World Championships Tournament

The ATA is hosting the World Championships Tournament in Little Rock, Arkansas during the week of June 21-27. This tournament is open to all ATA students! If you are a Leadership student and you are interested in competing for a State Championship Title or a Black Belt interested in competing for a World Championship Title, this is a great tournament to attend! You will earn triple points for any competition event in which earn a First, Second, or Third place trophy!

Also at this event, we will have 2 or 3 people from our school competing for the title of World Champion in their divisions for 2009-2010! Mr. Ross Chamberlain (Adult 1st Degree Black Belt) will be competing for the Sparring World Champion Title! Mr. Cody Smith (Junior 3rd Degree Black Belt) will possibly be competing for the Sparring World Champion Title! Mr. Scott Murphy (5th Degree Black Belt) will be competing for the Forms World Champion Title and possibly the Sparring World Champion Title!

ATA World Championships will also host a high-rank Black Belt testing where Black Belts from across the nation will be completing mid-term testing requirements or testing for their next degree of Black Belt!

Also taking place at this huge event will be a fundraising gala for the H.U. Lee Foundation Scholarship program. The theme for this year's gala is "An Evening in Casablanca". All proceeds from this event will be given to the scholarship program to assist graduating seniors in furthering their education!

If you are interested in attending this event, you will need to make plans soon! Hotel rooms book fast for this event. For more information, please check with Mr. or Mrs. Murphy, or check out the "Tournament" section at www.ataonline.com.

Spring Nationals Results!

The ATA hosted our Spring Nationals tournament in Las Vegas, NV this past weekend. There were Taekwondo students from all over the United States and Canada that competed. Canton ATA Martial Arts had 2 students travel and compete at this tournament.

Mr. Ross Chamberlain (1st Degree Black Belt Adult), competed and earned FIRST PLACE in SPARRING! Congratulations, Sir.

Mr. Cody Smith (3rd Degree Black Belt Junior), competed and earned FIRST PLACE in FORMS and SECOND PLACE in SPARRING! Congratulations, Sir.

Mr. Murphy (5th Degree Black Belt) competed and earned FIRST PLACE in FORMS. Mr. Murphy also completed a training seminar in Combat Weapons Sparring. Black Belts, beware! We'll be introducting some new training this summer!

Congratulations to our competitors again. They represented our academy very well, not just because they won medals, but because of their positive attitudes and sportmanship!

Results from the Milldgeville Tournament

Saturday was the tournament in Milledgeville, GA hosted by Master Dennis Drouillard. Our academy had 15 students/instructors compete. Everyone did a wonderful job, displayed great attitudes, and represented our academy, their families, and themselves very well. That's something to be proud of.

Here are the results of competition:

Staci Mock - Yellow Belt - 1st Place Forms, 1st Place Sparring
Brooke Mock - Green Belt - 3 Place Sparring
Jordan Mock - Green Belt - 4th Place Forms
Chandler Abbott-Flurry - Green Belt - 2nd Place Forms, 2nd Place Sparring
Laura Bricker - Brown Belt - 1st Place Forms, 1st Place Sparring
Jayme Bricker - Brown Belt - 4th Place Forms
McKenna Haag - Brown Belt - 1st Place Forms, 2nd Place Sparring
Sarah Ellis - Brown Belt - 2nd Place Forms, 3rd Place Weapons
Matthew Patton - Brown Belt - 2nd Place Weapons
Randall Patton - Brown Belt - 1st Place Forms, 1st Place Sparring, 1st Place Weapons
Adam Budd - Recommended Black Black - 3rd Place Forms, 3rd Place Weapons
Ross Chamberlain - 1st Degree Black Belt - 2nd Sparring
Cody Smith - 3rd Degree Black Belt - 1st Place Forms, 1st Place Sparring, 1st Place Weapons
Ms. Dewberry - 3rd Degree Black Belt - 1st Place Forms, 1st Place Sparring
Mr. Murphy - 5th Degree Black Belt - 1st Place Forms, 1st Place Sparring

Congratulations! And for everyone interested in competition - let's start training for the competition in AUGUSTA, GA on April 17th!

Congratulations Koby Boatright!

One of our longest training students, Koby Boatright, was just awarded the Presidential Scholarship to Berry College in Rome, GA. The Presidential Scholarship covers his tuition for education if he chooses to attend Berry. Koby has also applied to several of the Ivy League schools. He has chosen to major in Psychology.

Koby is a 2nd Degree Black Belt, and he will be testing for his 3rd Degree in April. We wish him the best of luck in choosing his school for college and all his training in Taekwondo.

Again, Congratulations! You have set a great example for our younger students to follow.

Kidz 'N Power Seminar Highlights

Thanks to everyone who participated and helped out in our 1st ever Kidz 'N Power seminar. It was a blast. We had current Taekwondo students as well as families from the community who are not connected with our academy yet. Everyone received some great safety tips from some our community's leaders and some very helpful self-defense tips from our instructors!

Special thanks to our staff, instructors from other ATA schools who helped, and to the community leaders involved in our program:

Mrs. Brandy Murphy - Canton ATA Office Director

Ms. Kendall Dewberry - Canton ATA Program Director

Mr. Miguel Roman - Roswell Karate for Kids Head Instructor

Mr. David Smith - Champion Martial Arts Instructor

Corporal Stacey Bailey - Canton Police Department

Ms. Tory - Canton Police Explorer

Mr. Chris Pence - Canton Fire Department

Mr. Andy Smith - Canton Fire Department

Mr. Jamey Baker - Volunteer Firefighter

Thanks also to all of our leaders and families in the school who helped out:

Laura Bricker, Jayme Bricker, McKenna Haag, Sarah Ellis, Graham Stewart, Brooke Mock, Jordan Mock, Matthew Adams, Staci Mock, Ms. Emily Tanner, Bob Stewart, Melissa Stewart

Here are some pics of the exciting seminar! Be sure to watch out for our next one!