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Thank You for a Great 2022

Jules Embry-Pelrine

I'm hugely grateful to each and every student who participated in 2022. I truly appreciate your choice to patronize Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance. This was my third full year at my Windy Way location. I was able to focus on teaching full time, which was a long time goal. I'm always looking for better ways to serve my students. Please feel free to send suggestions on how I can improve my offerings, or make training more approachable. I also need your assistance on one more thing. Please go to yelp.com and search for Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance. Take a moment to leave a review of your experience at NMAA. The more people who do this, the better. I hope to make Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance the first stop for any resident or visitor searching for quality martial arts instruction on Nantucket.

As we finish another year everyone starts thinking of taxes, especially business owners. I have registered the business as a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC), and I want to start this next chapter as smoothly as possible. On that note, thank you very much to my students who use my website to pay for classes. This makes my tax prep much easier. Please pay online whenever possible. In person payments need to be made by check, payable to Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance, LLC or NMAA for short. Cash payments will no longer be accepted.

I continued working with Advanced Embroidery in Hyannis to create apparel with my logo. Combat Corner has been a great supplier of customized Brazilian Jiu Jitsu uniforms and no gi apparel. Revgear makes the striking pads I use in all my Krav Maga classes. For any students looking to safely expand your practice I can provide any item from revgear.com at a discount. I can't speak highly enough of Gretchen at Studio 61, the graphic design and printing studio attached to the local UPS Store. She helped design my outdoor banner, and the stickers that the kids love so much.

Through the year I held belt testing for Kids Krav students. This is to acknowledge their consistent hard work, and celebrate their new knowledge and skills. I returned to Fit to Fight Headquarters in Charlotte, NC for two fantastic training events. The Level 2/3 Krav Maga Instructor Course was in March, and this year's Hard Ready seminar was in October. I'm very happy with my decision to affiliate with this great organization.

I also welcomed another instructor into the space. A big part of why I started the Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance was to provide a stable training location for the island's martial arts enthusiasts. I always hoped other instructors would be able to use the space, and I'm thrilled to have partnered with Sensei Louis Guarnaccia of the Aikido Association of Nantucket. Aikido inquiries should go directly to louisguarnaccia@gmail.com.

This year I officially affiliated with Carlos Terrinha of Terrinha Draculino Team BJJ, and I traveled to his academy for an in-house tournament. He typically holds these twice a year along with a promotion for students from all affiliated schools. In 2023 I hope to attend another event with some of my Brazilian Jiu Jitsu students. As part of this affiliation I have a stock of Professor Terrinha's high quality Caxcudo gi for sale to my students. Moving forward any Brazilian Jiu Jitsu student who purchases a Caxcudo gi ($170) will get two free weeks of unlimited BJJ classes, and they can schedule 1 free Private Lesson. This is valid for current students and newcomers alike. Perhaps in the future I can host Professor Terrinha for a seminar. Ideally I'll have a larger space by then, which brings me to this year's biggest development. My wife and I were able to secure a covenant home through Housing Nantucket. I had hoped to build an addition to use as a permanent training space in 2023, but it looks like this will have to wait. I'll certainly keep all students informed as I make plans for the location change. Thank you to everyone whoe helped make 2022 such a success at Nantucket Martial Arts Alliance. I look forward to seeing familiar faces, and plenty of newcomers in 2023.

Wishing you health and happiness,

Jules Embry-Pelrine

Founder/Head Instructor

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