KARATE STUDENTS MOVE UP A LEVEL

RMA Karate Centres recently held two formal belt testings where students demonstrated their technique, forms, self-defense and sparring skills to the black belt grading panel. 

The traditional belt testing was separated by age with the Little Dragons age 3 to 5 years having a shorter 30 minute testing compared to the students 6 years and over whose testing was determined by their individual belt level.  For some of the higher ranking students this meant a testing lasting four hours.  The 28 students did an amazing job showing their abilities and after passing were presented with their new rank.

The following students were presented with their new rank from World Karate Champion Tressa Young:

3 TO 5 YEAR OLDS:

Yellow Stripe – Alex Scarati, Devin West and Justin Pacheco

Orange Stripe – Brooklynne Buckingham and Semiah LaRochelle

Red Stripe – Henry Welsh

Purple Stripe – Noah Ledyit

6 YEARS AND UP:

Yellow Belt – Danielle Pacheco, Sarah McGuire, Tristan Aikens, Hakeem Kane and Maya Ciccone

Orange Belt – Daniel Shaw-Cosman, Isabella Lombardo, Jeffrey Pacheco, Theoron Weber, Claire Boushy and Stefan Badea

Red Belt – Ayvah Parchment, Lucas Bruno, Alexander Rozario and Jordan Boushy

Green Belt – Joshua Boushy,

Blue Belt – Bruno Ravenese, Quinn Rozario

Purple Belt – Alyson Caron, Kathryn Belliveau, Shaelyn McBride

Advanced Brown Belt – Kassandra Caron

To learn more about RMA Karate Centres or its programs call 705-796-1994 or visit www.rmakarate.com .

Kickboxing Do's at RMA Karate Centres

Kickboxing at RMA Karate Centres in Barrie is not your regular cardio kickboxing class.  Led by instructor and World Karate & Kickboxing Champion Tressa Young, the RMA Kickboxing classes have participants doing bag work, partner work and more!  

Utilizing the drills and skills used to bring Tressa Young to the world class level, everyone works hard and has a great time in class. 

Corporate Team Building

RMA DUO WIN IN WINDSOR!

Eleven-year-old black belt Sale Berube and her father, purple belt Shamus Berube, gave a strong performance at the Southern Ontario Open Championships in Windsor.  The duo, who train under world champion Tressa Young, attended the event on May 3rd giving it their all among tough competition from Ontario and the United States.  

Daughter Sale won 3 third places and 1 fourth place while Dad (Shamus) won 2 first places, 1 second place and had his chance at the Grand Champion division.  The Berubes along with 6 others from Tressa Young’s RMA Karate Centres in Barrie are headed to the national team trials in Ottawa this Victoria long weekend.  It is there they hope to qualify for the national team who will be headed to the world karate and kickboxing championships in Florida this fall. 

For more information please call Tressa Young at 705-796-1994 or email info@rmakarate.com. 

Navigating the Strike Through Karate Care

5 Secrets of Confident Kids

Contact RMA Karate Centres about classes for your child to help boost self-confidence, self-esteem and self-defense.  Classes available for ages 3 years to adult.

Call 705-796-1994 or email info@rmakarate.com to speak with one of our certified instructors.

Cheers to Encouragement

We've started our summer camps this week and while most of the kids are students of RMA there are a few who are in our dojo for the first time and doing anything physical including karate for the very first time ever.

During camp we work on basics and kata while also having many fun games between all the work. Sometimes a child, especially someone new to the dojo, will be nervous even reluctant to try something new in a group.

Free time is when the kids can bond freely, have fun playing while meeting the other campers and build up their confidence.

Watching our students in camp has made me a very proud Sensei. The RMA students cheered on and shouted words of encouragement to the new campers who, for some of them, were having some difficulty playing our jumping game. Our RMA students cheered loudly and clapped excitedly for the new kids who gave their best.

The RMA kids looked beyond the disability of one student, the shyness of the others and were so welcoming and encouraging. I have no doubt our RMA students will be fine young adults one day!

Thank you to our students for being so awesome!