UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wow are we excited to announce everything coming up this summer. 

● On Monday May 25th we will be marching in the Alton Memorial Day Parade!! We will meet at 9:15 at Rock Springs Park.

We are currently collecting candy to pass out. The parade starts at 10 am and Piasa Martial Arts Academy will march and then we get off at the Marathon gas Station on Washington Ave.

Parents may pick up there as we will wait for them. This is a fun parade and very safe. We will have a truck for the little kids to ride in and Black Belts and upper belts carry flags and banners!

Parents can walk in the back if they choose and students must wear full uniform, shoes and we will have coolers with waters.

● On June 13th from 9 to 1 we are doing our 1st outdoor adventure at Gordon Moore park!!Oh yeah very excited about this.

We are only taking 20 kids ages 10 to 17 and learning how to use , team building exercises, blindfolded activities, build fires and make lunch which will be provided. Learning how to orienteer each other and plot courses across the park with hidden activities.

This will be $50 and we will do family rates for live in siblings. This sign up will go fast. Must pay to sign up.

● August 1st is we will have a Break-A-Thon to raise money for the dojang. This will help with equipment for the dojang, demonstrations costs, and other expenses as well.

The way it works is any students that participate will get a donation sheet. For every $10 they raise they break a board. So if you raise $30 you break 3 boards. We have had students raise like $200 and break 20 boards!

Each student will be recognized for what they raised and get to pick what they break with as we all watch! It is a big event we have done before!

Boards will be cut appropriately for the students size. We will work on getting donation sheets out soon so students have time to work on this!!

● August 8th is our 4th annual Piasa Pool Party! This is free to all Piasa Martial Arts students. It will be from 6 to 8:30. This is our last bash before school starts back up.

We will also have a couple promotional tests in there as well for students!! Very excited for everything coming up. We will also start our Saturday Classes back up in August and prepare for more demonstrations!!

You guys keep us busy and that's how it is supposed to be. If you have any questions reach out and we are always taking new students! So sign up and you could be part of all this!! 

 

**CLASSES AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY**

This is a great opportunity for homeschooled kids as well as adults who have availability during the day. Summer is almost here and you can come in the morning or evening if you want. Please see our class schedules.

*****Color Belt Tests*****

Please make sure you are prepared for your test, making sure you know all of your hand techniques, kicks, forms, self-defense and/or destruction techniques. Advanced belt tests include sparring. 

Our next color belt test will be TBD (possibly July). 

Beginner Test: 9am

Advanced Test: 10:30am

*****If you are not ready, you can always test at our next test which is usually every 3 months.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEW BLACK BELTS:

We have six new black belts: Congratulations to Thomas Guccione, Cotter Dixon, Phillip Cornell, Liam Meisenheimer, Emily Cherry and Danielle L Wiegand!! Please congratulate these six who have worked hard to accomplish their black belt.