Term 2 2018 www.pukekohemartialarts.co.nz

our email address: kswmartialarts@xtra.co.nz

Congratulations to all our DBN’s who tested for their first patience

stripe toward black belt

and congratulations DBN Jasmine on receiving your

DBN belt during the testing. You all did an

awesome job.

Welcome to our newest Students:

Maddie Gurzail Ronan Malan Laura Mark

We hope you are enjoying your training with us.

Kuk Sool Won™Pukekohe & Onewhero

Gradings 2018

All coloured belts will be notified of their grading date when they are ready to grade. We aim to have a grading every term during normal class times. There will be a grading for those who are ready on 31st May at Pukekohe and 2nd June at Onewhero.

All DBN’s and black belt club members will attend testings held at the Te Kohanga Hall on Saturday afternoons. The testing dates are; 11th August & 10th November from 12.30pm - 2.30pm.

Sparring classes have begun

Sparring classes will be held for Pukekohe students on 5th & 7th June and 3rd & 5th July.

Sparring classes will be held for Onewhero students on 9th June and 7th July.

Please make sure you have all your gear. You cannot spar without the right equipment.

If you wish to place an order for sparring gear, please ask SBN for an order form.

Please help Kuk Sool Grow

Please could you all spend some time doing reviews about the school. We have a google listing, which desperately needs some reviews. We are also on Facebook and dojo.nz. Any place you find us listed would be a great place for a review. This lifts our internet profile, which is how a lot of people find us. Thanks for your help.

Term 3 Dates

Pukekohe 24th July - 27th September

Onewhero 28th July - 29th September

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Term 2 2018 www.pukekohemartialarts.co.nz

our email address: kswmartialarts@xtra.co.nz

Kuk Sool Anniversaries

We celebrate 60 years of Kuk Sool Won™ this year.

We are also celebrating 15 years of Kuk Sool Won™ in

New Zealand.

This month we hope to commission a t-shirt for the anniversaries and will have order forms ready for late

June.

We have changed the month we hold our Student of the

Year awards and demonstration to August

and this event will be part of the anniversary celebrations.

We will be organising an afternoon tea in August to celebrate the anniversaries and present the Student of the Year Awards. We hope

you can all come along.

We plan to book the RSA hall and ask everyone to

bring a plate.

The provisional date will be the 25th August. Please pop

this in your calendars and we will confirm the date once the venue has been

booked.

Thanks for all your support. SBN Caroline & JKN Jane.

Etiquette

Etiquette is an important part of our martial art. Here are a few etiquette pointers. We will include others in future newsletters.

• When entering and leaving the dojang (hall), turn to face the flags, bow and say Kuk Sool.

• Please arrive to class a few minutes early so you can participate in the bows at the start of class.

• When bowing at the start and end of class, make sure your hands are in your belt in between your bows.

• It is OK to roll your sleeves on your uniform up slightly, but they should not be rolled up above your elbows.

• It is OK to ask questions, but it is not good etiquette to question or challenge your instructors.

• It is also not good etiquette to ask to be taught anything. Your instructors know when you are ready to learn more.

Facebook and Website Marketing for Kuk Sool

We try to put lots of photos and Kuk Sool posts of interest on our Facebook page regularly. Every Thursday we share across the local community pages to build the amount of visitors to our website and Facebook page. We are always looking for ways to find new students and just recently this has been quite successful. If you see one of our posts please like and comment, as this keeps it running for longer on the community pages.

JKN Jane is writing a weekly blog, which you can sign up for on the website page. If you visit the blog page and wait for a few seconds a pop up will appear for you to sign up. The website page is: https://www.pukekohemartialarts.co.nz/blog. Again we share the blog where ever we can to build a presence on the internet. The blogs have been picked up by a number of Kuk Sool around the world and JKN Jane is becoming a little famous. The blogs are designed with students in mind, so please take a moment to read them and comment.

Finally, if you didn’t see DBN Margaret on Facebook then you have truly missed an awesome event. With over 2,000 views and 27 shares around the world, DBN Margaret has become a legend, inspiring everyone, and showing that age is no obstacle to trying new things. Here is the link from Facebook for the video.

https://www.facebook.com/KukSoolWonNZ/videos/10155462050940841/

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