School’s out and summer is

in full swing! Many of us

enjoy the more relaxed

schedule that summer

brings. For some, summer

is just as active and busy as

the school year. Make sure

your summer includes

plenty of exercise and

physical activities to keep

you and your child fit and

healthy — lifestyle habits

that benefit our children

throughout their lifetime.

Encourage your kids to

play outside instead of

watching TV or playing

computer or video games.

Playing sports with the

kids, like tossing Frisbees,

playing soccer or pitching

baseballs are great ways

for the whole family to

have fun and stay in shape

over the summer.

Since it can get hot during

the day in the summer,

it's best to schedule your

outside exercise and

activities during the

morning or in the evening,

when the sun is not so

high or hot.

Drinking plenty of water is

important any time of the

year, but it's particularly

important during the

summer when you're

sweating more than usual,

especially if you and your

family are spending time

playing outside. Make sure

you keep water handy if

you plan on being outside

for long periods of time.

If you will be spending a

lot of time outside, make

sure you use plenty of sun

block and other protection

from the sun as well, like

hats and sunglasses, to

protect yourself from

burns and skin cancer

threats.

The summer is one of the

best times to get fit and

stay healthy as a family.

Take advantage of the

warm summer months to

resolve to be active, eat

healthy and take care of

yourself and your family's

health and fitness.

June 2010:

6/19 12:00 p.m. Makeup

Testing

6/25 Parent’s Night Out,

6:30-9:30 p.m. Drop off

the kids for a night of

action, dinner, and movie.

$30

July 2010:

7/12-7/16 Allstar Summer

Camp 9:30am-1:30 pm

7/19 through 7/24 Allstar

Martial Arts Academy is

CLOSED. Schedule your

makeup classes at your

convenience.

7/26 through 7/31 BUDDY

WEEK at Allstar Martial

Arts. Bring a buddy to class

with you AND you can wear

your Allstar T-Shirt in class!

Your buddy can see how much

fun you have!

Upcoming Events—Important Dates!

School’s Out! Keep Fit & Healthy this Summer!

The Allstar Alert

Inside this issue:

Allstar Birthdays 2

Allstar Leadership 3

Current Patterns 3

Board Breaking 4

Karate Kid 5

Practice Patch 6

NEW Black Belts 7

June/July 2010

Allstar Martial Arts Academy’s News and Announcements

Allstar Martial Arts Academy • 9128 Forest Hill Blvd. • Wellington, FL 33411

561-790-5422

Become our fan on facebook.com/allstarmartialartsacademy

August 2010:

8/9-8/13 Allstar Summer

Camp 9:30am-1:30pm

8/21 Board Breaking

Workshop 1-2:30 p.m.

Registration required. (All

ages welcome.)

8/27 Parent’s Night Out

September 2010:

9/6 Studio CLOSED for

Labor Day

9/18 Testing Ceremony

9/20 Awards Ceremony

9/21 through 9/25 FUN

WEEK-wear your Allstar T-

Shirt to class!

We will announce any

additional

events that

may come up!

Dylan Smith June 1

Christofer Theodoropoulos June 7

Gianna Striano June 7

Sebastian Merchan June 7

Hannah Cooper June 13

Gabriella Gonzalez June 14

Alex Hovannesian June 14

Henry Konsker June 21

Rudi Larkin June 23

Cameron Raichbach June 28

Jack Elm July 2

Hunter Lucia July 2

Marissa Mangini July 4

Nidiyan Rajendran July 6

Justin Nichols July 6

Gavin Wall July 8

Katie Richert July 8

Austin Stickley July 14

Dylan Gunawardene July 14

Reese Collier July 15

Daniella Pena July 17

Anand Sharma July 17

Jack Yan July 18

Jordan Kahn July 18

Nicholas Urbina July 27

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Allstar Birthdays June/July!!!! Happy Birthday to YOU!

The Birthday

Child gets to

cut his/her

cake with a

REAL

SAMURAI

SWORD

(with the

instructor’s

help).

Every guest

gets to

BREAK A

REAL

WOODEN

BOARD at the end of the party!

If you would like more

information, please let us know!

You can visit us on

facebook.com/

allstarmartialartsacademy to

view some great Allstar Martial

Arts Academy Birthday Party

pictures. Call or email to

request a party date. 790-5422

Give your child the ULTIMATE

birthday party experience with

an ALLSTAR MARITAL ARTS

ACADEMY BIRTHDAY PARTY!

We will provide you with a fun,

exciting and unique way to

celebrate your child’s birthday.

We lead action-packed martial

arts games, with the birthday

child as the “Assistant

Instructor”. The party guests

have a blast learning how to kick

and punch on the target pads

and bags.

Do you want to have the BEST BIRTHDAY PARTY EVER???

Allstar Martial Arts Students who

show an interest in assisting others,

leading others, and helping others are

invited, by their instructors, to join

the Leadership Team.

This is an invitation only class that

meets once each week on Wednesdays

at 6:20 p.m., where students will

further develop their leadership

skills. Public speaking is a hurdle that

is best overcome at a young age. The

Leadership Class eases the students

into public speaking, and in a short

time, the fear is overcome. As the

student becomes more and more

comfortable in front of a group of

students, he/she learns how to teach

and manage the group. The students

will learn how to properly and

effectively teach a full class of

students.

This step by step training in

Leadership Development benefits

your child throughout his/her

lifetime. Leadership qualities

enhance a student’s character and

serves him/her inside our classroom

and outside of our classroom.

Leadership Team Members are role

models and ambassadors of Allstar

Martial Arts Academy, are always on

their best behavior, and always try

their hardest in everything they do!

Leadership Team, we commend the

hard work and effort you put forth in

your classes each week. Keep up the

great work!

If your child is

interested in

attending the

Leadership Class,

but has not been

invited by Mr.

Lord, please let us

know.

memorization of the correct pattern

movements, and helps them to

become accustomed to shifting

stances, maintaining balance, and

executing moves with power and

force.

The students are taught that the

patterns are a series of movements

that are executed precisely and

forcefully, as if you were defending

yourself against an invisible

attacker. The movements include

rank specific blocks, kicks, and

punches that all are used during

sparring, and all could be used

against any attacker.

The current patterns are:

Beginners—Do San, 24 moves.

(White, Yellow, and Advanced Yellow Belts)

Intermediate—Yul Gok, 38 moves

(Green, Sr. Green, Advanced Green, Sr. Adv.

Green, Blue, Sr. Blue Belts)

Advanced—Hwa Rang, 29 moves

(Adv. Blue, Sr. Adv. Blue, Red, Sr. Red., Adv.

Red., Sr. Adv. Red)

Black Belts — Po Eun, 36 moves

In taekwondo, “patterns” are a

series of rank specific movements

placed together in a certain order.

The purpose of the pattern is to

enable the student to go through

many fundamental movements in a

series, to develop sparring

techniques, improve flexibility of

movements, master body shifting,

build muscles and breath control,

develop fluid and smooth motions,

and gain rhythmical movements.

That’s a mouthful, right? In short,

the pattern helps a student become

proficient in their techniques, helps

to keep their mind sharp through the

great pride in the martial art we are

learning, in our Academy where we

learn, and in the instructor(s) who

teach us. Please do not disrespect

your art, dojang, or instructor, by

arriving to class in a messy, wrinkled,

or too small uniform. Every student is

Every student is a representative of

Allstar Martial Arts Academy. As

representatives of our Academy, we

expect our students to look and act

their best at all times — especially

when wearing an Allstar Martial Arts

Academy Uniform. We all should take

expected to arrive on time, in their

proper uniform, tied up, and belt on.

Please do not expect your instructor

to “fix” up your child for you. If you

need a lesson in tying the belt, let us

know. If you need a new uniform,

they are readily available.

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Every Student is a Representative of Allstar Martial Arts Academy

What is a Taekwondo Pattern and Why do we do Them?

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“A leader is

one who

knows the

way, goes the

way, and

shows the

way.”

John C. Maxwell

Allstar Students are our Future Leaders

The Board Breaking Seminar held on

June 5, 2010 helped students perfect

their breaking techniques. During

each Testing, students break real

wooden boards using a rank specific

technique. Students practice their

breaking techniques during class using

re-breakable practice boards. The

practice boards vary in strength

required to break them. The colors

of the boards correlate to the belt

rank system, in that the white board

is easier to break than the yellow, the

yellow is easier than the green, the

green is easier than the blue...and so

on.

The real wooden boards that the

students are required to break at

their testing, are sized according to

the rank, age, and size of the

student. The wooden boards are no

harder to actually break than the

practice boards the students are

used to breaking in class; however,

the wooden board APPEARS harder to

students and causes some of them to

second guess their confidence level.

This is where the Board Breaking

Seminar comes in especially handy.

During the seminar, students are

provided with 8 real wooden boards

that they are taught to break using

effective techniques, with speed and

precision. This seminar provides

students with so much confidence in

themselves, that the real wood board

will not pose a threat to them on test

day, physically or mentally.

The next Board Breaking Seminar will

be held on Sat., 8-21-10.

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Board Breaking Seminar Helps Allstar Students Perfect Their Techniques

A group of Allstar students watched

The Karate Kid movie together, on

Sunday, June 13, 2010. Allstar

Martial Arts Academy T-shirts filled

the cinema as moms, dads, and

students watched the movie as a

TEAM and proudly displayed our

school spirit, at Regal Royal Palm

Beach

The movie was fantastic and very

motivating! Seeing other people

performing martial arts, even if it is

in a movie, is a great motivator for

martial arts students.

The movie had a great message, as

well — that martial arts should be

used to build a more peaceful world.

The movie drove home this message

as the main character wins a

tournament against a group of

“bullies” from another martial arts

school.

The Karate Kid movie addressed

another important issue, as well (one

that all Allstar students can

appreciate), which is: There are no

bad students, only bad instructors.

Instructors who teach aggressive,

bullying behavior, only create

students with those same behaviors.

Our instructors teach our students

respect, discipline and self control —

and that martial arts should be used

as a last resort in physically

defending yourself.

This is what sets our students apart

from the rest. Our students are

RESPECTFUL, COURTEOUS, AND

KIND-HEARTED. Allstar Students,

you should give yourself a pat on the

back. You continually do a great job

in the dojang and outside of the

dojang. The respect and discipline

you demonstrate, gets you every bit

of respect and discipline in return —

well deserved!

Patterns are a series of rank

specific movements placed together.

The purpose of the pattern is to

enable the student to go through

many fundamental movements in a

series, to develop sparring

techniques, improve flexibility of

movements, master body shifting,

build muscles and breath control,

develop fluid and smooth motions,

and gain rhythmical movements.

That’s a mouthful, right? In short,

the pattern helps a student become

proficient in their techniques, helps

to keep their mind sharp through the

memorization of the correct pattern

movements, and helps them to

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Allstar Martial Arts Academy Students

A large group watched The Karate Kid movie together

at Regal Royal Palm Beach Cinemas on June 13, 2010.

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Allstar Martial Arts Movie Day—a “HIT” at The Karate Kid Movie

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Congratulations to All Students who Tested Recently, and Earned New Rank

Congratulations, Allstar Students, on

earning your new rank!!! Everyone

proudly and confidently demonstrated

their knowledge and techniques at the

recent Testing Ceremonies.

It is quite an accomplishment to earn

a new rank in martial arts! This is

your reward for working hard and

trying your

best in

taekwondo

class! You are

now one step

close to your

BLACK BELT!

Keep up the

GREAT work!

Remember, you should save

each and every one of your

belts!!! Display them proudly

in a belt rack! We have a

great looking belt rack at the

studio that will keep all of

your belts safe and on

display. Check it out, on our

display rack and let us know

if you would like one.

The Journey has Just Begun for these NEW BLACK BELTS!

Earning a Black Belt in martial arts is

a HUGE accomplishment! It takes

effort, perseverance, integrity and

indomitable spirit to get to the point

where you are ready to prove yourself

worthy of a BLACK BELT.

The Black Belt is just the beginning

of the journey to perfecting your

techniques and really proving yourself

as a martial artist. There are 9

degrees (dans) that can be earned by

a Black Belt. Upon receiving your

Black Belt, you have earned your first

degree (dan). Perfection is key, as

you advance in black belt degrees.

The patterns, self defense and

sparring become more difficult and

technical, and you, as a Black Belt,

must rise to the challenge.

These hard-working students have

earned their black belts and are on

the road to training for their next

degree, with pride and honor:

Julia Cesare, Brendan

Kasper, Shane Drayson and

Andrew Weinstein.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Allstar Martial Arts Academy

Summer Camp has begun! We have

two sessions left and a few spaces

available in each one.

Anyone is welcome to attend our

camp, between the ages of 5 and 12.

During the camp, the campers take

part in non-stop martial arts action.

Martial arts games, drills, and skills

fill the day, and it flies by!

Available Sessions:

July 12-16 9:30-1:30pm

August 9-13 9:30-1:30pm

Session

Fee—$120,

Sibling fee

$60.

Each day a

different

theme is

covered—

bully

awareness and self defense,

bag and pad skills (kicks and

punches), weapons

(nunchucks—foam padded),

board breaking, etc.

Call, email, or stop by to

register for camp!

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KIDS KORNER

Page 8

Allstar Summer Camp is FUN, FUN, FUN

Have fun coloring in these taekwondo guys!What color are their belts going to be?

Allstar Martial Arts Academy

Taekwondo Word Search

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