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Welcome to the Lightning Family Martial Arts Website. Lightning Family Martial Arts is a family based Taekwon-Do club focusing on safe, fun, effective martial arts training for kids and adults starting as low as 3 years of age in our Lightning Strikes Pre-School Program, from 8 - 15 years of age in our teen and young adult classes and from 17 to 74 in our Adult Classes. We also offer aerobic classes and cardiovascular intensive training.
Lightning Family Martial Arts is a Member of the Canadian Taekwon-Do Federation International (CTFI) www.ctfi.org and the International Taekwon-Do Federation (ITF) www.tkd-itf.org
June 16, 2009
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May 1, 2009
March 30, 2009
It’s picture day again. Bowling night & First aid course.
March 11, 2009
The 2009 CTFI Western Canadian Taekwon-Do championships hosted in Calgary by Lightning Family Martial Arts is over and was a great success. Mr. & Mrs. Howes would like to thank the many volenteers, judges, competitors and there associated dojangs for there participation in a wounderful day of clean competition. Specail thanks goes out to:
Master C. Norman – Norman’s Taekwon-Do
Arden’s Taekwon-Do - Grant Arden
Berjaya Taekwon-Do - Rick Kraska
Champlain Taekwon-Do - Rod Johnston
Family Taekwon-Do - Jordan Boudreau
Freedom Taekwon-Do - Kurt Ottesen
Hana Taekwon-Do - Mike Lacourciere
Horangi Taekwon-Do - Darryl Rasmussen
Indomitable Spirit Taekwon-Do - Jeff Sandford
Ki-rin Taekwon-Do - Glen Close
Merritts Ultimate Taekwon-Do - Brandy Merritt
Murphy’s Taekwon-Do - Jim Murphy
Pacific Rim Institute of Taekwon-Do - Chris Law
Sokowin Taekwon-Do - Dennis Sokowin
Thompson valley Taekwon-Do - Rob Gill
Triumph Taekwon-Do - Kevin Reinelt
Northern Taekwon-Do - Mike Barker - Sean Costain - Ken
Stolewinder - Kyle Amos
Lightning Family Martial Arts
Feb 6, 2009
It’s picture day again. Here are pictures from both the 2009 In-House and our recent Black belt Training Day.
Feb 2, 2009
Hi Everyone!
We just wanted to thank everybody for a very successful In House Tournament! Thanks to all of the Lightning Strikes Kinder Instructors and all students and Gold Team Members on such a great job
Also:
Intent to Promote / Request to Test Forms are Due Feb 9th
A late fee will apply on the 10th
Ski Trip - Fernie B.C - When: Feb 27 & 28
Where: Best Western Fernie Mountain Lodge
Each room has 2 queen beds - 4 people per room
For more details and the cost please see Miss McNeil
Deadline for Sign-up: Feb 12th
Feb 16th - Holiday, No classes
Feb 17th - Testing Fees due
Feb 21st - Movie Night & Dodge Ball 5:30 - 8:00pm Movie: Secret of the Nimh (an old cartoon classic)
Kinder Badge Week: Feb 24, 25, & 26
March 7th - Westerns Tournament
Where: Midnapore School
Deadline: Feb 20th
Family Bowling Night
When: March 14th, 6-8pm
Where: Chinook Bowladrome
2 games
Jan 14, 2009
LFMA will be hosting the 2009 Western Canadian championships. please see www.ctfi.org for more deatils.
And here are the 2009 LFMA In-house tournament teams
Team: Bears
Captain: Mr. Elzinga
1. Aaron Gelfand
2. Justin Price
3. Devon Aisenstat
4. Gavin George
5. Savita McRae
6. Lauren Fridman
7. Alison Aisenstat
8. Darrin Bauer
9. Mitchell Hill
10. Chris Kehn
11. Aidan Fridman
12. Keri Gardner
13. Michael Gelfand
14. Max Stronge
15. Sammy Bruno
16. Adam Nagata
17. Josh Broughton
18. Mark Weisner
19. Carson Campbell
20. Rebecca Reid
21. Christopher Rancier
22. Kyle Brennan
23. Akshaj P. Aradhya
24. Elizabeth Campbell
25. Megan Bauer
Team: Eagles
Captain: Mr. Zimmerman
1. Alex Kennett
2. Miranda George
3. Kate Clements
4. Kaelie Evans
5. Elizabeth Francois
6. Matthew Grey-Noble
7. Jordon Moston
8. Gaby Gheron
9. David Wilcox
10. Michelle Henrie
11. Rick Marten
12. Alec Francois
13. Marc Francois
14. Michael Solomon
15. Connor Marten
16. Juan Garcia
17. Allan Broughton
18. Shai Wallach
19. Sam Thompson
20. Andrew Niu
21. James Christofferson
22. Matthew Christofferson
23. Halle Broomfield
24. Hunter Allen
Team: Tigers
Captain: Mr. Stuart
1. Cathleen Timlick
2. Asha Kennett
3. Max Bolton
4. Ethan Kaul
5. Steven Timlick
6. Bryan Clark
7. Sarah Clark
8. Indra Maharaj
9. Eric Gates
10. Shannon Clements
11. Adam Tolppanen
12. Justin Clements
13. JD Kaul
14. Blake Ashlee
15. Stephen Martinson
16. Scott Martinson
17. Brent Martinson
18. Anthony Heather
19. Vlad Bibic
20. Darko Goijsic
21. Nicole Kimpton
22. Branko Gojsic
23. Evan Lawson
24. Sienna Kaul
Team: Vipers
Captain: Mr. Mazumdar
1. Dustin Thatcher
2. Margot McNeil
3. Jeffrey Routledge
4. Julian Williams
5. Chris Williams
6. Bruce McNeil
7. Tracy Rand
8. Graham Gates
9. Lisa Wilcox
10. Jay Yin
11. Derek Blevins
12. Nicholas Ross
13. Isabella Kortbeek
15. Shelby Eberts
16. Max Kortbeek
17. Keeley Schwaan
18. Andrew McFadden
19. Liam Smith
20. Murray Emery
21. Brendin Evans
22. Ben Hryhoriw
Jan 7, 2009
Our events calendar has been updated with information on the the following events.
Laser Tag - 2009-01-17
Black Belt Training Seminar - Canyon Meadows Community Centre - 2009-01-18
In House Tournament - Acadia Recreation Centre - 2009-01-24
LFMA Fernie Ski Trip - 2009-02-27
Dec 17, 2008
It’s a LFMA picture extravaganza!
First up pictures from the recent Black belt testing
Next more pictures from the Black belt fitness day
And finally some shots from the Black Belt Banquette
Dec 15, 2008
Merry Christmas everyone. Lightning’s annual Christmas potluck has come and gone for another year. The food was great & the company was even better.
Special thanks to Santa for popping by to say Ho ho ho.
Nov 28, 2008
New picture from fitness day, check em out.
Oct 20, 2008
The 2008 ITF World Cup is over and here are your medal winners from Lightning;
Mrs. Howes - Bronze Patterns
Girls team - Silver Patterns
Boys Team - Bronze Patterns
Lisa Wilcox - Bronze Patterns & Silver sparring
Indra Maharaj - Bronze Patterns & Silver Special
Narayan McRae - Bronze Patterns
Bruce McNeil - Bronze Patterns
With the tournament having now been officially concluded some club members are on their way home and some are taking some extra time to tour around Europe (such as Mr. & Mrs. Howes who are currently in Paris). We wish you all a safe journey home and can’t wait to see your pictures and videos from the event.
Oct 14, 2008
Lightning has arrived in Italy safely and all members accounted for.
Stay tuned for more…
Oct 10, 2008
All individual club members & teams going to the word cup in Italy, have now either caught their flights or are leaving today. From every one here at home to everyone making the trip, good luck & safe journey. We’ll see you in a few weeks!
We will post the world cup tournament results on the site & in the Dojang as soon as they become available to us. Just a reminder to all club members here at home that there are still regular classes while Mr & Mrs. Howes are away.
Sept. 30, 2008
Pictures are up from the last Lightning family bowling night!
Sept. 19, 2008
The teams representing Lightning Family Martial arts are as follows:
Sept. 9, 2008
We’re going to Italy in October for the ITF world cup. Check back regularly for information on who’s competing, medal standings and everything you’ll want to know about the clubs adventure in Italy.
The ITF World Cup - Italy - October 16th to 19th - 2008
August 19, 2008
The Annual LFMA Summer BBQ has now come and gone. It was a great day on the sun and we have the pictures to prove it (thanks to Mike Kehn).
We’ve also added an improved Events calendar to the site which we will be posting all events and class scheduals on. So check back often for all the info.
June 19, 2008
The Annual LFMA Year End Banquet was this past Saturday. All club members were dressed in there finest and had a terrific time. As always the food was excellent as was the evenings entertainment;
The year recap video by Mrs. Howes, which featured a 10 year retrospective of the club in honor of Lightnings 10 year anniversary. Some fantastic old pictures were donated for the video, thanks to everyone for pitching in with some old memories.
And as always the Demo teams all put on a fantastic show! Great pattern technique, breaking, sparring demonstrations and yes, even monkeys! Good job to all the Teams & their captains!
Thanks to everyone who came out, you made it a memorable evening.
June 12, 2008
Mr. & Mrs. Howes, along with Mr. Stevens represented Lightning Family Martial Arts at the recent ITF International Instructors Course in beautiful (and very hot +40C) Oakville Ontario. The ITF Technical Committee, headed by Master Hector Marano, Master Paoblo Trajtenberg and Master Willem Bos, visited Oakville to conduct the 36th ITF International Instructors Course. Participants from across Canada, USA and even 3 participants from Nepal were put to the test as the Technical Committee covered all 24 patterns, self-defence, free sparring tactics as well as various other aspects of Taekwon-Do. ITF President Master Tran Trieu Quan also did a presentation on “Do”.
Among the 114 participants, 60 were 4th Dan and up with an astounding 10 Masters in attendance. On the Saturday evening everyone gathered at the Hotel for a formal dinner banquet in honor of the Technical Committee. In his closing remarks, event host Mike Morningstar thanked everyone for their support as well as the Masters for their efforts around the world to keep the teaching of General Choi Hong Hi alive in its true form.
May 24, 2008
Lightning recently attended a Friendship tournament hosted by Mr. Sanford & Indomitable Spirit Taekwon-Do. Here some shos from the day Special thanks to the photographer Mr. Mike Kehn.
LFMA would like to thank Mr. Sanford, Indomitable Spirit Taekwon-Do & all the volenteers for the invitation and the great time had by the Lightning club.
April 4, 2008
As promised here are a pile of pictures from the 2008 Westerns. Special thanks to the photographer Mr. Mike Kehn for the great shots. Here’s a preview
April 2, 2008
The 2008 Westerns are finished and as always the club did very well. Here are the results & we’ll have some event pic’s up soon.
March 24, 2008
Pictures from Mrs. Howes’s 4th Dan testing are up now in the gallery
March 20, 2008
The 2008 LFMA spring tropical training has come and gone for another year. Have a look at what you missed.
March 14, 2008
The recent Master Pierre Laquerre technical seminar pictures are up.
March 2, 2008
The website is currently undergoing some major construction and we are working at getting everything up and running.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. HOWES IV DAN
Mrs. Sonya Howes successfuly graded for her 4th Degree Black Belt this past weekend under Master Pierre Laquerre VII, CTFI Technical Director, and Master Clint Norman VII Dan, President of the CTFI.
This past weekend LFMA was host to Master Pierre Laquerre for a technical seminar, with special guest Master Clint Norman. The seminar was a tremendous success and we will be posting pictures from the event shortly!
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