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GM Kim has received a report that the parent of students who were in the 5:30 Class on Monday, Oct. 19 has tested positive for the Coronavirus. 

The parent dropped the students off, and picked them up, inside the Main School. The students and the parent were all wearing face masks.  All the normal Academy safety protocols were being followed. 

Every effort is being made to contact and inform students who participated in classes subsequent to the Monday 5:30 class.

Classes at the main school are suspended through Saturday, October 24. Classes will resume on Monday, October 26.  All students and families need to make an informed decision about participating in upcoming classes.

More information will be shared as it becomes available.

Thank you,
Jr. GM Charlie Weaver, for GM KIM

Attention Kim’s Academy Students!

Senior Master Steve Hilburn is offering a clinic designed to learn and refine one of the more powerful kicks in Taekwondo – the spinning kick.

When:  Saturday, September 14th, 2019 from 1:00 – 2:30pm
Location:  Kim’s Academy Main School, located at 1617 S. Longfellow in Wichita, KS
Entry Fee: One non-perishable Food Bank donation (i.e. canned good or boxed dinner item)

This clinic is designed to introduce the three basic spin kick techniques to students or offer the opportunity to refine and polish these techniques for the advanced rank students that have not recently invested the effort to ensure their spinning techniques are crisp, powerful, and effective.  A flier for the event can be downloaded here.

NOTE: Instructors are strongly encouraged to attend, monitor, and coach their students during and after the clinic.

Attention Kim’s Academy Black Belts!

Sr. Master Diana Hilburn is organizing a “train the trainer” class to promote the teaching of self-defense.

When:  Saturday, March 30th, 2019 from 1:00 – 4:00pm
Location:  Kim’s Academy Main School, located at 1617 S. Longfellow in Wichita, KS
Instructors: Grand Master Kim and a guest instructor

This event is open to all Kim’s Academy Black Belt students and any Red/Black tips that recently pre-tested for Danbo.  Grand Master Kim will begin the training and then turn it over to Bruce Morton.  Bruce has taught Self Defense to the Wichita Police academy and the State academy for over 30 years.  He is the only instructor in Wichita authorized to teach women at the Rape Crisis center.  Whether you have never taught self-defense, or teach it on a frequent basis, you are encouraged to attend.  KABBA has self-defense as a key initiative to help grow the school.  We need more instructors capable of teaching self defense classes.  We will also having a drawing to give away three Self Defense books at the end of class.  Each participate will be given a “free” raffle ticket to be eligible for the drawing.  There is no cost for this class or the raffle ticket.  You must be present at the end of the class to be eligible to win one of the books.    The three book titles are “Gift of Fear” by Gavin De Becker, “Left of Bang” by Patrick Van Horne and Jason Riley, and “When Violence is the Answer” by Tim Larkin.  Mr. Morton strongly recommends all three to anyone planning or currently teaching self defense courses.

After several months of work, we are proud to introduce a redesign of the Kim’s Academy website!  Improvements include:

• Completely replacing the old website (which was static HTML-based) with a solution that uses WordPress as the underlying foundation.  For those non-technical, this is Good Thing and should allow us to make future updates with less effort in the future.
• Utilizing a Responsive template.  This means the website will automatically adjust the content you see to fit the laptop, tablet, or smartphone device you are viewing it on.
• Improvements to each Kim’s Academy location page
  • A Google Map view.
  • Clearer presentation of schedules.
• An experimental “Schedule Finder” feature.  With this feature you can look at a summary view of schedules from all Kim’s Academy locations and filter on specific class types, days, times, or locations.  For example, let’s say you’re interested in attending a Kim’s Academy class but only have Tuesday’s and Thursday’s opened.  With the Schedule Finder you can filter on these two days and see what class locations and times fit your request!
• News and Announcements posted to the website will provide Google Map views and event information you can add to your calendars with one simple click.
• A Search feature (look for the magnifying glass icon to the right of the main menu bar), allowing you to quickly find content on the website.
• An easier way for us to add social links to popular sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and SnapChat.  Kim’s Academy Instructors – if you have any social links you’d like to add to your location please let us know!

There are still a few minor “fit and finish” items to complete, but overall we think you’ll enjoy the experience!  If you have any feedback or comments, feel free to send them to webmaster@kimsacademy.com.

Kamsahamnida,

Senior Master Robert Stankey, 6th Dan