RMAI NEWS UPDATE
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a relaxing and memorable winter break. It was great to get a few days to rest and recharge and get ready for 2025! Hopefully this update isn’t too long, but I highly encourage you all to read everything and mark in your calendars all the new things we have to share with you. Let’s go!
CLASS SCHEDULE
See the attached finalized schedule for this Winter. Please note that this schedule reflects the same one we were running the last two weeks of 2024.
HOCKESSIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL
We are pleased to announce the addition of our most recent RMAI Affiliate after-school program. The Hockessin Montessori School, located in Hockessin Delaware… we will be providing classes after school beginning on Tuesday, January 14. For those who have already signed up for the program, we encourage those people to invite their school friends to the FREE trial class after school on Tuesday 1/7. It should be a lot of fun!
BLACK BELT GRADUATION
Our tentative date for Black Belt Graduation of the most recent testing candidates will be on Friday January 17, at 6:30pm. We invite you to all to come and celebrate with us. The standard Black Belt/Cho Dan Bo only class will take place immediately afterwards. Training in the first class as a NEW Black Belt with the other black belts is a special occasion to which I hope you all can attend and participate.
STRIPE CHECK
Over the last few years our policy for students has been to award stripes throughout the month whenever a student has earned them. This hasn’t always been the case. Previously, for the first few years we were open, stripes were awarded during specific weeks each month. STRIPE WEEK, as it was known, was a specific time in which we would evaluate students by drilling the required material. Students who could successfully demonstrate the material could expect their progress stripes. Having the arbitrary times in which stripes were given helped speed up progress for students who were proactive in their training but had the opposite effect on students who were struggling. Beginning in 2025, we are taking a hybrid approach. Awarding stripes at any time for those students who deserve it, but also scheduling specific weeks in the month to help students who perform better by having a targeted time and deadline for them to exhibit their skills. Hopefully, this approach will have the anticipated effect of enabling students to progress at the speed which is best for their personal growth. Take note of the following dates for upcoming stripe weeks:
· January Stripe Week
1/13 through 1/18
· February Stripe Week
2/10 through 2/15
· March Stripe Week
3/17 through 3/22
JANUARY GUP TESTING:
Monday 1/20
FEBRUARY GUP TESTING:
Monday 2/17
RED BELT TESTING:
Saturday 2/15
BLACK BELT TESTING CYCLE (Tentative dates):
65% Pre-Exam Qualifier: 3/21 & 3/22
75% Pre-Exam Qualifier: 4/25 & 4/26
85% Pre-Exam Qualifier: 5/16
PMAA Final Exam: TBD – 1st or 2nd Weekend in June
NOBOHK WEEK
March 10 through 15th will be the next Nobohk Week.
YOGA with SARA @ RMAI
Yoga classes with Sara Fleming is Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridays from 9:30 to 10:30am. Price is $20 sign up here: https://calendly.com/saraknappyoga Venmo payments go to @Sara-Knapp
RMAI on SKOOL
https://www.skool.com/revolutionmartialartsinstitute/about
Skool is an online learning and community platform where people of shared interests can interact, learn and grow together. The RMAI Skool page is a one stop shop where students can access all the curriculum videos typically available in the Zen Planner App. Additionally, it is also a place where exclusive extra content exists, seminar recordings, advanced training, collaborations with other instructors. Skool is a great place for our students to interact with one another, share their training stories, and get feedback from other likeminded individuals. Many of you have taken advantage of the Free sign-up period. For those who have yet to sign up, consider this your final call to get in before it’s a paid only community. Also, for anyone you know who might be more willing to learn martial arts online, please share it with them.
BEACH WORKOUT
I know it’s early, but a few people have asked.
Let us make a commitment to scheduling the 2025 RMAI Beach Workout for:
Saturday July 26, 2025
That’s all for now, let’s make 2025 a smashing success!
