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Martial Artists Around The World Team Up To Prevent Child Abuse and Attempt World Record
Third Degree Black Belt and Sponsor/Owner of 4th Wall TV & Film Mr. Anthony Miles smashes 8 concrete bricks with a spinning side kick for Arizona News Channel 3 TV. Just minutes earlier did the same with 10 bricks as part of the world record attempt at the Scottsdale SuperWalMart!
The Arizona Breakathon Children's Charity fundraiser event for Break the Chain Foundation was held in the SuperWalMart parking lot next to John Nottingham's USA Martial Arts in Scottsdale. "We were very happy with the cooperative partnership with our sponsors, especially SuperWalMart of Scottsdale. General Manager Terry Butler was very generous in helping us coordinate the event in the center. The kindness of the sponsors and contributions of USA Martial Arts students and family make it all possible. They deserve much credit."
Mr. Anthony Miles poses for a quick photo and Arizona News Channel 3 before the break. This was a new personal record for Mr. Miles. Not bad for this professional filmmaker who was up all night on a movie shoot but still made time out to contribute.
Click the icon in the left margin for more information on Master Lechtenberg's Break The Chain Foundation and the Breakathon Children's Charity events.
An enthused group of breakathon participants pose in front of the Breakathon kicker donation score board donated by Terry and Rose Deguisne.
Breakathon set up volunteer Ms. Barella gets the balloons donated by Party City ready to go.
Assistant Instructor Melinda Steen stands next to the awesome Rockford Fosgate car and donation of over 30 woofers and amps she helped acquire.
 Nine year old Scottsdale student Chance W. breaks a board held by his father with a palm strike.
Glendale USA Martial Arts student Jacob C. breaks a 1" board donated by Home Depot.
Instructor Shawn O'Neill holds as Mesa student Chris A. performs a powerful jump front kick.
 Master Nottingham conducts the breaking clinic. Terry Deguisne, wearing blue, stands at the ready in front of the Break The Chain Foundation Child Abuse Awareness Banner created by Mr. Robert Ponce of Kennedy Daimler Signs and Graphics.
 The little one's enjoyed the bounce house provided by second year sponsor "A Better Alternative" BounceyThingsAZ.com. Mrs. Ramirez (above in black and white Leadership uniform) was kind enough to supervise the safety and fun of the bouncehouse.
 Broken bricks after the simultaneous world record attempt. Hundreds of boards and bricks were broken here in Arizona and around the world. Participating martial artists and breakers hailed from Canada, China, Australia, Spain, Iraq, Korea as well as the USA. The States of Illinois, Wisconsin, Washington, Florida, Alabama, Nevada, California, New Jersey, and Master Lechtenberg's Break The Chain Foundation headquarters in Sandy Utah.
One very special student participated even though he is on a tour of duty in Iraq with the US Army. Don Gray, 2nd Degree Black Belt and one of the original students of Master Nottingham, sent in video of his break to do his part.
The dynamic duo of Joe and Jeremy, BootCamp trainers. During the breakathon they announced their highly acclaimed 12 week BootCamp program will be starting soon at each USA Martial Arts location.
 BootCamp Personal Trainer Jeremy Audette accepts the challenge to do 100 push ups for a $100 donation for the Break The Chain Foundation Charity.
Inspired by Jeremy Audette USA Martial Arts Black Belts circle up to pump out 50 push ups on the very hot Arizona pavement.
 Scottsdale MMA student Mr. Chris Raihl breaks a brick with a powerful palm strike. He is also wearing one of the limited edition Break The Chain Breakathon shirts.
Students from all 3 of Master Nottingham's USA Martial Arts schools participated including Scottsdale, Glendale and Mesa locations.
Sponsor Green Valley Building materials of Mesa generously donated over 70 bricks.
Young dynamic Jimmy W. of Glendale powers his way through the board with a high hook kick.
Instructor John Martin holds for Orange Belt Michael H. of Cave Creek.
 A stack of sponsored bricks ready to break. Companies and families who donated any amount over $50 had a brick broken in their honor. Signs and labels were donated by Mr. Robert Ponce of Kennedy Daimler Corp., a professional sign and graphics company.
Devan R., John C. and Jacen M. stand on a pile of boards they helped break to raise funds and awareness for the Break The Chain Foundation.
Glendale student Hunter D. breaks pine bigtime. In the background, Connor V., Stephen B., Jacen M. and Chris H. prepare for their next break.
 High flying Jacen M. performs a trademark TaeKwonDo aerial side kick. Despite the 100 degree Arizona heat, the participants braved the conditions for the cause.
 The very talented Mesa Instructor Shawn O'Neill makes it look easy as he chops through two bricks like butter.
 Assistant Instructor Melinda Steen hacks a board with style. She also volunteered to use her artistic talents for face painting.
 Tia H. and John C. have fun breaking and help make the pile of broken boards. Volunteer holders include Mr. Don Hedges, Mr. Wnuck, and Mr. Forward.
IMPACT GRAY Level (Black Belt Equivalent) Lisa Vanatta blasts through two 1" boards with power to spare. She is one of three people to ever have been promoted to that level of proficiency in IMPACT Personal Protection Training.
Assistant Instructor Don Hedges performs his magic and makes quick work of this concrete for the world record attempt.
Before.
 After.
In a matter of minutes the students made quick work of breaking the Home Depot donated boards.
 Just a couple of the many silent auction items. Three sword sets and 4 boxes of boards were donated by Golden Tiger from California.
Arizona News Channel 3 interviews Mr. Anthony Miles and Ms. Kelli Short during the brick breaking.
Some of the generous sponsors of the breakathon.
 Assistant Instructor James Forward attempting 3 bricks and getting two. Pil Seung!!
"We are very happy with the result. We exceeded our goal of last year and improved considerably. It is a very positive experience for those of us involved and we hope to see more people next year out for the fun!", said promoter Master John Nottingham of USA Martial Arts.
News coverage showed on Channel 14 of Cox cable on Channel 3TV. Although they misprinted Master Nottingham's name as "John Knotting", it featured several of the sponsors names including a nice plug for Scottsdale SuperWalMart.
Notice to students:
Medals will be issued on class for students earning specific levels of sponsorships. Students are encouraged to wear their official Breakathon shirts in class from now until the end of June. Only 2007 Breakathon shirts will be permitted. A few limited edition shirts remain. Suggested donation $25.
Thank You To The Following Contributors and Sponsors
Coordinating volunteer leaders:
Team Deguisne, Martin Family, Mrs. Tucker, Ms. Short, Ms. Roth, Mr. Hedges, Mr. Miles.
Event Sponsors
Master Brett Lechtenberg, Scottsdale SuperWalMart, 4th Wall TV & Film, John Nottingham's USA Martial Arts, NTS Executive Protection and Security.
Special thanks:
Thanks to Instructor Teresa Jenkins for leading the Glendale site for the breakathon and coordinating the Desert Schools Federal Credit Union Grand Opening. Thanks also to Mrs. Deguisne and Dr. Martin for the photos. More photo submissions welcome.
More information and sponsors to be listed soon.
USA Martial Arts is “FIRED UP” to Break The Chain Of Child Abuse
Charity Event Aims to Raise 1 Million Dollars for Children
And features A WORLD CHAMPION YOYO SHOW, hundreds of boards and bricks smashed, a FIRE BRICK BREAK, the DARE Truck, Dunk Tank, Bounce-house, and Arizonans became heroes to kids!
Left: Master John Nottingham Prepares for a 25 Brick Firebreak to raise donations for Break the chain of child abuse
USA Martial Arts Schools of Arizona joined together on September 9th at the Albertson's center at 59th Ave. & 101 in Glendale, Arizona to break boards and bricks for charity. All proceeds will be donated to Childhelp USA, based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The mission is to help "Break the Chain of Child Abuse" and have the party of the year.
Right: Nine year old Taylor W. of Scottsdale rests her foot on the mountain of over 100 boards she broke for the Breakathon to raise donations to Break The Chain of Child Abuse. Boards and bricks donated by local Home Depot and WalMart stores.
Students asked for pledges to break boards and raise money for the cause. One little girl in particular took it to heart. Nine year old USA Martial Arts student Taylor W. led the way and broke 101 boards and raised over $1000 for the event.
The event coordinator for the event was Mrs. Lori Bruns who is a USA Martial Arts student and 6th Grade teacher at Sierra Verde Elementary School.
 Businesses and families could donate a brick for $100 and have it broken at the event. Over 70 bricks and over 300 boards were broken. Collectively the event raised over $7,000 and funds are still coming in.
LEFT: Ms. Sylvia Back prepares her brick break with a confident smile.
RIGHT: Instructor Jenkins paints the face of Mesa USA Martial Arts student Eric S.
Left: Little ones have a blast in the bounce house donated by A Better Alternative Bounceythings.com
Right: CIT Apprentice Instructor John Martin explodes into action with a jumping back kick.
LEFT: CIT Apprentice Instructor Michael Brown holds boards for a young student.
ABOVE: MasterQuest member 2nd Degree Anthony Miles coaches
Hunter D. in preparation to break boards.
“We’re very grateful for the generosity and support. This is the first of a series of events we will be holding to raise money for this cause. Next will be our Black Belt Spectacular on October 28. Tickets will be available via our usa-martialarts.com website soon.”, said USA Martial Arts President and Master Instructor, John Nottingham. When asked how it all started, Master Nottingham replied, “My good friend Master Brett Lechtenberg in Utah contacted me with the idea to unite Martial Arts schools for this cause. Our programs are community focused and we have a common mission to build a more peaceful world. We believe in leading by example and inspiring others to action. I am honored to be on the board for Break the Chain of Child Abuse foundation.”
Silent auction and raffle prized raised even more funds and included a weekend at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, USA Martial Arts private lessons, YOYO’s from AllYoYo.com, T-shirts from Arizona Cap Company, designer sunglasses, meals from Rubios and more.
Right: Bricks from Donated from WalMart with Sponsors Names
A stack of some of the over 400 donated boards from HOME DEPOT for the breakathon. Special thanks to Mr. Deguisne and Ms. Back who did most of the cutting.
Left: Mr. Deguisne holds for Mr. O'Neill as they demonstrate for the free breaking clinic and safety briefing.
LEFT: Jamba Juice was on hand to sell drinks to the attendees. A portion of each sale went to Childhelp, the recipient of the events donations.
RIGHT: A represenatative from Child Help USA gives out wrist bracelets to participants to raise awareness about the charity.
 The guests enjoyed a highly entertaining performance by Allyoyo.com world champion Julius. The event also featured a FREE instruction in Stranger Safety for kids, and Self Protection and a visit by Police Officer Mabee and The D.A.R.E. Truck. Kids had a great time in the bounce house everyone enjoyed the opportunity to try to dunk Mr. Stancill in the dunk tank. Both the bounce house and dunk tank were provided by BouncyThingsAZ.com.
  Apprentice Instructor Ron Stancill gets dunked for donations.
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AllYoYo.com World Champ Julius has traveled the world performing his unique entertaining style of stunt tricks.
   Executive Director Rhonda Roth Flawlessly Smashes 4 Bricks 
Left: Students line up to bow in for the free breaking clinic and begin the breakathon.
Karatebody.net and 4th Wall TV & Film Owner and Sponsor of the event, Anthony Miles stated, “We are glad to support such a worthy cause and will continue to sponsor it.” Miles is not only the owner of two donating businesses but an accomplished 2nd Degree Black Belt. Pictured (right), he breaks a personal record by demolishing 10 bricks with a single powerful strike.”
The Grande Finale:
A 25 Brick FIRE BREAK
Two stacks of five bricks prepared for Master Nottingham’s simultaneous double downward elbow strikes for the firebreak.
Concealed amidst intense heat and flames, 6th Degree Master John Nottingham prepares for his 25 brick fire break that has him simultaneously breaking ten bricks (two stacks of 5) with his elbows before stepping forward and attacking a stack of 15.
A last second change of wind increased the danger of the break. He made it through the first 10 with a simultaneous double elbow strike to 5 bricks on the right and 5 on the left. Forced to wait for a wind change, the intensity of the heat grew but Nottingham didn’t give up. He attempted 15 and amidst the fire broke 10 on the first strike and had to make a successful second attempt for the remaining 5.
 
Donations are still being collected. For more information or Corporate Sponsorship, contact USA Martial Arts at 480.807.0657 or info@usa-martialarts.com. All proceeds go directly to the local chapter of Break The Chain Foundation and local child abuse charities. Make your tax deductible donations payable to Break The Chain Foundation.
Photos courtesy: A&J Miles, S. Roth, M. Martin, and R. Deguisne
Corporate and individual Sponsors:
John Nottingham's USA Martial Arts, Master Brett Lechtenberg's Pil Sung Martial Arts, Grandmaster Richard Na/ITMA, Master Brian Van Patten's USA Martial Arts, NTS, World YoYo Champion "Julius"/AllYoYo.com, Anthony Miles 4th Wall TV & Film, Karatebody.net, Home Depot, Wal Mart, Glendale Police DARE, Albertson's, RevGear Kickboxing, TheFamilySafetyInstitute.com, Bouncythingsaz.com, Phil Borgia State Farm Insurance, Dr. Michelle Martin, Law Offices of Ewing and Ewing, Capital MortgageBanc, CMB Realty, BKW Inc. Pro A/V Equipment www.bkwinc.net, Ken's Trading Golden Tiger Martial Arts Supplies, Jamba Juice, Austin Cho Financial Services, InForm Communications and Marketing, John Scott's NITRO Supplements, Rubios, Staley Training Systems, Arizona Cap Company, Neil Dempster ClearView Performance Systems, Planet Beach, Grimaldi's Pizza, Hallmark, Local Band Thousand Yard Stare, Tuck & Company, The Walker Family, Spahr Family, Wdowski Family, Dave Achtemichuk Webdevelopment, Turner Family, O'Malley & Associates CPA, Bruns Family, Bowden Family, Hewette Family
Click here now for Grandmaster Na's Amazing 12 Brick Break video!
For more information or Corporate Sponsorship, contact USA Martial Arts at 480.807.0657 or info@usa-martialarts.com.
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