RMAI NEWS UPDATE
Hello, I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I wanted to touch base on a few things, and also to remind everyone to check out the most recent schedule (effective last Monday) to ensure that you are aware of the proper time for you to attend class.
STRIPE WEEK: This Week… get in to be evaluated on all material to get striped up. Next week is testing… so there you go. Will you be ready in time?
NEW PRODUCTS & SPARRING GEAR
For those who are asking, YES, we are getting ready to make a big order for Sparring Gear. Two types of gear are now available. Standard set, good for regular karate point style sparring, competition and class, and the Upgraded newer style with slide on shin/instep protection MMA style gloves. Good for Karate sparring and for Mixed Style, Bunhae and Grappling. Standard set is available in multiple colors and is $125 per set. The upgrade set is $145 and is only available with Black Gloves, Black or White Shin/Insteps, and Black, Red or White helmets. See Maddie or Master Celona for details.
3 Month/90 Day Martial Art Training Journals: If you’ve been wondering what’s been sitting on the counter for the last few day. We have made available Martial Arts Training Journals. These journals are an excellent way to track your training progress. Master Celona has been documenting his training everyday in his planner for the last 15 years… It’s helpful to develop good habits. Logging your training in a specialized journal helps you stay on track. Our journals are for 3 months or 90 days and come in a variety of styles. We have a handful of the RMAI designs left on clearance for $20. New fancy designs are available for pre-order at $35. Now with a laminated glossy card stock cover and heavy stock internal pages to log all your training exploits. Pre-order list, and samples to check out, as well as the clearance items are in the lobby.
RMAI Motivational posters: Martial Arts catalogs offer motivational style posters to hang up, but sadly (in my opinion) the designs are either terrible, or the message presented is boring… or even worse, just simply the name TAEKWONDO or KARATE is just hastily slapped on a picture and plopped in the catalog for you to buy. We wanted to provide our own, with better art, and more RMAI specific motivational sayings to inspire you in your martial arts journey. We have released the first two of these designs. You can see them better in person, they are a heavy 11x17 card stock printed with a semi-gloss finish. Not to mention the cool art and RMAI-style motivational phrasings. Price is $8 or both designs for $15. Makes a fun addition to decorating your home workout area.
BLACK BELT 75% PRE TEST – This Friday- 5:30pm NO CLASSES!
GUP TESTING- 4/28 NO CLASSES:
Testing for students will be held on Monday April 28th. Due to the size of the testing groups, we are CANCELLING regular classes for the evening with the EXCEPTION of 4:15 Little Champions.
The following people are eligible for promotion:
Azalea Ortiz
Harry Sperbeck
Jack Ringland
Joy Mbaeri
Tony Le-Bauer
Chelsey McHugh
Frances Mercurio
Gloria Guo
James Hu
David Pezzeca
Kabir Almad-Rawool
Anthony Pelaez
Sophia Pelaez
Andrew Purcell
Charles Underwood
Mabel Matlin
Anna Matteson
Areen Neogi
Daniel Fite
Gabriel Wiseley
Juniper Brown
Margaux Wang
Menna Gamaleldin
Mindy He
Porter Bailey
RED BELT TESTING:
I know it’s a little early, but I wanted to give those eligible for the next RED BELT EXAM enough warning to earn the rest of their stripes and prepare. Saturday May 31st at 1:00pm the following students are eligible for testing.
Saksham Chawla Cho Dan Bo
Steven Delgado, Jr. Cho Dan Bo
Samuel Shieber 1st Gup Red Belt with White Stripe
Maximus Celona 2nd Gup Red Belt
Bella DeMarco 2nd Gup Red Belt
Nicholas Dukaj 2nd Gup Red Belt
Ethan Lin 2nd Gup Red Belt
Markos Pinakidis 2nd Gup Red Belt
Anna Purcell 2nd Gup Red Belt
Ronald Rosati III 2nd Gup Red Belt
MARTIAL ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY with RMAPCO
Once again we’ve scheduled our annual day with Robertson’s Martial Arts Photography. Mr Robertson has been taking our photos every year and is responsible for creating the black belt portraits and wonderful photo plaques we have hanging in our foyer. The date we’ve scheduled is Tuesday May 6th beginning at 3:00pm. The signup sheet is up, spaces with fill up fast. Black Belts are required to get one for our display in the dojang but will not be required to purchase one.
SPRING SEMINAR SERIES with Master Celona
Saturday May 3rd is a special day for RMAI. We are hosting seminars ALL day, each with a special theme. Students can select one, two, or all three seminar courses to participate in. Courses are wildly different from one another and will be focused on a specific area of training. From the most relaxed and fun, to the most advanced and structured form of training. We wanted to give students with different interests the opportunity to try different things. CHECK IT OUT:
Beginning with VORTEX SQUAD: An exciting games-based approach to training in martial arts, but with a slightly competitive and athletic edge to it. Different from our standard curriculum appearing in our Little Champions class, this gamified version of training will focus less on a games-based method of learning traditional martial arts, and more on building martial athletes with a variety of games. Some of which have been played before in class. Students 11 years and younger only. OPEN TO ALL - EVEN NON RMAI MEMBERS
Sign up here: https://revolutionmartialartsinstitute.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=305DDC6A-952F-4E57-8732-6B8576C1B026
INTRAMURAL COMPETITION LEAGUE is an idea Master Celona had early in his teaching career, but never had the opportunity to implement it. Imagine how a pickup game of street hockey, or basketball might be. A pool of 10 or 20 students are dispersed into 2 to 4 teams and will spend the day competing in traditional martial arts tournament events similarly to how a March Madness tournament bracket is conducted. Teams will earn points in each event and will compete in a single elimination where the winning team gets the glory! Students 11 years and younger only.
Sign up here: https://revolutionmartialartsinstitute.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=64C030D0-1313-4C2E-A0CE-1A10185EE447
Master Celona speaks a lot about the BUNHAE CLUB, but hasn’t conducted a mass recruitment for it in a few years. Bunhae Club classes are usually conducted at night on Tuesdays, but would be willing to add an earlier time for those willing to participate. Bunhae is the advanced study of breaking down and dissecting the hidden meanings of traditional martial arts techniques for the purpose of self-defense. This program is one of the most advanced forms of martial arts practice, and is only for 11 years or older, or younger students Brown and above.
Sign up here: https://revolutionmartialartsinstitute.sites.zenplanner.com/event.cfm?eventId=DB32F422-9FBD-4943-AE3F-9EB133997AC6
9:00am -9:45am VORTEX SQUAD - (11 years and younger) $45
10:00am – 12:30pm – INTRAMURAL COMPETITION LEAGUE (11 years and younger) - $45
1:00pm – 3:00pm BUNHAE CLUB (10 years or older or Brown Belt and Higher) $75
Combined rate for all 3 courses - $150 (save $15) -- see Master Celona (don’t use the links)
YOGA with SARA @ RMAI
Yoga classes with Sara Fleming: Tuesday & Thursday 9:30AM, Sunday 10:30AM. Price is $20 sign up here: https://calendly.com/saraknappyoga Venmo payments go to @Sara-Knapp
BLACK BELT TESTING CYCLE
75% Pre-Exam Qualifier: 4/25 & 4/26
85% Pre-Exam Qualifier: 5/16
PMAA Final Exam: Saturday June 7th @ RMAI 10:00AM (no classes)
RMAI on SKOOL
https://www.skool.com/revolutionmartialartsinstitute/about
Skool is an online learning and community platform where people of shared interests can interact, learn and grow together. The RMAI Skool page is a one stop shop where students can access all the curriculum videos typically available in the Zen Planner App. Additionally, it is also a place where exclusive extra content exists, seminar recordings, advanced training, collaborations with other instructors. Skool is a great place for our students to interact with one another, share their training stories, and get feedback from other likeminded individuals. The community is growing every day, join now.
SWARTHMORE FUN FAIR
RMAI will once again participate in the Fun Fair in downtown Swarthmore. Date is Sunday May 18th
UPCOMING RMAI HOLIDAYS
The following dates are set aside in observation of national holidays where the studio will be CLOSED for classes:
May 24-26 Memorial Day weekend
July 4th & 5th Independence Day Weekend
SUMMER CAMP!
We have scheduled our dates for our annual Summer Camp. Note: Because of when Independence Day falls, we’ve decided to make each of the summer camp weeks non-consecutive. Hopefully announcing the dates this early will help you plan your summer schedule. Price is $250 per week, and $299 for Non-RMAI members. When signing up, be sure to login on member connect to get the member price. Camp is from 8am to 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Week 1: June 23 – 27 Sign up link is here:
Week 2: July 7 – 11 Sign up link is here:
BEACH WORKOUT
The 2025 RMAI Beach Workout: Saturday July 26, 2025
Enjoy your week!
