“Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.”

- Benjamin Franklin

Upcoming January Class Schedule

SK Events: January 2009

Sasaki’s Kenpo Karate

Making It Happen, One Kick at a Time!

 

 

 

 

 

January 2009-Happy New Year!!!

Kids & Teens

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1. Know What You Want (What’s your goal?)

 

 

2. Have a plan (What do you need to do to achieve your goal?)

 

 

3. And a Success Coach (Who’s going to help you?)

 

 

4. Take Consistent Action (What are you going to have to do all the time?)

 

***The last 2 steps are for you to do after you accomplish your goal.***

5. Review your plans

 

 

6. Re-new your goals

The CANI group that finished 2008 with a fury!

Ultimate Winners (from left to right)

Sonia Qualls, Maria Rodriguez & Joanna Baez.

Ultimate Winners:

Sonia Qualls, Maria Rodriguez &

Joanna Baez

 

Hardest Worker:

Sonia Qualls

 

Most Enthusiastic:

Chris De Los Santos

 

Most Improved:

Johnny Villegas

 

Ultimate Team:

Tigers

 

Next CANI Quest Begins Jan. 19th!

 

Reserve Your Spot and Sign-Up Today! Call 805-981-4333

Did you know more people make resolutions to start a new habit than to break an old habit? Whether it was to start or break a habit, your chances are that at some time in your life, you have made a New Year’s resolution - and then broken it. Here are 10 tips to help you start and commit to making your resolution stick.

 

1. Get real! The quickest way to fail is to set yourself up for failure with unrealistic goals. Make certain the goals you set are challenging, but attainable. If your goal is to increase your fitness by adding an additional hour to your regime each week, try adding 10-minutes each week or an additional night to your current workout until you reach your goal.

 

2. Plan ahead! You should have started thinking about your goals in December so you could have a plan of attack already.

 

3. Think it through! You know you will hit plateaus and challenges so decide early on how to handle them. If you are changing your diet, how will you handle eating out? What will you do during the holidays or at parties? Keep a list of answers such as calling a friend, practicing positive thinking and self-talk, or reminding yourself how far you have come.

 

4. Pros and cons! Make a list of the pros and cons of why you chose these resolutions to stay motivated. Review your list when your determination waivers.

 

5. Tell the world! Don’t keep your resolutions a secret. Tell trusted friends so they can help you stay on target and be there when you are wavering. If you gave up smoking, call your friends and let them know when you are stressed and need the comfort of a cigarette.

 

6. Reward yourself! Yes, success deserves rewards, but don’t choose rewards that make a negative impact on your hard work. Celebrate your success with a new pair of jeans instead of chocolate cake for losing 10 pounds.

 

7. Become a tracker! Keep track of your progress. If your goal is losing 20 pounds, keep a chart with the ups and downs of losing. If your goal is less tangible, find a way to chart it. If your goal is to be nicer to your co-workers, plan to say two nice things each day to each person and track those comments.

 

8. Don’t focus on setbacks! Don’t go into this thinking you won’t have setbacks. (If it were that easy, you wouldn’t have to make a resolution.) If you fall off the wagon, don’t stay off; get back on it as soon as possible. If you missed a week of martial arts classes, don’t quit! Call your instructor and tell him or her you will be back for the next class. If you ate a slice of cake, don’t eat the whole cake. Get back on track with your healthy eating.

 

9. Stick with it! Experts say it takes about 21 days for something to become a habit and six months for it to become a part of your personality. It may be difficult at first, but soon it will be second nature!

 

10. Don’t give up! If you give up because you have fallen a few times, begin again. No one said you could only make resolutions in January!

There was a new twist on the 2008 Christmas Party, a studio pot-luck party. Sifu Mandy and Roy did a great job decorating the studio and the party was a success. Thank you to everyone that helped with the set-up or clean-up, if we leave anyone out, a heart felt apology. Thank you to: Litto Torres, Mike Vollmert, Erik Vollmert, Mari Sasaki, Roy Lezada, Sifu Destiny Sharma, Sifu Paul Nowlin, Sifu Ernie Robledo, Ignacio Bucio and the Nunez family.

 

Congratulations to all of our 2008 Award Winners, you earned it with your consistency and above and beyond the call of duty effort:

Junior Instructor of the Year: Shane Gillespie

Adult Instructor of the Year: Larry Ortiz

Golden Ninja: Mike Vollmert

Kickboxer of the Year: Debbie Hambleton

XMA Student of the Year: Jacob Nunez

Junior Student of the Year: Jorge Quiles

Adult Student of the Year: Carmen Moore

 

Using the Black Belt Success System - write down a goal that you have for 2009 and how you will

accomplish that goal.  Use a separate sheet of paper.

Turn in for 10 kenpo bucks.

Beginning on Monday, Jan. 12 the Adult and Teen Karate classes will be held from 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm. The extra 25 minutes of class time will allow us to incorporate Sparring/Kombat and Judo into our classes. With these programs being incorporated into the regular martial arts class; there will no longer be a separate Sparring/Kombat class on Monday’s or a Judo class on Wednesday’s. We will have a special one-month sale on all Sparring/Kombat and Judo gear (20% off). If you do not have the appropriate gear (don’t worry) you will still be allowed to participate in the class, working on various drills. If you have any questions or challenges, please speak to your Sifu.