July E-Newsletter

Testing Times, Dates & Graduation Info.

All students are required to be in full uniform for rank testing. Students should bring their sparring gear and nunchucka for testing. There are no evening classes Wednesday-Friday due to testing and graduation. Please note that morning classes are in session on Tuesday & Thursday. Rank testing applications are due no later than Monday July 26. Testing times are as followed... 

• Wednesday July 28, 2010
• White - Orange belts including L/D 6:00-7:15pm

• Thursday July 29, 2010
• Children Green-H. Purple 6:00-7:15pm
• Children Red- H Brown & Adults 7:30pm - until

• Friday July 30, 2010 / All ranks Graduation 6pm - until

Graduation will be held at the Clifton Commons in Clifton Park. Please have a Taekwondo t-shirt (full uniforms are not required for Graduation in the park to keep our uniforms clean). Please bring snacks and a blanket for you & your family. We will be in the soccer field off of Vischer Ferry Road (the main entrance of the Commons). Rank certificates and belts will be awarded at 6:00pm for all ranks and ages. Please note that you do not need to bring your old belt to graduation. This ceremony is to be fun and informal.

Our Raffle will be a Malta Drive-In Gift Certificate. Tickets will be available at testing only so please pick up your raffle tickets at the Taekwondo School. Tickets are one for $1 or six for $5. Good luck. The winner will be announced at graduation.

All Demo Team Members need to be in full uniform and Action Team Members who are performing with us need to be in their full uniform as well. 

YouTube Form Videos

Students who wish to practice their forms at home before the rank test have the perfect opportunity with our YouTube Videos. Just click the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/user/AdirondackTKD 

Summer Sparring Gear Sale

Basic Set of Sparring Gear

Adirondack Taekwondo is having a sparring gear sale! When you register for your test you and your family can SAVE $10 on a basic set of sparring gear and $20 on a complete set of Olympic Sparring Gear!

Basic Sparring Set includes

• Shin instep protector
• Forearm guards
• mouth piece and case
• mesh carring bag

Please visit our Pro-Shop for our complete set of Olympic Sparring Gear.

Summer Schedule

Happy Summer! We are so excited with our new summer schedule. We feel it keeps the flexibility of our standard schedule while adding a few morning classes for our students to enjoy. Please download our summer schedule from the PDF file below.

 Corrected Summer Schedule

This summer our Black belt Club classes will be focusing on bo-staff training on Thursdays. We have a few bo-staff's available but please bring a bo-staff or broom stick to train with.

On Friday nights around 7:00pm we will be getting together to play ultimate frisbee at Clifton Commons this summer. Please check weekly announcements to confirm the dates. 

August Summer Camp

Students at July's one day camp!

What are you doing the last week in August? Our Summer Camp has space for you and your family. This Summer Camp will fill up so please register early. Morning Taekwondo practice including: Form training, Sparring Drills, Board Breaking, Special Weapon Traning, Demonstration Practice.

Afternoon includes: Rock Climbing Wall, Water battles, movies, transportation (school bus) to field trips and new this year Physical Challenges including: Walking the egg, tic-tack glass, diet coke and mentos and more! 

Adirondack Taekwondo's Summer Camp is So Much Fun!

Adirondack Martial Arts Center
1683 Route 9, Clifton Park, NY 12065
Phone: (518) 373-0442    eMail: my@adirondacktkd.com