Welcome to another great week! We’ve added a couple of events to our calender for the end of this month. You can follow our event calender here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=aW5mb0BsaW9uc3dheS51cw or under the Events tab on Facebook.

First up we have our annual, and dare I say famous, Halloween Party! On Friday Oct 27. We pack our school with a scary good time for all. Halloween games and Halloween treats! Even if you don’t celebrate Halloween, you can attend the party and still have a fabulous time! Kids Can wear costumes, simply come as a martial arts student, or come as they are! We have fun for everyone.

The next event will be on Saturday, Oct 28th. A Children’s Black Belt Test! Our first black belt test since covid. These kids have stayed dedicated and kept working. It’s truly an honor to be testing them. Come, show your support as they put all their training to the ultimate test!

Until then, we’ree back to some fantastic training! Adults, teens and children – oh my!

How superstitious are you? Happy Friday the 13th everyone! No bad luck here, only great martial arts training! Have a fabulous weekend, and maybe to just be safe, watch out for those pesky black cats.

Half way through the week and still going strong! Training is a great way to make the week fly by. Keeps you energized and in a positive mood! Keep up the hard, and fun, work!

Last Friday, we had a fantastic test! The beginner kids got off to a slow start, but once they shook off some nerves, they took off! After that the entire night we faster and higher. The teenagers really showed off the work they have been doing. It was spectacular. We posted testing results in the entryway at school. Congratulations to everyone!

This week we return to our usually exceptional training at Lion’s Way!

Testing Times for Friday 10-6-2023

Please remember to ARRIVE EARLY.

Plan to arrive 10 to 15 min before your test!

Please remember to ARRIVE EARLY.

Plan to arrive 10 to 15 min before your test!

Please remember to ARRIVE EARLY.

Plan to arrive 10 to 15 min before your test!

Once a test has started, late students may not enter. We have a good number of people testing. Please be on time to help ensure it runs smoothly! Please be patient as we work through it!

Children (Test according to their current Rank)

White, Sr. White and Yellow belts — 5 pm

Sr. Yellow and Sr. Orange belts — 5:30 pm

Green and Sr. Green belts — 6:10 pm

BLue and Purple belts — 6:40 pm

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Teenagers

If possible, teenagers should show up at 5 pm to help with the children’s test. If not, then please show by 6:20 pm. The teenager test will begin immediately after the children’s tests end. Again, Teens please show no later than 6:20pm!

All teens should show for the test whether or not they are testing. Please support your teammates and plan to be there for the entire test.

Thank you all for your support!

Wednesday! Reminder, all testing applications are due today. We will post testing times Thursday by late afternoon. Please check back then. Testing is on Friday. Time to rock it!

Testing week for children and teens! Testing applications will be out starting today and are due by Wednesday. Please come prepared to turn everything in. Testing will be on Friday and we will post testing times on Thursday. Time to put those skills to the test! You’re going to rock it!

Lion’s Way Martial Arts is proud to be celebrating its 25th anniversary! 

When we first opened our doors in Oct.1998, we committed ourselves to providing our customers with the highest quality martial arts instruction in a professional and friendly environment. We are proud to say that we have upheld those values for the past 25 years.

We have coached champions in submission grappling, Judo, and MMA. We have students who have grown up training on our mats. Gone off to college, received AA, bachelor’s and even master’s degrees. We have watched as students who trained with us in our younger classes, grown, have families of their own and returned their own children to our care. A truly humbling experience. Twenty-five years is a long time. 

For twenty-five years, we’ve been a stable part of the Kent community. Through recessions, through covid, through hardships of all kinds, we have survived. While it has never been easy, we have always found a way with your help. We fight to be here for you when you need us.

Our thanks to everyone for your support over the years. It’s the students, family and friends that make our team here something more. Your dedication to what we teach, your support through the years, is what inspires us. Each day we are grateful for the wonderful people that help make this place the absolute best place to train. 

The future’s so bright here at Lion’s Way Martial Arts. We continue to push forward, to improve upon what has come before and help people accomplish their goals! If these first twenty-five years were so spectacular, we can hardly wait to see where the next years take us.

Our highest regards to you, and again our thanks, for letting us be a part of your life and community,

Respectfully,

Skip Scherer

Owner / Head Coach

Lion’s Way Martial Arts

Friday! Looks like some nice weather returning for the weekend! Hope you have some spectacular plans to enjoy it all. Next week is testing week for children and teens. Testing application will be out on Monday. Be ready to go, it’s going to be an exciting time!

Rainy days! Wish we would have had more of that in the summer, but I’ll take what I can get. Hope everyone is staying dry and warm as the season of change is upon us! With some colds going around, we’d like to take a moment and remind everyone that if you’re not feeling well, please stay home. Classes can always be made up! We don’t want you safe and healthy in only training, but in life as well. Keep training if you can, rest if you need to, testing is coming!