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Congratulations to all students who tested in February!

Lee’s Students – February 14th

Back Row:  Donna (Red/Black -TKD/HKD), Courtney (Red), Steven (Brown – HKD), Blake (Orange)

Middle Row:  Blake (Red), Branden (Purple), Jerin (Purple), Kenin (Purple), Mark (Yellow)

Front Row:  Dominic (Yellow/Stripe), Octavia (Orange), Sawyer (Orange), Jacen (Orange)

YMCA Students – February 22nd

Back Row – John (Green), Sam (Purple/White), Stav (Yellow), Lucy (Yellow – Outstanding Student), Marlene (Yellow), Geneveive (Green/Stripe), Drake (Yellow/Stripe)

Front Row – Joe (Yellow), Lucas (Yellow), Sonia (Yellow), Evan (Yellow), Nate (Yellow), Charlie (Yellow), Ben (Orange/Stripe)

Black Belt Group Photo

This last photo is of the black belts who judged the test on February 14th, representing over 200 years of combined martial arts experience.

Back Row (Left to Right): Mr. T. Johnson, Master Johnson, Master Curry, Master Price, Mr. Williams.

Front Row (Left to Right) Ms. Coburn-Holtman, Grand Master Cecil, Mr. Jarvis, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Bohon, Mr. Gearhart, and Master Geissman.

Our Women’s Self Defense class is being offered FREE to the public in February. Please put the date below on your calendars and invite your friends and family. These are conducted by Ms. Valerie Christy with the assistance of other instructors and/or students at Lees.

Free Women’s Self Defense Class
Friday, 20 Feb from 7-830pm.

This class is tailored for women 13 and older. If under 18, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

For more information, please contact us or visit our Women’s Self Defense page. Class sizes are limited, so please RSVP to events@leesbloomington.com.

The Promotion test is Saturday, 14 February at 10am. Please turn in your signed test forms and test fees anytime prior to the test this weekend.

Testing on Saturday will start promptly at 10am and last for about 2 hours. Please arrive no later than 930am to be able to get dressed, fill out any paperwork, and warm up prior to the 10am start.

We will have a pitch in dinner after the test to celebrate with a sign up sheet on the information board. A makeup test will be held on Monday, 16 February at 6pm if necessary. Please let you instructor know if you cannot make the regular test and want to do the Makeup.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask our staff.

Congratulations to all of the students who tested in December, and a special congratulations to Barrett Tieman, the Outstanding Student of the test!

Front (l to R) – Nicholas Harris, Cason Hughes, Thomas Connolly, Casimir Rosolowski, Barrett Tieman (Outstanding Student), Jillyan Dickinson.

Back – Mr. Jarvis, Kris Ensign, Janet Simon, Nolan Robinson, Matt Madeira, Jody Madeira, David Hunt.

Not shown – Kris Holtman, Matt Sater, Jake Sater, Rodney Taylor. 

Our Women’s Self Defense class is being offered FREE to the public in January. Please put the date below on your calendars and invite your friends and family. These are conducted by Ms. Valerie Christy with the assistance of other instructors and/or students at Lees.

Free Women’s Self Defense Class
Friday, 16 Jan from 7-830pm.

This class is tailored for women 13 and older. If under 18, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

For more information, please contact us or visit our Women’s Self Defense page. Class sizes are limited, so please RSVP to events@leesbloomington.com.

December’s test will be on Saturday, December 13th, at 10:00 a.m. Testing students should arrive no later than 9:30 a.m. to get dressed, fill out paperwork, pay test fees, and stretch. Test list and after-test-pitch-in sign up are on the cork board.

Note to all students and parents, did you know that you can fill out test paperwork and pay your test fee in advance? Please see any instructor for more details.  See you there!

Our Women’s Self Defense class is being offered FREE to the public in October and November. Put these dates on your calendars and invite your friends and family. These are conducted by Master Scott Johnson with assistance by Ms. Valerie Christy and others at Lees.

Friday, 17 Oct from 7-830pm.
Friday, 21 Nov from 7-830pm.

This class is tailored for women 13 and older. If under 18, must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

For more information, please contact us , visit our Women’s Self Defense page, or see our women’s self defense flyer.. Class sizes are limited, so please RSVP to events@leesbloomington.com.

Congratulations to all the testing students in Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido. Through the many distractions of summer break, back to school bustle, and other events, your hard work and perseverance paid off and all were successfully promoted. Kevin Nguyen was voted Outstanding Student for this test cycle.

The following students were promoted:
Yellow – Octavia Dickinson, Blake Hibrader, Sawyer LaGrange
Green – Kenin Krieger, Alan Martindale
Purple – Michael Schneidt (TKD/HKD)
Blue – Kevin Nguyen (Outstanding Student)
Red – Tyrone Bradley

For those working towards a test in December, February, or April, now is the time to review your Student Guide (located in the Members Section) requirements and make a plan to work towards meeting those requirements. For those that have been on break for the summer or other sports, now is the time to renew your martial arts commitment. As always, promotion tests are scheduled on the 2nd Saturday of every even month and we are here to help you plan and achieve your goals!

Whether you are a current student, former student, thinking about being a student, or just want to see a martial arts demonstration we invite you to join us for our Open House at Lee’s on Saturday, May 3rd from 6-8 p.m.  We will be offering snacks, drinks, special rates for new students, demonstrations, prizes for all in attendance, and more!

Please email, call, or come in and chat with us for more information.   We hope to see you there!

All students are invited to come and join us at our first retreat!  You have to option to attend both Friday and Saturday or Saturday only. Overnight attendees will stay in cabins at the retreat center.  We will have many specialized Taekwondo and Hapkido classes throughout the weekend which will count towards class attendance, and you will have the opportunity to participate in adventure programming.  Expect to have fun while you are also focusing on team and skill building!

Interested? Fill out a registration form and return it to an instructor with your deposit.  Sign up will be first-come-first-served, so reserve your spot today!

What you need to know:

• When:  May 16th and 17th, 2014
• Where:  Bradford Woods Retreat Center
• Prices:  Friday and Saturday (overnight) – $150, Saturday Only – $95.  Note, Little Tigers students interested in spending the night must be accompanied by a parent ($25 additional fee).
• Payment Due:  To sign up with a deposit ($75 for overnight, $45 for Saturday only), please fill out your form and have your deposit in by April 11th.  If you sign up after the 11th you must pay the full price at time of signup.  All payments are due in full by May 2nd.  Please make checks payable to Lee’s Martial Arts.
• Overnight Info
  • Check in:  5:30 to 6:00 p.m. on May 16th
  • Meals provided:  Dinner (Friday), Breakfast (Saturday), Lunch (Saturday)
• Saturday Only Info
  • Check in: 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. on May 17th
  • Meals provided: Lunch
• Free t-shirt!
• Registration Form
• Retreat Flyer
• Tentative Schedule