After an 18 month process Master Rachel Valentin and I are happy to announce the we Officially CLOSED on our new Future site of Valentin Karate! I know she may not be beautiful to you. However, to me and our entire family its a dream come true! Give us a year and see how we groom her. Our plan is to be open for Jan. 2015. We will keep you all posted. We are grateful to Mr. Eliot White and the Record Journal team for their patience in this process. He had other offers but he believed in a city family and in our mission to make All our communities a better place One Black Belt at a time! A big shout out to our Attorney Cornelius Ivers, our Loan officer at ION Bank Chris Koster & the Entire ION Meriden Branch & Naugatuck Branch Staff, our Connecticut Community Investment Corporation SBA Officer Gary Toole, the broker OR & L Frank Hird and our friend and RJ sales person Ted Mulawka for telling us about the building. Thank you to Joey and Anna Carabetta for a great 12 years on Camp Street. Of Course none of this would have been possible without YOU. If your reading this you have supported us, Cheered for us & trusted us. Every student that walked in the door, every parent that trusted us with the children, every friend that liked our post, Every black belt that has trained or taught. YOU BELIEVED IN US AND OUR MISSION! The butterfly effect has gotten us here. Thank you again and were are excited to have you be part of our continued journey! Students in the words of Mr. Miyagi: First, wash all car. Then wax. Wax on... Daniel: Hey, why do I have to...? Miyagi: Ah ah! Remember deal! No questions! Daniel: Yeah, but... Miyagi: Hai! [makes circular gestures with each hand] Miyagi: Wax on, right hand. Wax off, left hand. Wax on, wax off. Breathe in through nose, out the mouth. Wax on, wax off. Dont forget to breathe, very important. [walks away, still making circular motions with hands] Miyagi: Wax on, wax off. Wax on, wax off. Time to roll up your sleeves! Tang Soo!
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 10:04:33 +0000