News & Events

Welcome to our news and events page. Here you'll find a variety of photos, news items, and videos posted on a regular basis.
Keep checking back for changes and additions!

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07/12/2010 News:    A Special Thanks to Those Who Attended The Garberville Theatre Performance!
06/04/2010 News:    Dragon Heart Shows Spirit!
01/20/2010 News:    Upcoming Important Dates
12/18/2009 News:    Dragon Heart QUILT Raffle!!! 
12/18/2009 Photos:  Split Second Survival Class 
12/14/2009 Photos:  Black Light Class Pics! 
07/02/2009 Video:   Creativity Division 1st PLace Winners! 
06/21/2009 Video:   Late Afternoon Class

 

Thanks to All...!

Posted: 07/12/10

We wish to thank everyone who attended the July 10th, 2010 special Saturday Matinee showing of "Karate Kid" at the Garberville Theatre. We hope you enjoyed our pre-show live demonstration as much as we enjoyed presenting it. We'll be returning to the theatre for more special live perfomances when films of a martial arts nature are to be shown. Your generous contributions benefit the Maggie Butterworth Training Scholarship Fund for low income / underprivileged students that wish to train at Dragon Heart. Again, we very much appreciate your attendance and support.

Watch for announcements here, or log onto the www.garbervilletheatre.com "News & Events" page for periodic updates on future events!

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Dragon Heart Shows Spirit!

Dragon Heart Tang Soo Do sent 41 participants to the World Tang Soo Do Association Region One Championship in Rohnert Park, CA on May 29th. We are very proud that our school had the most students competing of any in the region which consists of Washington, Oregon, California down to Monterey, Nevada and Hawaii.

On Friday night the 28th, 5 students from our school tested for 1st Degree Black Belt:

Ella Scott, Dustyn Salomon, Lisa Music, Jorin Eddy, and Maria Gale. We are very proud of their performance! The Regional Director, Master Auer from Roseburg, OR, made special mention of our students breaking ability and most especially Lisa Music!!

Dragon Heart competed in every category possible including Creativity, 3rd place ~ Weapons Sparring Black Belts, 2nd place, Colored Belts, 2nd place. There are 6 Black Belt Championship Cups awarded each year. This year Dragon Heart came home with 3 of those ~ Junior Female Cup to Tashina Fields, Junior Male Cup to Tyler Hensley, Senior Female Cup to Rosie Bosco. This puts us to 20 Regional Cups in the 11.5 years Dragon Heart has been in existence.

Here is the list of the participants and their awards:

Tyler Hensley 1st sparring, 1st Weapons, 2nd forms, Black Belt Cup
Tashina Fields 1st Weapons, 1st Forms, 3rd Sparring Black Belt Cup
Rosie Bosco 1st Weapons, 2nd Sparring, 3rd Forms Black Belt Cup
Robert Gross 3rd Forms
Doug Smith Participation
Megan McCormack Participation
Mike Miller 2nd Sparring, 3rd Weapons
Matt Scott 1st Sparring, 2nd Forms, 3rd Weapons
Ella Scott 1st Forms, 2nd Weapons
Dustyn Salomon 1st Forms, 3rd Weapons
Lisa Music 1st Sparring, 2nd Forms, 3rd Weapons
Nitara Nevedal Participation
Jorin Eddy 1st Weapons
Maria Gale 2nd Sparring, 2nd Weapons, 3rd Forms
Chad Branham 1st Weapons, 2nd Sparring
Courtney Bull Participation
Karlie Olson 1st Weapons, 1st Forms
Alvaro Del Rio 2nd Weapons, 3rd Forms
Gardner Boyce 1st Weapons
Tristan Spencer Participation
Kirian Spencer Participation
Darren Bruce Participation
Ijal Morgan 2nd Sparring, 2nd Weapons, 3rd Forms
Estefania Bautista 2nd Sparring
Juan Del Rio 2nd Forms, 2nd Sparring, 3rd Weapons
Iscley Cleveland 1st Forms, 3rd Sparring
Preston Mackie 1st Forms
Isabella Volz-Broughton Participation
Marian Del Rio 2nd Forms, 3rd Sparring
Mercayties Cleveland 3rd Forms
Zarion Denney 3rd Forms
Everett Gross 2nd Forms
Antonio Gross 1st Sparring, 2nd Forms
Ruth Bergman 2nd Forms, 3rd Sparring
Jared Ficklin Participation
Rowen Spence 3rd Sparring
Sean Sweeney Participation
Jackie Reyes 1st Sparring
Connor Olson, Ixel Medrano, Kim Page did not compete due to illness.

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Upcoming Important Dates!
Posted: 01/20/10

July 16-18 ~ World Championship ~ North Carolina
Sept. 11 ~ Gup test
Oct. 23rd ~ Black Belt Test ~ Roseburg, OR
Nov. 13 ~ Gup~ Dan clinic ~ Here
Dec 11 ~ Gup test, Xmas party
Dec 20 ~ Dojang closes for Xmas break
Jan 3, 2011 ~ Classes resume

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The Dragon Heart Quilt Raffle!
Posted: 12/18/2009

This stunning QUEEN SIZED quilt can be yours. See the raffle details below the pictures.

Click on any picture for a larger version!

AboutThe Quilt

This beautiful all silk quilt was designed and made by the students and parents at Dragon Heart. It is being raffled to benefit the Maggie Butterworth Training Scholarship Fund. This fund benefits the under privileged kids whose parents can't afford to pay for training. We are dividing the profits this year to also send our students to the Regional Championship next May in Seattle, Washington. Please support our students by buying tickets at the Dragon Heart Dojang or from our students when you see them sitting in front of businesses selling the tickets! They sell for:

1 ticket  $3.00
2 tickets $5.00
5 tickets $10.00
12 tickets $20.00
35 tickets $50.00
100 tickets $100.00

Stop by anytime and see the quilt hanging at Dragon Heart!

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Split Second Survival Class
Posted: 12/18/2009

Instructor Jac Hargrave in center being attacked ~ less than a second later the attackers are taking out each other!! Attackers are Instructor Leland Salomon on left and student Carol Salomon on right.

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Black Light Class in November...
Posted: 12/14/2009

Here are some snapshots from one of our "Black Light Classes" in November:

         

         

         

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Creativity Division 1st Place Winners!
Posted: 07/02/2009

This is our demo team’s winning performance at this year’s Region One Regional Championship held in Garberville on May 23rd, 2009. This team works year round under the direction of the captain, Kisa Rupp. Kisa choreographs, does the music, and designs the costumes for the team. She came up with the concept of a professional style demo team and turned it into her 6,000 word “ how to” essay for her 3rd degree black belt test.  She has been running our teams for 5 years and they have won the Regional Creativity Division for 5 years in a row.  We are sad to see Kisa move to Portland but wish her well on her life’s journey to becoming a video game designer. Her replacement as captain of the team is 3 year veteran Meredyth Phillips.

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Late Afternoon Class
Posted: 06/21/2009

Here's a brief photo and video montage from the early evening TSD class on Thursday, June 18th, 2009, just three days before the summer solstice, featuring some wonderful afternoon lighting from the now very northerly sun.

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