April 3rd, 2009 by Mr. Conley
Congratulations!
You found the Easter Egg that is The Beginner’s Mind Dojo!
As a reward for your hunt across the internet for a martial arts school that is warm and welcoming, we would like to give you free classes, just in time for Easter!
When you come to our classes, just mention this message to receive your special Easter present- we will waive your fee for the entire month of April! As if that wasn’t enough incentive, we also offer to you a positive learning environment and great experiences with a whole building full of new friends! But act fast, this offer is only good up to Easter Day!!!
We don’t just give you Karate at the Beginner’s Mind, we work very hard to give you real, positive, life enhancement!
You won’t have a hard time finding us if you follow this link!
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April 3rd, 2009 by Mr. Conley
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March 19th, 2009 by Mr. Conley
Greetings all! We wanted to jump on here and announce that, on APRIL 18th, The Beginner’s Mind Dojo will be hosting its next Hackey Sack Circle at the school! There is no charge for attending and all members of the Fook Yueng Chuan Association are invited! Bring yourself and, if you like, bring a friend! The details:
April 18, 2009
4pm – 7pm
Beginner’s Mind Dojo
Alleyway behind 217 W. Chestnut st.
Walla Walla, WA. 99362
Driving directions!
This is an open house event so feel free to come in late or leave early as needed.
You don’t even have to know how to play, you can come for a visit or come to learn how to play; people of many skill levels will be attending!
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February 28th, 2009 by Mr. Conley
Today, Mr. Conley and I were lucky to find ourselves hosting The Beginner’s Mind Dojo’s first ever Women’s Self Protection Seminar for Walla Walla Community College and the Phi Beta Lambda club. All the women that attended, were just looking for some self confidence and the skills to keep themselves SAFE!
Before teaching, I had a moment of panic at the realization of this being our debut seminar. People were still arriving as I fidgeted with informational handouts and my nerves were still a twitter. I then remembered the counseling that our sensei offered to and his confidence within us and was beginning to feel empowered but was still reminded that these women were still going to be influenced by my teachings today. After a small amount of speed talking in the beginning (which I slowed directly afterward), the class got underway and the ladies in attendance were excited and eager to get underway and before we knew it, the day zoomed by. Those attending were attentive and thrived on the knowledge we shared with them, everyone participated in all drills and after each one walked away with coments like “wow i can do this”, “wait, that was so simple”, and my favorite “I can’t believe I have that much power just from that!”. At the end of our day together, each one thanked Mr. Conley and I for a great day and for about another 30 minutes, slowly one by one took their leave. I feel grateful and honored to have had this opportunity and thanks to my wonderful Husband (punching bag) together made it in my eyes an awesome day.
What I feel all of them left with was an empowering knowledge that everyone can protect themselves and that if they trust in their instincts as well as the individual strengths we worked today they are more protected. What I walked away with was a strong feeling of satisfaction and confidence! Satisfaction that every attendee had a fantastic time and confidence that there were that many more women in the world that have taken the power of protection into their hands!
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February 23rd, 2009 by Mr. Conley
Beginner’s Mind Martial Arts Dojo and Phi Beta Lambda have teamed up to present female students of Walla Walla Community College with a three hour class that helps develop skills and understanding which may be called upon in times of need!
This self defense course, which is held at the WWCC campus in the Water building 2023 on Saturday, February 28th from 1pm to 4pm, will cover physical aspects of self defense by covering basic striking tailored for female effectiveness as well as basic grabbing and holding escapes.
Additionally; Stacy, Beginner’s Mind’s female instructor, will discuss the psychological aspects of self defense and the body’s natural response in high stress situations, the key element in self defense.
There will be plenty of opportunities to practice what you’ve learned and great fun to be had by all! This class is open to female college students enrolled at
WWCC and their loved ones at a very special PBL ticket price of $15.00 per person. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to
Phi Beta Lambda and the many great causes they fight for with their brains instead of their fists!
Sign up is limited so sign up NOW!
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February 4th, 2009 by Mr. Conley
To show our love for Walla Walla and encourage the spirit of Valentine’s Day with this town’s people, we are offering two weeks FREE martial arts classes to any person that chooses to attend our school! If you contact us between now and the day of hearts, we will waive the remainder of the tuition fees for the month of February!
That’s right, we are offering free classes from February 14th to the 28th and if you sign up early, you gain even more by having the rest of the month covered just for you!
That’s not all! Because Cupid is such a busy little cherub, We will offer one full month waived fees to any couple that signs up for classes TOGETHER!
This offer is good for 30 calendar days on two memberships, just for you and a loved one!
So join us now and jumpkick your way into someone’s heart with The Beginner’s Mind School in Walla Walla, Washington!
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January 26th, 2009 by Mr. Conley
Martial arts has continuously gained popularity since Bruce Lee jump kicked into Hollywood so many decades ago and a great many powerful things have been associated with this equally powerful physical art since. This growth has been fantastic for the awareness and understanding of what martial arts means to those of us that have studied and practiced it but as time moves forward and studios find need to compete with one another on a marketing scale in order to keep their doors open, sensationalism has taken hold and the grandiose has saturated the market with studio names that may be better fit as titles to a Shaw Brothers Martial Arts Movie.
Some of the softer, yet equally powerful, messages of the nature of our arts get overlooked in this realm of marketing and advertising. Many schools promote the stronger sounding beliefs in their names and attitudes to appeal to extreme fighters and individuals that are looking for evidence that martial arts can truly protect them and so, often times, words like dragon and flaming and other powerful sounding words are chosen merely in hopes to draw appeal to a place of learning.
Equally important philosophies of martial arts can be found in such simple words as respect, humility and honor or through more complex ideas such as peace through knowledge, honesty of action, and learning with the heart. Though the powerful ideals are strong within our minds, chest and teachings; it is from this quiet place of the arts that our school resonates loudly with. It is here that we find our balance, our Yin.
Through personal studies, we have always held firm to entering each class or session with an open mind and see every instruction with the eyes of the beginner, without the bias of experience. This belief has been honest to us every day, both inside and outside the dojo, and it is with this valuable lesson teaching us every waking moments of our lives, we continue to develop the personal integrity that we feel needs to be given to our own martial arts and offer the same for those that choose to learn along side us. Within our
Shoshin Ryu or
Beginner’s Mind School.
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January 21st, 2009 by Mr. Conley
On the weekend of January 10th, 2009, The Beginner’s Mind School acted as host to a very incredible seminar sponsored by The Little Dojo and Fook Yueng Chuan association in which legendary martial artist, Jesse Glover came to Walla Walla, Washington to provide exceptional martial arts instruction to both local and distance artists from all around the Pacific Northwest.
Jesse Glover, Bruce Lee’s first student and assistant, spent an astounding eight hours, divided into two days, through the course of the weekend providing instruction on some Non-Classical Gung-Fu such as closing, trapping, as well as other drills and techniques.Â
Through the course of the weekend,
Mr. Glover was kind enough to show amazing applications of his art and was more than willing to demonstrate and guide each and every participant on any step they could not take alone. His kindness showed up to your training area before he did and his knowledge stayed behind to help you even when he walked to the next group of practitioners. His friendliness was easily felt by each and every martial artist that attended this seminar, regardless of belt color, years of practice, or level of skill and each individual participating was blessed by his attention. Beyond the instruction and course content, as well as beyond Jesse’s presence, the attendance was peppered with teachers, school owners, private practitioners as well as beginning students; including the majority of the student base from
our own school, which we were thankful for the representation.
The quality of instruction and the pleasure of experience of this event was without doubt or question and the amount of information gained was without parallel. We were exhausted at the end of this momentous event but excited to play with what we learned and thankful for Jesse’s willingness to give us his time and energy.
If you are ever given the opportunity to spend time learning from Jesse Glover, do what ever it takes to commit to it because you will walk away with something that will stay with you forever.
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