It was the night before Christmas...well it was actually 5 nights before Christmas when AAK hosted its annual Christmas party at the Valle Verde 1 Clubhouse.

Like previous AAK Christmas parties, the celebration saw AAK students from the different clubs and their families come together under one roof to celebrate the Yuletide Season.

The party kicked off with games for both kids and adults which kept every body excited like the "ocho ocho" kiddy dance contest which showed our kiddie karatekas' other extraordinary talent as well as our daring teens in the "Fear Factor" contest which was eventually won by Lexie Saldajeno of SM North EDSA. The family of senseis Camilla and Vincent Pante who hosted the said event coincidentally won the game "dugtungan ng kanta ".

Special thanks to our indefatigable parent, Mr. Roger Velasquez, who provided the lively sound system for the party.

The AAK Christmas party would not be over without the annual Christmas raffle and exchange of gifts. Carrying on with the tradition of the annual Christmas party, prizes were raffled off and gifts were exchanged. This year's grand prize was won by AAK St.Paul Pasig's Jeremy Fariñas going home with a brand new color TV set donated by Mr. Hans Sy, Senior Vice President of the SM Group of Companies. Mr. Sy has been so generously donating the Grand Prize for our past years' parties.

A million thanks to the people who made this possible, Pocholo Veguillas Shihan, Mr. and Mrs. Filo Pante, the AAK blackbelts with special acknowledgement for the presence of Senseis George Hizon, Archie Sanvictores and Keith Olivares (AAK-New Jersey). AAK would also send its thanks to the parents and their kids from all our AAK dojos and school clubs like Body Basic-Asia Pacific College, Ateneo De Manila University, La Salle Greenhills, De la Salle Zobel School, St. Benedict College in Alabang, St. Paul College Pasig, Jose Rizal University, Dimen Fitness Gym formerly Body Heat in Ever Goteso, Ortigas Extension,San Sebastian College, Fitness First Makati, SM Megamall and SM North EDSA.

After the festivities, Sensei Chino led a pack of party going karatekas to a game of guesstures which eventually had to be taken outside because the hall was to be cleared for a mass the next day. This goes to say that AAK is not just an organization but a big well-knit family as well. Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year To Everybody.