Black Belt Academy
4885 West Boulevard • Poplar Bluff Missouri 63901 • 573.785.KICK (5425)

It's Weapons Wednesday!

  • 9:00 a.m. Cardio Kickboxing
  • 4:15 p.m. Black Belt Club
  • 5:15 p.m. Leadership Program
  • 6:15 p.m. Chong Gi Do
  • 7:15 p.m. Cardio and Adult TKD

St. Patrick's Day Testing!

Our next testing will be on Saturday, March 14th at 1:00 p.m. Mock testing on Friday, March 13th at 5:30 p.m. Start getting ready! And don't forget to wear green!

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Our next testing will be on Saturday, March 14th at 1:00 p.m. We're celebrating St. Patrick's Day, so be sure to wear your green!

Mock testing will be on Friday, March 12th at 5:30 p.m., so there will be no Tournament Class this week.

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Jonesboro AR 2019

The students of the Black Belt Academy recently competed at the first ATA tournament held in Jonesboro, Arkansas, earning 26-1st place, 6-2nd place and 5-3rd place medals, an incredible 37 medals in all. It's even more amazing considering first-time competitors accounted for half of our entries! Awesome job!

  • Miss Laura: 1st in Sparring, 2nd in Creative Forms and 3rd in Traditional Forms
  • Mr. Blaze: 1st in Forms and Weapons
  • Miss Zoie: 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring
  • Mr. Ryker: 1st in Forms, Weapons and Combat Weapons, 2nd in Sparring
  • Mr. Spencer: 3rd in Weapons
  • Ms. Kris: 1st in Weapons
  • Mr. Drew: 1st in Forms, Weapons and Sparring
  • Mr. Adrian: 1st in Forms and Weapons
  • Mr. Jacob: 1st in Weapons and Sparring, 2nd in Forms
  • Miss Addy: 1st in Sparring and 3rd in Forms and Weapons
  • Mr. Walter: 1st in Forms and Combat Weapons, 2nd in Traditional Weapons and Sparring
  • Mr. Cyrus: 3rd in Forms
  • Mr. Damon: 1st in Sparring and Weapons, 2nd in Forms
  • Mr. Dean: 1st in Forms, Sparring, Traditional Weapons and Creative Weapons

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Jackson, MO 2019
Congratulations to our students who competed at the Jackson ATA tournament: Mr. Wyatt (2-2nd place, 1-3rd place), Ms. Laura (2-1st place), Mr. Walter (1-1st, 1-2nd, 1-3rd), Mr. Damon (2-1st, 2-2nd), Miss Zoie (2-1st) and Mr. Dean (3-1st). All that work pays off.

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Evansville, IN Sept 2019
Congratulations to our students who competed in the ATA tournament in Evansville, Indiana, Mr. Damon, Mr. Walter, Mr. Dean and Miss Zoie! With ten 1st place medals, three 2nd place and one 3rd place, it was a good day at the office! Nice job!

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2019 World Championships
Congratulations to our students who competed at the ATA World Championships in Little Rock, Arkansas! Mr. Page, Mr. Damon, Miss Laura and Mr. Walter, Mr. Dean, Mr. Ryker and Miss Zoie.

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Austin Moody

The BBA, and the entire ATA community, is in shock at the death of this fine young man. He was a joy to have in class, and we have missed him, and thought of him, very much since he moved to Arkansas. You have probably seen his 2008 World's trophy on our shelf as he wanted Mr. Page to have it.

As a nine-year old Black Belt, he was talented, kind, courteous and mature beyond his years. He obtained his 3rd Degree Black Belt in Arkansas. He was a great example of Black Belt Attitude when he was with us, and the outpouring of love and grief in his home town proves that he continued to build on that for the rest of his short life.

Please keep his friends and family in your prayers.