Grading Results – June 2024

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Grading Times for Sunday 23rd June

Grading – Sunday 23rd June

A reminder of grading times for Sunday:
– 10:00 Junior beginners
– 11:00 Junior Experienced

– 12:30 All Adults

Grading should finish around 2pm

As always, all students are encouraged to attend to assist and encourage those grading, Black Belts and candidates should always be leading by example!

Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time, as we have a firm rule that if you arrive late for a grading, you will not be permitted to enter the examination.

No Classes Tuesday 9th July

School Production

Hi team, just a quick diary note:

Everlands have a school production on Tuesday 9th July, so unfortunately we can’t have any classes on that evening.

Little Ninjas will be welcome to attend the junior beginners class on Thursday that week, and the older kids (green belt+) can come to the adult session on Monday 8th if they’d like to get a class in :-)

Apologies for the inconvenience, but obviously this is one of those rare occasions which are beyond our control. They did at least give up plenty of notice this time ;-)

Graduation – Thursday 28th March

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Grading Results – March 2024

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Grading Times for Sunday 24th March

Grading – Sunday 24th March


A reminder of grading times for Sunday:
– 10:00 Junior beginners
– 11:00 Junior Experienced

– 12:30 All Adults

Grading should finish around 2pm

As always, all students are encouraged to attend to assist and encourage those grading, Black Belts and candidates should always be leading by example!

Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time, as we have a firm rule that if you arrive late for a grading, you will not be permitted to enter the examination.

Annual Awards 2023

Annual Awards 2023


Congratulations to Simon Oxenham for his Special Award, and Arlo Williams for Student of the Year 2023. Very well deserved gents!

Mr Truman sends his regards!

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Academy Shirts – November 2023

Hey team,

As mentioned at graduation, We are going to place an order for some more hoodies and t-shirts, our usual design with the big logo on the back.

They’ll be available in plain black or grey, or the nice ‘varsity’ style with the red lining to the hood as shown here, and either pullover or zip-up styles. Once again we’ll also have a special ‘team’ zoodie available just for our Black Belt members (including candidates) with the red stripes on the sleeves too:

For more examples please take a look on the website at:
www.blackbeltacademy.info/members/hoodies

Please note: We won’t be ordering a lot of extras for stock as that is prohibitively expensive. These will be available by pre-order only.

The deadline for this order will be
Thurs 23rd November. 

If you want one, please don’t leave it and assume we’ll have spares as I don’t expect to be ordering a load of extras for stock as that’s got to come out of my own pocket and I’ve got stung before with a load of shirts hanging around for month!We’ll have order forms in class.

Please note: we no longer accept cheques for gradings / equipment sales simply as we have to drive to Gloucester to pay them in…  But we can take card/contactless payments (or cash, obv) at the school.

 

Summer Break 14th-28th August

Summer Break

14TH-28TH AUGUST

Our summer break is coming up in a couple of weeks, so a couple of quick reminders before then…

Out-of-office

I’m planning on being pretty much off-grid during that time for some much needed R&R, so likely won’t be responding to any emails or messages until the 29th.

Adults Training Session – Tuesday 29th

As always on a bank holiday week, we’ll not be in on the monday, but will have an extra open training session for the adults on Tuesday from 8-9pm after the kids classes.

Junior Black Belt Applications

Please remember, the absolute deadline for applications is Thu 31st, and late applications will not be accepted. If you miss that deadline, you’ll have to wait for the next grading so please don’t leave them to the last minute.

Remember, all goals etc must be discussed and agreed in advance of the application. Your training plans etc will depend on those goals, so it’s essential you discuss these with us before the break as I won’t be around to do so during the two weeks we’re off!