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Grading Times for Sunday 15th December

Grading – Sunday 15th December


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.

December Grading Information

Grading Examination

Sunday 15th December

New members please note
The examination doesn’t apply to the Little Ninjas,
but Graduation on Thursday 19th is for ALL members! 

Grading Applications:

Deadline is Thursday 5th December

Black Belt Reviews

Please remember ALL current Black Belts / Black belt candidates (black/red belts) are required to submit for a regular review.
This should be submitted as with a regular coloured belt grading application, and must include a brief written self-appraisal of their current status / goals, as details in the Black Belt handbook p10/11.

Pre-Grading Week – w/c 9th December

Please remember, classes this week form part of the grading process, and as such your conduct, attitude, effort and standards in class have a bearing on the grading result!

Other factors taken into consideration include your attendance (exp. minimum 75%), attitude in class, and results from previous examinations.

Grading Times – Sunday 15th December

10:00 Junior Beginners (White / Yellow Belts)
11:00 Junior Experienced (Green+)
12:30 All Adults (approx 45 mins for beginners, 90 for experienced)
14:00 onwards – Black Belt Examination – Seniors / Black Belts only

Graduation – Thursday 19th September

6:30pm at the Chantry Centre, Long Street, Dursley  (Doors open from 6:15)

As always, please remember, graduation is the MAIN EVENT of each quarter. It’s for ALL STUDENTS – not just those who taken the grading..

New members, even if you’re not ready to grade yet, you’re very welcome to come along too, meet some of the other members and families. It’ll show you what to expect when it’s your turn next quarter!

All students should be in uniform.  Feel free to invite your family & friends.

Please note – graduation is considered a public event, and therefore photography is allowed.

Star badges / Certificates etc.

If your child is eligible for any stars / certificates for this quarter, please ensure you let us know no later than the last class before the grading examination as all the graduation admin will be done on the monday morning after the grading and we won’t be able to process any further requests for stars etc. after that time.
If in doubt, please read the notes in the beginners handbooks of the members section of the website!

Post-graduation Social

As always, we’ll be heading over the Dil Raj for our usual post-graduation social with a few of the adults. You’re more than welcome to join us, but being December we do need to book so please let me know if you’re coming ASAP :-)

Questions about gradings….

Can I please remind everyone that there’s a LOT of information on the Academy website, and in your beginners handbooks.

A reminder of those links again:

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Grading Times for Sunday 22nd September

Grading – Sunday 22nd September

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

– 12:30 All Adults (main grading should finish around 2pm)
– 14:00 Red/Black Belts ONLY (Black Belt grading)

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.

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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 ;-)