Kung-fu Novice Grading, September 7th

This past week marked the beginning of more than one new school year. Kitchener Kicks kicked off its "Back to School" with a novice belt grading, where students who studied through the summer were tested to see if they were ready to move to the next grade in their martial arts journey.

After a shaky start, they all pulled up their (no)socks, focused and worked hard (including Sifu Raquel).

In the end their hard work was rewarded with new belts/sashes. Congratulations everyone!!

Please note that we have a "Back to School" special for the month of September. Call the club at (519) 741-5425 for more details. For current members, if there is someone you think would benefit from Martial Arts training, please let them know about the special. 

To see more pictures of the grading, please visit and like our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/kitchenerkicksmartialartscentre.

Summer is here, and it's a busy one!

Summer is finally here, and at Kitchener Kicks that means one thing...okay, maybe it means three things: summer camp, a tournament and a grading.

Kitchener Kicks Summer Camp
Last week was the first week of the annual two-week karate/kung-fu summer camp that the kids look forward to every year. The week was filled with activities including guest speakers, park trips, board breaking, a mini tournament and more. The week ended with Sigung revealing their surprise trip...to Grand River Rocks, a rock climbing gym. Summer camp at Kitchener Kicks definitely ROCKS!

Daypuck London Tournament
Saturday saw our Scarlet Dragons compete at the Daypuck tournament in London. The team once again did an amazing job representing Kitchener Kicks and made us proud, bringing their best. Go BLACK!! (Aren't the new uniforms fantastic -- we definitely stand out!)

Kickboxing Grading
Sunday we were back in the club for the kickboxing grading. It was a grueling two hours, but in the end everyone was wearing new bruises, smiles and a new belt. Good work and congratulations to all who participated!

To see more pictures from all three events, go to our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KitchenerKicksMartialArtsCentre

Scarlet Dragon Demo at the KW Multicultural Festival

Kitchener Kicks is a proud supporter of the diverse community in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, and once again showed their support by performing at the Multicultural Festival held in Victoria Park this past weekend. It was a beautiful hot and sunny day as the team took the stage and wowed the crowd. They definitely earned themselves one of those massive freshly squeezed lemonades! Fantastic job once again Scarlet Dragons!!

If you missed this demo, but would like to see the Scarlet Dragons live, please join us at the Waterloo Busker Carnival and/or the MMA Hamilton Tiger-Cat game. Details will be available on our website and Facebook page as the events get closer.

To see pictures and video of the Multicultural Festival demo, please visit and like our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/kitchenerkicksmartialartscentre, or go to our YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/kitchenerkicks.

Scarlet Dragon Demo at the World Partnership Walk

The Scarlet Dragon demo team performed at the World Partnership Walk this past weekend, giving the audience a taste of what we learn and do at Kitchener Kicks. The sun was shining and the crowd was cheering as the team took to the stage and put on an amazing performance. The crowd grew as the performance went on and so did the applause from the crowd.

Great job team!

 

To see pictures of all the performances and the board breaking, visit and like the Kitchener Kicks Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/KitchenerKicksMartialArtsCentre
 
The next Scarlet Dragons demo performance is at the Multicultural Festival at Victoria Park on June 23 at 12 pm. Please join us!
 

Kung-fu Novice Grading, June 1st

This weekend held another novice belt grading where the students were tested on what they had learned so far in their martial arts journey, and to see if they were ready to take the next step. They all came prepared and worked very hard and in the end were rewarded with new belts/sashes. Congratulations everyone!!

A special mention goes out to our father and son team, Peter and Adam, who celebrated both getting new yellow sashes and both their birthdays all on the same day.

We'd also like to congratulate our two Dragon Hearts on their new belts.

To see all the pictures, visit and like the Kitchener Kicks Facebook page here: www.facebook.com/KitchenerKicksMartialArtsCentre

June is a busy month for gradings, next up is the Karate grading and then the Kickboxing grading. Good luck to all those preparing!

From from Barrie to Georgetown

May was a busy month for Kitchener Kicks and the Scarlet Dragons. After a successful Karate Maynia, the Dragons headed to Barrie the next weekend for the Bushido Open hosted by RMA. Everyone did very well and made us proud.

This past weekend took the team to Georgetown for the Crispin Super Shiai bringing home a lot of hardware, making us wonder where to put them all... Congrats Team!

Karate Kung-Fu Maynia - May the 4th be with you!

Kitchener Kicks held their annual Ron Day Memorial tournament, Karate Kung-Fu Maynia, on May 4th this year. It was an incredible day and success as we welcomed our largest turnout ever to Conestoga College. With the big trophies looming in the background there was a great energy in the air and the competition was fierce.

It was great to see so many Kitchener Kicks students at the tournament, especially those competing in their first one! We'd like to thank all of our competitors and all their families who made the tournament such a success. We'd also like to thank all the volunteers, without whom the day would not have happened.

We are already working on next year's tournament and have some great changes in store. See you in 2014!