Re-Commitment

In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can. - Nikos Kazantzakis

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good

is better and your better is best. - St. Jerome

There is no losing. You either win or you learn.

MARSHALL’S ATA MARTIAL ARTS

1800 BRINKER RD, SUITE 200 DENTON, TX. 76208

WWW.MARSHALLSATA.COM

carving silent auction will

be held at the school on

Sat Oct 28th, from 6:30 to

9:00pm. There will be lots

of food, fun, games, prizes

and a bounce house. We

will judge costumes and

award prizes. We want the

costumes to be humorous,

theatrical, Superhero, lit-

erary figures, fantastical,

etc.,...please NO frighten-

ing, dangerous or other-

wise inappropriate cos-

tumes (suggestive, reveal-

ing, etc.) This will also be

a Community event open

to Friends & family of Mar-

shall’s ATA students; so

bring a friend for this fun

filled evening.

October Is Breast Can-

cer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer

Awareness Month at Mar-

shall’s ATA. If you would

like to support our annual

awareness & fundraising

ef f ort fo r t h is wo rt hy

cause, we will be making

Pink apparel available for

purchase, Pink Belts, Pink

Marshall’s ATA T-Shirts,

K ick ing Pa nt s w/P in k

Stripes down the side, etc.

Back to Full Uniforms

Now that Fall is officially

here, we will be officially

back to our regular full uni-

forms on Mon Oct 16th.

ATA T-shirts & uniform

bottoms will now only be

authorized on Saturdays or

when otherwise authorized

on weeks such as Testing or

tournament prep. If there

are any questions as to

what the proper uniform is,

please remember that your

full white traditional uni-

form is always appropriate.

The Leadership Team can

n o w w e a r t h e i r c o l o r

uniforms in the school.

S o n g a h m 2 0 1 7 F a l l

Nationals in Orlando, FL

The American Taekwondo

Association, Intl will host

our annual Songahm ATA

Fall Nat'ls on Oct 18th thru

22nd, 2017. The event will

be hosted at the ESPN Wide

World of Sports Complex at

Disney World, Orlando, FL.

M a r s h a l l ’ s A T A Fa l l

Harvest Belt Testing

Marshall’s ATA will host our

Fall Harvest Board Break

Testing on Mon Oct 9th with

the Brown thru Black Rec

st ud ent s breaking t heir

Boards. RESULTS ARE FI-

NAL! The Black Belt Midterm

will be in two parts on Tues

Oct 10th & Thur Oct 12th.

The Color Belt Testing will

be on Wed/Thursday Oct

11th & 12th, starting with the

ATA Tigers & W, O, Y Jrs/

Adults. The Camo thru Red

Belt Juniors & Adults will

also be Testing on Wed Oct

11th in their class. The Black

Belt midterm will proceed-

ing from 6:00 - 6:45pm.

O c t o b e r L e a d e r s h i p

Classes

The Oct Leadership Classes

will be on Sat Oct 7th &

14th from 8:30- 9:30am. The

Oct Theme is Goals / Rap-

port Building & Balance. The

physical material is Testing

& Midterm preparation.

M a r s h a l l ’ s A T A F a l l

H a r v e s t F e s t i v a l &

Costume Party

Marshall’s ATA will host our

annual Fall Harvest Festival

o n S a t , O c t 2 8 t h f r o m

6:30pm - 9pm. The Fall Har-

vest Festival, Costume Par-

ty / Contest & Pump kin

Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Belt Testing

Demo Team Will Perform at Hodge, W.S. Ryan Elementary & Peterbilt

Mrs. Shaunna Serano of the Hodge Elementary School PTA has invit-

ed the Marshall’s ATA Demo Team to perform on Thu Oct 19th, from

5:30 - 7:00pm. The Demo Team has also been requested to perform at the W.S. Ryan Elem School Fall

Festival on Fri, Oct 20th from

5:00pm to 9:00pm. The Festival will

be held on the school grounds

for the purposes of providing fun family entertainment (for 650+ attendees) all while rais-

i ng fu nds t o s upport t he PTA. The monies raised by the

PTA will be used for items such as student programs, f ield

trips, training materials, stock-

ing the school library, and other

enrichment programs. The Mar-shall’s ATA Demo Team has also been invited to perform at the Peterbilt Company on Sat Oct 21st

from 11:00am to 2:00pm as part of

their Health Fair. We are asking the Demo Team members to please

make a donation of a canned good.

OCT 2, 2017 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 10

MARSHALL’S ATA BLACK BELT TIMES

Special points of interest:

• Marshall’s ATA Back to Full Uniforms Mon Oct 16th

• Oct Leadership Classes Goals / Rapport Building Oct 7th &14th

• Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Board Break Testing Mon, Oct

9th during class.

• Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Color Belt Testing Wed & Thur

Oct 11th & 12th. The Black Belt

Midterm Tue & Thu Oct 10th &

12th, 2017

• October Birthdays

• Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Festival Costume Party Contest

& Pumpkin Carving Auction Sat

Oct 28th 6:30 - 9:00pm. No

Regular Saturday Classes

Tournaments:

Tournament at

Conway, AR

ChM Ken Reyn-

olds - B -

Sat

Oct

7th

Songahm ATA

Fall Natl’s

Orlando, Fl.

Class -AA-

Oct

18th

thru

22nd

Protocol for Testing

Students must be on a

program in order to

be eligible to test.

Students must wear

their traditional white

uniform. Any student

who is at the testing

but not participating

is still expected to be

wearing their com-

plete uniform. Lead-

ership students are

expected to assist in

whatever capacity

necessary.

Congratulations and best wishes to our Recommended Black Belt Students as they perform their mid-

term toward their First Degree Black Belt Decided. Miss Katie Prachniak, Mr. Jason Amaya, Mr. Chris

Paramo. Congratulations best wishes to our Red Belts as they Test/Midterm toward Recommended

Black Belt. Mr. Domenic Jackson, Mr. Sarish Dinesh-Kumar, Mr. Leo Galo, & Mr. Brandon Trejo.

Congratulations and best wishes to Miss Molly Cullum & Mr. Tomas Matta as they Midterm toward

their Second Degree Decided Black belt at the Fall Harvest Belt Testing Oct Thursday Oct 12th.

Breast Cancer Awareness

Month at Marshall’s ATA

For Women: Breast cancer is

the leading cancer in the U.S.

Lung cancer is the second

most common form of cancer &

colorect al cancer is t hird

among Caucasian women. The

number 2 & 3 cancers are re-

v ers ed am ong B l ack a nd

Asian/Pacific Island women.

For all women, the fourth lead-

ing cancer is cancer of the

uterus. Our world is about to

turn Pink. I mean - PINK. Breast

Cancer Awareness Pink. Susan

G. Komen, the American Can-

cer Society and the National

Breast Cancer Foundation are

all going to help make the

world Pink starting this Sun-

day, Oct 1st. Pink ribbons,

Pink toilet paper, Pink Camp-

bell’s soup cans, Pink gloves

on the Delta Airlines ground

crews in every airport in

America. It’s mass marketing

and crass commercialism for

a very good cause. It ’s

Breast Cancer Awareness

month and the forces behind

turning the world pink are

hoping that the more pink

you see t he m ore aware

you’ll be about the greatest

single health danger facing

w o m e n i n t h e w o r l d —

CANCER. We all have wom-

en in our lives that we want to

be healthy and happy and

unfortunately som e of us

have lost someone to cancer.

In my case, I lost my mother

to cancer. While most women

are already aware of Breast

Cancer, many forget to take

the steps to have a plan to

detect the disease in its early

stages and encourage others

to do the same. Every person

should know the symptoms and

signs of breast cancer, and any

time an abnormality is discov-

ered, it should be investigated

by a healthcare professional.

For our students who are partic-

ipating in our Annual National

B re ast C an ce r A w ar en e ss

Month “Think Pink Campaign” I

would like to say a sincere

“Thank You.” If you will be par-

ticipating, you may purchase

and wear a Pink Marshall’s ATA

T-shirt for $20.00, Pink Double

Wrap Belt for $15.00, etc. or just

make a donation of a minimum

$10.00 to the American Cancer

Society. This is our second an-

nual Breast Cancer Awareness

Month effort at Marshall’s ATA.

We know what we’re doing only

amounts to a drop in the bucket

but we will do our part and add

our drop in the bucket along

with many others this month.

Marshall’s ATA Will be Officially back to our Full Uniforms on

Monday Oct, 16th for the beginning of the New Training Cycle. Pink T-Shirts & uniform items for Breast Cancer Awareness

Month. Marshall’s ATA will be Closed on Saturday, Oct 28th as we prepare the school for our Annual Fall Harvest Festival & Cos-

tume Party from 6:30pm to 9:00pm.

Marshall’s ATA will Close early at 5:30pm on Tuesday, October 31st! This is a highly anticipated day for our young students as they

look forward with great anticipation to their annual day of fun and excitement on their excursions out into their neighborhoods for Trick or Treating. This will be a FUN day at the school as well, so

bring a friend. Marshall’s ATA Black Belt Club Students may attend

unlimited classes during the month of October. Have fun & Be Safe!

A Few Words About Our Breast Cancer Awareness Month Effort Page 2

Full Uniforms begin Monday Oct 16th, 2017

Leadership Classes Goals & Rapport Building /Testing Prep Sat Oct 7th & 14th 8:30am - 9:30am

Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Festival Board Break Testing, Mon Oct 9th

Marshall’s ATA Black Belt Midterm Pt1 & Pt2 Tue & Thu Oct 10th & 12th 6:00 - 6:45pm

Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Color Belt Testing Wed & Thu, Oct 11th & 12th

Songahm ATA Fall Nationals in Orlando, FL. Oct 18th - 22nd, 2017 ESPN Wide World of Sports

Marshall’s ATA Demo Team Performance at Hodge Elem Oct 19th, Thu Oct 19th 5:30 - 7:00pm

Marshall’s ATA Demo Performance at W.S. Ryan Elem Fall Fest on Fri Oct, 20th, 5:00- 9:00pm

Marshall’s ATA Demo Performance at Peterbilt Corp on Sat Oct, 21st, 2017 11:00am - 2:00pm

Marshall’s ATA Fall Harvest Festival Costume Party/Contest, Pumpkin Carving Silent Auction Oct

28th. There will be no regular Saturday class on Oct 28th as we prepare for the evening’s festivities

2017 - The Year of Impossible Possibilities

Protocol for Testing

Students must be on a

program in order to

be eligible to test.

Students must wear

their traditional white

uniform. Any student

who is at the testing

but not participating

is still expected to be

wearing their com-

plete uniform. Lead-

ership students are

expected to assist in

whatever capacity

necessary.

Every new level that you

achieve will demand a new

version of YOU. Enjoy the

journey and dwell on your

mistakes only so long as it

may take to learn the lesson

they can teach you.

S o m e t i m e s pe o p le a r e

placed in your path only to

help you by pointing out and

showing you your current

inadequacies. People who

don’t make mistakes don’t

make much of anything. Mis-

takes mean you are trying

something new or taking a

different approach and it

may not work out the first

time or the second time or

even the third time. Keep

thinking and working and

eventually you will figure it

out, but you have to get start-

ed.

Ask the most successful per-

son you know not how they

became so successful, but

what mistakes they’ve made

along the way. The could

write a book and make you

pay to learn their story or

they could share it with you

because they believe you are

sincerely intere sted and

hindsight has given them a

valuable perspective now

that they are over the initial

embarrassment of failure at

that time. People see their

glory but they don’t know

their story.

But re me mbe r th is; Yo u

MUST make your own mis-

takes because our characters

are shaped by our experi-

ences and we are all a results

of the choices WE make.

Heed good advice but don’t

be so stunted by the experi-

ence of others that you don’t

find your own answers your

own way. This will make it

more meaningful to you if

you discover that answers for

y o u r s e l f . Wh e n yo u ’ r e

young, you have the luxury

of time to make mistakes

and time to bounce back

from the consequences of

some bad choices or mis-

judgments.

You are guaranteed to get

better than you are right

now if you would stop wor-

rying about failure. YOU

WILL FAIL! Failure is painful

and feels like a setback but

the more you do and the

more you try the more you

will fail, but that’s life!

Be discouraged and be dis-

appointed but don’t be dis-

mayed. It will work if you

work it. See the lessons and

learn from them. They are

an oppo rtun ity to start

again after having gained

valuable insights from the

previous unsuccessful at-

tempt. You are learning

from the strictest and great-

e s t o f a l l t e a c h -

ers...EXPERIENCE!

If at first you don’t succeed,

TRY and TRY again (then

quit; there’s no sense in

being a fool about it!) Haha-

ha! No; I’m kidding! If the

valuable time that you have

spent trying to bring about

a good outcome is truly

considered to be worth the

precious time of your life

(time that you will never get

back) then make it count.

Commit to the process. You

make have to back off for a

little while, reevaluate and

reassess. You may have to

start over and go back to

the ‘drawing board.’ You

may have to recover and

regroup to grow stronger.

You may have to repriori-

tize, reorganize, reposition

and make adjustments to

your schedule. You may

have to call a meeting to

talk about you new realiza-

tions discovered in your

research. Come what may;

you are guaranteed to get bet-

ter just by starting again, so

get out there and TRY! As long

as you believe in what you’re

doing and are willing to pay

the price then stay on task and

committed! Re-Commitment!

The quality of a person's life is

in direct proportion to their

commitment to excellence,

regardless of their chosen

field of endeavor. - Vince

L o m b a r d i

We would accomplish many

more things if we did not think

o f the m as impo ssible . - Vince Lombardi

The price of success is hard

work, dedication to the job at

hand, and the determination

that whether we win or lose,

we have applied the best of

ourselves to the task at hand. -Vince Lombardi

Coming together is a begin-

ning; keeping together is pro-

gress; working together is

success. - Henry Ford

The best and most beautiful

things in the world cannot be

seen or even touched - they

must be felt with the heart. -

Helen Keller

What you do today can im-

prove all your tomorrows.

- Ralph Marston

Start where you are. Use what

you have. Do what you can.

- Arthur Ashe

It always seems impossible

until it's done.

- N e l s o n M a n d e l a

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Payten Clouse 1st in Combat Weapons, 3rd in Sparring, 3rd in Creative Weapons.

Protocol for Testing

Students must be on a

program in order to

be eligible to test.

Students must wear

their traditional white

uniform. Any student

who is at the testing

but not participating

is still expected to be

wearing their com-

plete uniform. Lead-

ership students are

expected to assist in

whatever capacity

necessary.

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On Sep 30th, a few of the fin-

est students at Marshall’s

ATA attended the Metroplex

Mayhem tournament at the

Mesquite Convention Center

in Mesquite, TX hosted by

SMstr Jack Hornbuckle. These

are their stories:

Gage Gresik - Spirit Award

Sarish Dinesh-Kumar - 2nd

in Traditional Forms.

Monica Ramon - Spirit Award

Claetyn Moore - 2nd in Com-

bat Weapons Sparring.

Payten Clouse - 1st in Combat

Weapons, 3rd in Sparring, 3rd

in Creative Weapons. Payten

took First place in Combat

Sparring, with the final match

taking it 10-0. She is currently

ranked 4th in the World in

Weapons and 1st in the STATE

of TX.

Ayden Davila - Medal in

Forms, Sparring, Weapons & Combat.

Dr. Charles Kurtz - 1st in Traditional Weapons & 1st in

Combat Weapons.

Sandy Arcuri - 1st in Combat Weapons, 2nd in Forms,

3rd in Traditional Weapons, 2nd in Traditional Spar-

ring.

We are so proud that these students accepted the

challenge and put themselves into the arena of com-

petition. I never push students to compete in tourna-

ments but I think the experience of tournament com-

petition can be a very

valuable training tool. In

tournaments, a student

either wins or they learn.

If a student does not win

or at least meet their own

expectation, they can be

thankful that their oppo-

nent helped them by

showing them in a safe

environment and reveal-

ing an area or aspect of

their training that needs

their attention or in-

creased focus. They also

demonstrate that they can

overcome nervousness &

anxiety to perform their

material for judges. They

will not be overwhelmed

in a crisis situation.

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