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.

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.

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.