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TIGERCLAW’S Tiger Claw Elite Promoter Profile PAID ADVERTISEMENT In this last installment of our Tiger Claw Elite Championship Qualifier promoters, we talk to Lion Choi—one of Kung Fu & Silat the key instigators of the Championship—about what’s important to him about martial arts competition. Internal Secrets Revealed! Changik Lion Choi 1 HIT KNOCKOUTS! KA Open/L.A. Sheriff’s Cup September 9 in Carson, California We salute Lion Choi. He hosted the very first Tiger Claw Elite Championship $95.00 in 2005 at his KA Open/LA Sheriff’s Cup event at the LA Sports Arena. Video or DVD His vision of bringing together diverse arts under one roof was a major inspiration to us to take the chance of creating the Elite as it exists today. Other DVDs & Videos Changik Lion Choi came to the United States from Korea—where he had Include: been the National Demo Team Captain—in 1998. He has been promoting • 1 Touch KOs Tournaments in the US since 2000. • Open Hand Self Defense There are really two different meanings to KA Open. The first time we hosted the LA Sheriff’s Cup was in the second week of September, 2001. You Can Develop & Use Well, you know what happened after then... We’ve now set the tournament up as a memorial to the people who were victims of 9/11. It’s in defiance to terrorism. The LA Sheriff’s Chi Flow Power & Speed Cup is a big part of it. Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca has really supported us. We really emphasize the for Real Self-Defense situations! importance of self-defense. See Ordering Information Below We are lucky to have a lot of sponsors... support from the Korean community and the local media... ABC Sports, the news channels. It’s not easy... you really have to work hard, talk to the CEOs of these companies directly. We are very happy to have the Home Depot Center in Carson, California hosting this event. They’ve been very good to us. They supported two-time Olympic Gold Medalist in Tae Kwon Do, Steven Lopez, and are very supportive of the .. .. martial arts and other sports. Right now all the martial arts need to be unified. ACTIVATION,ENERGY CULTIVATION AND FLOW That’s what I’ve tried to do, to bring other martial arts into what had been a traditional Tae Kwon Do 00 tournament. All these different martial arts have Book -$25. more in common than they have differences. 00 Tape -$65. Let’s bring unity to all the martial arts in competi- 00 tion. East Coast, West Coast. There’s been a need Book & Tape -$75. for a National Championship that practitioners of Exercises in the book are taught, any art can compete in and gain national attention. I hope that the Tiger Claw Elite Championship can explained and performed live on do that. I think the competitions will become larger video. and truly of a national scope and gain the media attention that martial arts competition deserves. This book and tape explains, in simple detail, real high level, beginning to advanced practices regarding Chi/Qi/Ki (Life-Force) activation, cultivation and flow that will allow the average person to experience Chi for themselves. It includes a chapter on the role that the mind plays in Chi Kung energy work and a basic definition of the word Chi and related terms. There are also specific chapters on mind intent, breathing, body states, physical alignments, Wu Chi, Bone Marrow Washing, Kidney Breathing, the Energy Ball, Rooting, Body Connection secrets, 3 Dan Tiens Linear and how to get the maximum benefits out of your Tai Chi Training. Send Check or Money Order to: Clear’s Silat Inc. 3932 Morganton Rd. Maryville, TN 37801-7660 Instructor Certification Programs Available Order Online or by Phone at 865.379.9997 www.clearsilat.com TIGER CLAW 2006 HOLIDAY SALE TIGERCLAW’S School owners! See the print copy of Clawmarks that was mailed to you, or check the Sale Items page of TigerClaw.com for details of our holiday sale Also in this issue of Clawmarks: Get great tips for increasing your holiday sales from Melody Shuman Rebreakable Boards Tiger Claw has completely redesigned our rebreakable boards with the help of World Champion Breaking Legend Dr. Dan Netherland. Features extra-wide handles and protective foam padding on both sides. 20-31K (Black 10" × 17" × ½") Extra Strong 20-31R (Red 9" × 16½" × ") Strong ⅓ 20-31U (Blue 9" × 16½" × ¼") Average PAID ADVERTISEMENT TIGERCLAW’S Holiday Ideas by Melody Shuman PAID ADVERTISEMENT The holiday season is upon us, and with that comes great your students but for you and your staff. The New Year opportunities to increase enrollments and boost student is the best time to launch new innovations such as new retention. The problem is many schools sometimes find curriculums, drills, planners, testing requirements, events, that the holidays mean a decline in sales, enrollment, seminars, schedules, etc. and retention. This is the peak retail time for the whole year! You should succeed through the season. Throwing a holiday or end of the year party In many schools, the end of the year party is a great way to Have a retail day say “thank you” to all of your students for their support. It The best time to the have a merchandise special is is also a way to build camaraderie between families. the weekend before Thanksgiving, the weekend of Here are a few tips for yours: Thanksgiving, or the weekend after. Organize a parent committee to help with the party. Here are a few tips to get yours going: You will need someone in charge of decorations, someone Put together some packages that people can pre- in charge of a sign-up list, someone in charge of food, order on the retail day. The package should come gift- someone in charge of supplies (plates, napkins, cups, wrapped and be scheduled for pick-up one week prior to forks, knives, spoons, etc.) and someone in charge of Christmas. (Pre-delivery’s can be scheduled for those who tables and chairs. celebrate Hanukkah.) Here are a few package ideas: Make it a pot-luck dinner. Each family will bring a dish. Bronze package: Key chain, t-shirt, weapon, and target The person who is in charge of the sign-up sheet will need Silver package: Bronze package plus uniform to determine how many people from each family will attend, and what dish they want to bring. The person in charge Gold package: Silver package plus sparring gear of food will have to calculate how many hot dishes, cold Pre-order common merchandise that sells during the dishes, and drinks you will need. holidays and sell them at a discounted rate the day of Give out awards such as “student of the year”, “black the sale. belt of the year”, “family of the year”, “parent of the year”, Hand out “wish lists” the week prior to the sale, and “perfect attendance”, and “honorary black belt” (we also have the students give the list to their family for the day of give these to local community leaders, such as principals the sale.