
Please join us in welcoming the below students who have joined Berkshire Martial Arts in the past month!
Chris Skinner
Maxim Conway Lincenyi
Tekare McKenna-Stevens
Rachel Hinde-Harris
Arsh Mohammad
Balaj Wali
Moiz Mohammad
Big Membership Changes
The school has grown at a fantastic rate since coming out of the pandemic which is great to see. However, as the school grows it causes new problems and evidence of this can be seen in the 6:30pm class on Wednesdays' which now often has well over 40 students in the hall at once. As a result we need to put changes in place to ensure the school can continue to survive and grow, without compromising the service we are able to deliver. Since we opened almost 10 years ago our prices and membership options have remained largely unchanged so these are certainly the biggest changes we've made to how we do things, affecting all membership options in some form or another. This is not a decision we've taken lightly and have tried to keep the impact on students to a minimum.
One class a week memberships
Prices will remain unchanged but we will now be asking students to commit to attending one specific class each week. Students will need to attend the same class each week (which most students on this membership do already) and will be unable to attend any sessions at a different time. Students will of course be able to attend a different session that week if they are unable to make their regular slot but this must be requested ahead of time and will only be permitted if there are spaces available in the class.
This is common practice for all types of clubs and activities and will allow us to better manage class numbers. Please can all students on a "one class per week" membership complete the form at the link below to select their choice for the class they would like to attend each week by Friday September 22nd.
Two class a week memberships
We are introducing a new "two class per week membership", this will be priced at £40 per month for 5-12 year olds and £50 per month for ages 13+. Students on this membership will also only be able to attend fixed classes each week.
Unlimited Classes Monthly Memberships
The monthly unlimited classes options will continue to allow students to attend as many classes as they like and they are not required to attend fixed sessions each week. However, the prices of these memberships will be increasing slightly to £50 per month for 5-12 year olds and £60 per month for ages 13+.
Prices for existing students on an unlimited classes membership will remain fixed at their current rates until February 2024. In January 2024 we will be reaching out to everyone one on a monthly unlimited classes membership to confirm their new membership prices and check if they would rather switch to a different membership type before the price increases.
6 Month Unlimited Classes Memberships
The 6 month unlimited classes memberships will also allow students to attend any class, any time. However, the prices for these will also be increasing inline with the increase for the monthly membership option. Prices will be increasing to £250 for 5-12 year olds and £300 for ages 13+. The 6 month memberships continue to offer great value for money, essentially giving you a month free. Furthermore, the 6 month memberships will now also be eligible for our standard family discounts (10% off for 2 family members, 25% off for 3+ family members).
To reduce the amount of admin related to the 6 month memberships we will unfortunately also be removing the 2 free gradings that previously came packaged with these memberships. Students currently on 6 month memberships will be able to renew their memberships at current prices until January 2024, free gradings will also stop in the new year but any existing 6 month memberships can use their free grading allocations up until this time.
If you have any questions or concerns relating to these changes please contact Sabumnim Taylor at jason@berkshiremartialarts.co.uk
Colour Belt Gradings
Due to dan rank gradings taking place on Sunday 27th September, this months' colour belt gradings will be slightly different. We will be holding class gradings on Saturday 23rd September @ 11:30am and Wednesday 27th September @ 7:30pm.
Students who are not grading on those dates may still attend the class but you must be able to "self train" and follow along with the grading without instructor support as the instructors will be busy running the grading. We suggest that where possible students do not attend these classes and instead attend the earlier classes on those days.
Women's Self Defence Class
The next women's self defence classes are:
- There will be no women's self defence class in September due to students grading for their black belts.
- 9am, Sunday 29th October, Brakenhale School. 12 SPACES AVAILABLE. 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, activities or fundraising 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
Little Ninja's Certificates
If you've completed a page in your Little Ninjas Stamp Book don't forget to visit the Little Ninjas section of the app/student area to request your certificate or click here!
Little Ninja's 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 app/student area. This month’s words are:
- Inwards Block
- Rear Inwards Punch
- Side Fist Strike
This Month's Grading
Due to dan rank black belt gradings taking place this month, the gradings will be split across several days, including some class gradings. There will also be no women's self defence or Black Belt Academy classes this month:
Saturday 23rd September - 11:30am - Colour Belt Grading
Sunday 24th September - 9am-12pm - Dan Rank Grading
Sunday 24th September - 12pm - Black Belt Tag Grading
Wednesday 27th September - 7:30pm - Colour Belt 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.
Grading Names
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