<![CDATA[The 4th Degree Martial Arts Academy - 4th Degree Blog]]>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:17:55 -0600Weebly<![CDATA[Engaging Our Powerful Parent Within]]>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:41:49 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2013/05/engaging-our-powerful-parent-within.htmlWhen it comes to parenting teens sometimes it can seem like a very daunting task. It's not always easy to shift gears long enough to understand the needs of your teen while maintaining your equilibrium as a parent. Here's another helpful video on parenting teens from Dr. Robyn that we hope will be useful to you.

At The 4th Degree, we strive to engage parents and kids alike in the process of creating strong family bonds through our Powerful Words program.

Tips for Handling Your Teens

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Dr. Robyn Silverman, the creator of the Powerful Words Character Development program, has produced an excellent infographic depicting how martial arts training benefits girls.

This is why we believe in the value of our Powerful Word character development curriculum here at The 4th Degree Martial Arts Academy. We are proud to be a member of the Powerful Words schools nationwide.

If you have a daughter, this is great information that is so on target for the kinds of challenges girls face in today's media influenced world.

The study of martial arts is a great personal development tool for both boys and girls but don't just take our word for it. Try it.
Martial Arts...Why it's great for girls
]]><![CDATA[Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with Ronny Lis - April 6, 2013]]>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:34:01 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2013/03/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-with-ronny-lis-april-6-2013.htmlPicture
REGISTER TODAY!

Come join us on Saturday, April 6, 2013 for an exciting Introduction to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu!

The 4th Degree Martial Arts Academy is happy to welcome back Ronny Lis of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in Bee Caves, TX to lead this Introduction to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar. This seminar is designed to provide introductory  BJJ instruction that will focus on ground mastery through techniques and leverage rather than strength and aggression. Seminars will be age appropriate and sure to be a great workout and lots of fun.

If you are interested in expanding your knowledge of other martial arts and are enrolled in any type of martial arts style or some kind of MMA fitness activity, this is the seminar for you.

For more information call Eliabel Fauth at 512-297-9803

Follow this link to the registration page
]]><![CDATA[Joint Class with USTKD Students and Grandmaster Garcia]]>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 01:12:23 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2013/03/joint-class-with-ustkd-students-and-grandmaster-garcia.htmlWe'll be having a joint class on Thursday March 7th with USTKD students and The 4th Degree Martial Arts Academy students coming together at our school from 6:10 to 7:30pm. This is a great opportunity to further our new affiliation with USTKD and to do some final preparation for the 2013 Texas Open Taekwondo Championship to be held in Spring, TX on Saturday, March 9.

We're looking forward to sharpening our sparring skills under the expert instruction of Grandmaster Garcia once again and are so grateful for his participation. We encourage ALL juniors to attend this special class.


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The 4th Degree Martial Arts Academy is proud to welcome Grandmaster Armando Garcia, CEO and Founder of World League Taekwondo Nations as a guest instructor February 16th. He will be teaching our Saturday morning class from 10:30am to 12:10pm and will introduce our students to World Tae Kwon-do Federation style better known as Olympic style sparring.

This is a great opportunity for our school and we encourage as many of our students to attend this special class as possible.

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]]><![CDATA[Shihan Ty Yocham Guest Instructor]]>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 05:16:21 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2013/01/shihan-ty-yocham-guest-instructor.htmlWe were honored to have Shihan Ty Yocham teach a junior class tonight as Guest Instructor at The 4th Degree. Shihan Yocham is the director of the Austin Division of the TOGKF and has been actively studying and teaching Okinawa GoJu Ryu Karate since 1989.

It's always a pleasure to have Shihan come in to conduct a traditional karate class at our school and show us Tae Kwon-Do stylists how to broaden our perspective and add to our martial arts skills. His class was not only rigorous and spirited but Shihan Yocham brought his usual wit and humor to lighten us all up as we we tried to match his physical technique and tireless energy. The 100 pushups we did in class as part of our spirit competition between instructors and students were great fun and we hope to see Shihan Yocham teach another class soon.

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Front row; L to R Joshua, Sid & Vic Back row: L to R Mr. Chris Burton, Shihan Ty Yocham, Ms. Eliabel Munoz-Fauth & Lori Halbert
]]><![CDATA[Kickstarting 2013 Superfoot Style!]]>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:25:08 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2013/01/kicking-off-2013.htmlFirst day of class is tomorrow, January 8th at The 4th Degree - where every student is in Leadership Training.

Looking forward to seeing all those bright and shining faces as we KICK off 2013 "SUPERFOOT" Style!]]><![CDATA[How To Talk to Your Children About Today's Tragic School Shooting]]>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:28:50 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2012/12/how-to-talk-to-your-children-about-todays-tragic-school-shooting.htmlAs a parent, it's so hard to comprehend events such as today's tragic school shooting that took place in Connecticut. As parents, educators and leaders we have to come to terms with the initial feelings of disbelief and feelings of helplessness over our inability to predict or prevent these things from happening. It becomes more important to help our children manage information they may be exposed to and to do so in an age appropriate way.

At The 4th Degree Martial Arts, we are fortunate to have Dr. Robyn Silverman provide us with a quick resource to use if we have to talk to children about today's difficult and sad event. Dr. Silverman is a nationally recognized child and teen development expert and creator of the Powerful Words character development program, an important component of martial arts training that we employ at our school.

We at The 4th Degree will keep all of those families affected today by this senseless shooting in our prayers.

This is a link to Dr. Robyn Silverman's blog post to help all parents talk to their children about today's shooting if they have to.

Also, here is another very insightful and helpful article shared by Jason Silverman, martial artist and CEO of the Powerful Words Character Development program

What Do You Tell Your Kids...from I.C.E.Training

]]><![CDATA[Belt Test  - November 30th ]]>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:15:35 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2012/11/belt-test-november-30th.htmlWe will  have a number of students, both juniors and adults, testing on Friday at The 4th Degree. Testing starts at 6:30pm and we invite friends and family to come out and support their test candidate.

The following students will be testing:
Selene, Aahlad, Ian, Anika, April, Jhanvi, Vansh, Clisha, Anish, Joshua, Vic, Vincent, Lalasa, Scott, Sid, Praneeth, Rohith, Sarah, and Edward.

Best of luck to all test candidates!
]]><![CDATA[Belt Test - Saturday, July 28th ]]>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:57:49 GMThttp://www.the4thdegree.com/1/post/2012/07/belt-test-friday-july-27th.htmlWe have a number of students who will be belt testing on Saturday morning July 28th starting at 10:30am.. Come and support your test candidate and stay for refreshments afterwards. Good luck to all of our hardworking candidates!
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