Black Belt Promotions

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It is that time of year again. The TAMA Dojo will be doing its part to raise money for cancer research.  We are doing something a little different in 2010; it is called “Fighting for a cure, literally”.  This year we are going to be doing a “Spar-a-thon” where will be doing continuous sparring rounds at the dojo.  Our goal is to fight at least 140 rounds continuously; this could take a total time of 5 hours. In order to accomplish this we need at least 35 people who will spar 4 rounds in a group of 5 people.  The individual students’ time will be about 30-40 minutes. We also need donations to fill up the student’s donation sheets.  We will be giving away an award for the top fundraiser and for every $100 you raise your name will go into a drawing to receive a martial arts gift donated from Century Martial Arts. This is our 7th year doing this event and after this event we will go well over the $25,000 mark.

This is just a reminder so you can plan on doing your part to help raise money for the Pan Mass Challenge to benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.  This is a disease that has touched so many people in one way or another and this is your chance to help.  We will be raising money this year as we have done the previous 6 years for our friend Karl B. and the Flying Henry’s cycling team.  Last year the Flying Henry’s team had a 16 year old girl who was their “Pedal Partner”. This is a program that assigned riding teams with people who were going through cancer treatment. We are sad to say that she is no longer with us as a result of her battle with cancer. I know they are riding in her honor this year and we are doing our part in her honor as well. If we get a lot of people to do a little, we will achieve great things and feel good about ourselves knowing we were able to help someone who is less fortunate or possibly save a life.  Please look for the information and sponsor sheets at the dojo and in the newsletter section.

                                                Thank you
                                                The TAMA Dojo Staff

The TAMA Dojo wins the Karate Referees Association of New England Hall of Fame Award for 2009.

The TAMA Dojo received the KRANE 2009 karate team of the year and school of the year in Massachusetts.  We are a small team in numbers but as the KRANE Vice President said "You guys make a lot of noise at these tournaments". Our team finished the year with 5 overall point champions, 5 gold medals, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals at the 2009 Nationals. "There were a lot of deserving schools that could have been chosen but I was glad they recognized us for what we are, a hard working, talented team.  Great job kids"!

Shihan Mario

The TAMA System curriculum is now available on our new Students Page. You will need to register for an account if you do not already have one.