January Newsletter | SESMA, South Eastern School of Martial Arts, Drayton, Taverham, Norwich, Hellesdon, Horsford, Thorpe Marriott, Costessey, Bowthorpe, Karate, Kickboxing, Martial arts, Tae-kwondo, Personal Fitness trainer, Children, adults, beginners, NEST

Happy New Year To You All

Hope you all a great Christmas and that you were all good girls and boys so that Santa brought you all a wonderful gift.

I have heard that you are having a little bit of snow at the moment and that it is going to be around for a couple more weeks. Shame i have missed it all, as i like the clean soft look of freshly laid snow, plus i love the look of trees where the snow has landed on the branches.
Out here in Oz the sun was shining, clear blue sky with a gentle breeze and about 38 degrees as i was writing notes for this newsletter by the pool.

I have met a couple of amazing people while i have been out here that have had an impact on me.

The first was David Koutsoukis who specializes in helping children with anger issues and character building.
I spent a day with David exchanging ideas and learning from him. He has re-motivated me to keep trying to get into more schools to help children become better characters, more confident and deal with bullying. I have learnt a lot from David and we have come up with some ideas that could be incorporated into the karate classes.

To learn more about David Koutsoukis visit his website www.schoolmasters.com.au

The other person I met was my cousin Loza. It was the first time I have ever met him and we had a good long chat. After speaking with Loza I felt that I could achieve anything and if I ever need some inspiration, I will think of him. Now you are wondering what we spoke about and why he is such inspirational figure to me. Well, Loza lost the use of his right arm, but that has not stopped him motor bike racing and represent Australia in off road quad bike racing and his next challenge to cross the Australian outback on his KTM off road bike. I will tell you more about him in classes to help get you guys motivated towards your goals.

New 1^st Dan Black Belts

Well done to those that passed their black belt just before Christmas.
There was a larger than normal amount of student ready for the grading, which shows that you guys are working very hard in the Leadership classes and in the Black belt preparation classes.
Master Vince 7^th Dan and Master Wayne 5^th Dan were very pleased with the very high standard from both SESMA and BBA .

The new Black belts will now further their martial art knowledge in the Black Belt club class, were they get to chose from a large list of Chosho grades, be taught how to write lesson plans with objectives & outcomes and have lessons with guest instructors or speakers.

Role of Honours:
1^st Dan: Henry Hardwell, Luke Vignuax, Elise Galvin, Joshua Forster, Matthew Parker, Jordan Tanner, Kurt Vinten.
3^rd Dan: Andrew Hewerdine

Student of the Year

Well Done to Aaron Watling who was chosen by the senior instructors and myself as the student of the year.
Aaron has shown out standing dedication to SESMA with assisting with teaching, being a team leader with all the multisport days, helping SESMA & ASDA with promoting ASDA’s Sporting Chance and volunteering to help SESMA run the Sumo at every demo, fete and fayre during 2009. I have also had feed back from parents to say how impressed they were Aaron as he has helped their children.
So well done Aaron, you deserve it.

Happy Birthday

Dane Chick, Lucy Dickens, Jess Bew, Hannah Walpole, Jack Barber, David Galvin, Sam Ashford, Hannah Walsgrove, Nathan Kirk, Isabella Weaver, Rohan Armstrong, Peter Elsdon-Dean, Nicola Matthews, Lisa Porteous, Robert Green, Emma Wallis.

Down at the Dojo with Disney's 'Club Penguin'

Have you heard about one of the latest crazes to hit children aged 5-8 years?

Disney's 'Club Penguin' is a traditional trading card game with a twist. Available from newsagents at pocket money pricing, a packet of Club Penguin cards contains penguin characters which come to life in an online game, with a martial arts theme.

This month sees the launch of 'Card Jitsu Fire', where members can play at the dojo, earn belts and earn their 'Ninja Mask'.

With the basic game being available free-of-charge online, 'Card-Jitsu' continues to increase in popularity with a recent Media Week study suggesting that the game now has a 44% penetration in the children's online game market.

http://www.clubpenguin.com/card-jitsu/

Upcoming dates to put in your diary

Multi Sport Days

SESMA will be running their Multi Sport Days at the SESMA Studio during February half term (15th - 19th Feb)
The days will consist of team games (dodgeball, basketball, rounders, shooting gallery, beat the goalie and many more),
table football, Wii Sport and some team building tasks.

Aimed at 4yrs+ and costs £7 per day or £25 for the week.

To book your place please either phone 260751 or send an email to multisport@sesma.co.uk

SESMA Open Day 20th February 9-12noon

Anti-bullying Workshop Tuesday 16th February 12:30-2pm (aimed at 6-11yrs olds)
Cost of the workshop is £10 per child or £16 for 2 + children in a family attending.