(continue) Sensei Pazzaglia has done the following:
PAST
* March 2005 Mr. Pazzaglia was invited to be a guest presenter at Saratoga Martial Arts Festival. There were over 300 participants in attendance for this event, and Mr. Pazaglia's incites on American Kenpo and Aikido was very well received.
* May 2005 Mr. Pazzaglia Opens second school in Amsterdam.
* Martial Arts & Me host the Winter Warrior Seminar 2004 and 2005 with Grand Master Larry Tatum.
* May 2006 Mr. Pazzaglia provides "Be Your Own Hero" program at Cherry Valley Middle School. The program provided lessons and strategies to nearly 70 students on raising awareness with regard to bullying. The program was well received, and Mr. Pazzaglia has been asked to return in the future.
* June 2006 Martial Arts & Me introduces project CODY, A "community outreached program for disadvantaged youth" Mr. Pazzaglia and this program were featured on Capital News 9. Project Cody helps troubled teens get back on their feet and provides them with a new sense of hope and belonging!
* October 2006 Mr. Pazzaglia is invited out to Pasadena California to train with Grand Master Larry Tatum, during this time Mr. Pazzaglia was delighted and honored to be asked to sit on the test board for one Mr. Tatums test.
* Nov. 2006 Mr. Pazzaglia presents women's self defense seminar held at YWCA.
* Dec. 2006 Martial Arts & Me sponsors a "Support Our Troops" drive. Members of Martial Arts & Me in a joint effort with the community raised nearly $700.00 worth of perishable items for our troops in Iraq.
This was in part to show our support for local members of the military as well!
* March 2007 Mr. Pazzaglia provides a Child Abduction Prevention Clinic at the Gloversville YWCA.
* June 2007 Mr. Pazzaglia provides Women's Self Defense seminar for nearly 60 employees of Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield located in Albany New. The program was so well received Mr. Pazzaglia has been asked to return and offer the program periodically throughout the year and in years to come.
* August 2007 Martial Arts & Me host the first annual 2007 East Coast Martial Arts Expo at the Saratoga City Center, in Saratoga, NY, Presenters and practioners were in attendance from around the world and the United States. People came from as far away as Germany, Venezuela, and Albuquerque New Mexico to participate in the largest Martial Arts Expo found in upstate New York!
* July 2007 Mr. Pazzaglia trains with the legendary Bill "Super foot Wallace" at Lake Placid Olympic Center in upstate New York.
* Aug. 2007 Mr. Pazzaglia gets invited to provide the local Gloversville High School football team with innovative and traditional training techniques and fundamentals designed to enhance their overall performance.
Mr. Pazzaglia received a beautiful plaque from the coaching staff and the players in recognition of his support and effort at their annual banquet. There were over 250 people in attendance during this presentation.
* Mr. Pazzaglia attends a seminar in Philadelphia with Grand Master Larry Tatum from Pasadena California.
* Sept. 2007-Mr. Pazzaglia is invited to provide a 36 week program at a local elementary school (Park Terrace) educating children about anti bullying, drugs gangs, children abduction prevention and much more!
* October 2007 Mr. Pazzaglia attends training and receives his New York State Licensed Instructor Certification from the New York State Department of Corrections.
* Dec 2007 Members of Martial Arts & Me raise money to purchase 2 bikes and all the safety equipment and donate it to members of the local chapter of Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
* Jan. 2007, 1/29/08 Mr. Pazzaglia provides legal & liability, Task & Standards of a Security Officer, and Crisis Management/Physical Mechanical Restraint to 70 NYS licensed security guards in Albany.
PRESENT
* Feb 2008. Mr. Pazzaglia provides legal & liability, Task & Standards of a Security Officer, and Crisis Management/Physical Mechanical Restraint to provides training to 30 New York State Licensed Security Guards in Albany New York.
* Feb 2008 Mr. Pazzaglia becomes CEO of New Company called P.S.T.I. "Professional Security Training Institute" The company provides Security Officers and training for officers along with a wide variety of services.
FUTURE
* March 2008 Basic Street Survival Part I (Womans Self Defense Program) open to the public.
* March 2008 Zero Tolerance (A Childrens Abduction Prevention Seminar) open to the public.
* July Northeast Open Martial Arts Tournament held in Albany New York.
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Cherry valley be own hero seminar
Sensei Hallett has done the following:
* Black Belt awarded Mar. 19, 2004,
* Tournaments include Colgate, Herkimer, West Winfield, and has won grand champion in sparring once and grand champion in kata twice.
* July 7, 2007 placed 3rd in creative forms at the Northeast Open Tournament at the Albany Marriot in expert men/ women division.
* Was honored by the Business and Professional Women's Club of Fulton, Montgomery, and Hamilton counties
* Jan. 2005 for being guest speaker and demo.,
* Kickboxing certification 2005,
* kickboxing demo at 2006 Relay for Life Cancer Walk,
* 7th place overall woman in 30th annual Stockade-A-Thon Nov. 30th 2005, 9.2 miles,
* 2nd place Adirondack Distance Festival Half-Marathon Sept. 2006,
* Feature article in Leader Herald May 14th, 2006 Mother's Day Focus,
* received LPN Sept. 2006,
* RN Student Jan. 2008, current,
* created extensive senior citizen aerobic program for Johnstown seniors and is current instructor, assists with all Martial Arts & Me demos and seminars,
* Race The Train Aug. 4th, 2007 North Creek, NY 8.2mi.,
* Winner of Cole's Woods Run Aug. 12th, 2007, Glens Falls, NY, 6mi.
* Child Abduction Prevention at Park Terrace Elementary School Sept. 2007- present.