• We would like to congratulate our 4 new junior black belts that completed their testing last weekend in NY, at our main headquarters: Sophie Fetzer, Ben Novick, Olivia Novick and Joel Yori.
• We would also like to congratulate our 2 adults that promoted to shodan: Abe Novick and Sam Rhoads. In addition, congratulations to Brian Morris for his promotion to nidan!
• A celebration (with cake!) was held in their honor on April 15.
• We started another session at Federal Hill Prep last Wednesday, April 10th. Even though it was so hot in the gym, the kids did a great job and had lots of focus and spirit! Keep up the good work!
• We will begin teaching a new program at West Towson Elementary School on April 16th. We are very excited at this new opportunity and at how well received the classes were… we filled up quickly!
• On Friday, April 19th will be the last day of the session at St. Paul’s. Parents, please remember to bring your camera to get a shot of your child breaking their wood.
• Classes at St. John’s finish on Thursday, April 25 and at St. James on Tuesday, April 30th.

Kyoshi Karen and several students will be traveling to Honbu in New York this weekend for Black Belt and Junior Black Belt promotion. Please join us in wishing them good luck and safe travel! A celebration will be held back in Towson on Monday.

• The dojo will be closed next Friday in observance of Good Friday. No classes that day!
• The make-up promotion for white to adv. blue belts will be Weds. March 27th from 5:45-6:45 p.m.
• The basics make-up promotion for yellow belts and above will be Monday, April 1st from 5:45-6:45 p.m. in the adult class.

• Bushido club will be held on Friday, March 22nd from 7-8:15 p.m. Please bring your bo/jo and your bokken. We may do some rolling and practical self defense as well … still uncertain. But hope to see you there!
• Remember – you can follow us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook.
• Summer camps are filling up quickly, so, if interested, we are offering 2 weeks at Towson and 1 week at the Canton facility. Dates are listed under Summer Camp

• Bushido club will be held on Friday, March 22nd from 7-8:15 p.m. Please bring your bo/jo and your bokken. We may do some rolling and practical self defense as well … still uncertain. But hope to see you there!
• The last day of classes for this 10 week session at Merritt Canton is fast approaching. The children have been working hard to learn their material for advancement to the next belt level. Promotion day will be Saturday, March 23 from 10-11 am.
• Children’s promotions for the Towson Merritt location will be held on Saturday, March 23rd from 1-3 p.m. The promotion candidates list will be posted shortly.

On Monday, February 18, the class schedule will be as follows:
5:00 – 5:45 p.m. – all ages, white belt through advanced yellow belt
5:45 – 7:30 p.m. – all ages, green belts and above

Also on Monday, February 18, Merritt is holding an Open House for their summer camps from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 4-6 p.m. If you are interested in signing your child up for our very popular “karate and more” week long camp, please come by and sign them up. You will receive a discount if you sign up on Monday! An overview from Merritt’s catalog for the karate camp can be found here.

• Pamfilis Karate Academy now has a Facebook page … check us out! Hopefully you can find something to “like.”
• We will have regular class schedule on Monday, February 18th … this is our regular scheduled class to fight and hopefully all fighters can make it to class as we will be “helping” the 6 students preparing for their black belt test in New York to get ready for their promotion.
• Jack Vandiver had his karate birthday party this past weekend … thank you for letting me celebrate with you and Happy Birthday! If anyone is interested in holding their next birthday party with me, you can reach me at 410-499-2476.

Kyoshi Karen teaches Jack and his birthday guests how to break a piece of wood.

• Make up promotions were held last Friday night, with 3 students promoting.
• We will celebrate another Purple Friday! Congratulations to the Ravens, the World Champions!
• Bushido Club is this Friday night from 7-8:15 p.m., brown belts and above should bring their bokken.
• St. James and St. John’s off-site programs start this week! St. Paul’s and Federal Hill started last week…everything back in full swing!

1. Promotions were held on Saturday at the Towson Merritt. Everyone did a fantastic job and received their new belts. Take a peek at some photos on the gallery page. Make-up promotion will be this Friday, February 1 during regular class time.
2. We have Bushido club Wednesday, January 30 from 5:45-6:45 p.m. Brown belts and above should bring their bo’s and/or jo’s with them to class.
3. Don’t forget, this coming Friday, February 1 is Purple Friday and students should wear their Ravens jersey or anything purple to class that evening! Kyoshi Karen will be wearing her purple hair, eyelashes and lipstick!