Hopefully the start of the school term has gone well and you’re all getting used to the new routine. The plan this month is to continue working through shields, focus mitts, close range and defence drills with contact which helps bring to life the techniques you are all learning. 🤗
Training Protocols
All students will be required to bring hand safety to each class. Yellow belts and above will also require foot safety. Mr Tailor has a few Small and Medium hand safety otherwise please purchase your own using the guide at the end of the newsletter.
Southgate Classes
Class location will be as follows
Thursday 7th October – Southgate Scout Hall
Thursday 14th October onward – Southgate School Gymnasium – our usual hall
Birthdays
🎈October Birthdays🎈
Oct 6th – Ethan Fung – 11yrs old Oct 7th – Reeth Chumroo – 11yrs old Oct 10th – Maya Mun Oct 11th – Alex Perrie-Muller – 11yrs old Oct 11th – Leon Perrie-Muller – 11yrs old Oct 13th – Giulia Mihai – 6yrs old Oct 20th – Darshan Tailor – 10yrs old Oct 26th – Andreas Petrou – 9yrs old
🎂🎂
Testing Schedule
There will not be a Colour Belt testing this month. Next testing will be at the end of November.
Sunday14th November – Il Dan Jnr tag assessment – Turkey St
Sunday 28th November – Colour Belt Testing – Turkey St
New Tag System for Juniors
Yellow –
Focus & Attention
Green –
At White Belt – Front Stance & Guard
At White Snr – As above + Putting On Your Own Hand / Foot Safety
At Yellow – As above + Putting On Your Own Belt
Blue–
Knowing Your Current Hand & Foot Techniques
Purple –
Knowing Your Defence Drill
Red –
Knowing Your Offence Drill
Black –
Knowing Your Pattern
September Colour Belt Testing
Good performances on the day with all students passing with a good grade. 🎉🤗
September Black Belt Tag Testing
Both Miss Tailor and Mr Beeharry performed to an excellent standard. 😁🎇🤗
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 first class 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 6.00pm to 7.00pm (mixed)
Southgate School.
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!
