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DATES FOR THE DIARY Kuk Sool Won-A-Thons: Monday 29th West Auckland and Thursday 1st December Pukekohe Onewhero classes on 3rd December will be held in Pukekohe as the hall is booked. Pukekohe Christmas Parade: Sunday 4th December Student of the Year West Auckland 14th December with secret Santa Student of the Year Pukekohe & Onewhero 17th December with pot luck lunch and BBQ Last training classes: West Auckland: 19th December for all Kuk Sool students to attend. Black belts from 5pm till 8pm, kids from 6pm till 7pm and adults 6pm till 8pm. Pukekohe Thursday 15th December 6pm - 8pm Onewhero Saturday 10th December 10am -12pm. Black belt 12pm - 1pm.

Classes re-open on the 18th January 2017.

KUK SOOL WON-A-THON 2016 The Kuk Sool Won-A-Thon, also know as the Kuk Sool Kick-A-Thon and Kuk Sool Weapon-A-Thon, has been a traditional fundraising event during November since 2006 in our West Auckland school. The money raised has gone toward students travelling to the World Championships in Houston, (2006 and 2008), for students to attend seminars at a reduced cost (2016) and to help with costs toward Master Alex Suh visits in October/February, (2013, 2015 and 2017). These nights have been great fun in the past and everyone always has a great time.

This year there has been an increase in Master Suh’s travel costs, so we need everyone’s help to raise $2,500 US. We appreciate that money is tight, but between the three schools we hope to make $1,000 NZ. JKN Jane and I will organise all the paperwork, provide lollies and give a prize to the student who raises the most money and the student with the best etiquette on the night.

WE NEED YOUR HELP Please get as many sponsors as you can for yourself or your child. Ask all your family and friends to attend the event. Make sure you can attend. Donate something for a raffle or spot prize. Help with the counting and group activities.

Auckland School: Monday 29th November 6.15pm till 8.15pm Pukekohe and Onewhero Schools: Thursday 1st December 6pm till 8pm

CHRISTMAS PARADE PUKEKOHE 2016 We would like to ask all our students at all our schools to join us on a walk through the streets of Pukekohe. It’s a great parade and the students who came last year had lots of fun. You will walk behind the truck and help build the profile of Kuk Sool Won™ in Pukekohe. It’s a great afternoon out. We usually meet at 1pm and finish around 3.30pm. The Parade starts at 2pm.

Please let me know if you would like to attend. If you have any ideas of how we can fit in with the theme let me know. The theme is a “Wheely Christmas”. Some thoughts so far are; trains have wheels. Make a Kuk Sool Train. Another was Kuk Sool is ”Wheely, wheely fun…. we could just add this logo to our truck and show the town how much fun we have. Please let me know before the end of November if you can come.

MASTER ALEX SUH VISIT DATES 2017 The dates are almost confirmed, we just need to book a few halls and confirm flight times, but please put these dates in your diary now, as you will really miss out if you can’t be there.

Pukekohe & Onewhero Seminar Tuesday 7th February 5.15pm - 8.15pm (Kiwi Dragons for the first hour) Black Belt training: Wednesday 8th February 1pm - 4pm. Auckland Seminar Wednesday 8th February 6.15pm - 9.15pm Black Belt Promotions will be during the Auckland Seminar.

Themes of the seminars will include: Demonstrations, sword sparring, sparring drills. Basic forms and techniques. Advanced techniques and forms will be covered at the black belts seminar.

STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2016 This year there are three Students of the Year, one from each of our schools. It has been a very difficult decision, but we have a few names in mind from each school. Don’t let standards slip just because we are coming to the end of the year. We have not yet printed the certificates, nor organised the trophies.

There will be two award presentations and demonstrations.

The West Auckland Student of the Year will be on 14th December from 6.15pm. We will have a secret santa, so bring in a gift valued at $5 or less on the night.

Our Pukekohe Student of the Year and our Onewhero Student of the Year will be held on the 17th December from 10am till 12pm at the the Te Kohanga hall. We will hold a pot luck lunch and BBQ.

All students are welcome to attend both events. This is a fantastic way to end the year.

KUK SOOL WON™ OF AUCKLAND, PUKEKOHE & ONEWHERO TERM 4 2016

Our 2015 Winners

KUK SOOL WON™ OF AUCKLAND, PUKEKOHE & ONEWHERO TERM 4 2016

MAKE UP CLASSES 2017 West Auckland: Wednesday 18th & 21st January and 1st February. Black Belts 5pm-8pm, Kids 6pm-7pm and Adults 6pm-8pm Pukekohe: Thursday 19th & 26th January and 2nd February. Black Belts 5.15pm-8pm, Kiwi Dragons 5.15pm-6pm, Kids 6pm-7pm and Adults 6pm-8pm Onewhero: Saturday 21st & 28th January and 4th February Black Belts 10am-1pm, Kids 10am-11am and Adults 10am-12pm

We will be closed on 6th February, Waitangi Day As Master Alex Suh is here for the first week of term, class schedules will return to normal from Saturday 11th February 2017

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Pukekohe Christmas Parade

Sunday 4th December, with a rain date of 11th December. The theme this year is “A Wheely Merry Christmas.” If you are interested in attending could you please let SBN know as soon as possible.

Christmas Shopping Don’t forget to include Kuk Sool gear on your christmas wish list. We have lots of t-shirts in stock, juhl bongs, staffs, belt holders, calendars and notebooks.

Congratulations JKN Jane on your two bronze medals. World Championships

KUK SOOL WON™ OF AUCKLAND, PUKEKOHE & ONEWHERO TERM 4 2016

Over the holidays. We need to build our profile on the world wide web. If you could do some searching for martial art classes in your local area and click on any link you find which refers to our classes or our websites, that would be fantastic. Our websites are www.kswmartialarts.co.nz and www.pukekohemartialarts.co.nz.

If you find us under a listing like Google, Yellow, Kids Activities, Dojo’s, Localist or Kidspot, could you please write a review.

All those we see, will be entered into our Term 1 draw. You can also get your name in the draw, if you introduce someone who signs up.

“Please read this terms newsletter,

there’s a lot happening.”

Great little article about us in the Franklin County News.

Kuk Sool Won™ Auckland ⎟ Pukekohe ⎟ Onewhero

WWW.KSWMARTIALARTS.CO.NZ WWW.PUKEKOHEMARTIALARTS.CO.NZ TERM 4 2016

With Christmas around the corner we thought we would put a little Christmas shopping list together.

There is no obligation to buy, but if you would like a calendar or notebook, please put your orders in soon. We have some uniforms and t-shirts in stock, but if we don’t have your size, we will be doing another order in February 2017.