Thank You For Registering For The First International Seminar!
Your registration helps us get an accurate picture of how many people will be attending the Seminar and the
Banquet that follows.
For those that have not registered, please help us finalize our plans for facilities and catering. Registration is easy and can be done online.
Welcome To Kinect Martial Arts International!
This new website is dedicated to you, the students. We want this website to be the best and now have the freedom to get your feedback about what you want in your Kinect Martial Arts website. Click here to email us with your requests for this website!
Grand Opening Open House Is An Enthusiastic Success!
The inclement weather did not dampen the turnout and Saturday's Headquarters Grand Opening Open House was very well attended. We are very pleased with the number of students that will be following up and coming to Kinect classes. New students were introduced to martial arts, self defense and had fun playing games as well as meeting new people, having fun and eating hot dogs. Adults were treated to a free massage as well.
Photographs from the event are available here in our gallery.
Training For Marine Corps Recruits Continues This Saturday.
United State Marine Corps Sargeant Jorge Granados will be bringing Marine Corps recruits to Kinect Saturday for training in the art of Self Defense. Assisted by Kinect Head and Assistant Instructors and headed by Master Steve Elrod, the recruits will go through the basics of blocking, punching and kicking, ground techniques and real world attack drills.
The training will begin at 8:30am and go until 10:00am.
Introducing the Kinect Martial Arts Afterschool Program.
A brand new afterschool program is starting this school year. The afterschool program is being run by current and retired law officers.
The program will include fun games, snacks, as well as self defense and martial arts training.
You will be able to pick up your child at 5:30pm (or class ending time if student is enrolled in Kinect Martial Arts classes.)
Call now to special rate for this program!
Come To Our Grand Opening, Saturday, August 23rd!
To celebrate our new International Headquarters, we are having a day-long celebration at the new headquarters. Bring yourself and all your friends to the event!
There will be fun, food and games as well as intros to Martial Arts and Self Defense.
Grand Opening
Saturday, August 23, 2008
9am to 5pm
13501 Icot Blvd
Suite 108
Clearwater, FL 33760
(727) 483-9607
Summer Camp Provides Special Training Opportunities In A Fun Environment!
Summer Camp will be taking place from August 4th through August 8th this summer.
This will be five days of fun, events, field trips and training. The cost for the Summer Camp is $199.00 for entire week.
The times for the camp are from 9am to 5pm unless the child stays on for classes, in whcih then the pickup would be at 7pm.
Sign up as soon as possible as space is very limited. This a rare opportunity for a unique combination of fun and training.
Kinect Martial Arts International Welcomes Bo Poulson.
Kinect Martial Arts International wishes to thank Mr. Bo Poulson for visiting headquarters this last week.
Special Instructor Training On July 19th.
Instructor Training will take place on July 19 at the Kinect Martial Arts International headquarters commensing at 11am. All instructors are required to attend. Lunch will be held at Tucsons afterwards.
Testing Dates for July and August Announced Includes A Black Belt Test in August.
July and August testing has been announced. July Color Belt Testing will take place on Saturday, July 12 at 10am. For Details Call 727-483-9607.
In August, there will be a Black Belt Test as well as the normal Color Belt Testing. The Black Belt Test will take place on Friday, August 15th. The testing will begin at 7pm. The next day, Saturday, August 16 is the date for the August Color Belt Testing.
As always, the testings will be held at the Kinect Martial Arts International headquarters.
Good luck to all those participating in the next testings.
BREAKING NEWS! We Are Pleased To Announce A New Affiliation In Georgia!
Jennifer Riis-Poulsen of Roswell, Georgia has announced that the Choi2All Martial Arts School has joined Kinect Martial Arts International. This new member of the Kinect Family makes it school number 37!
In her announcement, Jennifer states that "Choi2All and its students/parents would like to place greater emphasis on the self-defense aspect of Martial Arts instruction, something that affiliating ourselves with Kinect MAI and their philosophies would allow us to do."
The Choi2All school address is as follows:
4651 Woodstock Road
Suite 450
Roswell GA 30075
Send Jennifer a congratulatory email to this address or call 770-640-1366.
The New School Is Open For Classes On Monday!
Classes Resume with the old schedule beginning Monday at the new school.
After a longer han expected time to get the new headquarters ready, the new facility is ready and the old practice schedule is resuming beginning on Monday. The new headquarter's address is:.
13501 Icot Blvd
Suite 108
Clearwater, FL 33760
The new headquarters is located in the same complex as Tuscons Restaurant and is next to the Regions Bank.
Join In The Celebration of the Grand Opening of the Smyrna Black Belt Academy!The addition of the Smyrna to the Kinect family will be celebrated On June 21st with the Grand Opening of the Smyrna Black Belt Academy in Smyrna Georgia.
Come join Kinect Martial Arts friends and family for the Grand Opening. Talk to Ms. Shelly or call the Kinect main phone number for details and arrangements.
Smyrna Black Belt Academy Grand Opening
June 21st
Smyrna Black Belt Academy
4924 South Cobb Dr.
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
(770) 432-7575
Kinect Martial Arts Family Has Grown to 36 Affiliated Schools!Saline Choi Kwang Do has joined the Kinect Martial Arts family of schools. Headed by Brandon Lockman, the Saline school is located just south of Ann Arbor Michigan.
Congratulate Mr. Lockman by emailing him or calling 734-424-5125.
The school's email address is choikwangdosem@gmail.com. The school is in transition to Kinect, so more details or changes will be forthcoming.
246 Photos From The March 15th Belt Testing Have Been Added To The Photo Gallery!I have uploaded 246 photos from the March 15, 2008 Belt Testing. You can view the pictuers by following this link.
Much of what I shot was also video, so the entire test is not represented in the photo gallery. I expect to have the videos complete by next weekend.
342 Photos From The First Aniversary Seminar Have Been Added To The Photo Gallery!I have uploaded 342 photos from the 1st Anniversary International Seminar. You can view the pictuers by following this link.
Much of what I shot was also video, so the entire seminar is not represented in the photo gallery. I expect to have the videos complete by next weekend.
An New Addition To Our Family of Affiliated Martial Arts Schools Makes It 35 Schools!Things are back in swing again after the awesome seminar weekend as there is a new addition to the Kinect family, Smyrna Black Belt Academy.
We are excited about adding the school, headed by Ms. Margaret Moore, to our family. Show your graditude and congratulate Ms. Moore and the rest of the Smyrna Black Belt Academy with a card or call as per below.
Smyrna Black Belt Academy
4924 South Cobb Dr.
Smyrna, Georgia 30080
(770) 432-7575
Monroe Martial Arts & Fitness Has Moved To A New Location.
Monroe Martial Arts & Fitness has completed their move to a new location. The new address and phone are listed below. Visit the Monroe Martial Arts & Fitness website for more details
990 South Monroe Street
Monroe, Michigan 48161
(734) 242-2464
Congratulations To Another Very Successful Belt Testing Class for March!
This month's testing class is demonstrating the growth of Kinect Martial Arts with a large testing class. Visitors from Scotland, school owner Mr. Brian Jay, his wife, Patrisha, and son, James, attended the examination with Mr. Jay being kind enough to be at the examiner's table.
After the testing, Mr. Jay made an entry in our guestbook, stating:
Well done to everyone who tested yesterday, you all did a great job. Well done, Miss Jamie on those double breaks. Thanks also to Master Steve and Ms Shelly for allowing me to be part of grading[testing]. I enjoyed it very much., Looking forward to classes next week and very much looking forward to the seminar.
semper fi.
As usual, I have photos that I took (only 400) and videos that I shot. To get the photos and videos edited will take some time and I am busy at work (56 hours of work last week =<) and I am testing for my black belt on Friday, so I do not have alot of time to devote to editing the photos and video. I will try to get it done by next Monday, March 31st.
Congratulations For A Very Successful February Belt Testing Class!This month's testing class demonstrated the Kinect Martial Arts techniques with excellence. Also, the new Black Belt Club red uniform made it's debut in testing (right).
108 photographs taken by Vytas Rauckisfrom the Belt Testing are available in our Photo Gallery. Go directly to the Gallery by using this link.
Also, as has been customary, KinectTV has a video from the testing edited from all of the techniques, air shield attacks, equipment drills and board breaks. You can enjoy the video by going to KinectTV here.
Congratulations To Jose On Becoming Student Of The Month!After a small hiatus in Student Awards we have awarded Jose the Student Of The Month for February. Congratulations from all of the Kinect Martial Arts International Instructors and students!.
The Video From the January's Belt Testing Is Now Available!A brand new video from the most recent belt testing has been completed and posted on KinectTV. You can watch the video by following this link.
The Video From the December 1st U.S. Marine Corps Recruits Training Is Now Available!NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION! A brand new video from the Marine Corps Recruits training has been completed and posted on KinectTV. You can watch the video by following this link.
Introducing Our International Advisory Board.
Kinect Martial Arts International is an organization that was formed as federation of individual schools. In keeping with this philosophy, Kinect is pleased to have established an International Advisory Board. The Board members will be announced in the near future.
Our 34th Kinect Affiliated School Is Pinellas Park Kinect!
A new satellite school called Pinellas Park Kinect has been formed. This school will initially hold classes from 12:30 pm -1:30 pm on Thursdays. Call Ms. Shelly at 727-483-9607 for more information regarding attending the school.
Special Instructor Training To Be Held On February 2nd.
In preparation for the upcoming International Seminar, there will be an instructor training session at 11:30 am, February 2nd. All assistant and head instructors are required to attend the session. The class will be introducing new self defense training.
Board Breaks From December's Testing Are Featured In Kinect TV, New From Kinect!
Rolling out this week, a brand new page called KinectTV will show videos, multimedia and Tutorials from Kinect Martial Arts. You can visit the initial rollout by following the Kinect TV link.
Christmas Belt Presentation Was Enjoyed By Everyone!Courtesy of Kelly and John Vaillancourt, photos from the Belt Presentation and Christmas Party are available in the photo gallery. You can see it by following this link.
Kinect Headquarters Brings In Old Friends To A Succesful Testing Event!The December 16 testing event, which I was again priviledged to participate in, was witnessed by two special guests, Mike Glass and Viet Vo, who sat at the examining table. Both Master Steve and Ms. Shelly have known these gentlemen for many years and began training with them in the early 90's. Mr. Glass has started a brand new school affiliated with Kinect Martial Arts International in Trinity, Florida.
Both guests were impressed by the students' performances and abilities. Mr. Vo topped the event off by breaking a board while holding it himself.
There were three groups of tests. The first group was made up of all color belts up to Brown. The second group were Black Belts and was one of the most impressive performances I have seen. The final group was made up of Brown belts that were earning their Patterns stripe leading up to this March's Black Belt Testing.
Monday's promotion ceremony on December 17 will be followed by a special Christmas Dinner. Come and celebrate Christ's birth this night with your Kinect friends and family, even if you are not testing!!! And if that was not enough incentive to come, there will be a DESSERT CONTEST (Yummy!) which will be judged by the staff. Make sure to bring your dessert!
A video compilation of all the board breaks by kids and adults at the testing is here. The Adobe Flash plug-in is required to play the video. Photos are in our gallery here.
Welcome To Our 32nd School, Monroe Martial Arts!Kinect Martial Arts welcomes it's 2nd new school in a single day, this one from Monroe Michigan. The school's name is Monroe Martial Arts and is owned by Mr. Dwight Werner (pictured left). More information is forthcoming.
You can congratulate Mr. Werner and his staff by email. The address is monroemartialarts@ameritech.net
Welcome To Kinect's Newest School, In Tarpon Springs, Florida!
Congratulations to Mr. Mike Glass of Tarpon Springs, Florida, the newest member of the family of Kinect affiliated schools. Owner/Chief Instructor Glass will be holding his school at the Highest Praise Family Church in Tarpon Springs.
From Ms. Shelly:
I would like to take this opportunity in welcoming Mr. Mike Glass to the Kinect Martial Arts International. Both Steve and I have personally known Mike for many years and he was one of the first to train with Steve in the beginning of our martial art. We are very fortunate and proud to have him as part of this growing family of martial artists. Welcome Mike and we look forward to training together again for many years.
Welcome Mr. Charnock and Kinect UK to the Kinect Family!Mr. Martin Charnock and Mrs. Trudi Charnock of Crawley, West Sussex have joined their 3 locations with Kinect Martial Arts. The name of their school is Kinect UK.
We are excited to have the new school, the 28th, 29th and 30th Kinect Affiliated schools, join us.
U.S. Marine Corps Recruits Train At Kinect Martial Arts December 1st!United State Marine Corps Sargeant Jorge Granados brought over 30 Marine Corps recruits to Kinect Saturday for training in the art of Self Defense. Assisted by Kinect Head and Assistant Instructors and headed by Master Steve Elrod, the recruits went through the basics of blocking, punching and kicking, ground techniques and real world attack drills.
Following the class, audience members and instructors spoke a little to express how proud they were to see the young men and women enlisting in the Marine Corps.
The class was a tremendous success and has resulted in multiple recruits signing up to return for more classes. Beyond that, the Marine Corps will be scheduling to return to Kinect for more classes with recruits.
This opportunity added to the legitimacy to the Kinect Martial Arts curriculum and we are proud to have helped the Marine Corps in their training of recruits.
We have video that was shot of the event (over an hour and a half worth) and took hundreds of photographs. A small number of the photographs are in our gallery. The rest of the photos will be uploaded as soon as possible. The video of the event is in process of being edited.
In response to the training event, Instructor Mr. Tony LoRusso has submitted this open letter regarding the event.