Promotion Test - September 2024
2024-09-07 09:30 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Master S.H. Yu Martial Arts
It’s time to step forward for your promotion! Please register by Wednesday, September 4th – your test application is here – please submit your application via email (or bring it in with you by 9.4), and Zelle your test fee to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com or 708-383-3456.
We are looking forward to an awesome day of excellence – we are so proud of everyone who has persisted and prepared through the summer, and it’s payback time for your hard work: Your test day will reward your endurance and determination!
Students are tested according to level – you’re all prepared and are ready to do so WELL!
Detailed test schedule:
Children/Youth 9:30am – 12:30pm
Adult/Teen 1:00-4:00pm

Martial Arts Promotion Ceremony - September 2024
2024-09-20 17:00 - 19:30
NO REGULAR CLASSES on Promotion Ceremony Day!

Detailed Schedule
5pm: Kids and Youth;
6:30-7:30pm: Teens and Adults
Bring your essay, present your essay, receive your promotion, and be ready for your New Beginning! Your essay question is on the Blog as of NOW! Celebrate your progress in community with your martial arts family! We are super proud of you all!
NO REGULAR CLASSES on Promotion Ceremony Day!

Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day 2024 Schedule
2024-10-14 - 2024-10-15
No evening classes today! If you sign-up in advance, Join us for some Extra Special Training!
Supreme GrandMaster Yu will teach ARTISTIC WEAPONRY 1-3pm (experienced students only!); AIRBORNE KICKS 3:15-5:15pm (registered students orange belt and above)
MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com to register and get in on these training opps!

Artistic Weaponry Training - Columbus/IP Day 2024
2024-10-14 13:00 - 15:00
SupremeGrandMaster Yu is back on the Mat for you – Let’s Celebrate the Holiday gaining SKILLS! Sign up Now! Advance Registration is Required – Maximum 20/Minimum 10 Students.
ARTISTIC WEAPONRY – 1-3pm – for students who have previously taken our twinsticks/nunchauka workshops – refine and expand your skills in this personalized workshop – all sequences, forms, self-defense techniques created and presented by Supreme GrandMaster Yu.
Tuition is $145/student and due with registration by Saturday, 10.12.
Register: Zelle to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com or 708-383-3456.

Airborne Kicks Training - Columbus/IP Day 2024
2024-10-14 15:15 - 17:15
SupremeGrandMaster Yu is back on the Mat for you – Let’s Celebrate the Holiday gaining SKILLS! Sign up Now! Advance Registration is Required – Maximum 20/Minimum 10 Students.
AirborneKICKS – 3:15-5:15pm – for students, all ages, Orange Belt and above. Signature, solid conditioning to ascend your kicks safely and securely to the heights! Customized coaching to every student includes technical instruction on advanced, airborne kicks, including but not limited to JUMP SIDEKick; Jump WheelKick; DoubleJump FrontKick; Inside Low Wheelkick. This workshop is required to continue to coach you on improvement in these gorgeous, and FUN kicking skills!
Tuition is $125/student and due with registration by Saturday, 10.12.
Register: Zelle to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com or call 708-383-3456.

Fundraiser for BeyondHunger 2024 - Join us!
2024-10-31 - 2024-12-01
Celebrating our Founder and our Teacher’s Birthday during this season of Gratitude is our opportunity to join together in our Annual Fundraiser to support BEYOND HUNGER and Kick-out Hunger in our community.
Master S.H. Yu Martial Arts Philosophy of Education, Good Health, Safety and Security for ALL aligns SO WELL with the Philosphy of BEYOND HUNGER. We LOVE the emphasis on Nutritional Education and Food to Support a Healthy, Well-balanced Life!
PLEASE! JOIN US AND GIVE!
Our Fundraiser is DIGITAL/Monetary Donations ONLY – Let BeyondHunger do the shopping (their $ power goes farther than ours!) – Yes, that’s right, no cans or grocery items, just click here to participate with our Martial Arts Family to make another GREAT SUCCESS for the Dojhang Community and Neighborhood.
https://fundraise.givesmart.com/e/GjgGbA?vid=17zhqh
Give Today! Don’t Delay! Let NO ONE in our Community go HUNGRY!

Trick-or-Treat: Happy Halloween 2024!
2024-10-31 16:00 - 18:00
T R I C K – or – T R E A T!!! Stop by the Dojhang Porch on Halloween between 4-6pm – Master Wilson will be there to greet you with treats, the greatest of which is our NOVEMBER 2024 CHALLENGE created JUST for you! It’s a fun way to challenge yourself to get strong and get to know REAL Discipline (remember that? We just wrote some great essays on that topic – see some of them here 😉 ) Its easy: we will challenge together November 1 through 30 to easily incorporate healthy habits that we can keep or embellish with our own goals! BUT……the first ones to get the challenge will be the ones who come over for Trick-or-Treat on Halloween. PLUS…….we want to see your Creative Costumes!!! Happy Halloween!

November Challenge 2024!
2024-11-01 - 2024-12-01
Let’s have some fun challenging together through the Month of November! Here are the Details – SO EASY! SO FUN!
November 2024: 30-day Challenge
Let’s do this! Commit, Discipline, Do!
Remember: This challenge is for YOU! It’s YOURS! Do it and Own it – YOU are in charge!
Daily:

20 Pushups – Optional: start with regular pushups, and work up to walking pushups by month-end!
Planks – start with 20 seconds, or whatever duration makes you mildly uncomfortable; increase 5 seconds per day through month-end. You will be amazed!!! Try to get to a minute consistently every day.
RoundHouse Kicks – QUALITY! 20 consecutive snaps on each side – increase by week up to 30 maximum with pull-back each time.*
Stretch Kicks – QUALITY! 10 on each side; front; inside; outside, all 3 or only 1…..hey: it’s YOUR challenge!!*
CraneBalance on One Leg: elevate one knee above your belt and elevate your arms in the Crane position – balance 20 seconds each leg – this is your consistent goal by month end.
Last week of Month, or over THANKSGIVING Break: Write an Essay no more than 2 paragraphs, “Why should we consciously make the effort to challenge ourselves?”
Do something anonymously to bring VALUE and Kindness to someone every day!

By December 9th, Submit your essay and a summary of your achievements! The Winner will take home a treasured relic or prize from the Dojhang.
*Items 3 & 4: These can be done supine, or in the “flat back on the floor” method!
NinjaLove,
Master Wilson

Thanksgiving Holiday Break 2024
2024-11-27 - 2024-12-01
Happy Thanksgiving, Friends and Martial Arts Family! THANK YOU for being an important part of our Martial Arts Family and Community. Wishing everyone a very peaceful, grace-filled holiday!
We will be on Holiday Break Wednesday, November 27-Saturday November 30, 2024. Stay faithful to your commitment to honor your good health – if you’re doing the November Challenge with us, let us know how you are enjoying the benefits!
NO CLASSES: Nov 27-30, 2024.
See you back on the Mat on Monday, December 2nd!

Quarterly Promotion Test - December 2024
2024-12-07 - 2024-12-08
Detailed Test Day Schedule:
9:30am – 12:30p: Kids & Youth;
1:oo-4ishpm: Adults & Teen
We are looking forward to a great Test Day! Your Essay Question will be posted by end of day, Monday December 9th.
Link to the test registration form is here.
Any questions or concerns, I am here for you! MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com or text/voice to 708-383-3456.
Let’s get this holiday season going by celebrating your excellence!

Promotion Ceremony December 2024
2024-12-13 17:00 - 19:30
You did it! You passed your test, and now it’s time to step forward to present your essay and receive your promotion. (Essay question will be posted by end of day Monday, December 9th) NO CLASSES on CEREMONY day!
Detailed schedule: All Children at 5pm; All Adult/Teen at 6:30pm.
We love to see you learn and grow in your martial arts practice and your successful life!

Winter Holiday Break 2024
2024-12-25 - 2025-01-02
Happy Holidays Everybody! Wishing you a safe, healthy, restorative, and peaceful holiday – your martial arts Dojhang is ready for your Healthy, Successful New Year 2025!
NO CLASSES 12.25.24 – 1.1.25
We ARE available over the holiday for private lessons for our registered private students BY APPOINTMENT. Please contact MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com to coordinate.
See you back in class on 1.3.25 to Plan your 2025 Martial Arts Training Goals!

Presidents Day 2025
2025-02-17 - 2025-02-18
No classes on Monday 2.17.25 in observance of Presidents Day – Have a safe and healthy holiday everybody! See you back in class on Wednesday, 2.19.25

Martial Arts Promotion Test - Spring 2025
2025-03-08 09:30 - 17:00
You have been training and preparing for this day, and it’s time to step forward to show your awesome!
Registration for your TEST is DUE by Wednesday, March 5, 2025 – Please register in advance to give us the maximum time to administer your TEST on Test Day!
Your test registration form is HERE.
You can email and Zelle your test fee to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com, or bring it with you to the dojhang. Any questions, please email MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com
Detailed testing schedule:
9:30am-12N: Children and Youth
1:00p-3 or 4pm: Adults and Teens
Variation on time depending upon rank.
Family and Friends are welcome! We are looking forward to a great day of achievement and accomplishment. We are so grateful to see your growth!

Martial Arts Promotion Ceremony - Spring 2025
2025-03-14 17:00 - 19:30
Detailed Schedule:
5:00pm-6:30pm: Kids & Youth;
6:30pm-7:30pm: Adults & Teen
Congratulations to all of our students who stepped forward to test this quarter – your promotion ceremony seals the deal! Let’s get ready for our SPRING TRAINING with our new rank, new belt, new goals!
Please prepare your essay for the presentation (the essay question will be posted on Monday, March 10 by end of day) – bring this to your ceremony and step forward to receive your promotion! Parents, Family and Friends are welcome to witness the advancement of our students, and hear the inspirational essays from all!
We are looking forward to see you RISE!

Spring Break 2025
2025-03-24 - 2025-03-30
The Dojhang will be on Spring Break Monday 3.24 – Saturday 3.29.25. Back in action on Monday, March 31st. Wishing everyone a safe, healthy and restorative Spring Break!

Memorial Day 2025 - No Classes
2025-05-26 - 2025-05-27
Memorial Day is the perfect Day to pause in Gratitude for the people who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we enjoy today. Let us all reflect on how we can honor their memory through our acts of service and care for each other and our community.
No classes today as we observe the holiday – the (Unofficial!) Start of Summer and our cue to salute all of our GRADUATES!
Have a Safe and peaceful holiday everyone!

Martial Arts Promotion Test
2025-06-07 - 2025-06-08
Spring gave us SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES to learn and grow, and NOW it’s time to TEST!
Detailed Test Schedule:
9:30a-12N — Kids & Youth
1:00p-4:00p – Adults & Teens
We are looking forward to a great day together, showing and growing the improvement in skills and discipline!
Please REGISTER for your Test by June 4th to plan for a smooth and efficient test day!
Return your test application and Zelle your test fee to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com no later than June 4th please!

Promotion Ceremony - June 2025
2025-06-20 17:00 - 19:30
You did it! Now it’s time to step forward to receive your Promotion, Present your Essay, and Receive your new belt and new challenge! Your Essay Question will be posted in our Blog section and social media by Monday, June 9th end of day ;-).
Essay preparation guidelines/requirements are on the website – it’s easy! it’s fun! it’s INSPIRING!
No Regular Classes on Ceremony Day!
Detailed Promotion Ceremony Schedule:
5:00pm Children/Youth
6:30pm Adults/Teens

Summer Holiday Break
2025-06-30 - 2025-07-06
No Classes June 30-July 5 – Enjoy your summer holiday with family and friends! Be Safe! Be Healthy! See you back on the mat on Monday, July 7th!

Artistic Weaponry Summer Training
2025-07-29 14:30 - 2025-07-31 16:30
SUMMER FUN!! Let’s improve our endurance, artistry, technical ability, and overall martial arts performance! All registered students, BlueBelt and above are eligible to enroll in these MasterClass Workshop Training Camps with Supreme GrandMaster Yu. There is NO LIMIT to your skill advancement. These training camps form the continuing foundation of your elevated martial arts skill advancement.
Beyond the curriculum content of our classes, these camps engage a high-level presentation of the technical, artistic, and muscle activation required for your martial arts training goals. As is his signature, GrandMaster will meet each student where they are and guide you to bring out your best. All sessions will build on previous achievements; minimum enrollment is 10 students, maximum 20.

Artistic Weaponry: Presenting Self-Defense, Forms, and Foundations in the TwinSticks and Nunchauka
July 29/30/31, 2025;
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, 2:30-4:30 daily;
Tuition: $360/3-days, $150/day

Registration is confirmed on receipt of your email/Zelle to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com. Please reach out to me with any questions or read the descriptions of this training on our programs page!

Airborne Kicks Summer Training
2025-08-05 14:30 - 2025-08-07 16:30
SUMMER FUN!! Let’s improve our endurance, artistry, technical ability, and overall martial arts performance! All registered students, BlueBelt and above are eligible to enroll in these MasterClass Workshop Training Camps with Supreme GrandMaster Yu. There is NO LIMIT to your skill advancement. These training camps form the continuing foundation of your elevated martial arts skill advancement.
Beyond the curriculum content of our classes, these camps engage a high-level presentation of the technical, artistic, and muscle activation required for your martial arts training goals. As is his signature, GrandMaster will meet each student where they are and guide you to bring out your best. All sessions will build on previous achievements; minimum enrollment is 10 students, maximum 20.
AIRBORNE Kicks:
Aug 5/6/7, 2025;
Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, 2:30-4:30pm daily;
Tuition: $315/3days, $130/day (suggest minimum 2-days for muscle activation!)

Registration is confirmed on receipt of your email/Zelle to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com. Please reach out to me with any questions or read the descriptions of this training on our programs page!

Labor Day Holiday - No Classes
2025-09-01 - 2025-09-02
Have a safe and healthy Labor Day Holiday everybody! No classes today – a reminder your test registration is due on Wednesday 9.3 on our return.

Promotion Test - September 2025
2025-09-06 09:30 - 17:00
Test Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 3rd.
You’ve been working on your skills all summer, now it’s time to step forward and show how MUCH you have grown!
Please submit your test application and Zelle your test fee to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com

Here is the Application for Promotion Test

Detailed Test Schedule:
Kids/Youth: 9:30 am-12:00 pm

Testing administered by level – We finish together with our board breaking.

Adults/Teens: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

Testing administered by level – We finish together with our board breaking.

ESSAY TEST: Your essay question will be posted by the end of the day, Monday, September 8.
Promotion Ceremony: Friday, September 19th

Promotion Ceremony - September 2025
2025-09-19 17:00 - 19:30
Join us to celebrate your promotion in the community with your martial arts family!
A reminder: No regular classes on Ceremony Day.

Detailed Promotion Ceremony Schedule:
Kids & Youth: 5 pm
Teens & Adults: 6:30 pm

Before stepping forward to receive your ceremonial promotion, including your new belt and certificate, we look forward to your essay presentation. Please bring your essay with you to the ceremony, ready to present.
(Essay Question will be posted on the Blog and Social Media (FB/IG) by the end of the day, Monday, September 8th)
Essay preparation guidelines/requirements

Indigenous Peoples Day Holiday 2025
2025-10-02 - 2025-10-03
No regular classes today, October 2nd, but all registered students, blue belt and above (other ranks by invitation), are invited to register for our special training Workshop, created and led by Supreme GrandMaster Yu: ARTISTIC WEAPONRY – a great opportunity to expand your skills!
Have a safe and healthy holiday; we return to our regularly scheduled private lessons on Tuesday, October 14, and classes on Wednesday, October 15.
PS: Enjoy the photo of Masks we MADE at NinjaCamp during a previous Indigenous Peoples Day / Columbus Day Camp!!!

IPD/Columbus Day Workshop 10.13.25
2025-10-13 15:00 - 17:00
We are happy to announce that Supreme GrandMaster Yu will teach ARTISTIC WEAPONRY featuring the TwinSticks and Nunchauka on Monday, 10.13.25, 3-5 pm.
Come spend part of your holiday learning and/or refining/adding to your skills. This is a wonderful way to expand your martial arts repertoire and range – you will be amazed with the results and the skills – with GrandMaster Yu’s watchful instruction, your great capacity will be revealed to you!
Advance registration required: 10 student minimum / 20 student maximum.
Reserve your place now via email/Zelle to MasterWilson@Master-SH-Yu.com. We are ready to PLAN.FOR.YOU!

Happy Halloween!
2025-10-31 - 2025-11-01
Happy Halloween everybody! Please have a creative, safe, fun and healthy Halloween.
NO CLASSES ON HALLOWEEN, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST!
Our TREAT for you is our NOVEMBER CHALLENGE 2025 for your personal enrichment/challenge/healthy-habit ambition during the Month of November! We do this TOGETHER, and will get started on November 1st! The Challenge will be posted on 10.31 🙂 See EVENTS!
DO plan to support our ANNUAL FUNDRAISER for BeyondHunger (digital donations only please!)

DONATE TO BEYONDHUNGER HERE!

Be Safe! Have Fun! Get Strong!

Annual Fundraiser for BeyondHunger 2025
2025-10-31 - 2025-12-01
Now Live: our 2025 Annual Fundraiser for BeyondHunger! We are DETERMINED to Kick-Out Hunger in our Community!
Please join our Martial Arts Family to support our DIGITAL ONLY Food Drive – Yes – Monetary Donations only, because with their Purchasing Power, your

$1 = $9, or 3 MEALS
$45 = 1 month of food for 1 person
$100 = 300 MEALS
$250 sponsors a group Nutrition Education Class
$500 provides food for 25 homebound neighbors for 1 month! WOW!

DONATE TO BEYONDHUNGER HERE!

Why do we LOVE supporting BeyondHunger?

Master S.H. Yu Martial Arts is committed to quality Martial Arts Education, and we love that BeyondHunger is WAY MORE than our local food pantry! They, too, are committed to quality Nutrition Education for their clients, educating and offering creative solutions to make meals nutritionally DENSE, healthy, and FUN!
We are all about efficiency and fluidity: your digital, monetary donation goes right to the heart and purpose of defeating hunger right here, right now. No shopping for you, no lugging cans and parcels – the Food Pantry does ALL the Shopping!! What’s not to LOVE?
Defeating Hunger is a cause near and dear to our founder’s heart: Supreme GrandMaster Yu himself experienced hunger as a young child and budding martial artist, growing up in post-war South Korea. Supporting BEYOND HUNGER gives us all a chance to GIVE BACK in Gratitude. We are committed to supporting a Healthy, Well-Nourished Community!
Help us CELEBRATE the GrandMaster’s Birthday in late November with your GIFT to BEYOND HUNGER!

November MasterYu Martial Artist's Challenge 2025
2025-11-01 - 2025-12-01
Students, Family, Friends, and Community are all invited to join us in our annual November Challenge!
It’s EASY!
It’s FUN!
It’s a GREAT WAY to develop or nurture a HEALTHY HABIT!
It strengthens your BODY/MIND/SPIRIT!
It proves that you can COMMIT and get STRONG and be HEALTHY just by LEADING YOURSELF to DO GOOD for yourself and others!
Here’s the Challenge…create your Healthy November!
Daily: 20×5:

20 quality pushups – 2 minutes
20 slow, quality squats (sit wayyyyy back, into your heels, careful those knees track back, not sideways or forward. If necessary, hold onto a sturdy chair or the kitchen counter. – 2 minutes
20 slow, quality forward lunges, both knees at 90 degrees – 2 minutes
20 knee-hugs/high knees – 20 both sides – alternate (it’s more fun). Your goal is knee to shoulder. – 2 minutes.
Forearm Plank – start with 20 seconds, increase to 1 (or 2!) minutes per day by month end.

Add-on: This is the most easy: ONE extraordinary act of kindness that you wouldn’t normally have in your routine, ie, “out-of-your-way-to-be-kind” kind of kindness, like, you’re tired and busy but you have to stop and be attentive.
Have fun with the challenge! Since it’s November, and the 11th Month, I’m going to be focusing on #11 of the creed to study something that enriches my mind and spirit. Join me!
Enjoy this Beautiful SideKick Photo of Supreme GrandMaster Yu! INSPO!
FINALLY, please join us in supporting our annual Beyond Hunger fundraiser! People in the community are in NEED and WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! (Digital donations only, please.)

DONATE TO BEYONDHUNGER HERE!
