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Staying in Touch with our Students

Staying in touch with our members at Art Mason' Peaceful Warriors' Martial Arts Institute has always been very important to us. With this in mind we are always looking for ways to make this easier for students to get updates and news. Well we have something very new and exciting to announce. Peaceful Warriors' on Twitter.

What is Twitter? Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 bytes in length. Updates are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have signed up to receive them. Senders can restrict delivery to those in their circle of friends (delivery to everyone being the default). Users can send and receive updates via the Twitter website, SMS, RSS (receive only), or through applications such as Tweetie, Twitterrific, Twitterfon, TweetDeck and Feedalizr.

Student who create Twitter accounts and 'follow' PeaceWarriors wil receive live updates on school news and happenings in real time depending on how they setup their access. Imagine never missing an event, function or bit of news again! Plus, you can post questions to the school on your Twitter account. So how do you get started? First the Twitter website at http://twitter.com and register with them. Then search for PeacefWarriors or Master Art Mason in the find a person section. From their FOLLOW us! If you like using your web browser to access twitter then this is all that is needed! If you prefer to use another application, here are some samples.

• iPhone and Ipod Touch
• Microsoft Outlook
• Google Desktop & Twitter Gadget
• Blackberry
• Miscellaneous Apps

If you are hooked with Bell Mobility, you can send these update to your cell phone.

We already have some of our students hooked up to this excellent service. Give it a try! If you have any questions feel free to contact me at mas...@thepeacefulwarriors.org

Important Updates

Important News from the desk of Master Art Mason

Dear Parents & Students,

I will be making some important changes to the format of our Monthly Newsletter as well as all electronic / EMAIL correspondence with you.

The MASS email system I have been using is going to be dropped ASAP (If you are reading this message in your INBOX, this is the method I am referring). It is a system that we have had a lot of bugs with, especially the fact that so many people's SPAM filters toss these emails into the junk box. From this writing forward all emails will come directly from the Student Website, including the Monthly Newsletter. The newsletter will once again be email directly to you on the 1st of each month.

What does this mean? Your MUST create and account on our student website (http://students.thepeacefulwarriors.org). Accounts are FREE and only take 2 minutes to setup. Without an account you will miss the emails and newsletters in the future.

Those with account please login and check to make sure your account is still active. Some people accounts were deleted by maintenance due to lack of use. This feature is going to be disabled in the future.

This upgrade is important to keep everyone up to date on what is going on with our school and will also improve the efficiency of our email service.

Thank you for your continuing support!

Master Art Mason

Toy Drive

It is hard to believe, but the Holiday Season is fast approaching us, which means it is once again time for our Annual Christmas Toy Drive. For the last 8 years at Christmas we have been asking student to donate toys for the underprivileged children in our community. With the current economic conditions I believe this becomes more important than ever.

So once again this year in conjunction with the Windsor Firefighters and the Windsor Lions Clubs we are asking parents and students to donate toys to this great cause. Please bring to your Peaceful Warriors' School any NEW / UNWRAPPED toy by Wednesday December 10th. These will then be collected and distributed to the Windsor Fire Fighter for re-distribution for those children in need.

I would like to thank everyone in advance for their very generous support over the past years.

Urgent Tournament Update!!!!!!

Dear Parents & Students,

Our School Tournament is fast approaching. Over the years this has been one of the most popular and rewarding events we hold. Our students from all 3 locations come together with a select group of invited schools to try out what has been learned in class in a safe and fun atmosphere. Regardless of age and belt rank, we have a division for you! Last November we had approximately 120+ competitors, which made for a fantastic tournament!

Now I understand how busy people are these days, and often things like these tournament get put on the back burning until we get much closer to the event (it is on Saturday November 15th, only 3 weeks from today!), however for a tournament to be successful we must have numbers. Without a great student turnout there can be no event. There is nothing more discouraging than coming to compete and having no one in your division to compete with.

With this in mind I am respectfully asking that all tournament applications be returned PAID by Thursday October 30th. At this time I will make a decision as to whether the tournament will go on, or be canceled. Applications returned that are not paid will not be counted at this time. Commitment is a must. If cancellation does occur, those who have submitted applications with be refunded their entry fee.

I would also like to remind everyone that classes are canceled on Friday October 31st for Halloween and Saturday November 1st due to the IMMAF in London Ontario. It is not too late to register for this event. We have a large group of students attending again this year.

Thank you for your comtinuing support as we provide the best martial arts education available.

Yours in the art,

Master Art Mason

Kyusho Jitsu Certification

Dear Parents & Students,

I will be starting a new Novice Kyusho Certification Course on Saturday October 4th 2008 at 3:00pm. These classes are held monthly at the Windsor School.

If you are interested in enrolling in this course you must act quickly. There is a total of 12 spots available and these are expected to go very fast! Currently there is a lot of interest in Kyusho outside of our school and I will be involved with these groups starting in the New Year. This could limit availablity in the future.

Advance Kyusho classes start in January 2009 also for current graduates.

If you are interested act quickly as the next available opportunity will not be until Fall 2009 at the earliest.

To enroll in this session please respond to this email or call 519-962-9820 no later than Friday October 3rd.

Yours in the arts,

Master Art Mason

Visit our Kyusho Jitsu site at: http://www.kyushojitsu.ca

School Tournament 2008

Dear Parents & Students:

I have some great news for you! On Saturday November 15th 2008 Art Mason’s Peaceful Warriors’ Martial Arts Institute will be holding its second Invitational Tournament. The event will be held at Talbot Trail School on Ducharme Road. The event will start at 10:00 am sharp! All students should be there by 9:30 for registration.

This incredible event is open to all students from age 4 to age 65 & from White Belt all the way through to Black Belt. We have a division for everyone regardless of rank, experience or age. Tournaments are a great opportunity to show off your skills in a safe and fun environment. As the school Founder and Head Teacher I strongly urge everyone to participate!

What happens at a tournament? There are two primary divisions, one for patterns and the second for sparring. (There is also an advanced weapons division) The divisions are judged by Black Belts from our school as well as some guests from other schools that we include in our circle of friends. There are metals awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

How will you know what to do? We will be starting to prepare all our students over the next few weeks for this exciting event. Everyone will be ready! Why attend this tournament? Well, for one thing tournaments are FUN! Also, the experience gained from participation is like coming to 10 classes. You can ask anyone who came to this event last year.

So, I know what your next question is! How do you sign up! With this letter you will receive an application form. Simply return this form with your fee of $45 dollars as soon as possible and you will be ready to go! Parents and family are welcome to come and watch this event as well. There is no admission charge for spectators! This is a great event for the entire family!

I am looking forward to seeing everyone at the competition!

To download a copy of the Tournament Application right click and save here.

Yours in the Arts,

Master Art Mason

Founder: The Peaceful Warriors’ Martial Arts Institute