Photo of the Day: Martial Arts Community Kicks for Charity

How many kicks does it take ... to raise more than $2,000 for charity? About 18,000, that's how many. Students, friends and instructors at Crino's Martial Arts in Stony Brook came together to raise $2,328 for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital at its annual Kick-a-Thon in March. Participants launched all kinds of kicks – front kicks, side kicks, round house kicks, flying side kicks and relay race kicks – and a good time was had by all. "Our students and their friends demonstrated one of the most deep-seated beliefs of the martial arts: Doing what you can to help others," owner Sil Crino said in an email to Patch.