Spring Ripe with Tournament Opportunities

Spring in Montana will bring many opportunities to grown and test our skills we work so hard to develop year round.


Starting with our semiannual FUN Tournament on February 11th, there will be opportunities all across the state.


The MTC FUN tournament is for MTC students only and is held right here in our dojang.  The cost to enter is just $25 (less than 1/2 the cost of other tournaments).  It is the perfect event for tournament first timers and for everyone who wants to bang the dust off before the Montana Spring Tournament season gets under way.  We also use this as a time to teach the martial artists, referees, coaches, parents and tournament staff how best to fill their roll or multiple rolls.  Sign ups will be available later this month (watch the bulletin boards) and will come out int he February Newsletter, but mark your calendars now.  Every family who signs up in advance to volunteer (and volunteers) will get a $5 per hour credit toward the cost of their FUN Tournament registration.


Also this spring MTC students are preparing for tournaments large and small in Montana and across the country.  There will be Montana Tournaments in Livingston, Great Falls and Billings.  With us co-hosting the state tournament in Missoula with the MTAcademy.  The dates for these tournaments are not set yet, but stay tuned, information will be available soon.


We encourage ALL of our student to participate in tournaments.  It is the greatest opportunity to experience a safe but challenging test that each  martial artist will come away with a huge leap in personal growth.


We also have groups preparing for the US Open in Las Vegas, National Collegiates at MIT in Boston and Nationals in Dallas.  This year's Nationals team will consist of martial artists of all ages and belt levels from the 6 year old yellow belt to the 44 year old black belt.  To find out more about tournaments open next month's newsletter or ask Mrs. R.

from the Desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky

MTC Ski Day

Join us for our annual Missoula Taekwondo Center Ski Day at Discovery Ski Area on January 21st.


We caravan to the hill, eat lunch together in the lodge, have a group picture and ski 1 run as a group.  We got a good group rate so adult lift tickets are $30 and child lift tickets are $15.  There are also good deals on rentals and half day lessons.  The sign up sheet is on the counter and to be included int he discount pricing please sign up and pay by January 13th.  You are welcome to join us if you do not sign up by the 13th but you will need to pay the regular price for skiing.  Also, if you have a season pass please join in our festivites.  Better start doing our snow dances now!!!

from the desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky

2012 Schedule Includes New Classes

Monday & Wednesday	Tuesday & Thursday	Friday
9:30-10:30 Beginning-Intermediate Taekwondo
3:45 - 4:30 White Belt 4-6 year old	4:00 - 4:45 Beginning 7 - 12 year olds (White Belts)	4:00 - 4:30 White Belt Poomsae All Ages
4:30 - 5:30** (also at 11am) Cross Fit with Keane facebook	4:00 - 4:45** Beginning 4 - 6 year olds (White Belts)	4:30 - 5:15 General Poomsae Class covering all Colored Belt Poomsae
4:30 - 5:15 Children Yellow to Sr Yellow	4:45 - 5:45** 4-6 year old yellow -sr yellow belt 4:45 - 5:45 7 year old and older Yellow-Sr Yellow
5:15 - 6:15 Kids Green-Senior Blue	5:30 - 6:30** Taekwondo at Your Own Pace get the benefit of TKD but done at your pace.	5:15-6:45 Competition Prep forall ages and belt levels who know their basics and have a strong desire to progress in their forms and sparring
5:30 - 6:15** Beginning 7 - 12 year old	5:45 - 7:00 All Ages Blue to Black
6:15 - 7:15 Beginning and Intermediate Teens and Adults Families with members of all ages are welcome to attend this class together	7:00 - 8:30 Elite Competition Team for highly motivated 12+ and those with signed commitments for National Level Tournaments	6:45 - 7:45 Flips and Tricks Demonstration techniques$5 per class pay as you go or $30 for 8classes paid in advance.
7:15 - 8:30 All Ages Blue-Black Belt		Please Checkcalendar for Schedule changes

	KEY
	**meet in the front dojang
	4-6 (+) year old appropriate
	7-12 (+) year old appropriate
	13 (+) Beginners
	Appropriate for yellow belt (+)
	Appropriate for green belt (+)
	Appropriate for blue belt (+)
	See Keane Hamilton for enrollement

Looking closely you will see some changes to the schedule.  On Tuesday and Thursday we have added a new yellow to senior yellow belt class for 4-6 year olds from 445-530.  This class will be for 4-6 year old students who are already in the T and Th 445-545 class and is open to other M and W students who wish to switch.  On Friday you will find a New Flips and Tricks class that will focus on building the fundamentals and developing the skills used in demonstrations like the one we just put on at Southgate Mall.  The first class will be Friday the 13th 645-745. This class is $5 per class or the first one is Free for Black Belt Club members and is open for blue belts and above.


Also on Friday we have changed the format a bit.  All who wish to participate in the Competition Prep classes should attend the 515-645 class.  This class is for all students who know their forms and/or the basics of sparring and wish to progress by polishing and developing their skills for testing, tournaments or just to feel like you are doing your best all the time.

from the desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky

This dojang is our land, this dojang is your land

We are so very grateful to Ms. Kim Sturre for organizing the January 7th Dojang cleaning and for all the others who volunteered their Saturday to spiff up our dojang.  It was a delightful surprise to have it so sparkling when we returned from Master William's wedding.  Master and Mrs. Rosbarsky may be the ones to pay the mortgage on the structure at 2305 Grant Street, but we hope you all feel like it belongs to each of you as well.  That your being here makes MTC a more perfect whole.  For those that took the time to contribute and take ownership, so to speak, by contributing they now can experience an invigorated sense of pride in our TKD home.  Without each of you we would fail to thrive.  Each student and family at MTC offers a true part of themselves that when added to all of our other parts makes a whole that is truly greater than its parts.

Thank you detailing crew!

from the desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky