July 2006 Newsletter

IWKA Certificates are being requested from Okinawa by Friday, July 14th. This certificate registers the individual in Okinawa with Master Shimabuku and the number is used on all IWKA black belt certificates when they are earned. It has been our policy that all Adult Students after earning their Yellow Belt should become a member of this organization. Junior Students may become a member of the organization after obtaining their Purple Belts, but other junior students may register as well.

For members of the IWKA, Master Duessel is creating a WHD Affiliation for our member schools. Master Duessel is committed to helping us advance our training and his affiliation provides a means for us to help him, as he helps us. The cost for membership is $15.00 annually and $15.00 for the membership certificate, each member will also receive an affiliation patch that may be worn above our dojo patch on the right sleeve. I recommend that all adult students become a member of the IWKA and also Master Duessel’s affiliation.

Camp Reminders - July 22 and August 25 & 26

STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND FOR NUMEROUS REASONS . . .

A great deal of training and fun is had by all. Meet students and instructors from other dojo.

A demonstration of karate proficiency will be conducted by the students and black belts.

Follow Route 46 west out of Hackettstown, through Great Meadows . . . Pass Herby's Ice Cream Stand on right, then St. Peter & Paul Church on right at the corner of HOPE ROAD, continuing on Route 46. One & 1/4 miles from the Church look for a left-hand turn off Route 46 . . . onto PEQUEST ROAD. There is a small sign for Warren Acres and Warren Haven on the left & the ROXBURY RADIATOR SHOP ON RIGHT. As you bear left onto PEQUEST ROAD - Pass the trucking company - Cross the bridge - Bear right at the crest of the hill --- staying on PEQUEST Rd. - Less than 100 yards turn left onto DEERFIELD ROAD . . . follow to the end and take the gravel driveway up the hill to our house.

If you pass the Liberty Liquor Store on the Right YOU HAVE GONE TOO FAR - - -

BRING: All equipment needed to participate in the activities - a gi, spare socks, OLD sneakers as we GO into the river, through the woods and who knows where else; sparring equipment - - - AS WE TRAIN IN THE WOODS, ON HILLS AND FIELDS - - NO SOCKS & SNEAKERS, YOU WILL BE WATCHING INSTEAD OF PARTICIPATING. Clean dry clothes for those participating in the activity is recommended to change into after the demonstration. Also, bring chairs for the demonstration & cover dish dinner after the camp or activity.

A cover dish item or something to be used for the dinner after the activity --- see Mrs. Hughes to sign up so we do not have too many similar dishes

WE WILL PROVIDE - - - LUNCH, SNACKS AND DRINKS DURING THE KARATE CAMP, PLATES, NAPKINS, DRINKS AND HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS FOR THE COVER DISH AFTER THE SESSIONS. If you want other types of meats --- steak, chicken (etc.) bring it and I'll cook it on the grill.

THE DEMONSTRATION, FOLLOWED BY THE COVER DISH MEAL, WILL BEGIN AT 3:30 P.M.

THE COST WILL BE $15.00 PER STUDENT. CALL 637-6304 - IF THE WEATHER IS BAD.

No event is mandatory . . . but something can be learned at each event you and your child may even have fun!

* * * PREREGISTER TO ATTEND BY WEDNESDAY, JULY 12th * * *

OUR FIRST CAR WASH FUND RAISER WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS, SATURDAY, JUNE 17TH. THANKS TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS FOR ATTENDING AND HELPING!

Congratulations to:

•  Junior Orange Belt - Cristina & Isabel Gomez, Kyle Kasharian
•  Senior Green Belt - Sara Zaccheo, Roger Pollina, Robert Sissick
•  Brown Belt #3 - Brian Mulligan

Promotions are granted when the student demonstrates the proper techniques and a continued advancement of practice and training, inside and outside of the dojo

Congratulations to Mr. Frank Henderson for having the Old Tewksbury School’s Yearbook dedicated to him because of his congenial manner and willingness to help the staff and students.

Adult students and Parents - as you must be aware we are working hard on preparing for the 2007 World Championships. One area with which you may help is in the area of Sponsorships. If you know someone or a business that may help us raise the funds necessary to put on an event of this caliber - - let’s talk and reach out to these people NOW. We are doing a great deal for the people and businesses that have become a part of our Championship Team already.

You can do anything you want to do in life if you have a fierce belief in yourself, a strong will, a big heart and some role models to inspire you.

Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues - In the Land of Giants: My Life in Basketball said 87% of Americans say they were born for a reason, but only 13% say they know what that reason is. There are two important days. One when you were born and the other when you discover what you were born to do. If people don't know what they were born to do, they live their life in a confusion of dead-end mazes. So many people are frustrated because they don't have a purpose or a sense of vision for their lives. Do you know who you are? If you don't know who you are, then you don't know what you are here for. You don't know what you are capable of. Its one thing for people to not know who you are, but it's another thing for you not to know who you are! If you don't know who you are then you don't know what you are supposed to do with your life. If you don't know what you are here for, you will never do what you are supposed to do. If you don't know who you are, you will let people call you anything and treat you anyway. Many people today need a rebirth of their self-worth! They need to know that they are unique, that they are special. That they are somebody. The youth of today need to hear that they are not some biological accident. That they are someone, and there is a purpose for their lives. We need to have a purpose. A purpose motivates you. It gets you up in the morning. It keeps you going. If you don't have a goal and a dream, someone else will use you to reach their goals and dreams. It's important to have a purpose. Before a young person can do drugs, they have to assign a lower value to their future. They have to say: "I'm not as important as I thought I was." Self worth is the cornerstone of discipline. No one will discipline himself or herself if they see themselves as a nothing. You need to believe that you are somebody, and that you have a purpose. You are somebody. You are going somewhere.

 You must surround yourself with people who have the same purpose. One is too small of a number to produce greatness. There is strength in being with people who have the same purpose. John Wooden said that "The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team!" If you are going to be successful in anything you do, you are going to have to have a team around you. TEAM - together everyone achieves more! Start living your purpose! What brings fulfillment in life is seeing your purpose fulfilled. If you are going to follow the crowd, you better know where the crowd is going. What losers call adversity, winners call opportunity. There is no traffic jam on the extra mile! Men will work eight hours a day for pay. Ten hours a day for a good boss. But twenty-four hours a day for a good cause. If you are going to get to the top you have got to get off your bottom. - Dennis Moore

The future is within the next instant. We do not know what the future will hold for us. Plan today for what will become today, for today becomes yesterday and it is too late to plan. Work for what will be today not tomorrow when it is too late. Once a level is reached we can not rest on our past achievements because if we stop striving to improve and working toward a goal, we do not stay where we are; we begin to move backward - losing ability.

HELP US RAISE THE FUNDS FOR OUR UPCOMING 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT.

A PORTION OF ALL SALES GOES INTO EACH PERSON’S ACCOUNT TO HELP PAY FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND PERSONAL EVENT ITEMS NEEDED FOR THE EVENT. THERE ARE STILL MAMA’S GIFT CERTIFICATES TO SELL AND A FEW FIRST AID KITS. IF YOU HAVE KITS OUTSTANDING PLEASE SELL THEM SO WE CAN CLEAR UP THIS ACCOUNT.