Please join us in welcoming the below students who have joined Berkshire Martial Arts in the past month!
Sansunet Pasha
Elias Pasha
IMPORTANT: Curriculum Change - Speed Drills
Eventually we have plans to make some large changes to our current curriculum to officially bring in some more of the combative and self defence elements, whilst keeping the core traditional curriculum elements such as patterns in place. One of the changes we have always planned on making is the removal of Speed Drills as these often cause confusion with patterns, encourage students to focus more on speed rather than good techniques and do not offer any benefits in terms of development and self defence.
To simplify the curriculum we have decided to make this change now, ahead of any wider curriculum changes we make in the future. This means that students will no longer be taught, expected to perform or be graded on their speed drills. Any students who graded on May 26th will not be taught speed drills as part of their new belt curriculum and any students grading from June 30th onwards will not be expected to perform any Speed Drills during their grading, all students will receive an automatic 10 on their scoresheets for this category. The removal of the speed drills will mean that a higher standard of Pattern performance will be expected during gradings.
For anyone preparing for upcoming dan rank gradings there will also no longer be any requirement to perform speed drills during your grading. There will however be an increased focus on Patterns and you will be asked to perform these more than you would have done previously in dan rank gradings. There will also be more time spent on self defence and equipment drills in the absence of Speed Drills.
For the time being the curriculum documents in the student area/mobile app will continue to list the speed drills for each belt rank but please ignore these when practising your belt curriculum. If you have any questions or concerns regarding this change please talk to Master O'Brien or any of the other Instructors.
Wednesday 29th May
We apologise once more for the last minute cancellation of the 7pm and 8pm classes on Wednesday 29th May due to Brakenhale School site being locked up and Security taking almost two hours to arrive on site. Any one who came down hoping to attend the 7pm class and/or was booked in for the 8pm class have been recorded as attending class so your eligibility to grade will not be pushed back at all.
In September responsibility for managing all bookings at Brakenhale will transfer over to an independent company and I'm assured issues like this will be a thing of the past as there will always be a member of staff on site to assist with any issues.
Women's Self Defence Class
The next women's self defence classes are:
- 9am, Sunday 30th June, Brakenhale School. Currently 10 places remaining. Click here to book!
- 9am, Sunday 28th July, Brakenhale School. Currently 12 places remaining. Click here to book!
These classes are open to all women regardless of whether or not they are a Berkshire Martial Arts student.
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.
Race for Life!
A team of current and former Berkshire Martial Arts ladies completed the Windsor Pretty Muddy 5k on Saturday 1st June to raise money for Cancer Research UK. They have so far raised an incredible £2,257.50!
Click the link below if you'd like to learn more or to add your own donation to their fantastic fundraising amount!
New Belt Ranks!
Congratulations to all the below students who successfully passed their latest grading and received their new belt ranks
Top Attendance!
Well done to the below students with the highest attendance last month.
Juniors - Under 13 years old
Seniors - Over 13 years old
Korean Terminology
The words for this months’ Korean terminology challenge can be found below. Little Ninja students need to learn these words in Korean and repeat them correctly to a Chief Instructor to receive a terminology stamp. Only one stamp per month. If you do not have a terminology sheet one can be found in the "documents & forms" section of the student portal. This month’s words are:
- Block
- Punch
- Kick
This Month's Grading
This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 30th June at Brakenhale School. Further details will be provided to eligible students the week before the grading. However, the day will run to the approximate schedule below:
9am - Women's Self Defence Class
10am - Black Belt Academy Class
11am-1pm - Colour Belt Grading(s)
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 grading registration form by Friday 21st June.
Adam Leson
Aditya Dahiya
Alexander Harris
Andrew Broadley
Andrew Lunn
Anson Lau
Aron Mathe
Edward Young
Georgia Coyne
Gracie O'Brien
Gustas Kackauskas
Jaden Lau
Josie Lander
Leonor Soares
Matas Gecevicius
Mervin Manish
Mia Manish
Michael Swan
Riley Shinners
Rob Grossmith
Sandor Mathe
Sophie Foord
Stephanie Coyne
Tia Meades
Tomas Soares
Yasmin Broadley
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