October 2025 Newsletter

Welcome!

Please join us in welcoming the below students who have joined Berkshire Martial Arts in the past month!

Yusuf Farooq

Adam Leson

Steve Davis

Rufus Davis

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Combatives Class

There will be no combatives class this month due to a dan rank grading taking place.

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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

Alexander Atkins - Brown Senior

Michael Parry - Brown

Aditya Puthran - Purple

Kaden Dollery - Purple

Logan Dollery - Purple

Henry Roberts - Blue Senior

Alexander Harris - Blue

Rob Grossmith - Blue

Anita Puthran - Green Senior

Rachel Hinde-Harris - Orange

Reyon Ranaweera Vitharana - Orange

Bodhi Bates - Gold Senior

Laura Summers-Bates - Gold Senior

Onel Ranaweera Vitharana - Gold Senior

Radovan Binstead - Gold Senior

Dean Mason - Gold

Kenisha Ghotey - Gold

Yuvein Ranaweera Vitharana - Yellow Senior

Ruben Ford - Yellow

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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 - 18 classes

Chloe Darby - 14 classes

Alexander Harris & Yasmin Broadley - 12 classes

Seniors - Over 13 years old

Kieran Darby - 19 classes

Ben Bates, Dean Mason & Tekare McKenna-Stevens - 14 classes

Rob Grossmith - 12 classes

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This Month's Grading

This month's colour belt grading will be held on Sunday 26th October 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 - Dan Ran Grading

11.30am - 2pm - Colour Belt and Tag Gradings

Exact grading groups and times will be confirmed 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 17th October.

Eligible Students

Aairah Aziz

Alisha Aziz

Bella Sanders

Ben Bates

Bogdan Jentimir

Caiden Taylor

Callum Bartaby

Charles Wakely

Chloe Darby

Elaina Sanders

Eli Nomeika

Esme Attwood

Evie Bartaby

Finlay Bartaby

Freddie-Jay Soley

Hayden Cowling

Henry James

Jack Collins

Jaden Lau

Jakub Kowalczyk

Lia Rodrigues

Marcel Kowalczyk

Martin Stefanov

Maximilian Wakely

Mervin Manish

Mia Manish

Michael Swan

Riley Shinners

Rory Buckland

Rory Caird

Ryan Crane

Tekare McKenna-Stevens

Tia Meades

Yasmin Broadley