They’re playing Christmas songs on the radio, the weather is getting cold and there’s hardly any daylight. We must be in December :D.
Good luck to our students grading for their first/next Dan on Sunday 3rd December.
The school takes a few weeks break over this festive period, see below for the dates, and we wish you all have a good break catching up with family and friends.
Please use the other classes that we run during the week to make up any classes that will be missed.
Notes for your diary:
Sunday 3rd December
Regional Black Belt Dan testing at Wembley CKD School.
Note that there will not be any classes at Turkey St on the Sunday as we will be supporting our students at the Dan testing.
Thursday 14th December
Last class of the year will be at Southgate School.
Sunday 7th Jan 2024
First class back after the Festive break will be at Turkey St.
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Finally be mindful of others and ensure that we keep each other safe by not attending class if you are at all unwell.
Birthdays
December Birthdays
Dec 2nd – Didem Koganc Dec 5th – Vaughn Tang Dec 7th – Vince Tang Dec 7th – Sabrina Sang Dec 17th – Mr Chetan Beeharry Dec 26th – Manahil Akram
Testing Schedule
Sunday 3rd December – Black Belt Dan Testing – Wembley School
2024
Sunday 21st January – Colour Belt Testing – Turkey Street
Sunday 17th March – Colour Belt Testing – Turkey Street
New Joiners
A warm welcome to Danielius Kurklietis who joined the our School in November.
November Colour Belt Testing
Very good performance by both groups of students who all passed with a good grade.
November Black Belt Tag Testing
A good standard from students of all the schools.
Student Training Videos
These can be found on this link or in the Members menu on the Enfield CKD School site and now contain out School’s videos plus some from CKD International.
The password is ECKD2022
Late Payment of Fees
A reminder that late fees will incur an additional £5 for each person if the payment has not cleared by the 7th of each month.
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.
Training Protocols
All students will be required to bring hand safety to each class. Yellow belts and above will also require foot safety.
Please purchase your own using the guide at the end of the newsletter.
It’s important that students dress correctly for training.
Uniforms should not be crumpled when attending the class.
If you wear a T-Shirt under the uniform then the colour needs to match the uniform which for most students will be white.
Belts need to be tied correctly.
Eligibility for Testing
To be eligible to test requires a student to have met 2 criteria.
First complete a minimum of classes as below
No stripe on the belt – 14 classes
A stripe on the belt – 7 classes
You can check the number of classes on our school website under the Members Section. The below link will take you to the page
On the page you can see the number of classes that you’ve attended since joining or since the last testing.
Then in the Next Grading column
If green then you’ll have enough classes by the testing date
If amber then you may be 1-2 classes short so try and attend a few extra classes
If red then you will be short by too many so best to work toward the next test date
Second must be competent with their syllabus. This will be an in class assessment carried out by the Instructors in the weeks running up to the test date. They will only recommend a student being put forward for the testing where they can see the student is carrying out the syllabus to a good standard.
Referral Programme
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!
Weekly Class Times
Please arrive 5 minutes before the start of class to ensure that your attendance is recorded before the class starts.
Turkey Street:
Tuesday 6.30pm to 7.30pm (children only) Tuesday 7.30pm to 8.30pm (school year 7 + Adults) Wednesday 6.30pm to 7.30pm (mixed)
Sunday: 10.00am to 11.00am (mixed)
Sunday 11.00am to 12.00pm – Black Belts and invited advanced students
Southgate:
Southgate School.
Thursday 6.30pm to 7.30pm (mixed)
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.
Intro Classes
Potential students should contact Mr Tailor.
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!
Licence & Insurance
Please ensure that you renew your CKD Licence and NAKMAS Insurance at least 7 days prior to expiry. – The CKD Licence will have an issue date and the NAKMAS Insurance will state an expire date which applies to both.
Please contact Mr Tailor if you have any queries about your License or Insurance.
