Sun Dragon Martial Arts & Self Defense, NFP

Sun Dragons, it’s time for Soji Day! This is our major “housecleaning” day when we clean and fix everything! We only need a couple of hours of your time to do this. This means you too, kids! There are lots of jobs for smaller hands! We will be cleaning the windows and mirrors, cleaning the benches and the space beneath them, cleaning the changing rooms, and fixing all of the little things that have broken over the past year. Soji will happen after adult sparring class, which ends at 2:30. Give those students a little time to get changed and then start cleaning! Someone will be in charge to tell you what to do. We look forward to seeing you and to having a sparkling clean dojo for the coming year!

It’s time for the 5th annual Kick-a-thon fundraiser! Each student can participate by getting sponsors and doing ONE THOUSAND KICKS on Saturday, November 5. We do this fundraising so that we can continue to offer scholarships and run our outreach programs to teach others how to be peaceful and safe. Here’s a brief video from last year’s Kick-a-thon.

For more details, visit sundragon.dojiggy.com and register to participate. And don’t forget: kids who get 5 sponsors can come to the Kickathon party on November 11. Kids who get 10 sponsors get to break a board at the Kickathon!

Special thanks to Dan Bailey for putting this wonderful video together for us!

If you’re participating or just want to watch, find us here in Zilker Park!

Click on the map for a bigger picture!

Time: Sunday, October 30 · 2:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Zilker Park Rock Garden, 2100 Barton Springs Road

Don’t have a shotgun handy? Never liked baseball? Prepare for the coming zombie apocalypse using only what you’ve got on hand – for example, your hands. And your feet. And your brain! (May as well get some use out of it before it gets eaten.)

Sun Dragon Self Defense and Outrunner are partnering to bring you Fight or Flight – a self-defense workshop specifically tailored to help you survive the zombie hordes! Learn practical self-defense strategies that will be useful against living assailants, too: defending against multiple attackers, escaping grabs and holds, fleeing over obstacles, falling and rolling safely, and more.

The event is free to everyone aged 15+. Bring a friend (or an enemy)! The undead are welcome – we can modify the activities for major limb loss and advanced decay. (Costumes and makeup are welcome – just wear something reasonably practical for athletic activity.)

You never know when the zombie apocalypse will be upon us – come out and get prepared! Please RSVP on Facebook.

We’ve had a long, very hot summer here at Sun Dragon Martial Arts in Austin, TX, but we’ve gotten a lot done! Here are a few photos from our Beach Training session at the end of July.

Senpai Leila practices sparring for her black belt test at Thousand Waves later this year

As you can see, even when the Sun conspires to keep us inactive, we always find ways to stay active!

After Labor Day, the 3:30 Tuesday/Thursday junior classes will be resuming, starting September 6.

Also, the advanced Youth class will move from Fridays to Thursdays at 5:30. The teen class this will be on hiatus for the rest of the year. We hope to add a teen class back to the schedule in the future.