Our brand new schedule starts today. This move separating our 2 age brackets into 3 age brackets will truly help take our Training Center to the next level. Being able to create a young men and women’s class will not only place these students with people they physically relate well to, but they will also mentally relate better. No more of the lessons with the under sized 13 yr old sparring full grown adults or the over sized 12 yr old having to spar at a lower pace against an 8 year old. This is the most excited I’ve been about a change in a long time. I will see you all on the mat today!

This Tuesday is New Student Enrollment Night. Special classes for potential new students and friends of current students.

Tiger Cubs – 5:00pm

Juniors – 6:00pm

Adults – 7:00pm

Invite your friend and you can earn $50.00

Today is the last day to register for Testing. The Testing times are as follows…

Thursday – All Adults at 6PM

Friday – Jr. Green – Black Belts at 6PM

Saturday – Tiger Cubs, White, & Yellow Belts at 9AM

Wednesday will also be the last day of classes for this cycle with the our new class schedule starting Friday April 20th.

Stay tuned for the new schedule …

Uniform giveaway!

After 2 months of car rides, washing uniforms, hours of training, and hard work for your stripes… the time finally HERE! This weekend everyone will get their opportunity to show yourself, your parents (kids), and your instructors what you’ve learned and that you deserve to get your next belt!

Last day to register for non black belts is this Wednesday… Schedule for this week goes as follows…

Monday – Wednesday – Regular class times

Thursday – No lessons due to testing setup

Friday – 6:00PM – Cubs, White, & Yellow Belt Juniors Testing

Friday – 7:00PM – All Adults Testing

Saturday – 9:00AM – Jr. Brown, Red, & Black Belt Juniors Testing

Saturday – 10:30AM – Jr. Green & Blue Belt Testing

Let’s work hard these last 3 training days! Good Luck!

Don’t miss the 1st X-Treme class of the year. Tonight at 6 PM all Green Belts and above are welcome to attend. This is a TaeKwonDo techniques class with a gymnastic side to it. It will be a lot of fun tonight… DON’T MISS IT!

Last day to register for testing is…

Black Belts – Wednesday, January 25th

Cubs – Lvl 3 Red Belts – Wednesday February 1st

Sign up today!

Late fee will be applied to all late applicants.

Our TaeKwonDo Picture day is scheduled for February 8th and February 9th at the TaeKwonDo Academy. Our Sign up sheet is at the front desk… if you haven’t reserved your time slot yet make sure you get it done as soon as you can!

We want to see everyone on our 2012 poster… If you want to buy a photo package that’s great… you don’t need to buy a package to get on the poster. These photographers are great and the kids will have an awesome time just taking the shots!

We can’t wait to see how great your shots turn out.

Parents, Students, and Families,

This is Week 7 of 9 in the training cycle!
Weekly Goal: Train in class 3 times this week!
Earn your third belt stripe in class this week!
Theme of the week is Targets and Breaking

We are OPEN for normal lessons all week!
Train early and often.

We have had many questions about the striping system for this cycle… let me explain these belt to belt.

Testing Stripes
White Belt
Green Stripe – Stances
Blue Stripe – Form
Red Stripe – Escape Skills
Black Stripe – Belt tied on in under 60 seconds (extra stripe)

Yellow Belt
Green Stripe – Blocks
Blue Stripe – Forms
Red Stripe – One Steps
Black Stripe – Safe Falls (extra Stripe)

Green Belt Lvl 1 & 2
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards (extra Stripe)

Green Belt Lvl 3
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards

Blue Belt Lvl 1 & 2
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards (extra Stripe)

Blue Belt Lvl 3
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards

Brown Belt Lvl 1
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards (extra Stripe)

Brown Belt Lvl 2
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – 3 Steps

Brown Belt Lvl 3
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards

Red Belt all Levels
White Stripe – Form
Yellow Stripe – Sparring
Orange Stripe – Boards

2012 Goals…

Goals we set are Goals we get!

We would love to share in your Goal setting and Goal reaching adventures for 2012! If you have Goals you would like to share with us, we want to help you make it happen.

You must:
Plan,
Prepare,
and Participate!

Make the Plan… plan out your classes, when you will attend, and how often.
Make the Preperation… make sure you have all your gear ready, your uniform ready, your homework done, your children cared for (adults)
Just Participate!… Come to the academy and make it happen!

2012 Tournament Schedule

Plan, Prepare, Participate!
Please mark the following dates for the tournament that will be taking place for our Academy for 2012.

Tiger Rock Regional Tournament….
Saturday, March 10 (Location to be determined)

Tiger Rock World Championship
Saturday July 14 in Birmingham, AL (Mr. Crutchfield will be testing for his Masters at the event… please come and support him in this memorable event)

Tiger Rock National Championship
Sat 9/15 or Sat 9/22 (Location to be determined… either Tuscaloosa or Montgomery)

NEXT TESTING… FEB 4

Make the plan, prepare, and then participate

It will be here before you know it! Only 3 weeks away!

We have SIX promotional testings each year. Plan and Prepare to Participate in all SIX testings this year. YOU CAN DO IT!

Plan to test the weekend of Feb. 4
Prepare to be ready… get your classes in.
Participate…. Register on time and show up for the testing!

REGISTRATION WILL BEGIN THIS WEEK!

Registration Deadlines:
Black Belts: Wednesday January 25th
Cubs – Red Belts: Wednesday February 1st

Times are as follows…
Friday – Cubs, White, and Yellow Belts @ 6:00pm
Friday – All Adults @ 7:00pm

Saturday – Brown – Black Belt Juniors @ 9:00am
Saturday – Green & Blue Belt Juniors @ 10:30am

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK… and CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE CRUTCHFIELDSTKD.COM

Are you on Facebook?

If so, be sure to go to Crutchfields TaeKwonDo Plus on Facebook and click “Like”!

We post pictures, videos, and notes on upcoming events weekly! Like us today!

Our new Website is also up and running… it is still a work in progress but it has definitely come a long way! Crutchfields TKD will have our year at a glance calendar available so you can plan your events around Testings and Tournaments!

We are also looking for testimonials… if you are a person that loves to share the success stories of your family, we would love to hear from you. Please contact Mr. Crutchfield about this!

We are so proud of all of you!

K. Crutchfield