Happy New Year! January 2012 Update

Written by Chris Monday, 02 January 2012 12:45

Hi All,

Happy New Year!  I hope you enjoyed a safe and happy holiday.  I have a few fun things to share with you as we head into 2012:

1)  The New Class Schedule goes into effect today! Many of you had a chance to preview our new programs (Budoshin Ju-jitsu and Krav Maga) during last week’s special workshops.  We had a lot of fun exploring these classes during the preview sessions!

http://www.modernselfdefense.com/about-msdc/class-schedule.html

2)  Limited class schedule this Wednesday – Saturday:

This week will be unusual because I will be heading to Washington, DC on Wednesday morning, along with Jose & Lena.  We’re attending an intense 4-day conference on increasing the value in our programs.  I’m already excited to come home and implement what we’ll be learning this week!

While we’re away, there will be a partial class schedule in place:

Wednesday:  11am Elite No-Gi BJJ and 12noon JKD cancelled.

5pm Mighty Heroes and 7pm BJJ are on.

Thursday:  5pm Krav Maga and 6pm Combat Athletes cancelled.

5:15 Heroes, 6pm JKD, and 6:45 Elite JKD Trapping are on.

Friday:  11am Elite BJJ, 12noon BJJ, 5:15 Heroes, and 7pm FMA Weapons cancelled.

7:45pm Elite BJJ Escapes is on.

Saturday:  11am Budoshin JJ and 12noon JKD cancelled

Things will return to normal on Monday, January 9^th.  Thanks for your patience while we’re travelling.

3) I am pleased to announce the dates that Mr. Roy Harris will be visiting us this year:

Apprentice Grappling Instructor Course:  March 28 – April 1

Mr. Harris will conduct his entry level Grappling Instructor course.  This 5-day, 40-hour course will meet Wednesday, March 28 through Sunday, April 1.  The cost is $500.  Please see Chris for information about registering for this course.

Annual Roy Harris Seminar:  Saturday July 7^th & Sunday July 8^th

Topics have not yet been decided.  We expect to see both JKD and BJJ topics this year.

Level 3 Jeet Kune Do Instructor Course:  Monday July 9^th – Friday July 13^th

This Level 3 course is for current Level 2 instructors.  The topic of the Level 3 course is the Clinch range.

You can see Mr. Harris’ FULL seminar schedule for 2012 by going here:

http://www.royharris.com/2012-seminar-schedule

Remember that belt tests and private lessons with Mr. Harris can be scheduled for any of his visits to MSDC.  Please contact Chris in order to schedule (or learn more about) these.

4)  Mega Student Resource

The instructors and I have begun working on a MEGA student resource for all of you.  In order to make it as helpful as possible, I’d love it if you’d take 2 minutes and answer three simple questions about what you’d like to see in this resource.  Click this link to answer those questions now (It’s multiple choice, I promise):

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NYBNJ2T

Thanks in advance for giving us some feedback on the resource.  It’ll be chock full of really good stuff!

That’s all for today.  I’ll see you all at MSDC!

Best,

~Chris