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Grading Examination Sunday 22nd june

Grading Examination – Sunday 22nd June

Application deadline – Thursday 12th June

Grading Times
– 10:00 Junior beginners

– 11:00 Junior Experienced

– 12:30 All Adult Students (beginners should be finished by 13:15)

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 Results – March 2025

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Grading Times for Sunday 23rd March

Grading – Sunday 23rd March


A reminder of grading times for Sunday:
– 10:00 Junior beginners
– 11:00 Junior Experienced
– 12:00-13:00 Hall available for prep

– 13:00 All Adults
– 14:00 Red/Black Belts ONLY – Black Belt Assessments

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.

Q1 Grading Information

Grading Examination

Sunday 23rd March

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

Grading Applications:

Coloured Belts / Black Belt Reviews deadline is Thursday 13th December
Black Belt Final Submissions Sunday 9th March

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 17th March

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 23rd March

10:00 Junior Beginners (White / Yellow Belts)
11:00 Junior Experienced (Green+)

12:00-13:00 lunch break – hall available for adults prep

13:0 All Adults (approx 45 mins for beginners, 90 for experienced)
14:00 onwards – Black Belt Examination – Seniors / Black Belts only

Graduation – Thursday 27th March

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:

Black Belt Training Tuesday 4th March

Quick heads-up, as I’ve had a request from some of the adult candidates for a black belt session next tuesday (4th March) after the kids classes, so starting from 8pm onwards, to work on their black belt grading prep.

This is open to any Black Belts / Black Belt Candidates (regardless of whether you’re grading this year) who want to come along and get some extra open training in.

Myself and Mrs Williamson will be on hand for advice, and will be working on Black Belt patterns should anyone want to join us!

Confirmed candidates for 2025

March Grading
– Sam Stone (Adult)
– George Sweet (Junior)

September Grading
– James I’Anson (A)
– Simon Oxenham (A)

Applications for adult members are now closed, but junior applications for the september grading will be open until Thu 29th May

Tuesday 25th Feb – Parents Evening

Tuesday 25th February
PARENTS EVENING – NO CLASSES

As we have no classes on the Tuesday, we’ll squeeze in some extra classes on the Monday so hopefully most of the juniors can still get a class in :-)

  • 6:00-6:30 Little Ninjas
  • 6:30- 7:15 Junior Martial Arts (all grades)
  • 7:30 – 9:00 ALL Adults.

Apologies to those with children who are unable to attend the Monday sessions. We’re aware that some of you have other commitments, but feel that on the handful of occasions through the year when the school need to use the hall we’d rather try to find a compromise to accommodate as many people as possible rather than simply cancel classes. This isn’t always possible but when it is we’ll do our best to fit everyone in :-)