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SPRING HAS SPRUNG Welcome to MAY 2024
We had a blast last month with the Parents during our Parents Day.
Kids and Parents working together. We now
know where the kids get their
competitive spirit. Its always a blast having parents do what the kids do
during class.
Changing things up a bit for the Tiny Tigers graduations. We are now
going to
have them on Fridays just like the larger graduations. So be on the
lookout for the new dates and times in the
newsletter
Summer is almost here and as a reminder we are open all summer long
Any school closing dates will be
posted and put into the newsletter.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2023
WOW! No snow yet, is it truly winter in Massachusetts when no snow has fallen yet.
Besides the weather has anyone made any New Year's resolutions? To lose weight?
To train harder in karate?
to make it to more karate classes? Whatever you have decided to
have for resolutions remember not to go over board
and all gungho because those goals
could be out of reach in a month.......small attainable goals is how to make a New
Year's
Resolution stick!
Think in a POSITIVE Manner and visualize the end result of
your goal.......YOU WILL GET
THERE IN NO TIME!!!!
2022 is passing by so quickly; we have gone thru lots over the last 2 1/2 years, things have been getting
back to normal for a
while now but please remember to wash hands and keep them away from your face. We still want
to be about 6 feet apart and remember
that if you are sick please stay home.
O Sensei and I are
so grateful that our students have kept up with their martial arts training and that we have welcomed so
many new
students in our karate home. If you do not know someone please be sure to introduce yourself.
The
school year is well under way, hopefully everyone is adjusting well, but remember that here at the school that this
is a safe place for parent and kids to talk to if anyone needs an ear, as we all do sometimes.
That's
it for now! BYEBYE
2017 is here My
resolution this year is to update web page and make sure we are updated as often as possible. I know its sounds like a weak
resolution but I want to make sure I stick with it. Because I know people need this for their updates and I want to
make sure its done. Making resolutions can be easy its the follow thru that needs the work. Even though we all ave good intentions
by making resolutions, I like millions of others need to keep my promise to myself and follow thru. So what is your resolution
this year. Lose weight? work out more?
Save some money? Whatever it is just be sure to follow thru. And time
will only tell if I make good on my simple resolution. GOOD LUCK with whatever yours may be! Til
next time which should be in 30days or less! Sensei Danielle
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Happy Mother's day everyone! Hope your day is full of love and laughter.
Tournament Update 03/07/09 Another tournament down and many more to go. Team RTD is starting to really be known.
Our Black belts did fantastic. Angelmarie Gonzalez competed against Sensei Justin for the first time in the traditional forms
division and they both did fantastic. Their division is one of the toughest divisions, I think, out of all them. Even
the Judges had a hard time judging them. The talent is absolutely incredible. Angelmarie came in 7th and Sensei Justin
came in 4th. Can't say enough about them. All of our seasoned competitors did fantastic. We had a twin-off for Joseph
and Michael Gonzalez in 10-11 black belt boys fighting. They ended up fighting each other for first and second place. They
were awesome. Michael pulled ahead and took first place but not to say Joseph didn't give him a run for his money. Justin Costa's competition was hard to beat. Black belt under 9 years old is starting
to look fierce. Justin competed in weapons, forms, and fighting. He did fantastic and took trophys home in all three
divisions. Brianna Dell'Isola and Aman Gabriel are our up and coming under belts and are looking fantastic. Aman
took 3rd in forms and Brianna took 4th in forms. Julia DiFraia is becoming a fighter to be recognized, she certainly has a
tough division at 12-13 year old girls advanced. She had some terrific fights and took home 2nd place. Also took 4th
in forms, out of I think 18 competitors, boys and girls for forms. Sensei
Justin and Sensei Sean are dominating the continuous fighting division for their age groups. Both took home first place trophies.
Way to go to everyone!!!!!!! Again hard work really does pay off.
Keep it up and if you want to join the competitors in any of the competitions please don't hesitate to ask O Sensei Alberto. We have a local tournament up in Lawrence, MA on March 29th that some of our newest
competitors are taking on. If you would like to check it out let us know. That's it for now. Again great work by all!
Welcome back everyone. Some weather we're having. I know that we are all
sick of the snow and hopefully Monday's storm will be the last of it. Probably not but doesn't hurt to be hopeful.
Just a reminder if there is inclement weather please don't hesitate to call us to see if there are classes. Generally,
if the city closes regular school for the day that means usually we'll be closed too. I think everyone has noticed the new layout of the school. Thank you for your patience as we work
out some kinks of our own with the new layout. Change is always good, sometimes hard but good. Just want to send
out a thank you to some of the kids that came by during vacation to help out. The Gonzalez boys, Joseph and Michael and Angel
marie kicked in to help, we also got some help from Julia DiFraia and Brianna Dell'Isola. Thanks a bunch kids, we
know you love the school just as much as we do. As for the
new layout. We would like to remind everyone that we do not want shoes traveling in hand or other past the rugged area in
the front. We know that the floor is cold by the seating area and we're working on a solution for that. Please be
patient with us as we set up the school to be more efficient. It not only will be beneficial for us but for our students and
their parents. Thanks RTD Next tournament is Saturday 3/7 in Rhode Island at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Warwick. If interested try to drive down
and check it out, and don't forget to wish the kids luck!
Team Red Tiger tournament update So Team Red Tiger attended the first tournament for the year. And, well what can I say,
the kids all did so well. Even with some of them being sick they pulled through and gave it their all. First time competitors, Frankie Leon, Jonathan Walsh, Michaela Bennett, and Aman Gabriel
all did fantastic. Everyone took trophies or medals home. We couldn't be more proud. Our seasoned competitors all did
great too. We had a bit of a friendly rivalry when two of our black belts, Joseph Gonzalez and Jonathan Argueta had to fight
each other in the 10/11 year olds black belt division for first and second place. Good fight between the two and Joseph ended
up winning and taking first place. Jonathan had given him a run for his money. Great JOB!!! Sensei Justin took first in point fighting, and competed for the first time in the creative forms
division. Well, he took first place with his form and ended up competed in the Grand Champions for the Junior
Black Belts. He tied for first with one of his arch nemesis, Tyree Brown. During a tie for Grand
Champion the judges end up pointing to their favorite, out of 5 judges Sensei Justin got 2 votes, and
Tyree got 3. For being Sensei's first time in that division, I'd say he did very well! Keep up the hard work everyone. It really does pay off........ Quick update everyone; don't forget school vacation starting Monday February 16th. We'll
re-open on 2/23. HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! So 2009 is here and another year gone by. For RTD I think 2008 turned out to be a fairly good year. We survived and
are surviving this recession everyone is in, and O Sensei and I as well as the rest of the RTD family want to say THANK YOU
many times over to our extended Red Tiger family, if it wasn't for the parents, students and YOUR families, we would
not be able to survive. So many thanks for a good 2008, and an even better 2009. Our hopes are to make the Red
Tiger Dojo a better place for you and your families to continue your martial arts education. We will be planning some long over due updates to the school, with minimum interruptions to
your classes. And we would love to know if you have some suggestions. Please don't hesitate to write them down and pass
them along to O Sensei or me. Again thank you for your continued
interest and support in the Martial Arts! Love! RTD FAMILY
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Monday, July 14, 2008
US OPEN, Orlando Fl
So everyone knows that the Red Tiger Dojo is a tough school but we didn't realize
actually how tough we were. I know I may be a little biased but we are a tough school don't you agree?
The US Open was another hurry up and wait for everyone but I think we did really well. A couple of highlights.......
First the best of the best this time: Justin Costa, 8 years old competes as a black belt......took FIRST
in Black Belt fighting, and FIRST in the ELITE 8 Black Belt Fighting; in total our friend Little Justin as we fondly refer
to him by took 2 first place trophies both in fighting what a long day that was for him.
On to some other highlights.
Sensei Justin who we all know is training right now to compete in Italy in continuous fighting, with that said, Friday night
unfortunately Sensei Justin's competition in continuous fighting was cut short when Sensei Justin inadvertantly knocked
someone out with a back roundhouse kick. The kick itself was a beauty but unfortunately the competitor Sensei Justin
was fighting led with his head instead of keeping his guard up and got caught with the prettiest back roundhouse kick you'll
see. Other than that, Sensei Jusin took second overall including the elite 8 competitors in Point Fighting.
Julia DiFraia who I personally have to send a congrats too. Julia is working harder and harder for every tournament
she attends and her progression is commendable. In forms out of I don't know how many, like 35 kids, she took
4th, which is pretty dang good for an international tournament, if you ask me. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!
All the
other competitors did fantastic..... come and see me at the school for more details, running out of writing room.
That's it for now. we'll talk again soon.
Sensei Danielle
12:18 pm
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