View Student Testing List from Smartphone, Available Now.

Some of the parents who don't have any kids testing weren't sure if their child was testing or not.  As a reminder please visit our website and click on the count down timer at the top of the page regularly to view the list of students testing.

If you visit our website on your smart phone we now have a page up for you to view the list.  Click "Next Belt Exam" button to view the list from your phone.

Here is the link, http://www.evomaa.net/exams.html. Hope this helps all you parents out there.  

Important Testing Dates and Labor Day Holiday Aug 31st - Sept 2nd

It's belt testing time again, lots of new white belts trying to achieve their orange belt and a few green belts going for blue belt level 1 our highest ranking as of now.  So here are some of the details regarding testing and the holiday weekend:

Friday August 30th

5pm - White Belts Testing 

6pm - Orange, Yellow, Green Belts Testing

7pm - Adults Testing

NO Regular Hapkido or Tiny Tiger Classes

Below is the list of the students testing as of now.

JUNIORS

• Liana M. (6pm)
• Dustin L. (6pm)
• Mimi L. (6pm)
• Leah T. (6pm)
• Massi T. (6pm)
• Diego S. (6pm)
• Ryan C. (6pm)
• Armaan S. (5pm)
• Yuvraj S. (5pm)
• Rosa C. (5pm)
• Sammy A. (5pm)
• Manny A. (5pm)
• Devon W. (5pm)
• Alexis W. (5pm)
• Jailyn W. (5pm)

ADULTS

• Jay W. (7pm)
• Catherine O. (7pm)
• David S. (7pm)
• Sam M. (7pm)

Saturday August 31st

9:30-10:15am - Tiny Tigers Testing

10:30 - 11am - Belt Graduation for Tiny Tigers and Jrs

NO Regular Hapkido or Tiny Tiger Classes

Below is the list of Tiny Tigers Testing

• Aarsh S. (9:30am)
• Alessandro P. (9:30am)
• Kyndall W. (9:30am)
• Jeremiah C. (9:30am)

Monday September 2nd

CLOSED No Classes Labor Day Holiday

Starting September 2nd, Minor Schedule change to Hapkido Jrs.

We are having a minor change to our Hapkido Jr. schedule.  This new schedule should help us focus more on specific belt rankings.  Starting September 2nd these are the following changes.

Monday & Wednesday:

4pm & 6pm (Green and Up)
5pm (Orange and Yellow only)


Tuesday & Thursday:

4pm & 6pm (Orange and Up)
5pm (White Belts Only)

Friday:

4:30pm (Orange and Up)

Saturday:

10am - All Ranks (White and Up)

Crush Cancer 2013 at DogTown. EVO CrossFit Athletes Let's Register and Get Family and Friends to Donate Toward this Good Cause.

Cancer kills nearly 1,600 Americans every day. That’s one person every minute. But we can change these staggering statistics if we stand up to cancer TOGETHER. On October 12, join us in downtown Culver City at Crush Cancer 2013--where the community brings together people from all over Southern California to stand up to this awful disease. Will you stand up with us?

Crush Cancer 2013 is one of the fastest-growing fundraising events and health expos in Southern California, where your fundraising will benefit Stand Up To Cancer's collaborative cancer research. The main event takes place in downtown Culver City on Saturday, October 12, and will include a workout called "Crush Cancer" with three divisions: advanced, intermediate and novice. Gyms from around the region will be participating, and individual enthusiasts are encouraged to attend as well. The health expo will feature local shops, restaurants and businesses to create a fun, family-friendly atmosphere.

Below are instructions to join our CrowdRise page for CF EVO. Everyone needs to join the team, as an individual. From there, you send out your own personal link for people to donate to you. All the monies aggregate at our team level! Let's get a good start on fundraising this year, and raise as much as we can for this great cause.

We want all CF EVO students to register and fundraise. It is ok if you cannot participate the day of the Crush Cancer event, because you can always make it up at EVO! We won't deny you that experience! Everyone has until the end of August to register, after which certain penalties will be awarded. You have been forewarned! Let's live up to image of CrossFit being about community, and help raise money for Cancer research!

Here's the link:http://www.crowdrise.com/CrossfitEvolution
1) Click on "register" (on the right side of the page)
2) Click on "Join Team" (CrossFit Evolution should auto-populate)
3) Fill out your personal information and complete the registration
4) Copy and paste your link onto your page weekly to remind people to donate. Hit up all your friends, family, and coworkers!

Remember its all about helping out and having Fun! Let's do this, EVO!!!

Please Join Us for 2 Great Martial Art Events

Attention all Evolution students we would like to invite you to please join Mr. Jason and Mr. Brandon for 2 special events, Sunday August 11th and Saturday August 17th at Team Karate Centers.

Sunday August 11th  12-2pm:

Hwa Rang Do: The Untold Story of the Formation of the Modern Korean Martial Arts

Come watch the feature documentary and hear with your own ears, the untold story from martial arts living legend and Hwa Rang Do Founder, Dr. Joo Bang Lee on the origins and development of modern Korean martial arts including Hwa Rang Do, Hapkido and Kuk Sool Won.

This is the true, yet controversial telling of the most important period in modern Korean martial arts history in the midst of the Korean War and great political turmoil, as Dr. Lee witnessed & participated in first hand.

Special Q and A with Dr. Joo Bang Lee and his eldest son and Hwa Rang Do heir, Grandmaster Taejoon Lee will follow the screening of the film, as well as opportunity for pictures and autographs for those in attendance.

• Learn about the efforts by Dr. Joo Bang Lee and martial arts legend, Ji Han Jae, to form a unified Korean martial arts system, as ordered by then Korean President, Jeong Hee Park 
• The backstory of the formation of the Kuk Sool Hwe by Dr. Joo Bang Lee and In Hyuk Suh, which lead to the founding of Kuk Sool Won 
• The true story into Dr. Joo Bang Lee's close relationship with Yong Sul Choi and Ji Han Jae, leading to the true origins of Hapkido and the dilution of one of Korea's modern martial arts systems 
• An opportunity to ask questions of them, live and in-person! 

Suggest Donation for Tickets: $25
All proceeds from this event will go towards funding martial arts training programs and scholarships for low-income individuals, at-risk youth and combat veterans via the World Hwa Rang Do Association - Non-Profit Organization.

Location

Team Karate Centers
21038-A Victory Blvd Woodland Hills, CA. 91367
on August 11th, 2013 beginning @ 12 Noon

Schedule:
12 Noon - 12:45pm - Film Screening
12:45pm - 1pm - Q and A Setup
1pm - 2pm - Q and A with Dr. Joo Bang Lee and Grandmaster Taejoon Lee

Saturday August 17th  12pm:

One of our teachers Master Steve Sexton is having an Autobiography Book Signing Celebration.  

The book recaps the 60-year span of the 8th Degree Hapkido Master's life from his childhood through his passion for martial arts, and how that passion saved his life on more than one occasion.

If you would like to order a copy of the book please click on the link below.

http://stevesextonhapkido.com/steve-sexton-book.asp

You can pick up your copy on Sat, Aug 17 and have Master Steve Sexton sign it for you.

Location

Team Karate Centers
21038-A Victory Blvd Woodland Hills, CA. 91367
on August 17th, 2013 beginning @ 12 Noon 

If you are free we would love it if you can stop by.