March 2024
Snapkick
Dojo Student Newsletter
“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” ~ Og Mandino
Featured
Chanbara Competition 3/2
Our Chanbara Competition will be held on Saturday, March 2nd of 2024 at Cupertino High School! It is by enrollment only and has a limited student availability.
Testing
All Classes: March 27, 28, 29
PLEASE ATTEND IN FULL UNIFORM AND BELT
Theme of the Month
This month, we are focusing on various types of kicks. The goal this month is to improve everyone’s kicks on all levels; speed, accuracy, power, and all around technique. We will have many new and unique kicking drills and games to keep it fun and interesting.
Cornered by an unruly gang of pine boards, Robert suddenly remembers his Karate training.
The Cookie Thief
By Valerie Cox in “A Matter of Perspective”
A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid a scene.
So she munched the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by, thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice, I would blacken his eye.”
With each cookie she took, he took one too, when only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other, she snatched it from him and thought… oooh, brother. This guy has some nerve and he’s also rude, why he didn’t even show any gratitude!
She had never known when she had been so galled, and sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate, refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate.
She boarded the plane, and sank in her seat, then she sought her book, which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes.
If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, and he tried to share. Too late to apologize, she realized with grief, that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief.
