XMA Comes to ATA

Sunday, May 23, 2010 provided an elite group of students the first look at the world of XMA, X-Treme Martial Arts. Vince Johnson came to share his knowledge of XMA and tricking with students from ATA West Chester, ATA Middletown, and ATA Elkton. Students of all ages, sizes, and martial arts talent worked on new tricks such as butterfly kick, tornado kick, cartwheels, aerials, butterfly twist, 720's and more! Despite the fact that some of the power in the building was out (including the air conditioning) the students still put forth 100% effort for over 4 hours! Way to go, guys!

2010 Community Day Open House

On Saturday, May 22, 2010, ATA Martial Arts hosted its second annual Community Day Open House. The day was full of exciting martial arts training classes. The day started with a packed class for children's self defense. The 60 some students had fun learning about entry points (EYES EYES!!) and how to get away from strangers. The next class was the first ever XMA training class in ATA West Chester and it was taught by one of the best in the biz...Vince Johnson. Even though space was tight, everyone had a blast learning split kicks and butterfly kicks. The day rounded out with board breaking out in the parking lot and more self defense training. We gave away so many prizes throughout the day including pre-screening passes for the new Karate Kid movie. Everyone enjoyed the free hot dogs, chips, and juice. The bake sale and board donation money ended up at around $450 that will go toward a new AED for the school. We had the West Chester Fire Department bring a truck, the Sheriff's Department there with the DARE Cruiser, and Good Fellowship Ambulance there as well. MicroGuard treated and cleaned up everyone's sparring gear and Suntricity showed everyone how solar panels work! Thanks to everyone who came out, participated, and helped make the event a great success!

Double Sshang Jeol Bong Training

ATA West Chester hosted it's first ever Double Sshang Jeol Bong Seminar at the school on April 30th! We had 2 classes. One was for the Tiny Tigers and the other was for the Juniors, Teens, & Adults. Both classes were a lot of fun. We did all 9 Double Sshang Jeol Bong drills as well as putting together some of our own personal free style forms for the last 10 minutes of the class. Second Degree Black Belt and 2009 Weapons World Champion Ms. Sharon Gladson was there to assist! We will now be working with this new training tool in our Leadership Classes. We had a blast!

Be on the lookout for ATA Martial Arts of West Chester at the Chester County Hospital's May Festival next weekend on May 15th and 16th. ATA will have an on stage demonstration on Saturday the 15th at 1PM. We will also be hosting our Community Day Open House on Saturday, May 22nd. For more information, call Miss Boulden or Mr. Jouan at 610.344.9370!