Mothers' Day Hike at Fox Run

Hi everyone! In accordance with promoting fitness and a healthy lifestyle at Community Karate Clubs, Mrs. Cupples has organized a fun, family hike on Mothers' Day, May 9th at 2pm.

Fox Run is located at 2110 Stella Drive, Black Forest, CO. I will have a flyer up soon!

I would love to spend the afternoon with all of you and your families, so join me and Mr. Cupples and our kids for a great hike in a beautiful park!

Hope to see you there!

Women's self-defense seminar

Click this link -->WSDApril2010.pdf for the flyer!

Please feel free to email Mrs. Cupples or reply on CKC's Facebook Event Page

Congratulations Nathan!

Nathan earned the rank of Junior Shodan today! I am very proud to promote another Community Karate Clubs student to the rank of black belt. Thank you to everyone who came to share in the celebration this evening! Nathan, you are an amazing student and young man. It is an honor to be your karate instructor! See you in black belt class!

CKC Confidence!

Click here to see one of CKC's amazing students!

How many little girls do you know who look this confident? Community Karate Clubs is proud to have the best karate students! Congratulations to Azaria for doing an amazing job on her belt test yesterday!

Tournament Excitement!

So far CKC has 24 students signed up for the March 27 tournament at Kyoshi's dojo. Mrs. Cupples is hoping for another 16 students to compete in this fun and very fair tournament.

The next 10 students to sign up will earn DOUBLE entries into the prize drawing! Email Mrs. C. to enter...NOW!

Clean room awards! Going to bed on time award!

Congratulations to Brooklyn and Trenton for cleaning their rooms and earning SILVER stripes!

Congratulations also go to Trinity for going to bed on time for FIVE WHOLE NIGHTS! She earned a silver stripe too!

Rocky Mountain State Games Registration is OPEN!

Please click this link:

http://www.coloradospringssports.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155&Itemid=44

to sign up for the Rocky Mountain State Games. Early registration means to you get a better seed position!

Sign up through the link above now!

See Mrs. Cupples for details!

Record number of classes taken in one day!

Community Karate Clubs first degree brown belt student, Cassi attended FOUR classes today! That's a record Cassi - Way to go!

Congratulations Nathan!

It is with great honor to announce that Nathan has been chosen to be a candidate to test for the rank of Junior Shodan! Nathan will be training very hard over the next 5 weeks at Kyoshi's dojo along with 12 other candidates belonging to the Kazoku Karate Budokai.

The Shodan test will be held on March 20th. All brown belts are invited to watch the test on that date. All CKC students are invited to the graduation ceremony later that evening. I will provide more details as we approach that date.

I am very proud of all 6 Community Karate Club students who participated in the pre-test today. Rob, Tabitha, Marissa, Cassi, Belinda and Nathan all represented CKC with courtesy and great determination. Thanks to everyone for attending this special event.

A special thank you to Kyoshi Jay Haynes for his unwavering support of CKC; it is truly an honor to be part of such a respected martial arts organization.

Remember when...

Back in February 2007, Nathan joined Community Karate Clubs when Mrs. Cupples held classes at Fremont Elementary School. This weekend Nathan will be attending the Black Belt Pretest to see if he will be eligible to test for the rank of Junior Shodan on March 20th. I am so proud of how far Nathan has come and will be there with him every step of the way!

CKC gets BIGGER!

Mrs. Cupples purchased new mats for the dojo! Community Karate Clubs now boasts nearly 800 square feet of mat space! That is a 50% increase in space!

You are going to LOVE how much bigger our dojo is! AND...just in time for the belt test on Wednesday, 02/10!

Help CKC WIN A GRANT!!!

Please vote for CKC! Enter Community Karate Clubs in Step 1. Then enter Colorado Springs, CO in Step 2. Then put why you love Community Karate Clubs in Step 3. Thanks for your support!

How to tie your karate belt at CKC

A special thanks to Kyle for helping Mrs. Cupples with this video!

KINGDOM BEDROOM!

Congratulations to Jacob and Michael for cleaning their rooms to be as clean as a castle! They have both earned silver stripes for Kingdom Bedroom!

Congratulations to CKC students who passed their belt tests!

Trinity, Jacob and Michael all graduated to green belt, the first novice belt in our ranking system! Congrats to everyone else who moved up from beginner to novice belt, and a special congrats to Amaya for earning her 1st degree brown belt!

I am so very proud of all 42 students who tested for a new rank last week. You all showed amazing discipline and talent, not to mention the power that came through!

Keep up the great work everyone! Next belt test is on February 10th; keep coming to class, working hard and earning your stripes! Remember that Mrs. Cupples is available on Wednesdays from 6:15-6:45pm at no extra charge for students who need or want extra help.

12 Techniques of Christmas - How FUN!

Thanks to everyone who attended Friday's FUN! class where we did the "12 Techniques of Christmas!" I can't believe it took us so long to do ONLY 12 Techniques!

Happy Holidays to everyone! See you all in class on December 28th. Don't forget the belt test is on December 30th. Remember, no 3pm or 3:45pm classes next week. Everyone in those classes will attend the 4:30pm class.

Holiday Schedule

Just a reminder that there are NO CLASSES during the week of 12/21/09 - 12/25/09 in observance of the holidays. A warm and happy, joyful holiday to all CKC families and friends!

This Friday, December 18th at 6:30pm, Mrs. Cupples will treat all CKC students to a free Friday FUN class! We will be doing the 12 techniques of Christmas! Singing AND Karate - Who could ask for more??

From December 28th, 2009 - January 4th, 2010 there will be no 3:00pm or 3:45pm classes. If you attend one of these classes, please come to the 4:30 pm class.

On December 30th CKC students will be belt testing. Again, if you normally come to the 3:00pm class or the 3:45pm class, please join the 4:30 pm class for a combined class belt test - It is going to be AWESOME!

Lastly, CKC is closed on January 1st, 2010 in honor of New Year's Day.

Please call or email Mrs. Cupples with any questions about this year's holiday schedule.

Stick Fighting Champions!

Friday's FUN Class was SUPER FUN! We did stick fighting for the first half of the class, changing partners every few minutes and THEN...KING/QUEEN of the hill!

I had so much fun having our trophies custom made at A-1 Trophy right here in Colorado Springs. They came out beautiful!

Scott won the adult division and Sam won the Kids Division this past Friday!

Next Stick Fighting FUN Class will be December 18th starting at 6:30 pm - Come and join us, maybe YOU can take home the trophy next time!

CKC Coats for COOKIES - What a SUCCESS!

CKC Students and families donated a total of 76 winter coats during our "Coats for Cookies" drive!

Mrs. Cupples promised three dozen homemade cookies of your choice to any family who donated 15 coats or more and FOUR families met the challenge! WOW!

You guys ROCK - Enjoy the cookies!





Thank you to EVERYONE who donated warm, gently used, winter coats. I will be bringing all 76 cozy coats to the Springs Rescue Mission tomorrow morning. It feels so good to "Make OUR Community Stronger!" I am very proud of all CKC students and families for participating in this community service event!

Next month we will be collecting old cell phones and donating them to TESSA. TESSA provides immediate safety for women and children in crisis. Start peeking through your junk drawers and cabinets for old phones that you no longer use! During the month of December Mrs. Cupples will collect cell phone donations.

FKC Tournament a HUGE success!

I wanted to share an email that I got this morning about the tournament yesterday:

Dear Mrs. Cupples,
Here is a cute pic from the karate tournament. I just loved everyone's smiles!! What a fantastic way to spend a Saturday! You have taught so much to these children and inspired them in so many ways. Thank you for everything!! N.S.


Wonderful families joining together with the commmon goal of creating a close community is what Community Karate Clubs strives for every day. At the tournament I saw a fantastic display of courtesy, determination and good sportsmanship. I am so very proud of everyone who competed, the family and friends that came to watch and everyone who helped out. Thanks to everyone.

Here is the medal breakdown:

KATA

Gold = 5, Silver = 4, Bronze = 4

KUMITE

Gold = 3, Silver = 4, Bronze = 3

KOBUDO

Gold = 3, Silver = 1

STICK FIGHTING

Gold = 2, Silver = 3, Bronze = 7

GRAND TOTAL

Gold = 13, Silver = 12, Bronze = 14

CKC brought 13 competitors to the tournament 6 boys and 7 girls with the ages ranging from 3 years old to 42 years old! What an amazing day! Thanks again to everyone.

If you send me pictures, I will post them! Have a great Sunday!

Mrs. Cupples

Owen is a Junior Shodan!

Here is a picture of Kyoshi Haynes signing Owen's Junior Shodan certificate! I am so very proud of my son, the first student to earn a black belt at Community Karate Clubs!

Owen passed his written exam!!!

Congratulations to Owen for passing his written exam with a score of 88%! The physical test will start at noon tomorrow and is a closed test. However, please join him tomorrow evening at 6pm for the graduation celebration. All the information about the celebration was emailed last week. Please email Mrs. Cupples if you need more information.

GREAT JOB OWEN!

Countdown to black belt test!

Owen, our first black belt candidate is having lots of fun working with the other 6 candidates! I thought it would be cool to share this picture with everyone!



Hope to see you all at the graduation!

More pictures from Sensei David's Seminar

Here is a great picture of the kids seminar. Thanks so much to Mrs. Beehler for taking pictures!


Here are some more pictures from Sensei David Costello's super seminar! Marissa is demonstrating the techniques she learned from Sensei David's defenses against a two-man attack during the adult seminar:

Homestead Park Clean Up!

The clean up at Homestead Park today was a great success! We had 38 people pick up trash, rake leaves, sweep dirt and make the park beautiful!










A special thank you to: Hannah, Owen, Jessica, Trenton, Brooklyn, Marissa, Olivia, Troy, Elena, Dixie the dog, Christian, Russell, Kim, Kaylie, Darlene, Luke, Danny, Scott, Jeff, Alex, Trinity, Connie, Paul, Tabitha, Rob, Olivia, Nathanael, Catalina, Johanna, Camillo, Ricardo, Michelle, Brielle, Elianna, Alena, Matt Sr., and Matt Jr. You all did such a great job working together to make our community even more beautiful!


A special thanks to the folks at Rizuto's Ice Cream and Sweet Shop for serving up the biggest and best soft serve cones in town! Mrs. Cupples treated everyone to a delicious cone after the park clean up - YUM!

Owen Continues on in Candidate Class!

Hello CKC Students and Families: It is with great pride and honor that I announce Owen has made it through the first candidate class for his Shodan test!

Kyoshi promoted him to 6th degree brown belt and he earned his first stripe for passing his first class! Thanks to all for your encouragement so far - we still have a long way to go, but we are going to make it!

Congratulations Cassi, Abram and Hunter

Cassi earned her high blue belt! Abram earned his green belt! Hunter earned his green belt!

I am so proud - keep up the great work!

Black Belt Pre-test - Kazoku Karate Budokai

On Saturday, September 19th, seven Kazoku Karate Budokai brown belts were invited to candidate training for their black belts at the Jay Haynes Family Karate Center - One of those students is a Community Karate Clubs student! Owen Cupples has been given probationary week-by-week permission from Kyoshi Haynes to show what he can do!

The other 6 students are FKC students with amazing talent and ability. I am proud to be part of the KKB organization and wish the best to all candidates on October 24 - the date of the Shodan black belt test. Updates coming soon!

Girls RULE!

Look at all the cool karate girls who showed up to the 4:30 pm class last week!

We laughed when we realized that only girls showed up to class and then we kicked and punched harder than ever!

Thanks so much to my SUPER GIRLS:

Kaylee, Gianna, Catalina, Teagan, Olivia, Marissa, Alea and Samantha - YOU ROCK!

Kenpo Seminar a HUGE success!

What a great time we had with Sensei David Costello at the seminar on Friday, September 11th. We had 29 students attend this very special event. Thank you David and Wendy!

Hotel Bathroom!

Congratulations to all CKC students who earned a silver stripe this summer for "Hotel Bathroom!"

Grace is Fantastic!




Olivia Rocks!




Max RULES!




Taylor is Awesome!




Taylor shows us how it is done!




Ta Dah!




Jacob is Superb!




Michael is Magnificent!




Teagan is Terrific!