May 2025 Newsletter
- May 5
- 4 min read
Please join us in welcoming the below students who have joined Berkshire Martial Arts in the past month!
Naryan Singh Dhillon
Simrit Kaur Dhillon
Martin Stefanov
Shorts! Shorts! Shorts!
We are pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, we are offering shorts as a uniform option! The perfect alternative to trousers to keep you cool during warm weather training, uniform shorts are available to purchase now in the club store, click the link below.
Order before Friday 9th May to receive yours in the first batch from our suppliers.
Just with all uniform items, only official Berkshire Martial Arts shorts can be worn in class.
Recent Attack in Local Area
Many of you may be aware, or have seen on social media, that a woman was attacked last week. She was understandably shaken but luckily she was otherwise unharmed. This attack did not happen at 2am in a dark alley, it took place on a reasonably busy pedestrian route at 9am in the morning as she walked to work.
This is an excellent example of why we must be aware of our surroundings at all times, no matter the time or location, and be ready to take all necessary action to protect ourselves and our loved ones.
Situational awareness is key in avoiding such incidents, as is realistic training scenarios. Our new combatives class is our most realistic training environment and provides the closest training to a real scenario you'll find in our classes.
These sessions are open to everyone aged 16 or above and details of the next class can be found below. Make sure you book in soon to secure your place.
One week to go! - The Running Man
Sabumnim Taylor has done something stupid and signed himself up for the Bracknell Half Marathon on Sunday 11th May.
He's been unable to train for most of the last month due to injury, so if you're at the Half marathon and want to keep an eye out for him he'll probably be limping along somewhere near the back!
He is raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and hopes to raise at least £500. If you would like to sponsor him or learn more about the MS Society then please head over to:
Combatives Class
The next combatives class is:
- 9am, Sunday 25th May, Brakenhale School. Currently 19 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
Top Attendance!
Well done to the below students with the highest attendance last month.
Juniors - Under 13 years old
Seniors - Over 13 years old
This Month's Grading
This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 25th May in the Drama 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 - Combatives Class
10am - Black belt 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 16th May.
Eligible Students
Aairah Aziz
Alisha Aziz
Andrew Broadley
Andrew Lunn
Anson Lau
Ben Bates
David Hritcu
Dean Mason
Freddie-Jay Soley
Gabriel Vechiato
Josie Lander
Kaden Dollery
Kenon Bandara Ekanayake
Logan Dollery
Michael Parry
Nathan Hounsome
Ovin Bandara Ekanayake
Reyon Ranaweera Vitharana
Riley Njoh
Rob Grossmith
Stephanie Coyne
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