Adult Taekwondo for New and Current Students

Beginning Thursday July 26th, Ms Kim Sturre will begin teaching an adult beginner Taekwondo Class at MTC that she has been teaching at the Dickinson Lifelong Learning Center.  Ms Sturre has taught this same class at the Lifelong Learning Center for the past 9 months, and as they are on a Summer break from Dickinson, the class will continue at MTC.  Students who have taken this class and new, past and current students from MTC are encouraged to try this class.

Sign up for this class with Mrs. Rosbarsky.  The cost is $69 for 8 weeks ($89 if you would like a uniform) and will meet 1 day per week.  The class will meet each Thursday at 7PM.

This class promised to continue to be great fun.  If you have never tried TKD before this is the perfect time to come try your hand (or foot)  :) at something new.

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Something New at MTC

Beginning May 15th at MTC we will offer something for those of you looking for a GREAT workout at a time that will fit for many of you.  Cardio Kickboxing will be offered Tuesday and Thursday 6:30-7:30am and Saturday 9-10am.

Teaching this new class is Rachel Plumage, a very good friend of the Rosbarskys and a top notch certified group fitness instructor with years of experience.  Rachel will guide you through a great holistic workout that will give your day a great kick-start.

As always at MTC, try a class for free.  Then the cost is $45 per month for non-MTC family members or just $35 per month for MTC family members (those of you who already do TKD or have a family member who does.)

Sign up on the bulletin board at MTC.

Summer Schedule

Belt Tests are scheduled for June 22nd and August 24th.  There will only be a general Poomsae class those days 405pm in the red room.

We will be closed May 28th, July 4th and September 3rd.

Tidbits about Attendance and Class Options

Core Curriculum Classes held on Monday/Wednesday and Tuesday/Thursday are designed to be a students primary source of instruction.  In these classes students will be exposed to all areas of curriculum including basics, sparring, self defense and poomsae.  It is ideal for students to make two or more classes each week.  If a Core class is missed a student should find an appropriate make up class, please consult the front desk if assistance is needed.  Students experience consistent progress when attending 2 or more classes a week.  When a student (and his or her parents) exert Perseverance to maintain consistent attendance the results are evident, not only in the progress through belts, but also in the greater self confidence that comes from higher fitness and knowledge levels and the self discipline it took to get there.

Sparring Classes are currently offered for beginning through advanced levels.  Sparring is a great way to push yourself mentally and physically.  Beginning through intermediate level sparring instruction is Friday during Competition Prep.  For sparring only be ready to go at 5:45.  Advanced sparring is Tues/Thurs at 7pm and Saturdays at 10am.

Poomsae Classes are one great way to learn and perfect your forms.  We have classes on Friday for learning your forms: Beginners at 4:00 and Colored Belts at 4:30.  To perfect your form for tests, tournaments and general self confidence colored and black belts should attend Competition Prep at 5:15.

Cancelled Classes for holidays, weather or special events can be made up within the month of the missed class.  Please note, we close for Holidays that MCPSchools do.

Missed Classes for illness, school functions, or family reasons can be made up within the month they are missed.

Adding a Class can be done for any enrolled student for $10 per class.  Students who just want to pick up 1 extra poomsae or sparring class should do this.

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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.

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Classes Over "Break"

We are all looking forward to the rest of our Holiday Season and are praying for a white, white Christmas so we can enjoy an exciting ski season too.

We highly encourage the time between Christmas and New Years as time devoted to your own personal families, however, if you are missing your TKD family too much over the break (we too go through withdrawals during any time off) please join us for some all level classes.  We will hold classes on the 26th and 28th from 4:30-5:30.

Also, if you know you will have lots of time to devote to TKD over the break, consider being part of the Missoula Taekwondo Center First Night Demonstration Team.  We will practice the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th and 31st.  The Demo Team is for everyone and you will learn some fantastic skills so please don't think you have to be a wiz to be part of it. (Click here for more information)

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Class Too Big? A New Yellow-Sr. Green Starts Now

We have opened a new class on Monday and Wednesday at 6:15 for Yellow to Sr. Green Belts.(class schedule)

The class size is limited to 12 so ask Mrs. Rosbarsky ASAP to get your name on the list.

The curriculum will be the same as the Tuesday 4:45 class and we encourage those with the flexibility in their schedules to try the switch.  We love each of our students and want to give you each a positive Taekwondo experience and this new class option will afford us greater time with each student.  So please consider making the switch.

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Back in the Swing of Things – Classes and Tournaments

Fall brings routine back to our lives and with it a more consistent TKD attendance.  We look forward to having you all in our lives and a steady basis again.

• We spent a great summer with camps, our own and those taught by Grand Master Park, tournaments, nationally and abroad and lots of great Missoula summer activities.  As a side note, next summer we will hold the same camps and will add camps based on your input.  All of our camps were at capacity so when sign ups are available, get your name on there early.

•  Master and Mrs. Rosbarsky are joined by Master Parks, Mr. Watson, Mr. Mikkola, Ms. Hunton, Ms Ardiana and Ms Jes Curtis on the mat and at the front desk to teach and guide our families along their TKD path.  We care what you think and welcome hearing from you on any subject TKD related or otherwise. We have a wealth of knowledge in all of our black belts and other TKD family members and we highly encourage our TKD family supporting each other in the dojang and in life outside of TKD.

• To help all our students learn more and excel we have restructured Friday classes and are excited to see where this will take us.  Come try out a new class.

•   To start your tournament season off right, we are once again holding the MTC FUN Tournament on September 17^th.  This is the perfect event for all MTC Taekwondoists, those who are new to tournaments and even for those who are new to taekwondo.  This event is low stress and low cost enough to suit the most timid beginners.  Registration begins September 6^th and ends September 16^th.

•   The Fall tournament season will continue with tournaments in October and November in Missoula and Kalispell.

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Spring Break and Other Missed Classes

This year MTC’s Spring Break will fall on April 4th-8th. (We follow the MCPS holiday schedule.) We have learned that to develop well rounded martial artists and people it is important to support individual family development. We feel this is, in part accomplished by utilizing the holidays for family togetherness and self rejuvenation.  In times, though, when on misses classes because of illness or a conflict our recommendation is to make up the missed class(es) within the month of the miss with a comparable class ( one of the same or similar level on a different day or one of a different level on the same day.)

Mrs. Rosbarsky is happy to help find the correct substitute class.

New Classes and Slight Changes

We are so very blessed to have a continually growing MTC family.  Each week we are seeing new faces join us and see others who are honing their skills and progressing.  January is the time of year where we see an influx of new students, so in anticipation we are adding 2 new classes to the Monday and Wednesday schedule.  Mr. Watson will be teaching both new classes: a Beginning class for 7 year old and up from 5:30-6:15 and a Yellow through Senior Green Belt class from 6:15-7:15.  These classes meet in the Red Dojang.

We want to open these up to our current students first, so if either of these classes interest your family please confirm with Mrs. R that you would like to switch by December 15th.  Then we will fill the rest of the openings with new students.

These additions will necessitate another slight shift.  The very popular "At Your Own Pace" class will now be held on Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 instead of Monday and Thursday.

from the Desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky

Fridays in Full Swing beginning Sept 17th

Black Belt Club Members may attend at will, all others add a class for $5.

4-4:30 Taeguek Ill Jang
4:30-5:15 White Belt Sparring
4:30-5:15 Taeguek 2-4 and Palgwe 1-3
5:15-6:00 Taeguek 5-8, Palgwe 4-8 and Black Belt Forms
6:00-7:00 Sparring

A Little About MTC Operations, Testing and Questions in General

Each Taekwondo Class has its own flavor, but we do follow a rough guideline each month when devising each class curriculum.  Each month we use the 3rd week to teach self defense techniques, which in the beginning are based on simple escape and evasion techniques then progress to eventually fully incorporate Hapkido and Judo techniques.  We also strive to have Tip Tests on the last class day every month.  To maintain a flow and a sensitivity to the greater schedule of life outside the dojang we sometimes adjust these dates to fit better into life's flow.  For instance: the August tip tests were shifted to not add any additional stress to the first day of school for so many.

Our guidelines for testing and tips say that one should have 2 tips before testing for the next rank.  This is to hopefully keep students on pace to test roughly every 3 months.  To keep individual growth constant, we recommend keeping close to this schedule, but if there are questions about this please do not hesitate to ask.

In fact, please feel free to bring us your questions, comments and concerns about any subject-we value any opportunity to make your family's Taekwondo experience more meaningful.

Fall Schedule

A full Friday Schedule will begin on Friday September 17th.  For Black Belt Club Members Friday Classes are free, for others additional classes are $5 each.  It is highly recommended to make these classes a part of your monthly routine.  These classes are intended to help you refine your Poomse and Sparring Skills. Please be advised that Friday Classes may be changed or cancelled due to a Belt Test or other event.
Please watch the newsletter and website for any changes, also you can follow us on twitter to make sure you don’t miss any important announcements. To receive tweets text “follow mtcweb” to 40404 then reply with your first and last name.  Our Twitter Page click here....

Moms, do you want to do TKD too?

You can join other women at a time that suits your schedule.  Monday and Wednesday at 9:15AM the Building on Basics Beginning Taekwondo meets at MTC.

The scope of the class includes innovative cardio workouts, agility drills, stretching, Taekwondo basics, self defense and other elements specific to an adult experience in the martial arts.

Join us for a free class.

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Schedule Change

In December we will adjust our Friday schedule to accommodate a change which will be in full effect in January.



Friday

4-4:30 White Belt Poomse

4:30-5:15 – Taeguek 2-4 and Palgwe 1-3

5:15-6:00 – Taeguek 5-8 and Palgwe 4-8

6-7 – Colored Belt Sparring

4:30-5:15 White Belt Sparring***


***This class will begin January 15th



We continue to encourage our upper belts to participate in the teaching of forms in the 4:30 Poomse class. We feel this is beneficial to the lower belt students as well as the upper belt students. Feel free to pose questions to Mr. or Mrs. Rosbarsky regarding this issue.

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New Mobile Website

If you have internet on your phone, this website will come in handy to view the calendar, class times or contact information on the go........

www.mobile.missoulatkd.com/

Adult Beginners Taekwondo Class

Want to start TKD, but can not make an evening class? There is now a daytime option for adults who want to start Taekwondo.

We meet Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30. The cost is $8 per class or $75 for 6 weeks.

The scope of the class will include Taekwondo Basics, self-defense, stretching, and agility drills.

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New Daytime Class at MTC

Starting February 23rd, we will begin the new Martial Arts Fitness class. The class will be Mondays and Wednesdays from Noon to 1pm.

This class will pull heavily from Taekwondo teachings as well as utilize our beautiful surroundings when weather permits.

This class will be a great supplement for TKD students who feel like they need an extra work out or for adults looking for a group of like-minded individuals to enjoy the journey to self betterment.

We will work on balance, coordination, core strength and endurance.

Please put your name on the list at the front desk. Join us for the 6 week session for $75 or for $8 per class. Call 370-4589 or email Amanda@missoulatkd.com for more information.

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Belt Test - Friday, September 19th 5:30-7:30pm

We are excited to be offering a full Poomse schedule on Fridays to help get the dust off of all our Taegueks and Palgwes. These classes should help with test readiness.



There are a significant number of individuals who have fulfilled their time requirements for testing. Remember: Blue, Sr. Blue and Red Belts should continue to test every 3 months.



The testing fee for every colored belt level is $25. Regular classes will be cancelled on the 19th.

From the Desk of Mrs. Rosbarsky

Important Dojang Announcements

We are so excited to open our new doors to all of our students and families.

We continued our expansion during January and opened a secondary gym space in the front of the Dojang. We will utilize this space in many ways including the new "Golden Ultras" class beginning February 11th, for private lessons, and for our New Bow Flex and the additional Cardio equipment to come. We will utilize this space mostly by splitting off small groups from larger classes. This will allow us to continue giving personal attention to each of our students. When this space is not in use we encourage our students to utilize it for practice of their techniques. We ask that parents monitor their children and ensure that rough play is not happening in the dojang.

We would like to share with you a short list of Dojang etiquette that should be observed at MTC.

DOJANG ETIQUETTE

1. Matted area are to be used for the practice of Martial Arts Techniques. Please utilize the play room for free play.
2. Remove shoes and store them under the back of the bleachers before entering matted areas.
3. Respectfully utilize the play room and help clean up when leaving.
4. Be respectful of classes in session when in the viewing area and play room. Quiet voices are appreciated.
5. Utilize bottles with spill proof tops for class time hydration. All other types of drinks must be wholly consumed or stored on top of the refrigerator.
   

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