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**IMPORTANT
AS WELL*** 5:15pm TONIGHT @ Carmike Wynnsong theater in Mounds View to watch “KUNG
FU PANDA”. The true story of the very
first Panda to learn Baguazang! It’s a
little known fact that pandas are fluent in this very effective art.
**IMPORTANT**
Saturday April 19, 12 noon @ Carmike Wynnsong theater in Mounds View to watch
“THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM”. Meet 11:30 -
11:45am at the theatre … lunch afterwards?
3.31.08 **IMPORTANT*** Due to the weather, classes are cancelled for
tonight. ***IMPORTANT***
2.18.08
New Temporary Hours: Monday Adult
7:30p – 9p; Tuesday P/C 6:30p – 7:15p Adult 7:15p – 9p; Thursday 7:30p – 9p
11.20.07
The calendars are, once again, up to
date. We will have classes tonight.
9.5.07
Good news! Maddy’s mom says we can return to the Y on
Thursday night! All classes for this
Thursday are hereby de-canceled … un-canceled … DIS-canceled … you know what I
mean!
9.4.07
Maddy has been drawing a comic
series about the dojo for some time.
There have been a few complications with regard to the internet and
she’s re-launched her page. I’m
particularly taken with the one in which we kidnap Brendon and torture him to
improve his class attendance. Here’s the
link: http://www.freewebs.com/barefootbunny1515/
8.27.07
Due to construction and clean up at the NW YMCA there will be no classes
8/27 – 9/7. We will announce a few alternative
class times and locations during this period.
7.30.07
Congratulations to the Zoet’s! Tom, Adam and Jordan passed their last Brown
Belt tests and have already begun training as Black Belts. We’re very proud and happy for them. The Zoet’s have been training with
Speaking of articles, there is a new
article from the Monk of Brooklyn, Antonio Graceffo. This time he’s studying Cambodian Bokator
Elbow Strikes.
We’ve finally gotten around to
putting up a new calendar for the months of August, Sept and Oct.
The second weekend in August is the
Jodoryu Jujitsu training in
3.06.07
CALL THE KIDS, WAKE GRAMPA … THERE’S
A NEW CAPTION CONTEST PICTURE !!!!!
3.01.07
It is said that you are known by the
company you keep. Here’s
an example of the company Martial Arts Explorer keeps.
**IMPORTANT!** Classes for this evening are cancelled due to
weather. **IMPORTANT!**
1.11.07
The dates for the Kyusho Jitsu
Kenkyukai Annual Gathering in
OK, ok … Happy New Year! There is a new offering in the ARTICLES
section. The author is from Brooklyn but
lives and trains in
12.28.06
There is a new Martial Arts Explorer
… tell all your friends. There’s also a
new caption contest and a new offering in the ARTICLES section.
A belated Christmahannakwanzaadan
greeting to all and a wish for a happy and prosperous new year.
12.21.06 ** IMPORTANT ** NO CLASSES TONIGHT DUE TO WEATHER !
12.20.06
There is a new “CAPTION CONTEST”
picture … ready, set … go!
The calendar has been
corrected. This was a test … and
everybody failed. No one noticed that
December had only 30 days … putting New Years Day on Sunday instead of Monday. We’re very disappointed, of course. Please turn in your belts.
Kidding. We’re kidders. We kid a lot.
Get used to it.
12.19.06
Lots of news today; the cat is
officially out of the bag, Martial Arts Explorer’s first advertiser is the DVD
release of the movie ‘The Promise’. This
movie makes a great gift! Maybe the best
ever! Buy 10. NOW!
There is a new offering in the
ARTICLES section.
Last call for the current “CAPTION
CONTEST” … so far the caption from ‘Anonymous’ is the leading contender. Make your creative voice heard!
12.14.06
Martial Arts Explorer has its first
advertiser! Can’t say much here, but
it’s for the DVD release of a movie
nominated for a Golden Globe Award as best foreign language film. You’ll see it in the next Martial Arts
Explorer show … which will upload just as soon as they get one last piece of
video to us.
12.13.06
A note regarding the dojo mat from Maddy; Maddy, please thank your mom on behalf of the
dojo, we REALLY, REALLY appreciate everything she has done. Everyone else take note; we need to support
the people who support us.
There is
going to be new carpet in the dojo! It will be installed in January or early
February.
By the way,
mumsy says, "EVERYONE SHOULD BUY BOOKS AT THE BOOK FAIR FOR THE NICE
LADY WHO SCREAMED AND YELLED AND BEGGED THE UPPER MANAGEMENTS EARS OFF FOR THE
NEW CARPET THAT IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED SOONISH!!!" Or at least she would
really, really, really, really, really appreciate it! If the karate peoples do
not have a kid that they need to buy for, you can always buy a book then donate
it! Tons of fun! She has a group of under privileged 1st graders that
she’s collecting books for. For an extra guilt trip she has a very bad cold.
Poor mumsy. Now in no way can you deny buying a book from her book fair(Which
is conveniently located in the school age kidstuff room on the main level. It
is the first door on the left when you walk in to the dojo.)
12.09.06
Finally, we are beginning a site
re-design. Please let us know about any dead
links … NOT including the Caption Contest!
12.08.06
The sadness will leave your heart,
the darkness will fall from your eyes and puppies will begin following you
around, nipping at your pants cuffs!
THERE IS A NEW CAPTION CONTEST
!!!!! OH, HAPPY DAY !!!
Oh yeah, we’ve updated the calendar
too.
10.02.06
eMediaWire - Podcasting
Juggernaut Gets
Coverage, Raves
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2006
/9/prweb441114.php
9.25.06
Podcast
Fresh - Martial
Arts enthusiasts and those who would like to learn self-defense can now learn
the techniques at their own convenience anytime and anywhere through Martial
Arts Explorer.
http://www.podcastfresh.com/2006/09/martial-arts-explorer-announced-video-podcasts/
9.22.06
Martial Arts Explorer is now up on
YouTube.com. Please visit, sign up for
an account (they’re free) and subscribe; you’ll be able to leave comments and
rate the shows. Then tell all your
friends … it will help us a lot. www.youtube.com/maexplorer
9.21.06
Warriorpages.com
- "Martial Arts Explorer" Format:
video. Outstanding breakdowns and interpretations of various Karate
techniques. Very good production values and excellent content. Any
video that makes me this jealous must be given five kiai.
http://www.warriorpages.com/reviews/podcasts.html
Yahoo
News –
http://news.yahoo.com/s/prweb/20060915/bs_prweb/prweb437931_1
9.20.06
Podcast
Salad has
a section about Martial Arts Explorer in this episode - http://podcastsalad.com/podcastsalad20060901.html
AllEver.com “ … one of the best Video Podcasts … on the
subject out there.” Read all about it. http://www.allever.com/entertainment/2006/08/02/podcast-wednesday-9/
9.13.06
Cameron Reilly, Boss of Bosses @ TPN (our
podcasting network in
8.25.06
Some reviews of Martial Arts Explorer are
in:
AllEver.com - http://www.allever.com/index.php?tag=karate
Offers a closer, explanatory look to the history and
evolution of martial arts techniques. Nicely produced and mighty interesting.
Yahoo Podcasts -
User Reviews
Martial arts
explorer
Very well done. Actually learned
some things.