Fun Foto of the Week!

It's a bird, it's a plane! No, it's black belt candidate Opher Mizrahi in a perfect flying sidekick!
Opher received his black belt last December 2008 and is still going strong.
If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Fun Foto of the Week!

Some of our black belts present at our Belt Ceremony December of 2007. This was the last black belt ceremony at our old location.
In photo (top row from L-R) Jay S, Siaka H, Steve J, Dexter P, Richard A, Jun C, Nick C, Mason W, Greg W, Ada C, Jim G, Chul Jin K, (bottom row L-R) Kim, Raef C, Rila C.
If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Korea/China Martial Arts Tour 2010!

If you’ve always wanted to visit the Far East and you love martial arts, why not share your passion for both and join us for our 3rd annual Martial Arts Tour!

Jun Chong Martials Arts, in collaboration with several schools across the country, will be hosting our annual trip to Asia to visit famous historial sites, museums and gardens, eat great food, and learn about new cultures and languages while bonding with fellow students, parents, and friends.And you do not have to be a martial arts student to attend!Hear what some families have experienced in the past:
"We definitely think the trip was worthwhile...they really make you feel like royalty!" -the Gerst family

"My wife and I have toured the Orient on our own, but with Grandmasters Chul Jin and Jun Chong, it takes it to a whole different level." -Phillip Blackman
Dates of Trip:
July 1-11, 2010

Agenda will include visiting sites in:
Shanghai, Jiaxing, Hangzhou (China); Seoul, Jaeju Island, Kukkiwon WTF Federation, Wonju Oak Valley (Korea).

The tour package includes:
*Round trip airfare *5-Star hotel accomodations *Three full meals of the local cuisine *All ground transportation and transfers

It Saves to Sign Up Early! (price per person)
$2500 before January 31, 2010 $2600 before February 28,2010 $2700 before March 31, 2010

No applications will be accepted after April 1, 2010. For more information or to sign up, call us at (323) 658-7570 or email us at junchong411[at]gmail.com.

DECEMBER 2009 TESTING RESULTS

Belt Ceremony will be this Friday, December 18th during your regularly scheduled class (eg. if you are a white belt and tested for your yellow belt, you will attend your white belt class and receive your yellow belt during that class).

Congratulations to everyone who tested!

YELLOW

Ava Hinojosa

Eric Perez – OUTSTANDING

Jacob Ruskin

Lucas Hron

Marcus Ho

William Mellein – OUTSTANDING

YELLOW, WHITE STRIPE

Benjamin Simon – OUTSTANDING

Cleo Walker

Henry Kraft – OUTSTANDING

Hunter Griswold

Miles Lin

PURPLE

Advik Paharia

Alex Munzon – OUTSTANDING

Catherine Denton

Y-Thien Lam – OUTSTANDING

ORANGE

Aerryelle Parker

Isabella Slimp

Joshua Garcia – OUTSTANDING

Lauren Kim – OUTSTANDING

Max Levotman – OUTSTANDING

Maya Lee – OUTSTANDING

Shriram Krishnamachari – OUTSTANDING

ORANGE, WHITE STRIPE

Noah Masliah

Rocio Rincon – OUTSTANDING

BLUE

Benjamin Lee

Harry Lake – OUTSTANDING

Jadon Gilliard – OUTSTANDING

Justine Halliday

BLUE, WHITE STRIPE

Alexander Alas-Arellano

Ariella Ahdout

Brian Lee

Oliver Seid – OUTSTANDING

Omri Vivat – SEE OFFICE

Shawn Ahdout

Valentina Maria

GREEN, WHITE STRIPE
Brenden Gleeson

GREEN, BLACK STRIPE

Jakob Adler – SEE OFFICE

RED

Kiernan Shipka

Valery Steinberg

RED, WHITE STRIPE

Alex Garcia

RED, BLACK STRIPE

Nikos Papagergas

BLACK BELTS

Bryan Maghen

Jacob Levy

Joe Zarif – OUTSTANDING

Joseph Grib – OUTSTANDING

Vissia Hidalgo

BLACK II DAN

Devin Maghen

Kip Ehanks

Nicholas Lee

Steven Kaplan

Fun Foto of the Week!

Students Linda P, Elizabeth B, Terry H, and Master Chong tried Iyengar Yoga at our Yoga Workshop last February.

We will be starting our Yoga program in January with another Yoga Workshop on Saturday, January 9th, open to adults, kids, moms, and dads!

For more information about our Yoga workshop, please call (323) 658-7570.

If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!

Holiday Party 2009 Award Winners

Congrats to this year's winners of our Holiday Party Awards Ceremony held on December 5, 2009 at "A Cow Jumped Over the Moon" in Beverly Hills.

Most Dedicated Parents Award: Hunter Isaacson's parents, Todd Isaacson and Dawn Dumont

Most Dedicated Grandmother Award: Eli and Jakob Adler's grandmother Young Ai Park

Most Volunteering Parents Award: Shayna Garcia's parents Terry Hashimoto and Patrick Garcia, Cameron Ro's mother Sung Ro

Best Attendance Award: Brian Weinberg, Janette Shew, Y-Thien Lam, Alex Munzon

Most Dependable Award: Jack Lue

Most Dedicated Award: Stephanie Trott, Jonas Basom

Most Spirit Award: Renee Spei

Loudest Kiap Award: Joe Zarif

Most Improved Award: Josh Garcia, Crystal Miles

Most Perspiring Award: Harry Lake

Most Persevering Award: Elaine Sir, John Savas

Most Persevering Parents Award: Miles Lin parents Dan and Sophia Lin

Most Injured Award: Lily Chang

Most Positive Attitude Award: Andrew Jones

Makes It Look So Easy Award: Ramiro and Mateus Pare, Lauren Kim

Most Competitive Award: Ilya Tabarovskiy, Azia Calderhead

Most Humble Award: Sebastian Casalenuovo, Nikos Papageorgas

Most Challenging to Teach Award: Astro Halliday

Fun Foto of the Week!

Check out these bad-a$$ B's!
Red belts Saeyoung Kim and Elaine Sir were pumped up and ready to perform at our 15th Annual Martial Arts Championship as part of the demo team.

The demo team will be performing again on Saturday December 5th from 11am-4pm at Larchmont Charter's 2nd Annual World Fair. Feel free to come out and support our team!
If you have any good photos that you'd like to submit, email them to me at junchong411[at]gmail.com. Enjoy!