Open House

Saturday, May 16th was our first annual Spring Open House. We kicked it off at 12:30 with a Dynamic Kicking Seminar, at 1:30 we did the ATA Kidz n' Power program, and then at 3:00 we did a Board Breaking Seminar. We had over 100 visitors throughout the day! We gave out free hot dogs, potato chips, pretzels, and Wawa drinks all day. We also had a live DJ, as well as having many local businesses in attendance such as the new Learning Rx and the First National Bank. The West Chester Police Depatement & Fire Department were there to show off their vehicles and to talk with the kids. It was fantastic! We also did fundraising activities for the Avon Breast Care Fund. We had a bake sale, wood boards for a donation, facepainting, and an hourly mega raffle. At the end of the day we raised over $250.00! We surpassed our $200.00 goal! We could not have done it without our loyal ATA families and close friends. We are glad everyone enjoyed themselves!

Bring-A-Buddy Break-A-Board

This past Saturday, March 21st, was our Bring-A-Buddy Break-A-Board event. It was a total blast. We had over 40 buddies in attendance. We practiced palm heels, elbows, front kicks, and side kicks. Everyone broke their boards and even got the instructors to sign them afterwards so that they may have them as a keepsake. Breaking your first wood board is a memorable milestone in your martial arts training. We are very excited to share that with the students of ATA West Chester and their buddies.

If any of the students and/or their buddies would like for us to come to their classroom for a Show & Tell about their board breaking experience, we would be more than honored to do so. We can even let you break a board right in front of your classmates! Be sure to stay tuned for our next event...

The Demolition

Today we started demolition on the school! We got more done than was expected thanks to the help of our good friends Miss Toni, Mr. Smith, Mr M and our main contractor, Mr. Boulden (Miss Boulden's dad). After today's work, most of the walls are knocked down! It was exciting to see how big 3200 square feet really is.

We were delighted and felt very welcomed today when we saw passersby in the shopping center pop their heads in our door to see what we were up to. All who stopped by were very excited to find out that ATA Martial Arts was coming into their area!

Our goals over the next few weeks are to clean up after today's demo, post "coming soon" signs in the windows, and to introduce ourselves to households, schools, and other businesses in the surrounding area. We learned a lot today about our space and are eager to learn even more as the next few weeks pass by before we are finally open and doing what we love to do....teach martial arts and life skills!