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Power Moves' Gymnastics Team Competes in First Competition
By CANDICE WALKER November 2014
After six months of hard work and preparation, Power Moves' Level 2 gymnasts have finally competed in their first competition at the Fall Fliptacular Meet. The USAG sanctioned meet was held on Sunday, November 16th and Gymnastics Plus in Commack,NY. The Power Moves roster included gymnasts Alexis Botreau, Lindsay Dominguez, Ayianna Israel,
Delicia Madho, Aspasia Sapoutzis, and Ayana Weir. The girls competed in the Vault, Uneven Bars, Beam, and Floor Exercise, and took home several awards. Aspasia Sapoutzis took first place, Linsday Dominguez, second-place, and Ayana Weir was awarded third place in the Level 2 Division, All-Around (overall, final scores). We eagerly look forward to our next competition, and are sure planning to continue right where we left off!
Power Moves' Gymnastics Level 2 & 3 Team Competes USA Gymnastics State Competition
By CANDICE WALKER June 10 2015
On Saturday, June 6th and Sunday, June 7th our Level 2 and 3 team competed in our first NY State Championships. The competition was held at St. Joseph's College in Patchogue, NY. All athletes competed on Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise. Our competitors along with their All -Around scores are as followed:Paige Blair 32.90Lidia Calixte 34.60 (11th Place Vault, Zinaida Calixte (3rd Place Vault 9.5, 10th Place Bars, 11th Place Beam, 10th Place All-Around)Lindsay Dominguez 35.575 (9th Place Bars 9.225, 7th Place Beam 9.25, 5th Place Floor)Sydney Farrund 29.475 (12th Place Vault)Heidy Hernandez 34.9 (10th Place Bars, 4th Place FloorAyianna Israel 35.225 (10th Place Vault, 11th Place Bars, 12th Place Beam, 12th Place Floor)Nailah James 32.7Myah Mitchell 34.20Arianna Rodriguez 32.30Aspasia Sapoutzis 36.275 (5th Place Vault, 11th Place Bars, 6th Place Beam, 7th Place All-Around)
We'd like to congratulate all of our team competitors for a great competitive season! We look forward to another successful competitive season moving forward!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for February
By CANDICE WALKER March 2014
There is nothing like working with a gymnast who is focussed, self-motivated, has great flexibility, strength, body form, and posture. Jaline, a dancer from Aspiring Young Artists Dance Academy in Garden City, possesses all of these wonderful characteristics and more! Power Moves instructors kept a watch on Jaline and monitored her progression as well as her attitude towards her gymnastics training over several months. She began working with us in December 2013 and has accomplished skills such as front and back limbers and walk-overs and beautiful tuck, split, and straddle jumps. We look forward to her continued skill progression and success.
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Jaline! Keep up the good work!
Power Moves Instructor, Xenia Nelson, qualifies for NYCPSAL State Championships
By CANDICE WALKER January 2014
You may have noticed her as the girl on Power Move’s promotional ads doing the side-scale and upside-down pose in the subway station. But don’t mistaken Power Move’s very own Xenia Nelson as just another gymnastics instructor. The high-school Junior (and dance major) took her chances with a last-minute decision to join the gymnastics team at LaGuardia Performing Arts High School. At just the drop of a dime, Nelson put a few of her everyday priorities aside, including working at Power Moves, and devoted 100% of her energy into getting back into her once familiar routine of training numerous hours. On February 9, 2014, the former gymnast of Power Moves’ owner Candice Walker, competed and was awarded a 3rd place spot out of 12 to represent NYC for the State Championship team. We wish her luck as she represents our city After all, “WE FLIP NYC”!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for December
By CANDICE WALKER January 2014
Power Moves' instructors are always paying close attention to their students that shine. Gymnast Charisma William from Move Your Body Kidz Klub, located in Springfield Gardens, NY was chosen as their gymnast of the month for December. Her coaches started keeping a close eye on the 5-year-old when they noticed her ability to pick up on corrctions and new skills at a seemingly fast pace. Her instructors Vaso and Candice believe that with consistent training, Charisma will be able to participate in competitive gymnastics within the next year!
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Charisma! Keep up the good work!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for July
By CANDICE WALKER August 27, 2013
Power Moves' instructors are always paying close attention to their students that shine. Gymnast Allissa Boyd from Move Your Body Kidz Klub was chosen as their gymnast of the month for August because of her hard work and enthusiasm towards the sport of gymnastics. You will alway find Allissa excitingly running into class, ready to work! She is always very attentive during class. Her instructors Xenia,Vaso, and Gamaelle feel the need to push Allissa to her greatest potential because she easily masters the skill taught to her, demonstrating that she is ready to progress and advance to more diffucult skills. We anticipate that Allissa has the potential to excel to the competitive levels of gymnastics. Mom and Dad, look out! Your daughter is definitely on the path of greatness!
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Allissa! Keep up the good work!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for June
By CANDICE WALKER July 11, 2013
Meet Power Moves Gymnast of the Month, Samantha! The month of June has been a great month for progress for Power Moves gymnast Samanth Bourjourly of the Jules Legacy Dancers. Throughout the months of practice with Power Moves training, the gymnast has accomplished several skills. These skills include a perfect handstand, cartwheel, round-off , front limber, and back bend into bridge position. "Good job Sammy" is a phrase that is often heard during her group workouts. Samantha is now working towards a complete back-walkover and has already been working on her front-handspring. "Samantha is such a hard worker," says her instructor Stacey. We can definitely see that Samantha's progress defines the meaning of focus, concentration, and discipline, which are all great characteristics of growth for success in the sport of gymnastics!
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Samantha! Keep up the good work!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for June
By CANDICE WALKER July 3, 2013
Power Moves' instructors are always paying close attention to their students that shine. Gymnast Sean Black,5, from Move Your Body Kidz Klub was chosen as their gymnast of the month for June because of his hard work and enthusiasm towards the sport of gymnastics. Sean has accomplished the skills of a handstand, cartwheel and round-off all by himself after working with his instructors for about 3 months. He is only steps away from reaching his goal of a pull-over on bars and never shows fear. He never gives up and always gives 100%. We excited to see what else he will accomplish within the next few months.
Congratulations to our champion on his success! Great job Sean! Keep up the good work!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for May
By CANDICE WALKER June 1, 2013
As the month of May came to a close, Power Moves' instructors recognized 3-year old Amina Black working extremely hard at each and every gymnastics lesson with Power Moves at Springfield Gardens' Move Your Body Kidz Klub. Although the youngster is a just a beginner, in fact the youngest in her gymnastics class, her coaches see great potential in her future as a gymnast! Amina, is quiet and bashful, yet she posses the skills of strength, endurance, and a heightened sense of awareness as she has mastered her forward roll, mini-handstand, beginner jumps and always uses good judgement when learning new skills, asking for help when unsure of how to do something. In addition to an improvement in gross motor skills, her accomplishments demonstrate her potential as a great athlete and individual overall.
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Amina! Keep up the good work!
Power Moves instructor Coach Candice featured in the CUNY York College Campus Newspaper, Pandora's Box May Edition
'High Hopes for Future Gymnastics Club at York'
By JARRETT JONES May 15, 2013
Anticipation and excitement filled the York College Gymnasium on the morning of April 26 as students from physical education class 156/157 warmed up for a three-event gymnastics competition, an event so successful it left those who participated talking of a possible gymnastics club at York.
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for April
By CANDICE WALKER June 1, 2013
Meet Power Moves Gymnast of the Month, Viola Anicet from the Jules Legacy Dancers of Queens, NY. As a Power Moves gymnast, Viola has come a long way from when she first began lessons with us. From mastering a handstand, cartwheel, and improving her coordination, Viola continues to try her hardest at whatever she does, no matter how simple or difficult a skill is. She is always determined to not let her weaknesses get in her way, but rather works through them because she knows that she can do whatever she puts her mind to.
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Viola Keep up the good work!
Special Feature: Power Moves Gymnast of the Month for April
By CANDICE WALKER April 30, 2013
As a beginner in the sport of gymnastics, leaning the skills, form, and and body control isn't always the
easiest thing. However, one of our beginners, 6-year old Jordin, has seemed to overcome these obstacles within her first two moths of training with the Power Moves family, mastering a handstand, cartwheel, and round-off after weeks of practicing in the Saturday Children's Gymnastics Workshop held at Move Your Body Kidz Klub located in Springfield Gardens, NY.
Congratulations to our champion on her success! Great job Jordin! Keep up the good work!
Power Moves Gymnastics and Fitness featured in the Times Ledger Newspaper
'Queens company offers mobile gym classes'
By RICHARD BOCHMAN February 15 2013
Gymnasts are celebrated for their mobility, flexibility and coordination, and one Queens company offers gymnastics classes designed to be just as nimble.
Power Moves Gymnastics and Fitness brings the gym to young jumpers and tumblers...
Former Athlete of Power Moves Coaches, Stephanie Jennings featured in Newsday Article
'Stephanie Jennings Not Afraid to 'wow' the Crowd'
By LAURA ALBANESE December 22 2012
Stephanie Jennings takes flight off the runway in the state tournament and with a roundoff onto the springboard sends her body soaring onto the vaulting table. The back handspring is the next part of the Yurchenko equation, but her hands fall too close to the front. When it's time for her dismount, her head crashes against the vault's rounded-off tip and her body crumples to the ground.
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