On Friday, November 22nd, 2013, NYKA Martial Arts
Success Center hosted a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with the Dutchess County Regional
Chamber of Commerce. This ceremony was to celebrate 6
years of continued growth and success of our family here at
NYKA and to officially welcome us to our new home.
Immediately following the ceremony, guests we treated to a special presentation to Mr. Char-lie North, the President and CEO
of the Dutchess County Chamber. This ceremony
awarded Mr. North with his hon-orary Black Belt for his continued dedication and support of local
businesses in the Dutchess
County area.
Following the ceremony, students who were invited to
graduate, broke boards, demonstrated some of the test-
ing requirements, and were awarded their next rank.
“This is an exciting time for our school. I have spent the past six years developing what I believe
to be the formula to our suc-cess”, said Master DiStefano.
“I have learned that the best way for NYKA Martial Arts to grow and reach our goals is to help
people in our community reach theirs. I have been fortunate
enough throughout the years to help others reach their goals.
couldn’t be happier”.
WHAT NOT TO DO IF YOU ARE BEING BULLIED DON'T…Think it's your fault. Nobody deserves to be bullied!
DON'T…Hurt yourself. Some
kids who are bullied get so sad
and depressed that they may try
to hurt themselves because they
think there is nothing else they
can do. This definitely isn't the
answer. Talk with an adult
immediately and tell them how
you are feeling. They can help
stop the bullying.
DON'T…Skip school or avoid clubs or sports because you're afraid of being bullied. Missing out on school or activities that you enjoy isn't the answer. You have a right to be there!
DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING BLACK BELT EXCELLENCE
WINTER 2014 WWW.POUGHKEEPSIEKARATE.COM
845-240-1217
NYKA MASC NEWSLETTER
Stay in the Loop
Website: www.PoughkeepsieKarate.com
Class Schedule: TEXT: Schedule TO: 555888
Facebook: NYKA Martial Arts Success Center
Twitter: @MASuccessCenter
Pinterest: NYKAMASC
Try Free: www.BookMyTrialNow.com
Inside this issue:
Forging Confident, Balanced Kids 2
9 Tips for Achieving Goals 2
Family Friendly Holiday Fitness Tips 3
Calendar of Events 3-4
Boot Camp 5
Ninja Stars and Board Breaking 6-7
Parents Night Out, Tournament, Nunchucks 8-11
NYKA CELEBRATES 6 YEARS IN BUSINESS
On Friday, November 22, 2013, we were joined by members of the Dutchess
County Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Our Black Belt Champions are
always victors and never victims. Kids who learn to defend themselves usually never have to. They have learned to walk with confidence and they are less apt to
be a prime target for bullies and/or
abductors.
Studies prove that
anyone who wants to harm a child or has ill intent is more likely to
go for the weakest looking kid they can
find.
Kids that are aware and act in a more
confident manner are the greatest deterrent
to bullies and dangerous adults.
Kids who train in the
martial arts become more assertive and
less aggressive.
Television, video games, and fast food
present significant temptations and
challenges for young people today.
We strive everyday to deliver a program that
builds a balanced child. .
Envision your goals. You must be able to conceptualize a goal so it is understandable and then be able to identify clearly what the first step should be in achieving it. You are on your way if you can see yourself achieving the goal down the road.
Set goals that are meaningful. If all you do is set a list of goals that would be nice to accomplish, forget it. In order to achieve goals, you must have a strong desire to do so.
Make your goals specific and measurable. You have to be able to spe-cifically monitor your progress.
Set challenging and realistic goals. Stretch yourself with your goals, but make sure you are setting goals that are not out of reach, but are within your given strengths and abilities. Remember: Small victories lead to big successes!
Your goals should be flexible to allow for unplanned changes. Be ready to readjust your goals so you won’t have to give up on them.
Set a time period or target date for each goal. Many people have goals they have planned for a long time, but fail to accomplish. Just having goals is not strong enough without a time frame.
Put your goals in writing. This dramatically increases the likelihood of achieving those goals. Remember: Don’t just think ‘em, ink ‘em!
Prioritize your goals in relation to their importance to you and your short-term and long-term objectives.
The most important step now is to Achieve Your Dreams!
FORGING CONFIDENT, BALANCED KIDS
9 TIPS FOR SETTING AND ACHIEVING GOALS
Page 2
NYKA MASC NEWSLETTER
“One thing I know for sure about raising children is
that every single day a kid needs discipline.... But also
every single day a kid needs a break.” ― Anne Lamott
The trick to staying healthy during the holiday season is to plan ahead and make the season work for you. You may
not be able to hit the gym for your regular spin
class, but that doesn't mean you have to forgo
exercise altogether.
HOLIDAY EXERCISE
OUTINGS
You probably have a number of family
traditions during the holiday season. Maybe
you host an annual Christmas party, or you
set a day aside for cookie and tree decorating. This year, decide to start new
holiday traditions that revolve around a physical
activity.
Here are a few ideas:
Make the most of
your shopping trip and hoof it around the mall. Print off your local mall's online store map and plot out all the stores you need to visit. Instead of planning to hit the stores in the most convenient way possible, plot out a track that requires you to walk the great-est distance between each store. You'll get your shop-ping and your cardio workout in at the same time.
Sit down together
and come up with an exercise reward system.
Give a sticker for
every day that a fam-ily member accumu-lates 30 minutes of exercise.
Turn it into a compe-
tition and add re-wards. The first per-son to accumulate seven stickers chooses the movie on movie night.
MAKE IT WORK
FOR YOU
Every family is different. These exercise tips won't work for everyone. Use them as a resource to
think creatively and come up with a solution that you
can stick to this holiday season.
FAMILY-FRIENDLY HOLIDAY FITNESS TIPS
These exercise tips won't work for
everyone. Use them as a resource to think
creatively and come up with a solution that you can stick to this
holiday season.
Page 3 WWW.POUGHKEEPSIEKARATE.COM
845-240-1217
DECEMBER 2013 LEADERSHIP MONTH
CHANGING THE WORLD ONE BLACK BELT AT A TIME
JANUARY 2014 GOALS MONTH
*Hand in all goal posters no later than 1/10/2014
FEBRUARY 2014 POWER MONTH
This story can fit 150-200 words.
One benefit of using your newsletter as a promo-tional tool is that you can reuse content from other marketing materials, such as press releases, market studies, and reports.
While your main goal of distributing a newsletter might be to sell your prod-uct or service, the key to a successful newsletter is making it useful to your readers.
A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and write your own articles, or in-clude a calendar of up-coming events or a spe-cial offer that promotes a new product.
You can also research articles or find “filler” arti-cles by accessing the World Wide Web. You can write about a variety of topics but try to keep your articles short.
Much of the content you
put in your newsletter can also be used for your Web site. Microsoft Pub-lisher offers a simple way to convert your newsletter to a Web publication. So, when you’re finished writ-ing your newsletter, con-vert it to a Web site and post it.
context.
Microsoft Publisher in-cludes thousands of clip art images from which you can choose and im-port into your newsletter. There are also several tools you can use to draw shapes and symbols.
Once you have chosen an image, place it close to the article. Be sure to place the caption of the
This story can fit 75-125 words.
Selecting pictures or graphics is an important part of adding content to your newsletter.
Think about your article and ask yourself if the picture supports or en-hances the message you’re trying to convey. Avoid selecting images that appear to be out of
image near the image.
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
uted internally, you might comment upon new pro-cedures or improvements to the business. Sales figures or earnings will show how your business is growing.
Some newsletters include a column that is updated every issue, for instance, an advice column, a book review, a letter from the president, or an editorial. You can also profile new employees or top custom-
ers or vendors. This story can fit 100-150 words.
The subject matter that appears in newsletters is virtually endless. You can include stories that focus on current technologies or innovations in your field.
You may also want to note business or eco-nomic trends, or make predictions for your cus-tomers or clients.
If the newsletter is distrib-
“To catch the reader's attention,
place an interesting sentence or
quote from the story here.”
Page 5 NYKA MASC NEWSLETTER
Caption describing picture or graphic.
Caption describing picture or graphic.
This story can fit 150-200 words.
One benefit of using your newsletter as a promo-tional tool is that you can reuse content from other marketing materials, such as press releases, market studies, and reports.
While your main goal of distributing a newsletter might be to sell your prod-uct or service, the key to a successful newsletter is making it useful to your readers.
A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and write your own articles, or in-clude a calendar of up-coming events or a spe-cial offer that promotes a new product.
You can also research articles or find “filler” arti-cles by accessing the World Wide Web. You can write about a variety of topics but try to keep your articles short.
Much of the content you
put in your newsletter can also be used for your Web site. Microsoft Pub-lisher offers a simple way to convert your newsletter to a Web publication. So, when you’re finished writ-ing your newsletter, con-vert it to a Web site and post it.
context.
Microsoft Publisher in-cludes thousands of clip art images from which you can choose and im-port into your newsletter. There are also several tools you can use to draw shapes and symbols.
Once you have chosen an image, place it close to the article. Be sure to place the caption of the
This story can fit 75-125 words.
Selecting pictures or graphics is an important part of adding content to your newsletter.
Think about your article and ask yourself if the picture supports or en-hances the message you’re trying to convey. Avoid selecting images that appear to be out of
image near the image.
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
uted internally, you might comment upon new pro-cedures or improvements to the business. Sales figures or earnings will show how your business is growing.
Some newsletters include a column that is updated every issue, for instance, an advice column, a book review, a letter from the president, or an editorial. You can also profile new employees or top custom-
ers or vendors. This story can fit 100-150 words.
The subject matter that appears in newsletters is virtually endless. You can include stories that focus on current technologies or innovations in your field.
You may also want to note business or eco-nomic trends, or make predictions for your cus-tomers or clients.
If the newsletter is distrib-
“To catch the reader's attention, place
an interesting sentence or quote from
the story here.”
Page 6 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Caption describing picture or graphic.
Caption describing picture or graphic.
This story can fit 150-200 words.
One benefit of using your newsletter as a promo-tional tool is that you can reuse content from other marketing materials, such as press releases, market studies, and reports.
While your main goal of distributing a newsletter might be to sell your prod-uct or service, the key to a successful newsletter is making it useful to your readers.
A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and write your own articles, or in-clude a calendar of up-coming events or a spe-cial offer that promotes a new product.
You can also research articles or find “filler” arti-cles by accessing the World Wide Web. You can write about a variety of topics but try to keep your articles short.
Much of the content you
put in your newsletter can also be used for your Web site. Microsoft Pub-lisher offers a simple way to convert your newsletter to a Web publication. So, when you’re finished writ-ing your newsletter, con-vert it to a Web site and post it.
context.
Microsoft Publisher in-cludes thousands of clip art images from which you can choose and im-port into your newsletter. There are also several tools you can use to draw shapes and symbols.
Once you have chosen an image, place it close to the article. Be sure to place the caption of the
This story can fit 75-125 words.
Selecting pictures or graphics is an important part of adding content to your newsletter.
Think about your article and ask yourself if the picture supports or en-hances the message you’re trying to convey. Avoid selecting images that appear to be out of
image near the image.
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
uted internally, you might comment upon new pro-cedures or improvements to the business. Sales figures or earnings will show how your business is growing.
Some newsletters include a column that is updated every issue, for instance, an advice column, a book review, a letter from the president, or an editorial. You can also profile new employees or top custom-
ers or vendors. This story can fit 100-150 words.
The subject matter that appears in newsletters is virtually endless. You can include stories that focus on current technologies or innovations in your field.
You may also want to note business or eco-nomic trends, or make predictions for your cus-tomers or clients.
If the newsletter is distrib-
“To catch the reader's attention,
place an interesting sentence or
quote from the story here.”
Page 7 NYKA MASC NEWSLETTER
Caption describing picture or graphic.
Caption describing picture or graphic.
This story can fit 150-200 words.
One benefit of using your newsletter as a promo-tional tool is that you can reuse content from other marketing materials, such as press releases, market studies, and reports.
While your main goal of distributing a newsletter might be to sell your prod-uct or service, the key to a successful newsletter is making it useful to your readers.
A great way to add useful content to your newsletter is to develop and write your own articles, or in-clude a calendar of up-coming events or a spe-cial offer that promotes a new product.
You can also research articles or find “filler” arti-cles by accessing the World Wide Web. You can write about a variety of topics but try to keep your articles short.
Much of the content you
put in your newsletter can also be used for your Web site. Microsoft Pub-lisher offers a simple way to convert your newsletter to a Web publication. So, when you’re finished writ-ing your newsletter, con-vert it to a Web site and post it.
context.
Microsoft Publisher in-cludes thousands of clip art images from which you can choose and im-port into your newsletter. There are also several tools you can use to draw shapes and symbols.
Once you have chosen an image, place it close to the article. Be sure to place the caption of the
This story can fit 75-125 words.
Selecting pictures or graphics is an important part of adding content to your newsletter.
Think about your article and ask yourself if the picture supports or en-hances the message you’re trying to convey. Avoid selecting images that appear to be out of
image near the image.
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
Inside Story Headline
uted internally, you might comment upon new pro-cedures or improvements to the business. Sales figures or earnings will show how your business is growing.
Some newsletters include a column that is updated every issue, for instance, an advice column, a book review, a letter from the president, or an editorial. You can also profile new employees or top custom-
ers or vendors. This story can fit 100-150 words.
The subject matter that appears in newsletters is virtually endless. You can include stories that focus on current technologies or innovations in your field.
You may also want to note business or eco-nomic trends, or make predictions for your cus-tomers or clients.
If the newsletter is distrib-
“To catch the reader's attention, place
an interesting sentence or quote from
the story here.”
Page 8 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1
Caption describing picture or graphic.
Caption describing picture or graphic.