August 2026 Newsletter

Car Park Warning

Please be aware that there is a fun run taking place at Bucklers Park on Saturday 8th August. It is due to start at 10.30am so I am expecting the car park to be even busier than usual. Please allow extra time to park your car that day if you're attending class.

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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

New Colour Belts/Tags

Marcel Kowalczyk - 2nd Dan - Brown

Jakub Kowalczyk - 2nd Dan - Green

Riley Shinners - 1st Dan - Green

Ryan Crane - 1st Dan - Green

Yasmin Broadley - 1st Dan - Green

Callum Bartaby - 1st Dan - Orange

Chloe Darby - 1st Dan - Orange

Andrew Broadley - 1st Dan - Yellow

Aditya Puthran - Brown

Anita Puthran - Purple Senior

Henry Roberts - Purple Senior

Dylan Horne - Yellow

Jimie Parker - 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 - 21 classes

Chloe Darby - 18 classes

Aditya Puthran - 15 classes

Seniors - Over 13 years old

Kieran Darby - 22 classes

Anita Puthran - 14 classes

Ben Bates -13 classes

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This Month's Grading

This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 30th August in the Movement Studio at Brakenhale School, Rectory Lane, Bracknell, RG12 7BA . Further details will be provided to eligible students the week before the grading. The day will likely run to the approximate schedule below:

10am Black Belt Academy Class

11am - Grading Group 1

12pm - Grading Group 2

Exact grading groups and times will be confirmed the weekend before, once we know how many people are grading

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 21st August.

Eligible Students

Aaron Biju

Alexandra Rosa-Francesch

Anson Lau

Anthea Storrie

Aria Bates

Ben Bates

Bodhi Bates

Elaina Sanders

Eli Nomeika

Elizabeth Maria Moldovan

Finlay Bartaby

Freya Mclean

Gabriel Jones

Ibrahim Farooq

Isabella Sanders

Kaden Dollery

Laura Summers-Bates

Lilia Jalkhi

Logan Bates

Logan Dollery

Logan Taylor

Lucy Rose Ward

Martin Stefanov

Mervin Manish

Mia Manish

Michael Swan

Nathan Hounsome

Nelly Jalkhi

Olivia Calfa

Reyon Ranaweera Vitharana

Rob Grossmith

Robert Hull

Rufus Davis

Steve Davis

Tekare McKenna-Stevens

Tia Meades

Yusuf Farooq

Yuvein Ranaweera Vitharana