September & October 2024 Newsletter
Silver City International Festival Demonstration
Saturday September 7 at 12:15 p.m. Rising Dragon Martial Arts students can perform at Silver City International Festival held on National street between 33rd and 35th (Our booth and performance will be near the intersection of 33rd and National. We will do a rehearsal that morning at Rising Dragon school at 10 a.m. This will be similar to the Mexican Fiesta Demo we just performed with forms, self defense, weapons, but also breaking of boards!
No Classes Labor Day Weekend
We will be closed Saturday August 31 & Monday Sept. 2. Enjoy your holidays!
New Face to the Rising Dragon Building
Over the summer we repainted the entire inside and outside of our building to give it a fresh look. We also added 10 red bollards for safety and décor. Our remodeling continues this fall with new stained porches and steps. We are also making repairs outside and inside the building where needed.
Teaching Seminar
Thursday October 3: Classroom Management (Part 2 of the Instructors Manual)
5-5:45 pm Special Training for all adults
5:45 pm Food (Everyone attending Teacher Training please bring one item to share)
6-9 pm. Hands on, Interactive and Fun learning of Classroom Management.
Testing
Friday October 25th – Block 2 Testing (3 p.m. advanced / 5 p.m. beginners). Awards Ceremony 6:00 p.m.
Rising Dragon Spooktacular Parties
Special ghost techniques, haunted story and candy and lots of fun games.
Wednesday October 30, 2024 at the Rising Dragon School
Over 25 years of screams of fear, delight and pain (hey, its martial arts!) — Super Scary Fun Games! Terrifying Tales! Martial Arts Themed Costume Awards. And Candy! Candy! Candy! Come dressed in some martial art themed costume (coming as weapon, a zombie warrior, one of the fighting animals, a re-breakable board, etc.) All this takes place during our “abnormal” business hours:
Pee Wee Dragons 4:30
Little Dragons 5:30
Junior Dragon 6:30
Upcoming Events
- No Classes Sat Aug. 31 and Mon Sept 2 for Labor Day
- Teaching Seminars Thursday Oct 3 5-8 pm
- Silver City Demo Sat Sept 7 at 12:15 p.m. at 33rd & National
- Testing Block 2 – Friday Oct 25 at 5 p.m. Awards 6:00
- Spooktacular Party Wednesday October 30
Block 2 Focus
- Week 1 (Sept 2- 7): Basics
- Week 2 (Sept 9-14): Forms
- Week 3 (Sept 16-21): Fist Sets
- Week 4 (Sept 23-28): Sparring
- Week 1 (October 1-5): Weapons
- Week 2 (October 7-12): Basics and Forms
- Week 3 (October 14-19): Fist Sets and Weapons
- Week 4 (October 21-26): Reviews and Testing (check age times below)
- Week 5 (October 28-31): Sparring
Reduce Class Dues
Save up to $300 a year by making 3, 6 or 12 payments instead of monthly. Thank you for supporting our school!
Dragon’s Breath
As our series on protocols continues from prior calendar, we will look at a first protocol: bows. Bows are intended to set the heart with respect toward others who have worked hard to earn rank, to elders and to those who have gone before. The lower you bow the more respect you show.
In China they bow to say thanks, recognize with respect and even just to greet someone (like shaking hands). If you see a grandparent you bow really low, a friend low. But what if you saw your enemy – would you bow to them? Surprisingly, yes. But just a little. You may hate how they knock you down verbally at work, or cheat, or gossip – but they are still human. So you recognize that and hope they will change. Sometimes kings of the past relented from going to war because the other one showed respect.
Bows of respect fit right in with our mission statement: “I will be a warrior – with compassion!”
– Sigungs Steve and Melodie
Pai Xeung Lum/ Feng Huang
