Dear Parents and Karateka,
Half-Term Clubs:
We will be running Half-Term Clubs on Wednesday 26th and Thursday 27th October from 10:00am-2:00pm in St. Luke’s House, Kew (TW9 3NP).
There will be a wide range of material covered as well as keeping a good focus on the grading syllabus. There will be some students preparing for their black belt grading so it will be highly focussed training, but enjoyable nevertheless!
The Half-Term classes are open to all students from 7 years old and over.
Please remember to bring a packed lunch and a drink as well as all Karate equipment
The clubs cost £30 per day or £50 for both days. If you would like to book a place then please reply to this email.
Gradings:
If your child has been selected to take part in a grading then you can choose whichever Grading is most convenient for you from the following:
Saturday 22nd October – 3:00pm – Duke’s Meadow Community Hall, Alexandra Gardens, W4 2RX
Saturday 19th November – 9:30-10:30am – Venue TBC
Sunday 4th December – 10am (lower grades) and 11am (higher grades) – Old Powerstation, Mortlake
We will be checking all students in their classes over the next week and if they are ready we will be handing out grading envelopes. If not then we will explain to them what is needed to improve so that they can hopefully book in for one of the later gradings this term.
‘In Class’ Gradings:
The classes with younger children will continue to have gradings within their class at the usual time and venue during the week commencing 28th November. Parents are welcome to come and watch these gradings and also to see the belt presentation the following week. The following classes will have ‘in class’ gradings:
Monday 3:15-4:00pm – Orleans – 28th November
Tuesday 4:00pm – Putney Methodist Church – 29th November
Wednesday 8:00am – East Sheen Primary School – 30th November
Wednesday 3:45pm – St. Luke’s House, Kew – 30th November
Friday 4:00pm – Duke’s Meadow Community Hall – 2nd December
Saturday 12:00pm – Mortlake Powerstation – 3rd December
Tournament:
We will be hosting a Friendship Tournament on Sunday 11th December at 9:00am in The Old Powerstation in Mortlake. I will be handing out registration forms for this after Half-Term.
Tournament Preparation Classes:
Sensei Tom will be running tournament preparation classes in the run-up to the Tournament on 11th December. There will be two Kumite (sparring) workshops and one Tournament Kata class.
Saturday 19th November – 10:30am-11:30am – Sparring – Venue TBC
Sunday 4th December – 12:00-1:00pm – Kata – Old Powerstation, Mortlake
Sunday 4th December – 1:00-2:00pm – Sparring – Old Powerstation, Mortlake
Each class is £10 per student but if you attend all 3 classes then the third class is free. If you would like to book a space for one of these classes then please feel free to email me or just turn up on the day.
Term Dates:
Half Term: 24th-31st October
Last Class: Monday 12th December
First Class of Spring Term: Monday 9th January
Yours sincerely,
Sensei Ben Pethick
We are pleased to announce the promotion of fourteen 1st Dan Black Belts and one 2nd Dan Black Belt! The candidates have all been training very hard for a long time in preparation for this Grading and all the hard work paid off. The Grading took 3 hours and there was a panel of four Black Belt examiners including two external examiners: Sensei Robert Herincx (5th Dan) and Sensei Phillip Wardle (3rd Dan) from Tora Karate Academy. Crouching Tiger Karate are very honoured to have such experienced examiners as guests of our club and they were kind enough to share their knowledge with us and give us ideas for how we can improve in the future.
