Nixon's Martial Arts

What a busy yet great weekend we had! It started off on Saturday presenting one of my students with his Black Belt. He completed his testing process last month and Saturday was the big presentation day. I love awarding new belts to my students. Every belt here is earned and I can tell you that he absolutely earned his Black Belt. Saturday was a great display of the skill he has been developing not just through his test testing process but throughout his five years here at the dojo. I couldn’t be more proud of him.
Sunday was seminar day. came to the dojo to take us through a competition level traditional bo kata. She did an amazing job and I know I speak for everyone when I say we all enjoyed ourselves and got a lot out of it. This was her very first seminar. I love giving new talent that opportunity to shine and she really did shine in her first outing. Already looking forward to having her come to work with us again. A big thanks to our friends .heart.fma for joining us at the seminar.

Happy Father’s Day to all the amazing dads out there. I hope your day is extra special today.

So as many of you know we are in the process of running our fundraising raffle for the local WKC Canadian national team members who have qualified to go to Spain to represent not only Nixon‘s Martial Arts but more importantly,  Canada at the world championships in October. It’s an exciting time for the people who are going but to be honest it’s also a stressful time. As we are all working to get ready to represent Canada the reality is we are not sponsored or supported by anybody other than the kind people who opt to buy one of our raffle tickets. For pretty much everyone who’s going flights have already been paid for, the venue hotel is already booked and money is being put aside for the tournament fees themselves. If you’re looking to offer your support and grab some tickets they are $10 each, three for $20 or seven for $40. The grand prize is an awesome gift bag of gift cards worth $1500. Cineplex Odeon, the LCBO, the beer store, Home Depot, Starbucks, Tim Hortons, the keg, Kelsey’s and Montana’s, and many many more are all in there for the taking. We’re also doing second and third prizes with Visa gift cards. This is a great raffle and it’s going to help some people in a big way represent the Canada and make a dream come true. If you’re interested in getting tickets please DM me or talk to me at the dojo and we can make it happen. Thank you for reading this and your support.

It was a good day yesterday up at the GMA 26 tournament. We didn’t have a big showing but those that could make it had a blast and gave 100%. Congratulations to all the competitors, the promoters and the judges for a great job and a great event.

Day two was another great day for everyone involved. Sadly I did not get pictures of Kevin and Ethan fighting but I will do my best to rectify that tomorrow. A huge shout out to our very own Tyler for his very first appearance at a Canadian national team tryout. He did an amazing job on his first day and he’s on around two tomorrow. Mr. Sbrissa made his 700 appearance at a team tryout and as always he absolutely delivered. Everybody is moving into round two in their respective divisions and all are in medal contention. A huge shout out to our friends .heart.fma Martial Arts for their amazing performances today. All are moving forward and strong positions to make team Canada. Stay tuned for more details tomorrow