How do I say this without getting emotional?

"I believe attending Tri Star Martial arts has helped my 9 year old son Noah in his focus..."

Although this has always been a challenge for him, little by little he is improving. He has also gained flexiblilty and strength with the physical workout. He also enjoys a feeling of pride at what he can accomplish. Also Noah has gained strength and muscle from his training at Tri-Star as well.

Emilie Hinton
Bradley, IL

"Both of our children have benefitted greatly..."

Julia and Joe have benefitted greatly from their martial arts experiences at Tri-Star.

Julia has gained confidence, but most importantly the ability to defend herself if ever the need should arise. As parents it's easier making decisions about letting her attend events, movies or even walking the mall with her friends knowing that she'll be able to take care of herself.
 
Julia's babysitting clients also feel more confident when their children are in Julia's care.

An unexpected benefit from her marital arts training was her increased speed and strength. This increased her performance in softball and other sports. There is so much concern with children being out of shape, martial arts is great excercise and has helped Julia keep in shape during the off season.

Joe has gained self confidence and his large and fine motor skills have improved greatly. Joe has been diagnosed with neurological delays that affect his balance and coordination.

Mr. Brumitt has been very cooperative in adapting the program to Joe's limitations to make sure that he is successful. We have seen great improvement in this area and

"Our daughters are more outgoing & respectful..."

Marilyn is in the Fittness Kickboxing. She's 16, so she won't admit she love her class. But she complains if she has to miss her training on Monday and Wednesday.

Our daughter Julie. Julie was born cross-eyed. She's had three eye sergeries to fix her eyes. The Doctors told us, that she would have problems with her eye/hand quaodenation all of her life.

She is also ADHD and is on medication. But since we've had Julie in Tri-Star, We've cut back on her medication.
 
Julie is more focused on everything she does. Friends and Family member that haven't seen Julie in awhile keep telling us how much Julie's changed. She's more Happy and out going.

And that leaves our youngest daughter, Josie. Josie just loves going to Tri-Star, if she has to miss coming to her class, She gets upset. She rather come to Tri-Star, than do anything else.

When the other kids at school talk about TV shows they watched ofter school, she tells them she didn't watch because she was at Karate. And she really loves it.

When people say, "this is a God send" and "That is a God send". The only thing I think about is Tri-Star. Because it trully is a God send for my Wife and Myself. God bless you.

Sincerly yours,

"When you look at him you see a tall man with glasses, brown eyes, and brown hair..."


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By: Tishia Stuck Dedicated to: Master Brumitt

Once you get to know Master Brumitt a few of his qualities that stand out are his honesty, seriousness, discipline, trustworthiness, and honorableness. Master Brumitt is an important person to me because he has helped me in many ways. Although his "title" is Master Brumitt (because he's a master black belt) he prefers that we call him Mr.Brumitt. The reason he prefers that we call him Mr.Brumitt instead of Master Brumitt is because most people misinterpret what we mean when we say Master Brumitt. One way that Master Brumitt has helped me is physically. He has helped me physically by having us do physical activities in class and by discussing it together as a class as to why it's so important to exercise and stay healthy. This has inspired me so much that now I exercise at home just for the fun of it. Master Brumitt has also helped me mentally by giving me courage and helping me believe in myself. He has lots of knowledge to share with all of his students. When I first started karate I was very shy, I wouldn't talk to anyone that I didn't know. The way that Master Brumitt has helped me conquer my shyness is by showing me that you can't be shy if you want to be leader. You need to be able to speak up so you can tell other people your good ideas, listen to their good ideas, and put them together to get great ideas. I had no self-discipline at all. Master Brumitt has taught me to be very disciplined. When you learn "self"-discipline your also learning self-government. He's taught me this by telling us how being disciplined can help us now and in the long run. One of his favorite sayings is "Do what you oughta do when you oughta do it so you can do what you wanna do when you wanna do it". Another thing that he says a lot is "Practice makes permanent not perfect". Another thing that I lacked was coordination, Master Brumitt helped me in this way. Most of the stuff that we work on in class has to do with coordination. Two of my favorite games that we play in class every once in a while are called The Wall of China and Chinese Stars. Both of these games use a lot of coordination; to get better at the game you need to practice your coordination skills. My coordination is getting a lot better now that I'm in karate. Master Brumitt may sound mean from what I've told you so far but he really isn't. He may be serious and strict about the rules and "self"-discipline but that doesn't mean that he is mean. He's really compassionate, loving, and funny at the same time. A way that Master Brumitt shows that he's loving and compassionate is how he acts towards us and by what he says to us. He cares about how we treat ourselves, others, other people's property, how much, and what we learn. He's always saying "Garbage in garbage out". If he sees someone misbehaving or disrespecting other people he has a talk about it with that person, but he'll also talk to the whole class about it (without telling us who was doing it). Master Brumitt can also be funny if he wants to. I love the way he jokes around with people. Sometimes when he's joking around he looks and sounds serious, I like seeing the faces of some of the people when they find out that he's only joking with them. Master Brumitt can make me smile no matter what kind of day I'm having whether it's a really bad day or a really good day. I always count on Master Brumitt to brighten up my day. Sometimes it's his irresistible smile, or something he says. He's always saying that I'm just an accident waiting too happen. I'm glad that Master Brumitt is in my life to help me in so many ways. He's already helped me in so many ways that I'm not sure how I'm ever going to repay him and show him my gratitude. I'm sure he still has a lot of advice to give to others and me.

"I am a stay-at-home mom of 4 boys..."


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