New Hampshire Regional Championships Tournament & 7 Dragons Clinics
New Hampshire Regional Championships Tournament hosted by Master David Leggeri and 7 Dragons Clinics featuring 9th Degree Black Belt and one of the 7 Dragons Master Joan Richert at the Villari’s Self-Defense Center 37 Henniker St, Hillsboro, NH 02344 May 15th at 10:30am. Sparring, Kata, Weapons. Master Richert will teach 2 clinics: a Spear Form at 8:00am and Balance Breaking & Multiple Attackers at 12:00pm. Spectators pay $10.00 at the door. 1 adult spectator will be admitted free with every competitor 14 yrs old or younger. Early Registration ends March 30th so register today at villarisomerville.com or just click the link below!
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- New Hampshire Regional Championships Tournament & 7 Dragons Clinics
New Hampshire Regional Championships Tournament hosted by Master David Leggeri and 7 Dragons Clinics featuring 9th Degree Black Belt and one of the 7 Dragons Master Joan Richert at the Villari’s Self-Defense Center 37 Henniker St, Hillsboro, NH 02344 May 15th at 10:30am. Sparring, Kata, Weapons. Master Richert will teach 2 clinics: a Spear Form at 8:00am and Balance Breaking & Multiple Attackers at 12:00pm. Spectators pay $10.00 at the door. 1 adult spectator will be admitted free with every competitor 14 yrs old or younger. Early Registration ends March 30th so register today at villarisomerville.com or just click the link below!
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- October News
Congratulations to all the Villar’s Somerville students who were promoted to a new rank in September: Ian Hertleou - Yellow Belt
Dorallee Hertelou - Yellow Belt
John O’Trakoun - Blue Belt
Nicholas Bryson - Blue Belt with Green StripeComing this month…
This week (Oct. 12 - Oct. 17th) is Parents Participation Week! Parents can be part of their children’s classes.
Next week (Oct. 19th - Oct. 24th) is Welcome Week! Students are welcome to bring friends to class all week long.
Friday, October 30th is Halloween Movie Night! Shaolin Kempo Karate Class, Pizza & Juice, and a Movie (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
- Sensei Brad is Back!
I was out with an injury, but I am now back teaching classes. Not 100% recovered, but back… and loving it!
- The Battle Within
One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.
He said, “My son, the battle is between two spirits inside us all.“One is Evil - It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.
“The other is Good - It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather: “Which one wins?”
The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”
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Congrats to the Somerville Villari’s students who were promoted in June and good luck to the students going for their next ranks this weekend.
Don’t miss the New Hampshire Regional Tournament and 7 Dragon’s Clinic. Go to villarisomerville.com/Tournament Page.html to register.
- Villari's Somerville Demo Team at Cambridge Carnival
On Sunday, September 13th The Villari’s Somerville Demo Team will be performing at the Cambridge Carnival in the Kidsfest Area on Ames St. in Cambridge! The Carnival Starts at noon and the team will be there until 2:00pm there will be 2 performances followed by interactive classes for the kids! Sensei Brad will be there until 4:00pm and will teach another 2 kids’ interactive classes
Hope to see you there!
Sensei Brad Rogers
4th Degree Black Belt
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- Awareness
There are several ways to improve awareness. A game: you and some friends one at a time go to the nearest window, take a quick scan of what is around then try to recount what you saw. You can test each other by asking questions like how many you saw of something or what color something was. An exercise: Whenever you enter a room, look around count the people. How many are male, female, blonde, dark haired, red haired, what ethnicities are they, etc.; where are they standing; where is the nearest exit? For fun try this at a Halloween costume party
- Balance
Balance is key, in martial arts, and in life. In a self-defense situation if you are the one who controls the balance, you have the upper hand. If you balance your diet you will be in better health. If you balance your time between work and play you will be more productive and happier. Studying the martial arts is a great way to learn about balance.
- Balance
This week we are focusing on balance. When learning about balance you want to not only learn to improve your own balance, but to “take” the balance of your opponent while keeping that of your own. As you continue to learn about balance you will start to figure out ways to get your opponent to “give” you their balance.
- Focus
Learning and practicing the martial arts will increase your focus even if just as a side effect, but there are things you can do the move this process along. Working with the kids I like to use focus pads to improve their targeting skills, but I also challenge them by telling them to punch at the pad as hard as they can but stop the strike or kick just before they reach the pad. This not only helps them to focus on what they are doing, but helps them develop control.
- Timing
This week we are focusing on timing. With timing in the martial arts we are mostly concerned about reaction time for example, when blocking a punch if you anticipate you block too early and the punch gets through after the block; and if you block too late the punch reaches before the block. In turn, if you also focus on your rhythm and mixing that up, you then can slow down or speed up your opponent’s reaction time to your own advantage.
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