Young Campers Discover D and B on Columbus Day

America's Ultimate Martial Arts & Fitness in true fun fashion hosted a Columbus Day Camp on Monday 10-14-13.

This an adventure of sorts to some and a discovery of new places for others...The destination was Dave & Busters in Farmingdale L.I.. This was a place we had been to before but the mission this time was different. It wasn't enough for us to have fun...we were on a quest for CANDY!!! and you can't use money to buy candy at D & B. So the assignment was to accumulate as many tickets as possible so we could fill our bellies with the sweet allure of the junky addictive substances on display.

So we fanned out to scoure the place for games with the highest ticket payouts. After one or two measly attempts, we finally landed on our ticket cow...THE WONDER WHEEL. I'm not sure if you've ever played it or not, but this is a game where with the swipe of your card and a tug of the handle, you can literally win up to 1000 tickets in one try.

Well with 230 credits on the card remaining and eager candy munchers behind me, we got to swiping our card and pulling the handles on both machines like we were in Atlantic City gambling at the Bogota Casino!!! The way we were jumping up and down screaming as we watched the tickets pour out of the machine with each pull, it was no wonder we soon had a small crowd develop around us hoping to duplicate our success!!!

By the time the dust settled, we each had our pockets overflowing with tickets as we skipped our way to the redemption counter to claim our earnings. When it was all said and done, our efforts netted us 1130 tickets for the relentless 20 minutes we spent at the two machines.

With card in hand and tickets redeemed, we then entered the palace of goodies with the impossible task of trying price shop so one person didn't blow the budget for everyone else. Not to mention trying not to allow our A.D.D. to kick in and get distracted with all the other big ticket prizes we couldn't afford!!!

Finally after a HALF HOUR of debating and grabbing and putting back the various offering of sweet delight they had on display....the group began making their way back to the parking lot with our glorious haul of goodies in tow...We felt like we had just completed a level of Candy Crush and WON...SWEET...TASTY!!!

Stepping Up to the Dodgeball Challenge

Man what more can I say, Saturday’s Dodgeball Challenge was crazy. The energy that the students came in with was electrifying. I love the competitive spirit that everybody brought to the table.

This is the type of emotion we need to bring back, and help this generation of kids learn how to compete…not just in sports but also in life...Sorry that's the teacher in me, but let me get back to the subject.

We had a little over 40 people on the floor, from the age of 3 all the way through adults in their thirties and forties.

This event started out being something that we wanted to promote to help give our existing students a chance to get out and have some fun this weekend and also allow them to introduce their friends to our facility and programs. 

This event quickly turned into the theme for an even bigger event...Adult Dodgeball!!! Who would have thought that adults want to have fun too. GO Figure.

We had numerous adults asking us to do an adult dodgeball theme which we are gladly looking to accommodate for next month in November, so get ready for it! Im thinking teams of 10 with a cash prize to the last team standing! This should be interesting, so stay tuned for more details on this later. 

It was a nonstop 3 hours of back and forth, old school dodgeball fun. I couldn't have asked for a better turnout of the event. I felt we accomplished our goal of getting kids to get out and play, but it also brought whole families out to play together as well!!!

One parent commented to me this is exactly what I needed. Funny thing is I felt the same way.

Shout out to the Feliciano Family for really having a strong showing and bringing their “A” Game!!!

We had a couple of finger jams and stings to the skin but overall everyone survived the challenge and went home wanting more. Stay tuned for the next challenge!!!

For more information on our next event, call us at 347-673-6611 or visit us at 8115 Foster Ave, Brooklyn NY 11236