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Dear Parents and Students: Our awesome Omega Instructor, Sabumnim MaKell Wilson, is spear heading an effort to help out a local non-profit organizations. It is a program called Jeans for Teens. She is looking for gently used pairs of jeans (male and female) to be donated to help clothe children and adults within our local community. It is a very worthy cause and I highly endorse it. That is why I agreed to send out this announcement through our Omega network. Please check through your closets and storage areas for jeans that you feel can be donated to this cause. [...]

Our loving Mom, Nanny, and Shihan, Janice Hope Fulkerson Davis, passed away peacefully in her home on the morning of November 20, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 66 years old. Jan was born July 14, 1948 in San Bernardino, CA to Roy James and Hope Faith Mitchell Fulkerson. She graduated from Pacific High School then moved to Provo, UT to attend Brigham Young University. While attending BYU, Jan met her future husband, Edwin Reese Davis Jr. After she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish, they were married in the Los Angeles Temple, then later settled [...]

Students, Parents and Instructors, As many of you have already heard our Master Instructor Shihan Jan Davis, Kwanjangnim Richard’s Mother, and our “Omega Grandma” passed away peacefully this morning after a valiant fight with cancer. Her funeral services will be this Tuesday Nov. 25th. There will be a viewing 9:30 – 11:30am, followed by the funeral at 12 Noon. The services will be held at the LDS Chapel at 259 E Alpine Drive, Elk Ridge Utah 84651.    All Omega students are invited to participate in the Rose Ceremony at that time, if you wish to participate please bring a Red Rose [...]

Omega Martial Arts, located at 875 N Main Street in Springville, awarded twenty-one students and instructors with new black belts at its annual Black Belt test on Saturday, September 27. This year’s test ran deep with an under current of love for their head master, Shihan Jan Davis, who is in the final stages of terminal cancer. Testers set up cameras that live streamed parts of the test to Shihan Jan’s hospital room in a effort to include her in the events. Shihan Jan received a standing ovation from hundreds of students, family and spectators when she made a surprising [...]

Black Belt Week started off better than ever! All 22 of the presenting black belts performed their own designed open-handed form. And the demo teams from each school showed off their stuff. Here is a video of Springville's Demo team. They were amazing!!! You should have been there!

"This is the Springville Utah Omega Demo Team. We took first place with this demo at the Weber State Electronic Gear Tournament August 9, 2014. The team got a bit behind on the board breaks and missed the last two breaks, but I thought they performed a great job overall. I feel it an honor and privilege to coach these amazing kids!" said Troy Young, demo team choreographer and team leader. 2014 weber state champs!