twice (2 times) per week visualizing in a quiet relaxed environment, your techniques & training performed in class. This will improve your technique & perform-

ance. It will make you confident & positive and will also increase your

response time.

Private / Personal Training

Interested in private Personal 1 on 1 : fitness, weight control, kickboxing, self defence or mma training. Some time slots are still available. If interested see or call Master Costa Prasoulas on 0410689735. ___________________________________________

Conduct, Hygiene & neatness

Remember to keep your attire, uniform & training equipment clean, neat & tidy.

Be sure to clean & amend any loose items on your training gear & keep it fresh.

Keep your finger & toenails trim / neat. Your etiquette & conduct especially around

younger students must be one of leadership & setting an example.

Remember & Practice our 5 tenants: Courtesy , Integrity , Perseverance , Self Control & Indomitable Spirit .

Welcome To our team

To all the recent people who have joined our academy,

WELCOME to our Martial Arts family.

Everyone has fitted in nicely & at-tuned to their classes very well. We wish you every success.

Train Hard

Grading / Exam Results

Congratulations to all the following people on their grading /examination test, all show great character, determination & the will to succeed & exceed in training and in their everyday life.

Little Dragons (4 - 7 yrs)

Maryana Karas Aiden Collins

Kristina Hilellis Thomas Pambris

James Azzi Meni Tollas Jason Azzi

Veronica Ayoub Andreas Karas Kiriaki Mamis

Chris Hatzisavvas Jessica Azzi

TKD Tigers (8-12 yrs)

Raphael Koukkoullis Anabel Xenofos

Simon Nunes Luke Andronis

Carter Sutherland Victoria Xenofos Nikos Gouskos Tia Hatzisavvas

William Kondylis Dennis Xenofos

James Erwin

TKD Warriors ( 13+)

Samuel Elnajar Katerina Hilellis

Louis Hatzigeorgiou James Mason

Paul Madentzoglou

HAPKIDO

Samara Hynes Mark Bui

Costa Yiannakopoulos Cruise Schuldt

Dimitri Georgantzakos Stephen Fallas

Referee’s & Judges Training Course

Congratulations to all the following people who took part in the international seminars for the Interna-

tional Federation Of Pankration Athima & the Nevada State Athletic Commission for the Australian mma Combat sports authority of NSW who are all government qualified & certified offi-

cials for the Cage, Ring & Mat. Seminars conducted by :

Mr Chuck A lzone (USA - NSAC) & Mr Vagelis Koutras (Greece -IFPA) :

Master Costa Prasoulas, Mario Hilellis, Kostas Thanos,

Nickos Prasoulas, Dimit-rios Perdios

MUAY THAI - festival

A Wonderful day full of fun for the whole family having Muay Thai Ki-osks with apparel & equipment, music, food, Wai Kru contest, kick pad competion & Muay Thai fighting. Master Costa Prasoulas, Mi-chael Hitti & Carlos Martinez who took part in the Sparring & Kick Pad contest. Great day in all who represented Zeus.

UFC 110 - SYD-NEY

Truly a spectacle with an awesome fight card, an experience

shared by those who were present at this histori-cal occasion. From Zeus academy we had

George Roditis, Samuel Elnajar, Kostas Thanos, Dimitrios Perdios & Costa Prasoulas

ROUNDHOUSE KICK - ANALYSIS

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Master Costa Prasoulas executing text book 180* roundhouse

The round-house kick is one of the most essential kicking techniques for both competition fighting and self defense.

The kicking leg is raised parallel to the floor (90 degree angle) cocking the knee, then the leg is swung against the target, while the hips and trunk are simultaneously twisted in the same direction as the kicking leg. Muay Thai / kickboxing / Pankration / mma is done with a follow through em-phasising the shin (power), whilst Taekwondo & Hapkido have a more snapping motion concen-

trating more with the instep (speed).

The roundhouse kick has three areas of target: the low kick, which aims for the side of the thigh, calf or behind the knee, the mid kick which aims for the ribs and the high kick which aims for the

chin, temple or neck.

Common Mistakes:

1. The most common mistake is to bring the kicking leg up to the front kick position (leg perpendicular to the floor) rather than a good Roundhouse kick position.

2. Don’t separate the motions (rising, turning, executing), try & keep them all in one continuous motion. 3. Try not to snap with just the knee, this is how a lot of hyper-extension injuries happen, rather try to

emphasize the quads (thigh muscles) & the glutes. 4. Always keep your guard up (at least one hand covering)

Throughout the year, there will stories pertaining to the nature of Martial Arts philosophy and practice.

Life Lessons in the Martial Arts - This Semester’s Story: “The Challenge”

One day a hungry old man entered a small village and noticed a sign proclaiming the name of a local Iaido (sword) school.

Knowing that it was customary for a dojo's / palestra (martial arts school) Master to accept all challenges the old man decided upon a very dan-

gerous plan. If he could entice the Master into a duel and be defeated but not killed, he would then by tradition be offered food and drink, as

well as a place to sleep for the night.

Summoning up all of his courage the old man approached the dojo / palestra and then walking boldly in he proclaimed his intention to challenge

the Master to a duel. In response a senior student stepped forward, introduced himself, and said that his Master was at home resting but that he

would gladly accept the challenge in his place. The old man refused and instead asked that a student be sent to the Master's home to tell him of

the challenge.

Upon hearing his student’s report of the events that had just taken place the Master immediately put on his swords and hurried to the dojo. When

the Master arrived he and the old man politely bowed to each other and in turn introduced themselves, after which the old man re-issued his

challenge, but explained that it was not his intention to challenge for ownership of the dojo/palestra as was sometimes the case, this duel was

merely to be a test of each man's skill with a sword. The Sensei accepted and because of the nature of the challenge and they agreed to fight

using only wooden bokken (practice swords) so that if a customary fatal cut was made neither man would be killed.

The old man in truth had no skill at all with a sword, he was simply seeking a meal and a place to rest and this plan had seemed to offer the best

prospect for success and so as he stood facing the dojo's / palestra’s Master across the mats, he just held the wooden sword very casually at his

side. The Master upon observing how open the old man was to an attack and how unbelievably foolish his defensive posture

appeared, suddenly began to believe that this duel might not have been such a good idea after all. Slowly in his mind he began to

wonder about the old man's skill and power and in turn he began to doubt himself and his own chances for victory.

He knew, however, that his own reputation and that of his academy-palestra was at stake and so he took an aggressive posture.

For what seemed a very long time the two men just stood there facing one another, neither of them made even the slightest move.

The old man for his part could not understand what was taking so long, but he knew he had no choice in the matter; all he could

do was wait for the Master to attack and claim his victory. The Master on the other hand had by now thoroughly convinced him-

self that he did indeed faced a true Sword Master, but even so he knew that he must do something very soon and so he started to move towards

the old man, determined to press home his attack with all of his skill even though he felt sure now that he had no chance of winning.

The old man seeing the look on the master's face and sensing that he was about to be attacked in full force quickly dropped his sword and falling

to his knees he broke down and confessed that he in fact had no skill at all with the sword, going on to explain that he had not eaten in days and

that he had hoped merely to survive the challenge and then be offered a meal and a place to sleep for the night. Upon hearing this, Master was

suddenly overcome with the realization that by allowing his own doubts to fill his mind and by fantasizing about his opponents abilities, he had

almost defeated himself. He decided then and there to change the name of his sword style to " Sxoli Horis Skepsi" - The School of No Thought.

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The Moral of the Story Sometimes the biggest obstacles and threats exist only in our mind, only because we give them power. Perception is coloured by

emotion, reality and perception are often very different things. - Study this

TECHNIQUE OVERVIEW

By Master Costa Prasoulas

TRIANGLE CHOKE: Pankration / MMA / Grappling

Submission using the legs in the form of a triangle. A triangle choke (called trigono in Pankration) is a type of figure-four chokehold which strangles the opponent by encircling the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle. The technique is a type of lateral vascular re-

straint that constricts the blood flow from the carotid arteries to the brain.

Master Prasoulas performing a triangle choke with MMA Cage fighting Champion James Lee

How to Perform a Triangle Choke

A triangle choke is a useful choke to use from the guard. It is a defence against someone trying to pass the guard (a). (Or controlling wrist position & setting it up). As they try to pass, they put one leg on their shoulder (b). (In this pic-

ture, your right leg.) Unlock your legs and pull their right arm down and across your body (b) \& (c). At the same time you want to get the crook of your left knee over your right ankle (c). This is often hard to do. It helps to get

your right shin horizontal and to slide your hips to your right. You may have to use your hands to lock your left leg over your right (b) \& (c). Once you get the left leg folded over (d) this is an incredibly powerful choke. Fold your

left leg down while pulling their right arm towards your right shoulder (c). Stretch your hips back while holding their arm or pulling down the head (d).

The triangle choke is a submission hold frequently used in mixed martial arts competition. This choke is a common submission seen from the guard. This is due to the many opportunities to apply the technique that arise

from that position. Such as when your opponent tries to pass the guard or to strike. This choke is created by encircling the opponents head and one of his arms with your legs. The legs are then

squeezed together, at the same time the opponents head is pulled down. The legs when in this position will form a triangle (hence the choke being called a triangle).

When applied to the opponent, this submission hold constricts the carotid arteries, which reduces blood flow to the brain. This will cause the opponent to tap out. If he chooses not to tap, he will pass out within a few seconds.

Kids' nutrition

From the team at Fresh, here are some practical tips to ensure your kids stay on the healthy eating track.

*SMALL MEALS ARE BEST

Growing bodies thrive on three small meals a day with healthy snacks in between.

*INVOLVEMENT = INTEREST If children help in the preparation of a meal, they're more likely to be interested in eating it.

*DON'T BRIBE

Teach children to enjoy the benefits of good food rather than bribing them with the reward of an un-healthy treat.

*CONSISTENCY

Kids thrive on routine. Serve them meals they like, with some variation, a few times a week.

*LEAD BY EXAMPLE Always look like you are enjoying the meal and don't make negative comments about food you dislike.

*DRINK LESS AT DINNER

Don't fill kids up on fluids- juice, milk or even water just before a meal.

*SUBSTITUTE For every food your child hates there will be a substitute within its food group. e.g. If they won't eat

meat, try fish or baked beans.

Dietary Guidelines for Adults in Australia

Enjoy a wide variety of nutritious foods Eat plenty of vegetables, fruits & legumes (alfalfa, peas, beans, lentils and peanuts)

Eat plenty of cereals (including breads, rice, pasta and noodles), preferably wholegrain Include lean meat, fish, poultry and/or other alternatives.

Include milks, yoghurts, cheeses and/or alternatives. Reduced-fat varieties should be chosen, where possible Drink plenty of water. And take care to:

Limit saturated fat and moderate total fat intake Choose foods low in salt Limit your alcohol intake if you choose to drink

Consume only moderate amounts of sugars and foods containing added sugars.

Staying True to the Traditions of the Martial Arts

It is one of the traditions of the martial arts that a person cannot just come in and join a martial arts school. An existing student and/or the instructors must invite the person. As with any institution of higher learning, the potential student must first go through the application process, then the evaluation process, followed by a consideration process, before finally being accepted. If the stu-

dent is accepted, their orientation process begins. Order of Responsibility

There is limited space at our academy. As the school owner’s responsibility is to our existing students. The next responsibility is to the families of the existing students, meaning that the existing students’ family members have first right of refusal as openings be-

come available for enrolment. It is the charter of this institution of higher learning that we will consider applications for additional enrolments while adhering to the aforementioned application, evaluation and consideration processes.

Process of Progression

Upon acceptance, the student will begin their four –five year journey to the coveted Black Belt and beyond.

“The highest honour & greatest respect you can show your

Master Instructor is to complement & refer our school to others”

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Zeus International Martial Arts Academy

Cnr Livindstone Rd & Frazer st, Marrickville Park,

www.zeusacademy.com 0410 689 735 0412 428 549