With great happiness and pride, we announce the following Black Belt promotions from Saturday, February 27th:

Trisha Ballata was promoted to 3rd Degree. She’s a Senior Instructor who has been training for 17 years. Trisha is the Operations Director at True Martial Arts.

Abhishek Meenakshisundaram Babu was promoted to 1st Degree. He’s an Assistant Instructor who has been training for 4 years. Abhi is a Senior at the University of Washington.

Adya Mohapatra was promoted to 1st Degree. She’s an Assistant Instructor who has been training for almost 7 years. Adya is a Senior at Issaquah High School.

Anushka Rammohan was promoted to 1st Degree. She’s an Assistant Instructor Intern who has been training for almost 6 years. Anushka is in 8th Grade at Redmond Middle School.

Ariel Berenson was promoted to 1st Degree. He’s an Assistant Instructor Intern who has been training for 9 years. Ariel is in 8th Grade at Inglewood Middle School.

Isaac Cardwell was promoted to 1st Degree. He’s been training for 7 years. Isaac is in 8th Grade at Tolt Middle School.

Jaya Banala was promoted to 1st Degree. She’s an Assistant Instructor Intern who has been training for 9.5 years. Jaya is a Sophomore at Skyline High School.

Jenna Kratochvil was promoted to 1st Degree. She’s an Assistant Instructor who has been training for 8 years. Jenna is a Senior at Issaquah High School.

Mike Mao was promoted to 1st Degree. He’s an Assistant Instructor Intern who has been training for 7 years. Mike is in 8th Grade at The Bear Creek School.

Noah Shi was promoted to 1st Degree. He’s an Assistant Instructor Intern who has been training for 6.5 years. Noah is a Sophomore at Eastlake High School.

Rohan Waghdhare was promoted to 1st Degree. He’s been training for 9.5 years. Rohan is a Freshman at Eastlake High School.

We make home deliveries or you can Show your school pride and custom order a Find and follow us on Facebook pickup curbside at TMA by sweatshirt by March 20th either at the front desk for almost daily reminders and appointment or during or by filling out the form online. You can customize updates about our office hours. E-mail your color and style (crew, hoodie, full zip). They what’s going on. to let us know what sometimes run small so order one size up. Find us at you need and your Sweatshirts can be worn in class. These Facebook.com/ preference. sweatshirts also have our new logo! truemartialarts 2 Years: Aadya Agiwal & Nirvaan Sharma Our YouTube channel is a great resource for home 3 Years: Luca Pries, Shruthi Viswanathan, Suraj Narra study. The channel can be used as a guide when 4 Years: Reva Shetty, Navaneet Girikumar, Sanaya Verma, Reva Nair, practicing Tae Kwon Do and Arnis forms. There is other great content that comes out periodically on the Taveisha Yerneni, Navya Astavans channel as well, so be sure to subscribe. More content 5 Years: Isha Kasab, Bowen Zhu, Ian Kung, Sydney Kropf, Muthu has recently been added including move by move Sethuraman instruction for some of our basic Tae Kwon Do forms. 6 Years: Zach Illsley, Sarayu Sekaran, Agastya Singh, Shaurya Agarwal, Ruhan Agarwal Farhan Mohammed, Medha Rawat, Lucas Oliveira, 7 Years: Thatcher Olson & Hollis Putt Jaya Banala, Jane Dickison, Aditya Narayanan, Jenna Kratochvil, Isabella Yang, Lillian Krekel-Zoppi, Elissa 8 Years: Sneha Moudgalya, Adhvik Vala, Song, Carter Dahl, Karissa Song, Shruti Kane, Ethan Swanthana Kumbum, Jenna Kratochvil, Ellis, Yufei Ye, Siyona Kane, Anarghya Polisetti, Isha Varun Mahesh Gosalia, Gahan Mummidi, Edbert Chenjp, Aneesh 9 Years: Ariel Berenson Iyer, Chuili Sun, Alekhya Annamreddy, Megha Mishra, 13 Years: Michael Padilla Sheena Dhanaraj, Rian Kamath, Meghna Sekaran, 17 Years: Trisha Ballata Kaushal Dabbiru, Surabhi Sigamani, Aadya Agiwal, Sneha Moudgalya, Reva Shetty, Ariya Mathrawala, Filippo Caldato, Divisha Arora, Anushka Rammohan, Red Belt: Saanvi Gupta & Pelayo Sanfeliz Nirvaan Sharma, Esha Viswanathan Advanced Red Belt: Alec Varotto, Atharva Kamat, Bradyn Kim, Dhaiwik Mummidi, Dhruv Arora, Janna Stibbe, Kartik Arora, Kaushal Dabbiru, Keshav Iyer, Kunal Nandawat, Lucas Varotto, Makena Dinklocker, David Capote, Eden Morman, Logan Eason, Owen Maximus Kolavennu, Michael Padilla, Palash Singhal, Raina Gopalan, Eason, Scott Kim

Shreya Madhavan, Tina Amrith

While training on Zoom, attend class in your uniform. Yellow Belt: Aanya Sharma, Abhiram Sharma, Amishi Waghray, Logan However, if you are on the go and don’t have access Marks, Sheena Dhanaraj, Arya Jacob, Rohit Jacob to your uniform, you are still welcome to attend class.

Blue Belt: Maya Horton

Please excuse our mess as we have a remodel happening inside the studio this month. We will be All students are welcome to join us for a Zoom Sparring class every painting, freshening up, and getting new flooring. Wednesday from 6:15-6:45 PM with our Self Defense Director, YDJN Darren McGraw. We will be going over rules and “how to” in the beginning, so make sure you are on time if you are a sparring newbie. What you Interested in joining our school? Choose the need to participate: sparring partner, sparring gear for both partners, Introductory Special that is the best for you: clear floor space to move around in, and a Zoom connection. Meeting ID: 859 0489 5710 Passcode: tma 1) 8 weeks of virtual and / or in-studio classes with a uniform top, pants and belt for $49. This is an added two free weeks of training on top of our The SBN Thomas Zoppi Championships will not be held on the usual mid- usual New Student Special! March Saturday this year. We will look to schedule the event later in the year, if and when it is deemed 2) 3 weeks of virtual and /or in-studio classes for free. appropriate to gather in large groups by the These offer are valid for new students that haven’t Washington State Department of Health. We look trained with us before. You can register online at forward to coming together in safe and friendly truemartialarts.com or send us an e-mail for more competition when we can. information to [email protected]. All event registration is located at the Student Portal on our We’re hosting an Arnis Seminar & Test with small group website. Email us if you need help logging in. sessions on Saturday, March 6th. Sessions are 60 minutes. 1) Go to truemartialarts.com. Registration is being taken on the TMA website. If a student is judged to be ready to test by the Instructor, the test will occur 2) Click the Student Portal tab on top of the page during the 60 minute session (not afterwards). 3) Log in with your email address and password. 4) Click on Online Booking to access all seminars & events 11:00 AM Arnis Green & Blue

12:00 PM Arnis Brown, Red, & Black truemartialarts.com (Click ‘Student Portal’)

Kickboxing is every Wednesday at 7am and Saturday at 8am! White Belts Friday, March 19th 4:30 PM Kickboxing group fitness class offers a variety of exciting, fast- Advanced White Belts Friday, March 19th 5:00 PM paced workouts each unique in their approach to helping you Yellow Belts Friday, March 19th 5:30 PM lose weight, tone your muscles, and increase your Advanced Yellow Belts Friday, March 19th 4:30 PM conditioning. Here’s a few things you should know:

Green Belts Friday, March 19th 5:00 PM  Pre-registering is the only way to attend. We have a limited Advanced Green Belts Friday, March 19th 5:30 PM capacity allowed to ensure social distancing Blue Belts Saturday, March 20th 9:30 AM  Go to our TMA website and look for the “student portal” tab, login and click on online booking and than Kickboxing Advanced Blue Belts Saturday, March 20th 10:00 AM  Cloth masks are required to be worn during the workout Brown Belts Saturday, March 20th 10:30 AM  TMA students with an active membership get a 50% discount by entering in the promo code ‘tma’. If you forget to Advanced Brown Belts Saturday, May 22nd 11:15 AM enter the promo code, you will not receive the discount  Bring your own gloves. If you don’t have gloves, we have Red Belts Friday, May 21st time TBD and some available to purchase on our website in the Pro Shop Saturday, May 22nd time TBD section of the Student Portal Advanced Red Belts Friday, May 21st time TBD and  Once your session is booked, there’s no cancellations, Saturday, May 22nd time TBD rescheduling, or refunds. Black Belts Friday, May 21st time TBD and Saturday, May 22nd time TBD Save the dates and attend one or more of our popular Summer

Camps for youth and teen students:

Monday, March 15th June 21st - 25th Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Yellow Belt 5:00 PM, Green Belt 5:45 PM, Blue Belt 6:30 PM July 12th - 16th Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM August 2nd - 6th Monday-Friday 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM The Arnis test will occur at the same time as regular Arnis Zoom classes. All students are welcome to choose whether they would Summer Camps are a highly recommended for development in like to test or attend regular class. Separate links will be setup for the Martial Arts. Year after year, we see great improvement class and the test. If you pass the test, you’ll get an Arnis from those that attend. promotion and be charged an Arnis test fee. If you don’t pass, Participants make rapid progress on the requirements needed you won’t be charged. You can keep practicing and try again next for their next rank and improve their skills in general. We spend time. a prolonged amount of time on each aspect of their training. We focus on character development and working together in teams. Students come out of Camp feeling a closer We’re hosting a Board Breaking Seminar with two small group connection to the School and their fellow sessions on Wednesday, March 17th. Availability is limited to 6 classmates, and often with a newfound students per session. There’s two sessions to choose from: 4:30 - sense of motivation to achieve big things. 5:00 PM and 5:10 - 5:40 PM. Register through our TMA website.

If you need uniforms or training equipment, we make home This month, we have increased in-studio class time length. Level deliveries or you can pickup your item at TMA by appointment. 1 and 2 (White through Advanced Green Belt) classes have Email [email protected] to let us know what you need. increased to 40 minutes and level 3 - 5 (Blue Belt and higher) We will charge your credit card after all clarifications about classes have increased to 50 minutes. There is a 10 minute sizing, color or anything else are made. You can also make break period in between each class for us to sanitize the purchases online through our website following these steps: classrooms and give more time for people to come and go so we don’t have too many people in the studio at once. 1) Go to truemartialarts.com. Because of the increased class length, start and end times have 2) Click the Student Portal tab on top of the page changed for most classes. New class times were sent out via 3) Log in with your email address and password. email in mid-February. Let us know if you need this information 4) Click on Pro Shop to be sent home again.

 Arnis Sticks (set)- Rattan: $24 We invite you to come back to training with us in-studio! We  Arnis Sticks (set)- White Wax: $44 respect that each family has to make a decision for themselves  Dagger (black or brown): $12 and decide what makes them comfortable. We encourage in-  Short Sword (black or white Wax): $18 studio training at the appropriate time for your family, whenever you are ready, based on the following data and reasoning:  Long Bo (carved rattan, red oak, or white wax): $45  Long Sword (tan): $24  According to the Washington State Department of Health and Washington State Department of Labor and Industries  Rebreakable Board (easy, easy/medium, medium, or November 10, 2020 report titled, “The COVID-19 Confirmed hard): $47 Cases by Industry Sector”, there are no reported COVID  Weapons Bag: $49 cases linked to gyms and fitness centers  TMA logo Sparring Gear Bag (blue, green, or red): $49  The latest Washington State Outbreak report from the  Sparring Hand Gear: $25 Department of Health does not identify gyms or fitness  Sparring Foot Gear: $25 facilities as a source of any COVID outbreaks  CDC information shows no data that fitness facilities are a  Sparring Shin Guards $25 source of COVID outbreaks  Sparring Head Gear: $40  Exercise increases immune strength especially for those  Sparring Head Gear with Facemask: $52 with comorbidities and reduces the length of infection  Mouth Guard: $2.73  Gyms and Fitness Facilities are uniquely equipped to  Mouth Guard Case: $3.64 implement practices to protect against spread of COVID-19  Kickboxing Bag Gloves: $28 (vinyl) or $60 (leather) versus people getting together to exercise on their own  Wavemaster Punching Bag: $200  People need a safe venue to improve their health and emotional well-being. Private and non profit facilities make  Focus Mitt: $20 exercise a practical option for many people unable to exercise in inclement weather conditions  Level 1-3 Uniform (top & pants): $44  Exercise is an effective antidepressant and is effective in  Level 1-3 Uniform top: $22 reducing stress and anxiety.

 Level 1-3 Uniform pants: $22 To get information about being added back to in-studio  Level 4 Uniform: $85 training, please email us at [email protected].

 Level 5 Uniform: $105  T-shirt (red and blue): $18 We open up the office every Wednesday and Thursday evening  T-shirt (white and black): $32 from 4:00 - 6:30 PM and Saturday morning from 9:00 - 11:00  Embroidered Black Belt Teaching AM. You can pickup Belt award promotions, register new or Top: $140 returning students, and get sized for uniforms and equipment. No appointment is necessary. Valid through March 31st

We send out Zoom links EVERY MONDAY. However, Zoom links are reoccurring. Students are welcome to attend the Zoom Taekwondo and Arnis classes of all previous ranks in addition to their current rank. Please refrain from attending classes above your rank. Zoom requires us to use a password. The password to enter all classes is: tma

Rank Group 1st Class Day & Time 2nd Class Day & Time White Belts Tuesday 4:00 - 4:40 PM Wednesday 4:00 - 4:40 PM Advanced White Belts Tuesday 4:45 - 5:25 PM Wednesday 4:45 - 5:25 PM Yellow Belts Tuesday 5:30 - 6:10 PM Wednesday 5:30 - 6:10 PM Advanced Yellow Belts Tuesday 4:00 - 4:40 PM Wednesday 4:00 - 4:40 PM Green Belts Tuesday 4:45 - 5:25 PM Wednesday 4:45 - 5:25 PM Advanced Green Belts Tuesday 5:30 - 6:10 PM Wednesday 5:30 - 6:10 PM Blue Belts Monday 4:00 - 4:40 PM Tuesday 6:15 - 6:55 PM Advanced Blue Belts Monday 4:45 - 5:25 PM Tuesday 7:00 - 7:40 PM Brown Belts Monday 5:30 - 6:10 PM Tuesday 7:45 - 8:25 PM Advanced Brown Belts Thursday 4:00 - 4:40 PM Red Belts Thursday 4:45 - 5:25 PM Advanced Red Belts Thursday 5:30 - 6:10 PM Black Belts Thursday 6:15 - 6:55 PM

Day & Time Rank Group Day & Time Rank Group Monday 5:00 - 5:40 PM Going for Arnis Yellow Tuesday 5:00 - 5:40 PM Going for Arnis Brown Monday 5:45 - 6:25 PM Going for Arnis Green Tuesday 5:45 - 6:25 PM Going for Arnis Red Monday 6:30 - 7:10 PM Going for Arnis Blue Tuesday 6:30 - 7:10 PM Going for Arnis Black Tuesday 7:15 - 8:00 PM Arnis Black 2nd & 3rd Degree

A Virtual Senior Instructor is assigned to all active students that aren’t currently participating In-Studio. Your Senior Instructor is there to answer all of your training questions and provide pre-testing and guidance to achieve your Martial Arts goals.

White Belt YDJN Nathan Wu [email protected] YDJN Angie Zoppi [email protected] Advanced White Belt YDJN Nathan Wu [email protected] Yellow Belt YDJN Vanessa Tang [email protected] Advanced Yellow Belt YDJN Lisa Auerbach [email protected] Green Belt YDJN Heather Cardwell [email protected] Advanced Green Belt YDJN Daniel Yan [email protected] Blue Belt YDJN Phillipa Poznanski [email protected] Advanced Blue Belt GJN Skyler Zoppi [email protected] Brown Belt YDJN Daniel Yan [email protected] Advanced Brown Belt YDJN Leonardo Brito [email protected] Red & Advanced Red Belt YDJN Darren McGraw [email protected] Black Belt SBN Kirsten Smith [email protected] By Kendall Huberty

Black belt is more then just a belt. It is a sign of years of work, and perseverance. It is the culmination of so much. It is proof that you are strong. It shows the black belt way is something you are, you give 100% effort, you have an indomitable spirit, and you have a positive attitude. It is years of work, sweat and perseverance. It is hard to get, but to finally wear the uniform and the belt is a physical sign of the dedication put into training. Getting your black belt is one of the biggest moments in martial arts training, and it takes years of work to get it. It is hard to get and when you do it isn’t the end, it is a goal reached, so next you set a new one, a short term goal and a long term one. It could be learning the next thing for a short term one, and getting your second degree for a long term one. Black belt is not an ending, it is another beginning. I have been at true martial arts for 8 years and it has been a journey. Last year I broke my foot while doing flying reverse side kick, and when I came back, I was terrified to do it again. But I practiced at home and refused to give up. This way my test of indomitable spirit. Taking the time off for my foot to heal gave me time to consider what I wanted out of my martial arts journey. I remembered all the times I was so happy when I got something right after trying for so long, and I love how much stronger I have become through training. It is a community that I love to be a part of, and I remembered why I was not going to stop. My injury gave me time to remember why I loved training, and when I came back, I had the motivation to test in October. It was a rough time, but I remembered what I was working for and came out of it stronger. Getting my black belt means so much to me, when the Ballata’s convinced my brother and I to join the twins were the coolest people on the planet. I wanted to be just like them, and I still look up to them after all these years, inspired by their dedication and perseverance. Getting your black belt is hard but is a worthwhile thing and the journey to get there has had a huge impact on my life. It gave me the confidence to be myself with others, and to be confident in what I can do.

Kendall Huberty was promoted to 1st Degree Black Belt in October of 2020. She’s an Assistant Instructor who has been training for over 6 years. Kendall is a Sophomore at The Bear Creek School.

The following in-studio services are currently being offered:

1 on 1 private lessons Group private lessons Group in-studio pre-testing Arnis & Board Breaking Seminars Taekwondo & Arnis testing Kickboxing fitness group classes Pee Wee Kickers (ages 6 and under) Taekwondo group classes SNAP (Special Needs) classes

All safety rules and guidelines from the Washington State Department of Health are being followed. Safety requirements include: safety training for employees, social distancing practices (6 feet of separation at all times), face coverings required for instructors and students, sanitizing between classes, more time between classes, reduced building capacity and more.

We also offer the following services on Zoom:

Taekwondo classes Arnis classes Sparring classes 1 on 1 Pre-testing Testing in Taekwondo to level 4 Testing in Arnis to Blue Belt

Beginning in March, there will be no more Monday Tae Kwon Do classes for level 4 students on Zoom. We still offer Thursday Tae Kwon Do classes for level 4 students on Zoom in addition to Tuesday Arnis classes on Zoom and Wednesday Sparring class on Zoom. Also keep in mind that Level 4 students can attend any Zoom class for their rank AND classes for their previous ranks if they want additional training. This change was made because most level 4 students are now training in-studio, so we are switching more of our instructors over to teaching in-studio rather than teaching on Zoom.

SNAP stands for Special Needs Advancement Program. This is a martial arts class for people with special needs. Classes are held Sundays and have an open enrollment. You can reserve a private orientation for class times and pricing by contacting us at [email protected].