February 2026 Newsletter
- Feb 8
- 3 min read
Welcome!
Please join us in welcoming the below students who have joined Berkshire Martial Arts in the past month!
Josie Penfold
Dylan Horne
Delaney Kenny
Reminder: Changing Classes
Please don't forget that if you are on a one/two class per week membership you have allocated space in specific classes. If you wish to move to another class, either as a one off or as a permanent change, you must agree this in advance by emailing info@berkshiremartialarts.co.uk.
Our sessions are very busy now and some classes have waiting lists. If you attend a class that is not one of your allocated classes without prior approval you may be asked to leave.
Mission to Rwanda
Keosunim Caiden Taylor leaves on February 12th for his 10 day trip volunteering in Rwanda. Big thank you to everyone who has donated items and funds towards this trip.
"Thank you everybody for your generous donations! In total I've raised £550 from all sources and have managed to get this doubled to a massive £1,100!
I've chosen to use this money to purchase a cow to help the orphans in a village I will be visiting and also sponsor the education of two children for an entire year!
I leave in 13 days and am looking forward to presenting the village with the cow and meeting the children I have sponsored. Thank you again!"
- Caiden
Combatives Class
The next combatives class is:
- 9am, Sunday 22nd February, Brakenhale School, Bracknell. 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.
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.
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
Kieran Darby - 3rd Dan - Gold
Marcel Kowalczyk - 2nd Dan - Red
Jakub Kowalczyk - 2nd Dan - Gold
Nicole Kowalczyk - 1st Dan - Brown
Callum Bartaby - 1st Dan - Gold
Riley Shinners - 1st Dan - Gold
Yasmin Broadley - 1st Dan - Gold
Chloe Darby - 1st Dan - Yellow
Josie Lander - Red
Michael Swan - Blue
Geoff Parry - Green Senior
Bodhi Bates - Orange
Raphael Ford - Yellow Senior
Ivan Baziuk - White Senior
Sebastian Lamberth - White Senior
Top Attendance!
Well done to the below students with the highest attendance last month.
Juniors - Under 13 years old
Riley Shinners - 17 classes
Chloe Darby - 12 classes
Yasmin Broadley - 10 classes
Seniors - Over 13 years old
Kieran Darby - 16 classes
Tekare McKenna-Stevens - 13 classes
Anita Puthran & Bogdan Jentimir - 10 classes
This Month's Grading
This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 22nd February 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:
9am - Combatives Class
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 13th February.
Eligible Students
Colour Belts
Aditya Puthran
Andrew Lunn
Anita Puthran
Bella Sanders
Ben Bates
Elaina Sanders
Eli Nomeika
Evie Bartaby
Finlay Bartaby
Henry James
Henry Roberts
Ibrahim Farooq
Kenon Bandara Ekanayake
Konrad Zegocinski
Lia Rodrigues
Logan Bates
Martin Stefanov
Michael Parry
Nathan Hounsome
Ovin Bandara Ekanayake
Radovan Binstead
Rob Grossmith
Rory Caird
Rufus Davis
Sapphire Hill
Sophie Foord
Steve Davis
Sunil Rajender Nair
Tekare McKenna-Stevens
Tia Meades
Umayma Farooq
Yusuf Farooq
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