Upcoming Events Sat, Nov 29 12:00-2:00 RAPE FREE COURSE Sun, Dec 14 1:00-3:00 KID'S HOLIDAY PARTY - Donations to the food bank apprecxiated. January 2009 Tom Patire returns for another seminar (details to follow)

Heath Herring Seminar & Autograph Session On Sunday September 21, 2008 Heritage Martial Arts was proud to host the 1st ever UFC fighter to ever come to Kitchener-Waterloo. Heath Herring – better known as “The Texas Crazy Horse” has quite the following amongst UFC fanatics, many of whom turned out for this free autograph signing. After the public signing was complete Heath took 30 students, many from our own club, into the dojo and spent 2 intense hours teaching the UFC secrets of training, grappling and all other aspects of MMA! “The guy is really cool – very down to earth and a great teacher” was the consensus amongst the seminar participants. A big thank-you goes out to all of those people that attended the seminar along with special thanks to Chuck O’Neill, Warren Gagnon, Deb & Dan Neufeglise, and Andrew Brown who helped during the days events. A signed poster dedicated to the club, a ride around in our very own club dune-buggy and Heath dawning a Heritage MMA t-shirt are moments this club and our students will remember for a long time. Thank you to Heath Herring and his promotional team for making their stop in KW a great experience! Tom Patire LRT Seminar On Saturday October 25, 2008 Heritage Martial Arts was proud to welcome world-renowned bodyguard and safety expert Tom Patire to our club for a special Last Resort Tactics (LRT) Seminar. Mr. Patire is the founder of CDT Personal Safety Systems, a series of personal safety courses that Heritage Martial Arts is proud to be certified to offer to the public, schools, businesses and the security/law enforcement community. Mr. Patire spent two hours with a group of 35 seminar participants showing how to escape from life’s most threatening situations. “Absolutely amazing!” was the general feedback after watching Mr. Patire demonstrate and teach some of the most advanced techniques in order to survive a no-win situation. A big thank-you to Mr. Patire and Mr. Wyka from CDT systems for making the trip from New Jersey to Kitchener for this special appearance and seminar. Thank you also goes out to all of the day’s participants who treated our visiting guests with nothing but respect during the seminar. We are looking to have Mr. Patire back in January of 2009 for another seminar as part of our continuing seminar series(details to follow). Summer Camp Heritage Martial Arts & Fitness Centre ran its summer camp from July 7-11, 2008. Over 20 children participated in a variety of activities from karate, Kid Fit Cardio, archery, body guarding, crafts, games, obstacle courses, soccer, hiking, track and field, water balloons and much more! Each child also received two healthy snacks a day including our new favourite - ants on a log! Thank you to all of the participants and to our student volunteers: Samantha Aung, Mitchell Nice and Alex Randell. Morning Cardio Kick Boxing Classes As of September 2008 we will now be offering a morning adult cardio kick boxing class instructed by Chuck O'Neill. For more information please contact us. Club Tournament On June 7, 2008 Heritage Martial Arts & Fitness Centre ran our annual club tournament. We had 32 participants ranging in age from 5-adult in 4 separate divisions. Each division faced off in sparring and kata competitions. For the adult division in kata the medal winners were Jim Payton in 3rd place, Andrew Cook in 2nd place and Mike Neufeglise in 1st place. For the sparring in the adult division we had Mike Neufeglise finish in 3rd place, Derek Kast in 2nd place and Lehon Samson in 1st place. For the child's 11-14 year old division in the kata competition we had Hobie Randell in 3rd place, Mohammed Kawe in 2nd place and Mitchell Nice in 1st place. For this division's sparring competition Mitchell Nice finished in 3rd place, Christian Krause in 2nd place and Danilo Vladicic in 1st place. For the child's 8-10 year old division in the kata competition we had Anthony Joseph in 3rd place, Jameson Payton in 2nd place and Zach Waechter in 1st place. For this division's sparring competition Zach Waechter took 3rd place, Kenny Jensen took 2nd place and Jacob Grisold took 1st place. Finally for our child's 5-8 year old division in the kata competition we had Quinn Jensen in 3rd place, Felix Biselli in 2nd place and Max Biselli in 1st place. For this division's sparring competition Felix Biselli took 3rd place, Max Biselli took 2nd place and Nicholas Lambert took 1st place. Thank you to all of the competitors for making it another great tournament