Good morning readers! It is a beautiful day here in lovely Brookfield, Connecticut!!! It is Tuesday morning, week 3 of our summer camp here at Zandri’s Martial Arts. I am sitting here while the kids enjoy their morning workout with Mr. Zandri and Mr. Delfin.
This week is Movie Magic camp. The [...]
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I want to share an awesome story with you. It is the Starfish Story. I first heard this at a Rotary event from the District Governor for Connecticut. (By the way if you have no clue what Rotary is, are interested in community service and would like a free breakfast, please ask [...]
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‘The Race’ is a poem that was recited by a gentleman named Rory Aplanalp. Don’t try to pronounce his last name it will only confuse and irritate you. He told me he was in the 3rd grade before even he could pronounce it.
He was the keynote speaker at the 2008 Martial Arts Supershow [...]
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Not accidentally by any means, I ran into our old friend and the founder and creator of our character education program Powerful Words; Dr. Robyn Silverman. I was very happy to share all of our student’s success stories with Dr. Robyn. She was thrilled to hear just how much many of you have [...]
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Determination is the word of the month for July. What a great word to be able to discuss for 30 days!!! I believe that mastery of this word, and ownership of its traits will reap nothing but the greatest success for anyone.
I wanted to tell you about my own story of determination. [...]
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Last year students from Zandri’s Martial Arts were extremely lucky to take a class from Mr. Matt Emig. He came along with Mike Chat to run several seminars on XMA, Extreme Martial Arts. Xma is an exciting and energetic form that brings the best of Karate, Kung Fu, Wushu, Taekwon-Do and blends it [...]
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I just got back into Danbury today from the 2008 Martial Arts Supershow hosted by Century and the Martial Arts Industry Association (MAIA) in Orlando Florida. It was an awesome time. And yes, the heat is much WORSE than here in Brookfield. I found myself wishing to be back in the heat [...]
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Happy July Everyone!!! As you probably know by now, each month Mr. Zandri records a short video announcing our Powerful Word of the month.
Well, this month, Dr. Robyn decided to do one for us. We are so excited that she has done this not just because she created the program, but she is [...]
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