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Students of
Chi's Martial Arts Receive
Civil Service
Awards from Town of Babylon
Sifu Charles
Chi With Congressman Steve Israel
and Assemblyman
Bob Sweeny
Students Of
Chi's Martial Arts join together
with Babylon
Town Supervisor Steve Ballone
To Clean up
Edgewood Preserve
Meagan Chi
Receives Encouragement from
Congressman
Israel to Keep up Her Efforts
With
Environmental Clean Up Projects
The Demo Team
Tries Rock Climbing
Young People Making A
Difference
In a day and
age where our youth are continually bombarded with messages
which promote
mediocrity, it
is always refreshing to learn that some of our young citizens
are striving to
achieve a
higher level of contribution to our society. Christina Conlon is
one such person.
As part of her
Black Belt test Christina was inspired to complete an
extraordinary Act of
Kindness.
In order to make the project meaningful to
her she searched long and hard to
find something that really
spoke to her heart. Finely she found a situation that she was so
touched by that she immediately
took action. What she found was a tragic example of how
good people can experience the
ultimate tragedy at any time and in any place. On May 4, 2006
foreign missionary Matt Baugh,
on his way to meet another missionary, was killed in a traffic
accident in Haiti. Matt was
thirty-seven and is survived by his wife, Shannon, and their
five
children: Andrew (10), Laura
(9), SaraGrace (7), Jessica (5), and Margaret (2), all of whom
have returned to the States
from the mission field to try to re-establish family life here.
It had
become apparent that his wife,
Shannon and their children would need significant help in the
years to come. Although she had
never met any of the Baugh family before the situation touched
her heart and she immediately
began setting up a means to collect funds for the family. Single
handedly Christina collected
over $500 and in doing so demonstrated that one person could
make a difference in this
world.
“We have too many high sounding words, and too
few actions that correspond with them.”
Abigail Adams
Santa's Helpers Know Karate
This year the Chiarri
family were visited by Chi's Martial Arts as part of the CMA
adopt a
family for Christmas
project. The Chiarri family received 87 Christmas gifts and $259
dollars worth of food cards as
a result of the generous contributions of CMA
members and families. Members
of the CMA Leadership were up early Christmas
morning to personally make
their deliveries as part of commitment to community service
and help other in need.
Santa Visits Chi's Martial Arts
As part of our Christmas
celebration Santa paid a visit to Chi's Martial Arts along
with some of Black Belt elves
in order to take pictures with the students who were
anxiously awaiting his visit to
their houses on Christmas Eve. Santa stayed long
enough to take 206 pictures and
all the money that was collected was donated to
charity. But don't worry if you
missed out, we have been assured by Santa that he
will be back next year.
Super Heroes
Stop by to take Pictures
Halloween proved to be an exciting time at
Chi's Martial Arts as Super heroes dropped in to
take photos with students. All monies
collected for this event went to local charity.
Sifu Chi
Receives Martial Arts Hero Award
In recognition of his many hours of community
service projects and his tireless efforts
to help those in need Sifu Chi was awarded the
Martial Arts Hero Award by his peers
in the International Martial Arts
community at this years EFC convention. Sifu Chi
was also presented the Outstanding Contributor
to Martial Arts Publications Award
for his many articles and publications.
Project Based Leadership
Sunday August
20th – Gianni Hunter, a Member of Chi’s Martial Arts
Masters Club,
was given an
assignment by her Master Instructor to find a project which
would help
others. After
searching the internet for hours she finely found a project that
touched
her heart
that she felt passionate about. What Gianni found was that
thousands of
homeless
children must return to school every year without the necessary
school
supplies they
need to start the school year. So she decided that she would do
something
about it. Calling on family members and friends Gianni proceeded
to
collect the
money she needed to purchase the supplies and then placed all
the
items into
backpacks. Recruiting her mom she then dropped the backpacks off
so
that they
could be given to the children in need. But the story does not
stop there,
after hearing
about Gianni’s project many of her friends decided that they
also would
pitch in and
provide supplies for the homeless. By using her leadership
skills and
leading by
example Gianni was able to inspire others to take action.
Financial Self-Defense
Students of
Chi’s Martial Arts received a lesson that most people
would
not normally associate with a martial arts school. On July 29
students
entered the
Commerce bank of Massapequa and opened saving accounts
as part
of their training for a financial Self-Defense program.
National Youth Service Day
Despite the rain and cold Town of Babylon
Supervisor,
Steve Bellone joined together with the students of
Chi’s
Martial Arts at Van Borgandine Park and planted 200
sapling trees in observance of National Youth Service
Day and
Earth Day.
Karate Kidz Student Andrew Biggin Plants A Tree
for Earth Day
Sifu Chi gets down and dirty
with students to get those trees planted
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6077798.stm
Students Receive Awards From
State Assemblyman Bob Sweeney
Working with
Groups in our Community
Showing their true colors Brownie Troup 762 and
Junior Troup 80 enjoyed
an educational "Bully Busters" seminar at William Raul
Elementary School. The seminar included topics
on how to deal with bully confrontations in a non-violent way, Having
self-confidence to walk away, asking for help without feeling like a
rat, and the A.B.C's of conflict avoidance. All participants
came away from the seminar with an increased confidence to deal with
the ever growing problem of dealing with bullies in school.
Girl Scouts
Learn Stranger Danger
With there commitment to helping others, girl
scouts can sometimes put themselves at risk. That’s why local
community leader and Master martial arts instructor Charles Chi
has decided to commit his time and efforts to educating our
youth about the dangers that face our kids on a daily basis.
Working With our
Schools
Students From Mrs. Williams Class at Tooker
Elementary School enjoyed a lesson on the A.B.C's of success from
Sifu Chi. Children were taught the importance of using the
techniques of reading and problem solving to accomplish a task. They
were shown the importance of focus and having a good teacher to help
them achieve success in everything they do and were coached on how
to develop confidence to make important decisions in life.
Charity Events
Members Of the Chi's Martial Arts XMA Demo Team
Perform at Nassau Community Collage for the American Heart
Foundation Fund Raiser
Presidents Physical Fitness Month
Chí's Martial Arts student body are presented
their Presidential Physical Fitness Awards by Lindenhurst Mayor
Tom Brennan
THIS YEAR SANTA WORE A BLACK BELT
Members of Chí’s Martial Arts share a moment
with the Hall Family
December 25th, 2004 – This
Christmas, Theresa and her four children were the recipients of
the Acts of Kindness Program. The Students of Chí’s Martial
Arts in an effort to display the true meaning of Christmas
volunteered to give up their Christmas morning and delivered over
150 gifts to the Hall family. In an effort to teach his own
students the joy of giving to others and to advance the cause of
the Acts of Kindness program, Master Chí reminded all his
students that Christmas was ultimately about giving to others, not
just exchanging gifts but experiencing the true joy of giving
unselfishly to others and not expecting anything in return other
than the joy one feels in their heart when you know you have done
a good thing. Master Chi asked if every student would be willing
to give up just one gift so that the Hall family would be able to
experience the joy of Christmas and the love of their fellow man.
Needless to say every child raised their hand and volunteered to
give up one gift, many of them were willing to give and do much
more.
Theresa Hall and her four children lost their
home to a devastating fire back in May and were forced to live in
a shelter for the last six months. Mrs. Hall wondered what they
would do and how they would survive such a catastrophic event that
consumed virtually everything they owned. By some stroke of luck
she just happened to be looking through the South Bay paper when
she saw a feature on a local Martial Arts instructor and his Acts
of Kindness program. If you remember back in July the management
of South Bay Paper decided to endorse Charles Chí and his Acts of
Kindness program for the betterment of the community. Since then
Master Chí has gained the support of Suffolk County Legislator
David Bishop, State Assemblyman Robert Sweeney and has also had a
resolution passed by the Town of Babylon in support of the
program. Ms. Hall was able to contact Master Chí with the
information provided in the article and he at once went to work
calling support agencies that would be able to provide some relief
for the stress the Hall family was experiencing. Master Chí then
asked Ms. Hall if she would mind if his school adopted her family
for Christmas and provide her and her children with Christmas
gifts. With tears in her eyes she accepted.
Christmas morning Chí’s Martial Arts Leadership team
personally delivered the gifts to the Hall family. Ms. Hall had
not informed her children about what was happening and they were
totally surprised. Master Chí comments, “There wasn’t a dry
eye in the house. Not only was Ms. Hall and her children overjoyed
with the Act of Kindness but our students, experiencing the joy of
giving to others less fortunate themselves, were also brought to
tears.” For many of his students this was the first time that
they were able to experience first hand what it was like to help
someone in need.
"I
am so proud of all my students and their families who supported us
in helping the Hall family I would like to personally thank each
and every one of you for showing what the true meaning of
Christmas is all about. I would like to especially than the
following families for going the extra mile in helping make this
project a success."
The
Rufrano Family, The
Ramphal Family, The
Moller Family, The
Raft Family, The
Conlon Family
The
Ippolito Family, The
Ramirez Family, The
Mencarelli Family, The
Gillooley Family, The
Mander Family
The
Santangelo Family, The
Walker Family, The
Sobotker Family,
The
Tammone Family, The
Mercado Family
The
Marshall Family, The
Walsh Family, The
Carseni Family, The
Thornton Family, The
Maurro Family
The
Torres Family, The
Gigante Family, The
McMann Family, The
Fratti Family, The
Burkhalter Family
The
Blonder Family, The
Cucinella Family, The
Albert Family, The
DeMaio Family, The
Wentz Family
Thanks Again and I look forward to your continued support as we
continue to teach our children valuable lessons that reflect the
morals and ethics that we all share.
Guro
Dan Inosanto
Visits
Chí's Martial Arts
Students of Chi's Martial Arts, NuBreed Martial Arts, and
Tristate Martial were treated to a wonderful seminar by martial
arts legend Dan Inosanto. This is the first time Guro Dan has
given a seminar at CMA and will definitely not be the last. Guro
Dan thrilled the participants with a unique blend Jeet Kune Do and
Filipino martial arts as only he can do. This seminar marks the
return of Guro Dan to the Long Island area for the first time in
over 10 years. Student drove to CMA to attend the seminar from as
far away as Pennsylvania and later commented that it was well
worth the drive.
With his usual meticulous detail Guro Dan explains the inner
workings and history behind the arts.
Showing his unselfish and giving character Guro Dan took time
out to autograph pictures and answer questions from the seminar participants.
New York Instructors Luigi Cuellar, Charles Chí and Alex Chan
pose with their instructor Guro Dan Inosanto
IT’S ALL ABOUT CHARACTER
Children
of West Gates Elementary School receive a special lesson
Students
of West Gates Elementary School were given a special lesson by
local Martial Arts Instructor Charles Chí. In yet another attempt
to promote his Acts of Kindness Program in the Lindenhurst
community Master Chi volunteered his time to teach our children
about the importance of character and how to deal with bullies.
School principal Lisa Omeis launched a “character counts”
program in West Gates last semester, and as part of that program
the children also learn about how to deal with bullies. Knowing
Master Chí’s commitment the community and his Acts of Kindness
program she contacted him as a guest speaker. Surprisingly Master
Chí did not speak about punching and kicking but rather about how
to deal with bully in a non-violent way by outsmarting them. Students
were taught how to identify different types of bullies and the six
smarts way to resolve conflict peacefully. Master Chí also taught
the students about good character and the importance of having a
positive attitude when facing the many challenges that they would
experience as they grew up. By saying, “Yes I Can” as a
positive affirmation, students were taught that they must always
try their best and never give up. To prove the power of the “Yes
I Can” attitude School principal Lisa Omeis agreed to break a
board as her students shouted “YES I CAN!”
Did she do it? Yes She Did!
www.invisiblechildren.com
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