We are finally out of the lockdown restrictions and have been able to bring back into the classes shield work and F2F defence drills. 🙌🤗
The intention over the summer is to focus more on the parts of our training that we have had to stop due to the covid restrictions so please keep practicing your syllabus at home or, if you’re fortunate enough, on holiday.
Don’t forget your missed classes are carried over into September.
We’d love to see your holiday training videos on our Facebook page #holidaychoi.🥋⛱☀
Birthdays
🎈August Birthdays🎈
Aug 4th – Tezel Grant – 8yrs old Aug 6th – Zoya Musaddique – 8yrs old Aug 6th – Istar Akgun – 16yrs old Aug 18th – Peter Petrou Aug 19th – Miss Sofia Tailor – 14yrs old Aug 22nd – Olivia Lusengo – 14yrs old
🎂🎂
New Joiners
June has been a busy month and we’d like to extend a warm welcome to the students below. 🤗
Ayaan Karena
Testing Schedule
There will not be a testing in August. The test dates for the remainder of the year are
Sunday 19th September – Colour Belt Testing – Turkey St Monday 27th September – Dan tag assessment – Harrow
Sunday14th November – Il Dan Jnr tag assessment – Turkey St
Sunday 28th November – Colour Belt Testing – Turkey St
Black Belt Dan Testing
In July Miss Amin tested for her First Degree Black belt whilst Mr Sharif and Mr Bunch tested for their Second Degree Black Belt. All 3 performed to a high standard and passed. 🤗🎆🎇
Colour Belt Testing
A good standard was shown by all students who tested in July. Well done. 🤗🎉
Leadership Programs and Uniforms
We have a number of leadership programmes available at our Enfield Choi Kwang Do schools.
Each program is designed to encourage children and adults to take the first steps to be our future leaders.
Our programs are detailed below
All those on one of the Junior Leadership programs below will need to purchase a new uniform which will be a red or blue top for which there will be a charge. There will not be any additional fees for joining the program
Black Belt club
Junior 6-10yrs must be a min of Yellow Snr +
By invite only and must meet the character requirements listed below
Red top / black trousers
STORM Team
Juniors 10 – 14yrs, must be a min Blue belt +
By invite only and must meet the character requirements listed below
Blue top / black trousers
Junior Character Requirements
Students can join the program on the recommendation of the senior leadership team. Students will learn the following:
Teach a warm up.
Be competent in all their syllabus up to their current rank.
Able to recite junior promise and principles.
In addition, students will be expected to:
Regularly assist in class.
Assist in gradings.
Show the good mannerisms of a Martial Artist.
All those on one of the Adult Instructor programs below will need to purchase a new uniform which will be as listed below for which there will be a charge. There is also a small cost for the Assistant Instructor Qualification (currently £55).
Assistant Instructor
14yrs + Min Blue Belt
By invite only and must meet the above character requirements, submit class plans, be pre-assessed by our Head Instructors and be fully approved by CKDMAI
Full blue Uniforms
All of the above Junior character requirements
Regularly attend min of two classes per week
Be able to teach independently
Head/Chief Instructor
18yrs +
Black belt +
Full black Uniform
In summary where a member of the school is not in white jacket & black trousers uniform:
Black uniform with full gold piping – School owner
Black uniform with partial gold piping – Head Instructor
Blue uniforms – Qualified Assistant Instructors
Blue & Black uniforms – STORM Team
Red & Black uniforms – Black Belt Club
White & Black Uniforms – Student
Hand and Foot Safety
The current syllabus requires students carrying out defence drills to make light contact. The equipment can be purchased from wherever is most convenient for you.
– White belt senior and above, dipped foam hand safety.
– Yellow belt and above, dipped foam foot safety.
The Playwell site has a number of gloves. Below is an example with the CKD logo but any of a similar style will be permitted. Boxing gloves are not allowed.
The Playwell site has a number of boots. Below is an example with the CKD logo but either this style or the dipped foam style will be permitted. These are designed to be generally worn without shoes and the fit needs to ensure that the toes are always covered. If wearing shoes then a larger size will be needed plus adjustments will generally need to be made. Please discuss this with an instructor in class if you want to do this.
Weekly Class Times
Please note that for Southgate students the training venue for the summer will be the Scout Hall in Green Road.
Turkey Street:
Sunday 10am to 11am (mixed) Tuesday 6.30pm to 7.25pm (children only) Tuesday 7.35pm to 8.30pm (school year 7 + Adults) Wednesday 6.30pm to 7.30pm (mixed)
Southgate:
Southgate Scout Hall.
Thursday 6.30pm to 7.30pm (mixed)
Black Belt/Advanced Classes:
Turkey St
Sunday 11.05am – 12.05pm – Black Belts and invited advanced students
Intro Classes
Potential students should contact Mr Tailor.
Licence & Insurance
Please ensure that you renew your CKD Licence and NAKMAS Insurance on time.
– The CKD Licence will have the issue date and so will expire 1 year after that date
– The NAKMAS Insurance will have the expiry date. NAKMAS have requested that we complete their form from their site. The link is here.
Please contact Mr Tailor if you have any queries about your License or Insurance.
Late Payment of Fees
A reminder that late fees will incur an additional £5 for each person.
If you are not currently training, but wish to remain on our register, then there is a minimum £5/month to cover registration fees or you can elect to be archived. Note that there will be a £20 administrative fee to reactivate your membership.
Referral Program
Do not forget to join our referral program! For every new student that joins through your recommendation you get a FREE grading! Please let me know if you want any leaflets. Pil Seung!
Use of Turkey St and Southgate Halls
Post Lockdown Covid-19 rules for ECKD
– All students will be temperature checked prior to entering class
– Hand sanitiser will be provided and must be used when entering and leaving the class
– If you are unwell, please do not attend
– Uniforms including T-shirts and belts, must be washed after each training session.
