Today, November 11, 2010, we planned to take the Delta team out for a leadership team trip to (drumroll please..) Medieval Times! Yay! A King, a princess, some knights jousting, a jester and the occasional wench to serve us awesome food while watching the festivities of the olden times is something everyone should experience 
Since the place is located in New Jersey we had to meet up at the Kapatid Martial Arts School which is located in Pleasantville New York, at around 8:30am because it would take us around an hour and a half to take a school bus there to make the 11am show. Everyone loves to take class trips right? Btw, it is Veterans Day today as well, so we expected there to be quite a few other schools showing up for class trips but we found out that we were the only martial arts school that was in attendance!
We actually arrived around 30 minutes earlier than schedule and they didn’t allow us to go inside as the doors open at 10am. We were stuck waiting outside the Medieval Times building and it was a pretty frigid day. Luckily we made the most of it by taking a cool picture out front!
Finally, on the dot they let us in and immediately we jumped inside. There is alot of things to see and plenty of stuff to buy 
The kids were definitely excited to be there and some of them bought some wooden swords to play with. If you’ve never been to Medieval Times, one thing you’ll notice is the fact that every staff member wears clothing that represented that era and speak in Old English, addressing us as “My Lord” for the guys and “My Lady” to the gals. I took it upon myself to show who is boss by having Guro Nick and Kapatid Program Director Rita sit beside me..
One thing you will notice is we are all wearing paper crowns. When you get in the place, your party is assigned a color for the knight that will represent us in the show. Our group got the black and white knight so our job was to shout and scream for him during the event. Getting our group to scream during the event didn’t seem to be a problem as they were totally into it. In this picture, we’re all starving so we were eagerly anticipating the serving of the food! We had barbecued chicken, baked potato and corn on the cob. They also have a vegetarian plate in case you were wondering.
The show itself was awesome! There was a falcon that flew right above our heads in the beginning which was very impressive. There was a story that took place throughout. Eventually we learned that the green knight was the “bad guy” so we were all cheering to make sure he didn’t beat our knight up at least
The skills needed to re-enact fighting during those times surely required plenty of practice. The knights were going full out as demonstrated by the sparks when the weapons made contact with eachother. In between the battles and demonstrations of skill such as the joust, there was a “dancing” horse that trotted around the ring like a superstar! A beautiful and talented horse to say the least. For sure we all enjoyed the show. It gave us a chance to spend quality time together and bond outside of the school to celebrate the achievements of the Delta Team. You guys rock and I appreciate knowing you all!
Check out all our happy faces
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