Missing Vermont girl linked to MySpace activity

I was working on putting the pictures and videos from the belt graduations up here when I heard this story on the news. I will work to get the graduation stuff up later but this is a very important issue and I felt compelled to place this first.
Below is the full AP story about [...]

100th episode of MTV’s Hit Show “Made” Features Martial Arts

My good friend John Corcoran who publishes several martial arts related magazines just passed this on to me and I want to share it with you.
On Saturday, June 17th, MTV aired an episode of its hit reality-TV show, “Made.” It was their prestigious 100th episode of the 9-season hit show and this time it presented [...]

Have You Been to Dr. Robyn’s Blog Lately?

As most of our students know, we are among a select few martial arts schools in the world that can actually say they have a character education program developed by an expert in early childhood and adolescent development. Not only that, but also one of a select few martial arts schools who has access [...]

Zandri’s Student Uses Martial Arts For Her School Project

Deanna DePeau stands next to her final school project of the year. She wrote about and created the pictured display about General Choi Hong Hi who is the founding father of Taekwon-Do.  The project chronicles General Choi’s life from birth through his development of Taekwon-Do.
She brought this in earlier in the week to [...]

Father’s Day 2008

This past Saturday, June 14th, at Zandri’s Martial Arts, each student brought a very special guest to their class with them: their Dad. Father’s Day class is a special time where kids get to show off their moves and actually work out with their Dads.
The Dads got a great taste of just how good [...]

Kung Fu Panda Kicks It’s Way To The Top Of The Box Office

The hottest movie in the country today is a movie about the martial arts. As a matter of fact, there are a plethora of other movies directly about martial arts or that have martial arts in it. Hopefully all Zandri’s Martial Arts members are as excited as I am!

I have been personally doing [...]

Honesty: Zandri’s Powerful Word for June

This month we have a brand new word of the month. It is “Honesty”. Honesty means being truthful, trustworthy, sincere and open. It’s about ensuring that things are as they seem and that actions match promises. While most people think of honesty as “not telling lies,” lying doesn’t need to be about “telling” [...]

Awesome Youtube Video of Martial Arts ‘Tricks’

I found this video on a fellow martial arts school owner out in Seattle. So for all of you Zandri’s students who are fans of XMA style martial arts, enjoy.
Of course, DON’T try any of these tricks at home. But if you happen to be in the BBT, Masters or Leadership programs you [...]

First Martial Arts Olympics a Lot of Fun for All

This past Saturday we held our first ever Martial Arts Olympics. It was an even bigger hit than we had hoped for.
Several years back we opted out of attending tournaments because it was an increasingly negative experience for many students. When we decided to hold one for our students, we went to great [...]