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Franklin Martial Arts

Monthly Newsletter

March 2009

Volume Two

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Events

Kids Sparring Class Starts!

Wednesday, March 11th

5:30pm – 6:30pm

Ages 8 – 12

(Regular class still available.)

Game Day!

Saturday - March 14th

1:30pm-4:00pm

Pre-register Now!

Spring Break

March 16th – 21st

Franklin Martial Arts

Will Be Closed

2009 Collegiate Nationals

Providence, RI

March 21st & 22nd

[article aside]

Do not fear mistakes.

There are none.

- Miles Davis

- Special Offer -

New Students Only

March New Student Special is for two private lessons, one week of group lessons and uniform for $25.

$25

· Two Private Lessons

· One Week Group Lessons

· Student Uniform

*New students only

*Must mention coupon code: newsletter

*Valid only in Mar.

Muddy Water,

Let stand,

Becomes clear.

- Lao Tzu

Game Day!

Date: Saturday March 14^th

Time: 1:30 – 4:00pm

Fee: $25

All Kinds of Fun

Games & Activities

(Ages 7 – 13)

Wear Regular Clothes.

Friends Welcome.

Newsletter Joke

Got any good jokes? Email them to us. We will read all the jokes and include the best one in our next month’s newsletter.

Joke

How do you fit a giant in a frying pan?

A: Shortening

Picture of the Month

Got any good shots of you or your child in action? Please email them to us. Your photo could be chosen as picture of the month and end up on our website and newsletter. Send them in!

The less effort,

the faster and

more powerful

you will be.

-Bruce Lee

- Newsletter Special -

Purchase any TKD uniform in March and receive a full set of patches free. Must mention newsletter.

2009 Taekwondo Collegiate Nationals in Rhode Island The collegiate Taekwondo Nationals is a yearly tournament where qualified collegiate competitors from all over the country come together to compete. It is held in a different state every year. About a decade ago, Master Souza was a competitor at the Collegiate Nationals in Princeton, NJ. "It was one of the best and most organized tournaments I have ever participated in. It was very well run. Having competed in two events, I was thankful for having placed in both of them. I got a Bronze in sparring and Gold in forms," recalls Master Souza. This year the Collegiate Nationals will be held at Brown University in Providence, RI [March 21st & 22nd – 2009] If you have not yet seen a national level Taekwondo competitor in action, consider attending this event. For a $10 spectator’s fee [$5 for kids], you will see how exciting the Olympic sport of Taekwondo can be when performed by world class athletes. You won’t forget it. We ask all our TKD students of all ages, and parents, to consider attending this event. A TKD tournament is very exciting to watch. It often leaves students feeling motivated and pumped about our sport. For more information on this tournament, visit the site below: http://www.brown.edu/Students/colnat2009/

Free Trial Class For New Members Kids Martial Arts [Click Here] Brazilian Jiu – Jitsu [Click Here] Boxing [Click Here] Taekwondo [Click Here] Franklin Martial Arts 16 E. Central Franklin – MA 508.553.2888 March Special Buy a TKD uniform and receive two patches FREE! Must mention newsletter

Notice To All Students

Franklin Martial Arts will be closed

for all activities the week of March 16th.

Enjoy the break!

Picture of the Month

S o u z a S a y s:

No Mistakes

There are no mistakes. Think back at the time when you learned to walk or ride a bike. In both activities we made the mistake of falling [and probably still do]. Falling was necessary to perfect our technique of walking and riding a bike.

Here at Franklin Martial Arts, we believe that mistakes are not only helpful in our path to black belt, but also absolutely necessary. Mistakes are underrated. One good thing about making a mistake is that you get to try again, with added experience. In activities like martial arts which require physical repetition, the only way to learn is by making mistakes and correcting them.

As a matter of fact, here is the secret: your success will be determined by how many mistakes you have made. Your mistakes can only hurt you if they stop you. Next time you make a mistake, remember it’s an oportunity to improve. So try again. =]

-Master Souza

Kids Taekwondo Team

This month we are adding a new class to our weekly schedule. The focus of this class will be Olympic Taekwondo sparring and will be for kids ages 8 - 12, yellow belt and above.

New Weekly Class: Kids Sparring

Wednesdays @ 5:30 - 6:30pm

If you are planning on attending, please let one of the instructors know. All students must have full sparring gear. An alternate regular class will also be taught separately.

March Birthdays: Nehal Nagalla, Grant Spinella, Patrick Callahan, Alex Baio, Mark Scuzzarella, Brian Richter, Jared Cain, Emma Cusack, Keith Franklin, Ethan Bateman, Ethan Pearl, Chorr Yi Chin, Alex Simpson, Victor Almeida & Andrew Cohen

Happy Birthday!

One At A Time

A friend of ours was walking down a deserted Mexican beach at sunset. As he walked along, he began to see another man in the distance. As he grew nearer, he noticed that the local native kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he kept hurling things out into the ocean.

As our friend approached even closer, he noticed that the man was picking up starfish that had been washed up on the beach and, one at time, he was throwing them back into the water.

Our friend was puzzled. He approached the man and said, “Good evening, friend. I was wondering what you are doing.”

“I’m throwing these starfish back into the ocean. You see, it’s low tide right now and all of these starfish have been washed up onto the shore. If I don’t throw them back into the sea, they’ll die up here from lack of oxygen.”

“I understand,” my friend replied, “but there must be thousands of starfish on this beach. You can’t possibly get to all of them. There are simply too many. And don’t you realize this is probably happening on hundreds of beaches all up and down this coast. Can’t you see that you can’t possibly make a difference?”

The local native smiled, bent down and picked up yet another starfish, and as he threw it back into the sea, he replied, “Made a difference to that one!”

Jack Candfield & Mark V. Hansen

Copyright 1993 Chicken Soup for the Soul

Newsletter & Contest

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