Activity Mornings

We had 10 activity mornings in August, which were very successful.  The mornings were sports

orientated without involving the karate discipline, so there was something for everybody.  The

students made new friends with students from other karate days and also with some non-karate

friends. The Anstee brothers attended all 10 sessions so they deserve a medal just for that and we

also had fun with the Girls Aloud crowd from the Fraser-Hitchen family.  We plan to hold these

again during October half term so if you are interested please contact us.

Demonstration

Thank you to all our students who supported the demonstration for Frimley Park Hospital at the

Grove School on Saturday 9^th September.  The standard of the karate was excellent. To top our

demonstration they needed to do something spectacular and indeed they did by asking 5

parachutists to parachute into the grounds after us.  It was great watching them and how they

twirled to get into position to land on a big cross in the middle of the field.  With all the money

going to support patient care at the hospital it was an afternoon for a good cause and we hope you

enjoyed it.

Recent Grading

The grading held on Monday 11^th September between 4 and 6 pm proved again that the Dojo has

an excellent standard.  All eight students eligible to grade once again rose to the occasion and

passed with flying colours.  Depending on age and frequency of training a 1 Mon advancement is

a good pass putting a coloured stripe on your belt.  A 2 Mon or higher Mon advancement is an

excellent pass putting an even higher coloured stripe on your belt, so congratulations and well

done to the following students:

Aaran Fraser-Hitchen

9^th Kyu 2 Mon  -  (Yellow belt with green stripe)

Harry Davies

Reece Southworth

Kyle McManus

9^th Kyu   -  (Yellow belt)

Richard Evans

10^th Kyu 3 Mon  -  (White belt with black stripe)

Connor Fraser-Hitchen

Jake Richardson-Harvey

Rees Thomas

10^th Kyu 2 Mon  -  (White belt with blue stripe)

Please note that to be eligible to grade you must have a current licence, the proper attire and have

at least a minimum of 18 attendances.  This does mean that between gradings you may have

attended a lot more!

We hope to have at least one more grading this year and maybe two if Sensei Akamine over from

Okinawa is able to train with us in October.  Watch this space and we will keep you informed.

Monthly Fees 

From October the monthly fee will mean exactly that, a fee for the month.  If you miss a session

during the month then you can make it up on a different day during the same month.  There will

be no carry over from month to month as this is difficult to administer and twice during August

we turned up without one student to teach, but still had to pay for the hall!  You can still pay the

daily fee if preferred.

Licensing 

Thank you for all the efforts in getting your licences up to date as this is very important.  For

those that still need to apply we suggest that all forms are returned to us so that we can record and

deal with your application.  This will save you on postage and also keep our own records up to

date.

Updated Records

Talking about keeping records up to date, remember if you move or change your mobile number

then please let us know so that our records are kept up to date especially if we need to contact you

for any emergencies.

Dojo Closed