High School Martial Arts Program

Local Martial Arts school, The Academy of Martial Arts, lends a hand at
Mayfield Secondary School in Brampton Ontario. Instructors will be
teaching an intensive five-day self-defense course to 250 students from
January 4th to the 8th. The course includes a test at the end of the week
on the knowledge the students have gained; the mark they receive also
contributes to their Physical Education marks. Good luck everyone!

Karate Chops Cancer Donation

Today the Brampton Academy of Martial Arts dropped of another cheque to
the Brampton Civic Hospital for $4000.  This is part of their bigger goal
of $150,000 in 3 years, benifitting the Oncology department.  Karate Chops
Cancer Event hosted by the Academy has raised over $100,000 for the
Brampton Civic Hospital thus far.  Next Karate Chops Cancer Event is
schedule for Sunday, May 2nd, so mark your calendars.

AMA Food Drive

Special thanks to everyone that helped with the Food Bank Drive. Over 600 pounds was collected and donated to the Daily Bread Food Bank.

Merry Christmas to All!

2009 AMA Award Winners

2009 AMA Awards Categories
Congratulations to all our award winners!

1. Most Improved 5-8 year old female

Miyah Nero-Boswell
Alexia Ban
Sereen Aziz
Annie Basa

2 Most improved 5-8 year old male

Jaden Funston
Daunte Rowe
Vinusan Murugathas
Ethan Misa

3 Most Improved 9-12 year old female

Priyanka Giri
Laura Jones
Madeline LeDrew
Alessia Zangara

4 Most improved 9-12 year old male

Daniel Divjanovic
Justin Whitten
Patrick Tapoitis
Jamie Taptelis

5 Most improved 13-15 year old female

Meagan Loseto
Rachel Hunter
Alaa Akbik
Nicole Hill

6 Most improved 13-15 year old male

Sekwain Sintzel
Robbie Thickett
Cameron Courts

7 Most improved adult female

Jessica Sayago
Andrea Karl
Bayan Khatib
Andrea Linhares

8 Most improved adult male

Ron Groves
Rob Ragbirsingh
Mohamed Sarraj
Roger Hogan

9 Most improved amazing tyke

Racheal Ragbirsingh
Liam Begley
Aidon Mewmarch

10 Academic achievement

Thomas Stuglik
Sebastian Ruszkowski
Gabrielle Santos

11 Forever Strong award

Kiara Bissoon
Tyler Perkins
Fabio Gioffre

12 Competitor of the year award

Sam Johnston
Nathaniel Galos
Natalie Arsenault

13 Above and beyond

Cindy Teelucksingh
Kulsoom Ali

14 Assistant of the year award

John Lockington
Rick Courtemanche
Brendan Lewis
Jonathan Romero

15 Black belt club award

Jaylen Banton
Lynden Boston
Damien Gauvreau

High School Self Defense Program

Local martial arts school, The Academy of Martial Arts, lends a hand at Cardinal Leger Secondary School. Instructors will be teaching a five-day self-defense course to 200 students from November 16th to 20th.

Happy Halloween

Pics from the Dojos...

Food Drive!

November 1 to December 1 - AMA Forever Strong Food Drive - Benifitting the Daily Bread Food Bank. You can find the donation boxes in the lobbys of North and South.

Most needed Food:

Canned fruit & vegetables
Canned fish and meat
Pasta and pasta sauce
Rice
Canned and dry beans
Beans and Sauce
Tetra Pak, canned or powdered milk
Baby formula & food
Mac & cheese
Stew and soup

AMA Awards Banquet 2009

AMA Awards Banquet 2009

On Sunday, November 22, 2009 we are hosting our Annual AMA Awards Banquet at the Pearson Convention Centre. This is going to be a semi-formal gala event with demonstrations, award presentations, and a fabulous four-course meal. Over the course of the evening each AMA school we be presenting awards to recognize outstanding achievement in the following categories:

Competitor of the Year Assistant of the Year Above and Beyond Black Belt Club Academic Achievement BRAVE Award Forever Strong Award
& The Most Improved Award in each of the following categories:
5-8 Years Old 9-12 Years Old 13-15 Years Old Adult Female Adult Male

Along with this evening the AMA Rep Teams are hosting a Silent Auction to raise funds for their trip to the Disney International Martial Arts Festival in 2010.

To find out more about this event, please see the front office at your dojo. Tickets are on sale now.

October Ju Jutsu Tournament

Congratulations to all the participants in this weekends Ju Jutsu Tournament at the Mississauga AMA. The tournament consisted of 60 AMA competitors ranging from White Belts to Black Belts, from all ages. Everyone had a lot of fun and everyone had the chance to walk away learning something new.

Darrien Parris – 1st Place
Shaemar Anderson – 2nd Place
Paul Heys – 3rd Place
Greyson Chu – 4th Place
Brett Clarkson – 1st Place
Trevor Juelson – 2nd Place
Alex Ragbirsingh – 3rd Place
Gregory Roper – 4th Place
Andrei Boston – 1st Place
Taurian Teelucksingh – 2nd Place
Andrew Perfect – 3rd Place
Anthony Muriel – 1st place
Claudio Gioffre – 2nd Place
Jaylen Banton – 3rd Place
Derrick Bakridan – 4th Place
David DiNatale – 1st place
Roland Charles – 2nd Place
Logan Broderick – 3rd Place
Raechel Leite – 4th Place
Lynden Boston – 1st place
Kevin Cyr – 2nd Place
Maurizio Gioffre – 3rd Place
Antoine Forouzesh – 4th place
Tyler Webber – 1st Place
Adam Kolomanski – 2nd Place
Jordan Bannum – 1st Place
Steen McDonald – 2nd Place
Jaremy Banon – 3rd Place
Jay Velaynden – 4th Place
Ricardo Del pilar – 1st Place
Michael Zangara – 2nd Place
Tom Galos – 3rd Place
Karam Saimi - 4th Place
Chris Lee – 1st Place
Sorin Bosca – 2nd Place
Rick Pajot – 3rd Place
Brian Martin – 1st Place
Mike Gear – 2nd Place
Ken Oake – 3rd Place
Robert Ragbirsingh – 4th Place

Brampton Martial Arts School Programs

For over 20 years the Brampton Academy of Martial Arts has been teaching
streetproofing courses for the City of Brampton Parks and Recreation. In
a positive environment the children learn preventive self-defense
education as well as simple yet effective techniques in response to a
physical confrontation. This course also emphasizes not only how, but more
importantly, when and why self-defense techniques are used. Pee Wee
Streetproofing (ages 5-7), Kids Self-Defense (ages 8-12) and Girls
Self-Defense Courses are all currently being taught at Loafers Lake Rec.
Centre.

Haunted Dojo!

On Saturday October 31st, at the Mississauga Academy of Martial Arts, there will be a “Haunted Dojo” from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This “Haunted Dojo” will be open to the community, as well as all the existing students at AMA. With a donation of a Tooney you will gain access to the spooky, Dojo converted for this one day, into a maze of goblins and ghosts, all friendly AMA volunteers. Your Tooney will get you a goodie bag, a guides haunted Dojo tour and contribution to our local food bank in Mississauga. Our goal is to raise 100lbs of food for the food bank while having fun for all, on Halloween Day. Wear your scariest, funniest, or sillies costume. See you there.

Naples Training Camp

Naples Training Camp was a huge success.  Brown Belt grading and lecture
on Friday, 7 Hours of Training on Saturday, 2 hours on Sunday followed by
a Black Belt grading.  Congratulations to all who graded.

Karate Chops Cancer

This annual event has raised over $125,000 in the past three years for the care and treatment of people suffering from various forms of cancer. In the first year of this event over $33,000 was raised for the Childhood Cancer Foundation, Candlelighters Canada. The second year of this event raised over $42,000 for the Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre in Mississauga. Last year Karate Chops Cancer raised $50,000 for the Oncology Unit for the William Osler Health Centre Foundation at the New Brampton Civic Hospital.