5 ways Karate can help beat the Bully, without fighting

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LINDON SWAT TEAM - back row: Collin Adamson, Zack Stayner, Tyge Davis, Reese Pughe, Brandon Hansen, Justus Lawrence front row: Mickey Pughe, Lindsay Shimanek, Te Lawrence

What is a bully? A bully is someone who uses force or the threat of violence to coerce another into action or non-action. A bully abuses others physically, mentally, or emotionally. They come in all ages, races, and genders and from all walks of life. Manipulation is the way of the bully.

How can karate help us defeat bullies without fighting?

- First, karate makes us feel confident. We know that if a confrontation does come to blows, we have a good chance of winning or escaping. We have been trained to know what a fight is like and we are less afraid of it.

- Second, we see the good in all people. We realize that even bullies are humans with needs, desires, and frailties, just as we are. We are able to see through enemy's eyes. This deflates the power of the bully in our mind.

- Third, if we build upon the confidence principle, we are able to generate more creative options. Our problem solving skills are strengthened in both a mental and physical way.

- Fourth, karate helps us to see our own strengths and weaknesses. Knowing yourself helps you make better decisions.

- Fifth, and most importantly, we look inside at our own behavior. Are we behaving in a way that attracts bullies or allows them to dominate us? Even worse, are we being a bully in any way to anyone else?

If you are being bullied or if you have acted as a bully, talk to your karate instructor. He or she can give you specific advice for your situation. Remember that as students of Bobby Lawrence Karate, you are expected to hold a high standard and to set an example of Black Belt Excellence!

TAKE YOUR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING SERIOUSLY!

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BELT PROMOTION

thank you for all the wonderful family and friends who came to cheer on your students! Without your support, they wouldn't be able to improve the ways that they have! We are proud of each of their personal advancements.
We'd like to say congratulations to all of our graduates!!!
(in alphabetical order)
Collin Adamson
Blake Adamson
Eli Allan
Arinda Allan
Dallin Allred
Nicholas Anderson
Kit Anderson
Karina Avila
Cameron Bean
Will Bennett
Dylan Bird
Hannah Briceno
Breanna Briceno
Carter Brown
Devon Bunn
Hayden Bunn
Jacob Bryan
Aspen Call
Dayton Call
Brecken Call
Jackson Call
Trevor Call
Jordan Carlson
Aiden Carlson
Kainoa Carvalho
Camille Del Lago
Nicholas Del Lago
Cameron Dimon
Jessica Dortch
Martin Elgueta
Dallin Farris
Cayden Farris
Jenna Foster
Hayden Garner
Alisha Garner
Dallon Getter
Cardon Getter
Matthew Hacking
Owen Hacking
Samuel Hakala
Jeff Hakala
Tayla Hall
Quade Hall
Tyler Hansen
Steve Hansen
Sydni Haro
Robert Hart
Jaidyn Hart
Jacob Henderson
Bryson Hendricks
Braxton Hendricks
Bronson Hendricks
Makade Hendricks
Kaden Hendrickson
Jordan Hendrickson
M'li Hoki
Hana Hoki
Dak Hooley
Lukas Jackson
Dylen Jepperson
Cadence Jepperson
Breenanna Johnston
Nolan Johnston
Jon Killpack
Sarah Killpack
Allie Killpack
Derek Leany
Maggie Lily
Braden Liu
Karina Lopez
Mike Lopez
Hannah Luke
Tyson Lupus
Alexis Lupus
Luis Madrigal
Makai Maetani
Jonas Maetani
Cameron Magleby
Chase Magleby
Harley Manire
Jared Martin
Mackenzie McAuliffe
Holden McAuliffe
Reese McKinnon
Karina Miner
Clark Miner
Linnea Miner
Natalie Miner
Keith Moore
Vianca Moreno
Luis Moreno
Tanner Mullen
Jack Mulvey
Austain Mustain
Kayden Newman
Jade Nielson
Cameron Niswander
Ridger Norman
David Ockey
Tanis Olesen
Lily Olesen
Quinn Olivares
Austin Olivares
Austin Penrod
Brendan Perl
Cole Platte
Portia Rapier
Skyler Romero
Justin Rowley
Joey Russell
Hannah Schneiter
Kalten Shafer
Gavin Shafer
Lindsay Shimanek
Brennon Skinner
Aiden Smith
Zackary Stayner
Justin Stayner
Dax Steggell
Seth Sumison
Coleman Tew
Jonathon Thomas
Zackary Thomas
Xander Thomas
Elio Tijerino
Mario Tijerino
Natasha Torsak
Nicholas Torsak
Teo Velez
Taylor Walker
Reuben Westrup
Will Westrup
Garrison Willoughby
Ian Woodward
Tanielu Young
Owen Young


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TWILIGHT

For all the Twilight fans out there, we thought you would enjoy a little trivia about one of the stars. Taylor Lautner who plays Jacob in the best selling movie, started as a karate champion!! That's right!
Lautner began studying karate at the age of six in Michigan. By the following year, he began winning tournaments. He was soon invited to train with seven-time world karate champion Mike Chat and, when he was eight, he was asked to represent his country in the twelve years and under division in the World Karate Association where he proved himself by becoming the Junior World Forms and Weapons champion, winning three gold medals.He continued to flourish in the martial arts circuit; in 2003, at only eleven years old, he was ranked number one in the world for NASKA's Black Belt Open Forms, Musical Weapons, Traditional Weapons and Traditional Forms and, by the age of twelve, he won Junior World Championships.

As an actor, the show that first propelled him to stardom is one you may have seen: the Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl.

Taylor as Jacob Black in Twilight

FLIPPING OUT :)

Justus playing around at gymnastics

doing kicks

TEAM JUSTUS HALLOWEEN PARTY

Trick or Treat

What a great Buddy Day, as we all got to join in on the Halloween festivities! We saw so many great costumes, some that were cute, some that were funny and some that were down right SPOOKY! There were games, prizes and nice non-candy treats ;)
Teachers also took time to review Halloween Safety Tips with the students and buddies to make sure that this was a fun, safe holiday weekend. And at t
Thanks to everyone who came and made this such a fun event :)

the Man in Black - Leadership member, Jeff Allan

fabulous prizes :)

special guests - Shrek & Fionasome of our ghoulish Brown belts!

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Bobby Lawrence Karate TOURNAMENT Fall 2008

Bobby Lawrence Karate LINDON
comes in 2nd Place overall!

Wow, we are so proud of all the students who participated! There has never been a school as young as ours (we haven't even hit our 2 year mark yet) place so high and we couldn't be more excited. It really showcases what great talent we have at our Studio!
The day started out early with the Demo team competition. Our very young SWAT team did an impressive job with the debut of their very own Star Wars demo. All but one member has ever been a demo team member but you never would have guessed it with and exciting 2nd place! This great little team really pulled together :)

They were then followed by our extremely talented STORM team. The Storm team has been asked to participate in numerous half time shows at various BYU and UVU sporting events, along with school assemblies and BLK Lindon celebrations. They definitely fulfill their role of Special Team Of Role Models. They looked so sharp, crisp, clean and so stinkin' acrobatic! They were up first and did a great job getting things going. I don't even know if they realize how good they looked!

To see more on the demo team check out their blog, Lindon All Stars.
After this the tournament began starting with the adorable Little Ninjas then cruising upwards all the way to Black Belt. This tournament had an Olympics theme and we were proud to see our students, fight off the nerves and perform in front of hundreds of spectators. You could see all the hard work show as they did their various forms, self defense, weapons and sparring events.
Thank you students for your hardwork. It was a joy to watch you! And thank you parents for all the love and support.

Martin doing the Leadership form BLACK ICE (he earned a gold medal with this one)

Bobby Lawrence Karate BLACK BELT TEST Fall 2008

Isn't that a great looking bunch?!!? We are so proud of the 9 Black Belt Candidates who ALL passed the State Black Belt Test held at Willow Middle School in Lehi Friday night.

1st DEGREE BLACK BELT
Hunter Lawrence

2nd DEGREE BLACK BELT
Lexi Barrett
Hunter Gappmayer
Adrian Hallberg
Rhys Nelsen
Ethan Smith

3rd DEGREE BLACK BELT
Sammy Allan
Ashley Bevard
Kayla Bevard

There were hundreds of friends and family there to cheer on over 70 Black Belt Candidates! All the candidates participated in tests at a school and regional level in order to qualify to test at the State Test in front of all the Head of Schools and Special Guests, along with Master Lawrence.
They had a strenuous physical fitness test, that included a 1-2 mile run, sit ups, pull ups and push ups all within a 30 minute time limit. After this they went through numerous hours of testing on their Forms, Self Defense techniques, Kicks & tricks and overall attitude and skill level. For all the candidates this can be a grueling, intense experience. But after a culmination of years of dedication, commitment and follow through (many of the candidates have been involved with Bobby Lawrence Karate for at least 5-10 years!) they reaped the reward of that hard work.
We are so proud of our students!! They excelled in all categories and blew the physical fitness portion out of the water. We were proud to see the way the Bobby Lawrence Karate Lindon Students stood out from the crowd with impressives kicks, tricks and precision.
We would also like to point out that one of our Leadership teachers Sammy Allan had the highest total points at the Regional exam. This is an impressive feat considering all the talented candidates who were present! Way to go Sammy!!

Sammy Allan & Justus Lawrence

Ethan Smith & JustusJustus & Hunter Gappmayer
Something that offer exclusively through at BLK Lindon is the special "Team Justus Black Belt" Jacket which you can only receive after achieving your Black Belt with BLK Lindon school. This is presented to each candidate after their test.

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Justus, his brother Miki, cousin Jade & brother Dallas Lawrence
Jeff Vincent (West Jordan school), Kenney Ruano (Sandy School) & Justus. We were lucky enough to see Mr. Ruano test for his 6th Degree Black Belt!
Testing for you Black Belt isn't always easy and in fact I'm sure at times it was down right frustrating and hard but I think ALL would agree that it was worth it! Not everybody makes it to Black Belt but we know that the dedication and commitment that each of our new black belts put into this will benefit them in all aspects of their life!

We look forward to continuing with you towards Black Belt Excellence!!

(if you have any pictures that you have from the event, we would LOVE to add them! Please email them to blklindon@gmail.com)

3RD DEGREE CANDIDATES

2ND DEGREE CANDIDATES

Kicks & Tricks (Lindon style)

Justus giving their hard earned new Belts

Bevard Girls, flashing their weapons- don't mess boys!

BACK TO SCHOOL BASH

Bobby Lawrence Karate
BACK TO SCHOOL BASH 2008
Great students, great friends, great turnout, GREAT TIME!
Thanks to all who came, who helped and who had a good time. We love Bobby Lawrence Karate Lindon!!

owners - Justus & Katrina at the welcome table

leadership team making sure the cotton candy tastes good (kolton, ashley, mimi, frances, shayna, kayla, portia)
the bevard girls - our future 3rd degree Black Belts! (ashley & kayla)
decorations (shayna, frances, ashley, chieko)JEDI WEAPONS led by leadership member Chris Allman
SWAT DEMO lookin good! (Lindsay Shimanek, Cole Anderson, Rhys Pughe, Te, Kit Anderson, Collin Adamson, Brandon Han
STORM TEAM
VANQUISHING DARTH MAUL (te & martin tinoco)
THE FABULOUS PRIZES the grand finale to a great summer of hard work earning tickets (kayla, justus, mimi, te)
Look at all those tickets!!!
excited CLASS MEMBERS all waiting to hear who the grand prize winner is....
AND THE WINNERS ARE... Luis Moreno, Parker Mota, Camden Tomlinson, Enoch Mahana, Hana Hoki, Will Westrup and our Grand Prize winner of ROCK BAND - Brenden Perl!!
Good job to all the winners and hard workers this summer!!!!
THE INFLATABLE RIDES with all of our leadership team!
Justus and his kids joining in on the fun
Enoch doing some great clean up

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SUPPORT!