…is in the eye of the storm.

After a week of intensive immersion at the WMAA Cabin, the OTKD Black Belts are returning to Buffalo with a renewed vigor and dedication to the mission. We endured miles upon miles of running, kicked hundreds of trees, and gathered energy from the 5th, 6th, and 7th degrees and are ready once again to take up the standard and carry it forth into the trenches.

If you’ve ever considered trying out a martial art and looking for a positive, community-oriented school, this is the time to check out Ohanamalu Tae Kwon Do.

Give us a call, come in for a few practices, and see for yourself why Ohanamalu Tae Kwon Do is different.

Welcome Olivier to your first practice as a white belt with Ohanamalu TKD!

Olivier took his white belt test with the STAR program in June, and is now beginning his journey through the art! AND he brought his big brother!

Carlos and Zyad also brought two friends to practice last week, and they made their second appearance last night… I sense motivation….

Stay tuned, we seem to be multiplying!

Congratulations to Truong, Zyad, Gina, Thomas, Oliviette, Melverlin, Jillian, Amani, Ashley, Steven, Olivia, and Raven! You’ve worked hard to become white belts with OTKD, and now the adventure can really begin!

We will see you all on July 8th at 6:30pm at Our Lady of Loretto Church on 14th Street!

1. No hitting!
2. Always be excellent to each other.
3. Have fun!
4. There is no rule number four.
5. Always sing the happy birthday song when it’s someone’s birthday.
6. Only drink water during practice.
7. Only the teacher talks during practice.

Congratulations all youth and adult students who participated in the Second Annual Brockport Youth Tournament this Saturday!

Special congratulations to our newest Green Stripe students, Huy and My Trinh!

Great things continue to happen to our hard working students! Intereseted in joining in yet?!?!

In an epic event at the WMAA Cabin this past Saturday, Phil Barr tested for his Yellow Belt in Tae Kwon Do! The snow was deep, covering icy water and slush, the forms were magical, and the day was perfect!

Our next trip will be to the WMAA Spring National Tournament in NYC on May 8th, 2010. See your instructor for details!

Do. The Way.
Tae Kwon Do… Hand Foot Way.
Ju Do… Gentle Way
Karate Do… The Way of the Empty Hand.
Zen Do…

When one speaks of a Way, there is no sense that there is a thing. Things are not ways, they are things; transient, impermanent, illusory.

When one embarks upon a Way, there is no sense of mastery, for mastery means control. In fact, what one seeks when upon a Way is not to master a thing, for there is no thing to master, but in fact to be that thing that is mastered by the Way.

There is, at times when one feels most involved in their Way, an overpowering fear of this mastery. We fear a loss of self, we fear losing control, we fear leaving the life we know behind.

Salvation is only achieved by facing these fears.

There is no self to lose when one becomes one’s own Way.
There is no control to be lost when one submits to their Way and is made one with its motion.
There is no life to leave behind – neither in time nor space – when one’s finds the way is eternal and everywhere.

As of December 14th, 2009, Ohanamalu Tae Kwon Do, Inc. has been recognized by the IRS as a tax exempt, charitable organization!

This means any donation made to OTKD since its incorporation on July 9th, 2009 is tax deductible, as is any donation made from here on out!

Thanks to all who helped bring this together, now let’s get going and change the world!

We’ve made a few changes to our website, as maybe you’ve noticed. We’ve moved some pages around, so if you have a bookmark on your web browser, be sure to update it.

Things keep moving along, and the IRS will be calling any day with good news… so stay tuned!