NINJA NEWS: MAY 2005 SPRING CLASS SCHEDULE Aria Spa & Club -Vail Children’s program Monday (by invitation only) Black Belt Honors class 3:30 to 4:30 pm Wednesday and Friday 3:30 to 5:00 pm Saturday 11:30 to 12:30 pm Adult program Wednesdays and Fridays 6:45 to 8:45 pm VRD - Vail (Next to Red Sandstone Elementary School) Children’s Program Tuesday and Thursday 3:15 to 4:15 pm 4:15 to 5:15 pm Tuesdays 5:30 pm Girls Rules Thursday 5:30 pm Second hand Lions Spring Tournament Postponed to Summer Our annual Spring Tournament is being postponed until summer to coincide with USJJF National Summer Camp to be held here in Vail. More information to follow. Internet 1. Our Web Site: vailacademyofmartialarts.com 2. If you contact me via the web site, I will put you on our mailing list and e-mail the Ninja News to you. 3. Check out our links. Action Photos If your Ninja was in last spring’s Black Belt testing or Tournament, check out our link to Ken Gee Photography One Week Summer Camps Children’s Karate / Safety Summer Camp for Beginners 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Age Appropriate 5 to 12 years old $125.00 for the week Location: Vail Recreation Department Gymnastic Center Red Sandstone Dates: June 6th through June 10th July 11th through July 15th August 15th through August 19th This program is a great way to introduce your child to all the aspects of martial arts. This holistic program blends the major Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and American martial arts with the national award winning Alert Kids Kidnap Prevention program. With 30 years experience teaching and empowering children, instructor Mathew Bayley, Master of the Martial Arts, is offering a well-rounded program that develops self-discipline, self-respect, and gives each child the tools and ability to keep themselves safe when you are not around. Children’s Karate / Safety Summer Camp For Intermediate and advanced Students 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Monday through Friday Age Appropriate 5 to 12 years old $125.00 for the week Location: Vail Recreation Department Gymnastic Center Red Sandstone Dates: June 20th through June 24th July 25th through July 30th This accelerated program offers children with a martial arts background a chance to expand their competitive skills and knowledge in other styles of martial arts. A mixture of Junior Olympic judo, boxing and karate training, this is the perfect program for the serious young martial artist to leap forward in their competition skills. With 30 years experience teaching and empowering children, instructor Mathew Bayley, Master of the Martial Arts, is offering this program blended with the national award winning Alert Kids Kidnap Prevention program. Second-Hand Lions Adult hand to hand street defense martial arts Have you lost a step or two? Do you have first-hand experience with tendonitis and you cannot bend over and touch your toes? But you do have the heart and the courage to stand between your loved ones and danger? If so, this is the self –protection program for you. At 55-years-old, Mathew Bayley has decades of teaching practical hand to hand combat to the military and law enforcement. A POST certified defensive tactics instructor, Mathew Bayley has spent the last 15 years teaching international travel safety, anti- terrorist, and home invasion self protection. If you can commit to one class per week for the next six months, you will possess the knowledge and ability to protect your loved ones and yourself in a way you never imagined. For men and women who have the heart of a lion. Thursdays 5:30 to 6:45 Starts April 7th ends September 22nd Cost: $360.00 Girls Rule and Mother/Daughter Rape Self-protection The annual Girls Rule Rape Self-protection program is now accepting enrollment. As horrific as the crime of rape is, with the proper training it is one of the most preventable of all crimes. This well thought out, time proven, self-protection program has won numerous national awards for its effectiveness over the last 20 years. Instructor Mathew Bayley was the Consultant for Safety and Training at the Colorado College for over a decade. Mr. Bayley instructed at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind for 6 years where he received a commendation from the Commissioner of the Colorado Department of Education for his “outstanding skills in both motivating and educating with a high degree of effectiveness” and received the national Certificate of Appreciation from the Girl Scouts of America for his work in implementing teen women’s safety programs in the Wagon Wheel Council In Colorado Springs. There are four components to this program: Awareness and assertive training, physical self protection and family communication and support. Tuesdays 5:30 to 6:45 Starting April 5th and ending August 26th Cost $500.00 for each mother and daughter pair and $200 for each additional child. Kidnap Information Lately there have been an alarming number of kidnap attempts in our local neighborhood by pedophiles trying to get children to get into their car. I will be addressing this in all classes on a regular basis. What I will be telling the young Ninjas is: All adults, and that means teenagers too, know that it is wrong to ask a child to get into their car, so if they try to get you to go with them they are a bad stranger. Yell NO! A MAN OR WOMAN IS TRYING TO STEAL ME! and run to the closet safe place. It is a great idea if you can spend some time on a weekend walking with your child the route they go from home to school, identifying the safe places your child could run to get help. Be sure and ask their opinion of where they can go. When children participate in the problem solving process they tend to remember the safety information much better and feel empowered enough to do it. With four teenage children, I have first-hand knowledge how powerful peer pressure can be. Let’s use it to our advantage. Share this information with all your children’s friends parents and have your child and their friends practice kidnap safety together. The approach: Adults, and that means teenagers, know better will be applied to: Asking for help looking for a lost puppy or kitten Asking a child to keep a secret from their parent Asking children to accept food, drinks, or presents, etc. United States Ju-jitsu Federation Registration The USJJF is our parent organization; all of our credentials and insurance is governed by them. All adults must be members of the USJJF and, after three months, children in our program must also join. The annual membership for children is $30.00. The annual fee for adults is $40.00 per year which includes a $25,000 accident insurance policy with a $50.00 deductible. For more information on the USJJF, you can link to it through my web site vailacademyofmartialarts.com or type in USJJF in your search engine. For more Information call 949-8121