During the winter, the girls and boys at Charles Water Karate & Fitness, located at 122 Hillside Ave. in Williston Park, spent three days, three hours at Boot Camp.

This boot camp included a Creative Form Tournament and a Team Sparring Tournament. All of the students worked together and the winning team received trophies.

Then there was the physical prowess demonstrated by al. In a course of three days everyone did a total of 1,000 jumping jacks, 750 pushups, 150 gut busters, 100 squat hops, 1,000 kicks and 500 crunches. Students participated in a creative Team Obstacle Course and broke through all challenges by breaking a piece of wood.

These were the participants who proved to themselves that not only is anything possible, but it is fun and gratifying when you succeed.

From East Williston: Robert Batterson, Alexandra Boubour, Anthony Graffigna, Kiernan Schnur, Daniel Wickes.

From Roslyn Heights: Robert Berman, Andrew Lubov.

From Old Westbury: Henry Duckworth, Ari Gil, Aaron Kopelman.

From Searingtown: Alex Katz, Austin Katz.

From Albertson: Marcus Michelen, Peter Michelen, Steven Michelen, Robert Sulmonte.

From Roslyn: Parsa Tafreshi, Kevan Tafreshi.