July 2025 Newsletter
- Jul 3
- 3 min read
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.
Go Adi!
For those of you who aren't already ware Aditya Puthran will be completing a special challenge during class on Saturday 5th July to help raise funds for his school (details below). It's also his birthday the same day! If you were at class on Wednesday you may have even seem him complete part one of his challenge.
If you would like to contribute to his fundraising please do so using the link below, but please mention his name in a comment on the donation page.
New Loyalty Scheme Launched!
In another first for the school we have now launched our very own loyalty points reward scheme! Collect "punch points" and redeem them in the club store for money off purchases, 100 punch points = £1 discount! You can review your points total and a list of how to earn punch points by visiting the new "My Rewards" section of the student area or the mobile app.
See below for the current list of ways to earn punch points and there may be more to come in the future. Please note that some of these will automatically add to your points total whilst others will need to be added manually so there may be a delay. We are also unfortunately unable to back date any points from previous actions.
Celebrate your birthday - 100 punch points
Celebrate your Berkshire Martial Arts anniversary - 100 punch points
Leave a review on our Google business page - 100 punch points
Leave a review on our Trustpilot page - 100 punch points
Send us a video testimonial to use in promotions - 500 punch points
Refer a friend who signs up as a student - 1500 punch points
Book a combatives/self defence class - 10 punch points
Set up a student area log in on the website - 50 points
1 punch point for every £1 spent in the club store
Shorts! Shorts! Shorts!
Berkshire Martial Arts uniform shorts are now officially in stock and available to order from the club store. Ideal for the summer weather!
Just with all uniform items, only official Berkshire Martial Arts shorts can be worn in class.
Combatives Class
There will be no combatives class this month due to Dan rank gradings taking place on Sunday 27th July.
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
Andrew Broadley Brown Senior
Tekare McKenna-Stevens - Blue
Michael Swan - Green
Lola Foord - Orange Senior
Nathan Hounsome - Orange Senior
Oliver Plunkett - Orange
Gabriel Vechiato - Gold Senior
Rachel Hinde-Harris - Gold Senior
Bodhi Bates - Gold
Kenon Bandara Ekanayake - Gold
Laura Summers-Bates - Gold
Ovin Bandara Ekanayake - Gold
Rory Buckland - Gold
Lia Rodrigues - Yellow Senior
Bonnie Miles-Marry - Yellow
Kenisha Ghotey - Yellow
Top Attendance!
Well done to the below students with the highest attendance last month.
Juniors - Under 13 years old
Riley Shinners - 12 classes
Chloe Darby - 11 classes
Yasmin Broadley - 10 classes
Seniors - Over 13 years old
Kieran Darby - 12 classes
Ryan Crane & Tekara McKenna-Stevens - 10 classes
Anita Puthran & Callum Bartaby - 9 classes
This Month's Grading
This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 27th July in the Movement Studio at Brakenhale School. Further details will be provided to eligible students the week before the grading. The day will run to the approximate schedule below:
9am - Dan Rank Grading
11.30am - Grading Group 1
12.30pm - 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 18th July.
Eligible Students
Aaron Biju
Abhiroop Borgohain
Aditya Puthran
Alexander Harris
Andrew Lunn
Angelitta Biju
Anita Puthran
Bella Sanders
Caiden Taylor
Callum Bartaby
Chido Plunkett
Dean Mason
Dean Mason
Elaina Sanders
Gabriel Jones
Geoff Parry
Gracie O'Brien
Logan Bates
Martin Stefanov
Matas Gecevicius
Naryan Singh Dhillon
Raymond O'Brien
Rob Grossmith
Robert Hull
Simrit Kaur Dhillon
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