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The Mont Blanc Project 2010On September 11th,

seventeen men and

three ladies landed in

France to climb Western

Europe‘s highest

mountain. Among them

was our school owner

Mr Zak Jovanov and

member Noel Burton.

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None had ever seen a mountain this high, and low cloud hid the ice and snow covered vertical elevations. They had 5 days to get to the top with a few days training as were all non mountaineers, and this was a climb for experienced people.

All paid their own fares, as well as many weeks of strenuous training to get fit enough and try somehow to acclimatize to the 20 below temperatures as best they could.

This noble effort was to raise funds and awareness for the Princess

Margaret Hospital childhood cancer ward, as several of the climbers children suffer from it. Now I don’t know about you but I believe this was one of the greatest ideas for a worthwhile cause I can think of.

Zak’s words after the climb were

“the most amazing, scary, crazy

experience ever!”

So far to date this project called

the “Mont Blanc Project” has raised

more than $1 million dollars, in less

than a year. Everyone at Premier

and everywhere else for that matter,

salute this heroic effort. By Ron Shears

Issue 1 December 2010

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Bowing...

January Free School Holiday Program Month for members and their friends...

To make it even easier to bring your friend along, we are running extra classes during January When: Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning in January 9.30 - 10.30am n Little Champions (4-6 years) 9.30 - 10.30am n Fight to be Fit (Adults Class) 10.30 - 11.30am n Junior Martial Arts (7-13 years)

The biggest compliment we can get at Premier Martial Arts and Fitness is when one

of our members personally recommends us to a friend. The month of January is

“FREE SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS AND THEIR FRIENDS”. This is when

you can bring a friend to train with you in our day classes for FREE, and these classes

are only available to members who are bringing a friend along with them.

Our school is growing quickly, and we would prefer to have our new members personally

recommended to us so that we can maintain our Premier “family”! All that we ask is that

you introduce your friend to us at Reception the first time they come so we can fill out the

necessary paperwork, and then accompany them to each training session. If they enjoy the

sessions so much that they join as a member, we will say “thank you” to you in the form of

a $50 gift voucher to spend on Premier Martial Arts and Fitness branded-gear! As an added

bonus, if parents are bringing their Premier student and a “buddy” they are invited to try

our “Fight to be Fit” classes for free. Bookings are essential as places are limited.

Men’s & Women’s sizes available.

In the martial arts there is a lot of bowing

going on. People bow when they enter

the school, they bow to each other a

lot, they bow to the instructor, they bow

before sparring. They seem to bow to

everything but the tap at the sink. We

often have a hard time understanding

this because the bow is not used in this

country and the last time it was really

used heavily was during the dark days

of slavery when slaves had to bow

to their masters.

In the orient the bow does not mean the

same thing as it once did here. It doesn’t

mean that one person is acknowledging the

other as a superior or a master, even if that

person is the Master of the school. Bowing,

to the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans,

is much the same as shaking hands here.

It’s a sign of friendship, respect and mutual

admiration, not subservience.

In the martial arts bowing is very important

because it reminds us of the importance of

what we are doing, and the need to always

be aware and in control. When a student

bows into the training hall he is saying that he

has respect for the training that goes on there.

He is also saying that he will do his best to

uphold the honour of the school and to strive

to be as good a student as he can be.

When students bow to the instructor at the

beginning of the class, they are showing

their respect for the Instructors years of

training, his knowledge and his skill. When

the teacher bows back he is doing more

than acknowledging the student’s bow, he

is also showing his respect for the students.

Remember that a teacher was once a

student himself and he knows full well how

tough it is to be a beginner and to struggle

up through the ranks.

When students bow to each other before

training or sparring they are saying, “I will

try my best to show you honour and respect,

and not to injure you in any way”.

This is especially important before a

sparring match because it reminds us

that this is not a fight, but another aspect

of training and that this person is not the

enemy but a friend and fellow student.

It helps one to be reminded of the need for

restraint and control over techniques.

Student Profile Phoebe Rosato

New fulltime team member

Premier Martial Arts and Fitness would like to welcome our newest fulltime team

member - Mr Martin Quinlan. Mr Quinlan has been working as a high school teacher

for the past 18 years, and has been also working part-time at our Academy over the

last year. He has seized the opportunity to make a new career out of his life-long

passion for martial arts. Mr Quinlan has been training in one form of martial arts or

another for over 28 years, and is a strong believer in the benefits that training can

provide to everyone, especially children.

If you do not have the full set of gear then you will not be allowed to take part in any

contact drills. Green belts and above must spar in order to grade to their next belt level,

so will not be allowed to grade without a full set of gear.

All Yellow belts and above in the Junior Martial Arts and Freestyle Martial Arts programs are required to have a full set of sparring gear to take part in light-contact sparring and drills. This is an important safety concern and a requirement of our insurance company to maintain our coverage. The minimum gear required is:

Sparring Gear Check List

Mr Quinlan, Mr Jovanov and Mr Nolan with Fraser Bytheway and his Little Champion Black Belt.

Phoebe Rosato is currently aged 7 and started her Martial Arts training

at the age of 4. She loved her training with the Little Champions and

after her last grading recently has moved up into the junior class where

her two big sisters Sarah and Megan Rosato are also training, while her

mother Donna is in our fitness program. Phoebe is looking forward to

getting her black belt and following in her sisters footsteps to one

day be able to compete at national level. What a great family unity.

Well done Phoebe, keep up the great training towards your goals.

Helmet Mouth Guard Gloves Shin and Groin Guard properly fitted Instep Guards for all males 10+

Where has the time gone!It’s been more than a year since Premier Martial Arts and Fitness Academy opened and a lot has happened since that day.

Great amount of members from all ages with more than 40 classes per week.

We’ve had 4 graduations since the opening and given out over 500 new coloured belts.

Two Black Belt Gradings – Mr Torin Burton and Mr Ron Shears graded to 4th Dan, Mr Martin Quinlan, and Ms Brodie McMaster graded to Probationary Black Belt.

We awarded our first Little Champions Black Belt to Fraser Bytheway (pictured left).

Three charity events where Premier Martial Arts has raised more than $25,000 towards Princess Margaret Hospital Ward 3b.

Premier Academy in its short time has produced more than a few state and national champions.

Our first competition was very well run with more than 100 competitors.

BJJ classes expanded to twice weekly

and are now open to all members.

What’s hot next year!Extra morning Fitness classes.We will be running Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday Morning classes.

New fitness area upstairs for adults (train while your kids train).

New Fitness Circuit classes in the evenings.

Summer uniforms for all members including Little Champions and Juniors.

Mini Gym upstairs to be opened in the first quarter of 2011.

Taking our biggest team to the Nationals in 2011.

Premier Academy Open Sparring Tournament in the first quarter of 2011.

Little Champions and Junior Disco.

2011 Open Day Party – Saturday February 19th.

New programs for high school students – get credit towards secondary graduation for your training at Premier.

Rewarding all our members with $50 voucher for anyone they recommend to our school.

18th December 2010Last session for the year. School will be shut from this date until 4th January.

19th December 2010 End of year BBQ at Yanchep National Park. Premier Academy will provide food and drinks for all the members. Just bring your water guns and games for the day.

4th January 2011 School will re-openwith its normal time table including the day classes for the Free School Holiday Program for members and friends.

January 2011 Free School Holiday Program for Members and Friends.For the whole month of January, Premier Academy will be running specialized morning classes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday where members can bring a mate along and have fun training together.

19th February 2011 Open Day School Party.Live bands, bouncy castles, sausage sizzle, face painting, and free intro classes. Celebrating another year at Premier Academy.

21st-25th February 2011 Parents and Buddy Week. All members can bring their Parents and Buddies to the class to share their experiences.

22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2011

Our first Grading in 2011.

Christmas Sale at Premier

20% OFF ALL GEARGloves Groin Guards MMA ShortsShin Guards Junior Uniforms Mitts (boxing pads) Head Guards Freestyle Uniforms Paddles & ShieldsMouth Guards Singlets, T-shirts Everything we stock

ONLY SATURDAY 4TH & MONDAY 6TH DECEMBERBe the first to come in - opens 9am-12pm Saturday and 3.30-7.30pm Monday

Enter off Wanneroo Road, turn left at the roundabout just after the Entry Station. There is an $11 entry fee per car for the National Park. Junior members must be accompanied by an adult. Bring your water pistols - no water balloons please!

Goals and Obstacles

PREMIER MARTIAL ARTS AND FITNESS ACADEMYTel: 9408 6305 n Unit 2, 43 Boranup Avenue Clarkson, WA 6030or visit our website at n www.premieracademy.com.au

Important Dates In our first Martial Arts lesson we learn

how we should always set our goals

high in order to achieve more. There are

differences between goals and wishes!

Write down your goals on a piece of

paper and review your goals regularly,

and this alone will turn your wishes

into strong goals.

The majority of people do set goals but

unfortunately not too many people can

achieve their goals, do you know why?

To achieve any worthwhile goal you must

first be aware of the challenges that you

will encounter while reaching them.

I call these challenges, obstacles.

Whether we want it or not, obstacles are

part of our daily life, and without them

maybe life wouldn’t be exciting.

You have two choices! 1. Deal with them

in a positive way and look at them as your

new challenges, or 2. Become negative

and think of them as problems, making

them a bigger challenge that you think

they are and walk away from them.

The difference between a successful and

an unsuccessful person is not that the

successful person has more money or

they are luckier, or that they are smarter,

NO! The difference is how they deal

with their challenges and how they

achieve their goals by learning to

overcome their obstacles.

Setting out to be a Premier Martial Arts

Black Belt is not without it’s challenges

either, you must be aware and ready to

deal with them in a positive way. For

instance injury is a big challenge that we

as Martial Artists must deal with. There

are other challenges like moving from one

country to another, not being financially

secure, changing our priorities, loosing

motivation, reaching a plateau and not

seeing yourself progressing. These are all

challenges that are made to be beaten.

Goals are not usually at your reach; they

are ahead of us - at the end of the road.

How can we become an achiever if we

don’t first learn how to overcome our

challenges? Please remember that if you

have any challenges and need any help

with them, let us know, we will be glad to

help and organize free private lessons.

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End of Year BBQ!19TH DECEMBER FROM 10.30AM - 1.00PMYanchep National Park – Lakeview Picnic AreaFOOD AND DRINKS SUPPLIED FOR MEMBERS!