August 2025 Newsletter

Welcome!

Please join us in welcoming the below students who have joined Berkshire Martial Arts in the past month!

Henry James

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Uniform Reminder

Reminder that full uniform must be worn in class at all times unless as a one off emergency and agreed by the instructors. This applies to shorts as well, if you wish to wear shorts in class they must be official uniform shorts or you may be asked to leave the class. Your co-operation is appreciated.

All uniform items can be purchased from the club store in the student area.

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Membership Review

We will be carrying out another membership review shortly to ensure that everyone is on an appropriate membership option. We may contact you if you've recently turned 13 and need to be upgraded to a senior membership or if you're not making the most of your current membership and a lower cost membership may be more appropriate.

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Combatives Class

The next combatives class is:

- 9am, Sunday 31st August, Buckler's Park Community Hub, Crowthorne. Currently 20 places remaining. Click here to book! 

These classes are open to everyone regardless of whether or not they are a Berkshire Martial Arts student, however there is a minimum age of 16 and no spectators are permitted.

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What's on?

If you have any upcoming events or activities you'd like to make Berkshire Martial Arts students aware of please email the details over to jason@berkshiremartialarts.co.uk and we will add it to the next newsletter.

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New Belt Ranks!

Congratulations to all the below students who successfully passed their latest grading and received their new belt ranks

Riley Shinners - 1st Dan Blackbelt

Yasmin Broadley - 1st Dan Blackbelt

Callum Bartaby - 1st Dan Yellow Tag

Robert Hull - Red

Aditya Puthran - Blue Senior

Alexander Harris - Green Senior

Rob Grossmith - Green Senior

Anita Puthran - Green

Geoff Parry - Green

Chido Plunkett - Orange

Sophie Foord - Orange

Aaron Biju - Gold

Angelitta Biju - Gold

Gracie O'Brien - Gold

Dean Mason - Yellow Senior

Abhiroop Borgohain - Yellow

Naryan Singh Dhillon - White Senior

Simrit Kaur Dhillon - White Senior

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Top Attendance!

Well done to the below students with the highest attendance last month.

Juniors - Under 13 years old

Riley Shinners - 23 classes

Chloe Darby - 16 classes

Yasmin Broadley & Aditya Puthran - 11 classes

Seniors - Over 13 years old

Kieran Darby, Callum Bartaby & Tekare McKenna-Stevens - 18 classes

Ryan Crane & Bogdan Jentimir - 12 classes

Andrew Broadley, Anita Puthran & Dean Mason - 11 classes

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This Month's Grading

This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 31st August at Buckler's Park Community Hub, Crowthorne. Further details will be provided to eligible students the week before the grading. The day will run to the approximate schedule below:

9am - Combatives Class

10am - Blackbelt Academy Class

11am - Grading Group 1

12pm - Grading Group 2

All names below are eligible to grade this month and should have received an email confirming their eligibility. Please check your spam/junk folders if you have not received your email. To secure your place in the grading we must receive a completed colour belt grading registration form and payment by Friday 22nd August.

Eligible Students

Alexander Atkins

Andrew Lunn

Aria Bates

Bella Sanders

Ben Bates

Charles Wakely

David Hritcu

Elaina Sanders

Erica Rodrigues

Gabriel Jones

Josie Lander

Logan Bates

Lucy Rose Ward

Martin Stefanov

Maximilian Wakely

Mervin Manish

Mia Manish

Raphael Ford

Tekare McKenna-Stevens

Yuvein Ranaweera Vitharana