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End of line clothing sale

Posted on: April 13th, 2015 by David Finch

From April onwards we will no longer be in a position to supply our usual MF Kent branded line of clothing.  Instead, you will be able to order your t-shirts and hoodies etc from the MF Premier range – details of how to do this will be released soon.

Many of you have already purchased this range of t-shirt or you may have seen them in class.

We have a small stock of MF Kent clothing to sell – first come first serve I am afraid.  If the item size is not on the list I am afraid we will not be able to supply your desired size.  The normal RRP is in brackets so you can see how much you are saving.

Please e-mail me on kent@mattfiddes.com  to place an order.

(Amount in stock x item – sale price (RRP)

White cotton t-shirt: – £5 (£10)

  •  1 x 12/14yrs
  • 6 x large
  • 1 x X-Large

White Sports T-shirt: – £5 (£15)

  •  1 x X-Large
  • 1 x XXX-Large

Black / Red Sports T-Shirt: – £5 (£15)

  •  2 x 11/12yrs
  • 1 x 11/13yrs

White base layer: – £10 (£15)

  •  1 x small youth

Black base layer: – £10 (£15)

  •  1 x XXX-Large
  • 2 x Small youth
  • 2 x Medium youth

 1 x Large Beach Towel – £15 (£25)

3 x Hand Towels – £10 (£20)

2015 Regional Championships – Swindon – UPDATE

Posted on: March 3rd, 2015 by David Finch

Regional Championships

16th May 2015

Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon

PLEASE NOTE – THIS CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 16th May 2015.

 

The application form for the 2015 Regional Championships in Swindon is now available to download from the student login section of our website.

NEW CATEGORIES!

You will notice a few exciting changes to the categories for this year and these include:

  1. Hand-Drill category only (best technique has been removed)
  2. Speciality “Extreme Kicking Combo” category
  3. More  Sparring categories
  4. More Hand-Drill categories
  5. More Kick-Boxing categories

For your diary:

NEW for 2015  is the South-East Championships to be held on 20th June 2015 at the K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley .

Students are welcome to compete in either or both of these tournaments.

 

Kent Panel Grading Success

Posted on: March 2nd, 2015 by David Finch

Saturday, 1st March saw a small and dedicated group of students take part in the first Grading of 2015 for MF Kent.

After months of planing, preparation and extremely hard work we are delighted to announce the promotion of the following students:

Red-Stripe to Red Belt:

  • Nick Chivers
  • Amy Chivers
  • Danny Cseh
  • Kiren Santhosh
  • Milen Santhosh
  • Theo Song-Smith
  • Ruben Palmer
  • Harry Milton

Red to Deputy Black Belt:

  • Lauren Russell
  • Harry Richardson
  • Thomas Harrison

Congratulations to you all for such a high quality Panel Grading and for commuting to your goals.  Everyone here at MF Kent are extremely proud of you all.

NEW 6th Form MF Martial Arts Academy

Posted on: February 17th, 2015 by David Finch

We are delighted to formally announce the upcoming launch of the new MF Martial Arts Academy in partnership with The Canterbury Academy school.

This is an utterly unique partnership between MF Kent and a local school, providing a mixture of first class education with a ground breaking Martial Arts programme.

This Academy is part of a wider range of Academy options that the school offer and is new for 2015.  6th form students who are part of the Martial Arts Academy will have 2hrs of training every day of their academic life.  This will involve a wide variety of areas including:

  • Martial Arts training (multi discipline)
  • Physical training (use of gym facility and sports science methods)
  • Leadership development

This programme is open to any student who currently studies a Martial Art (whatever the discipline) or students who would like to start.

We are enrolling now for September 2015 so if you have not decided on your 6th Form option or know somebody considering their options do get in touch: kent@mattfiddes.com

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2015 Grading Forms & Fees

Posted on: February 15th, 2015 by David Finch

We are fast approaching the first of our Gradings for 2015 and it is fantastic to see you all working so hard towards your next goal.

Along with the new style Application Forms there is a new price structure for all Gradings. After 18yrs maintaining the same price structure Head Office have now reviewed these for all levels & schools.

In the student login section of the website you will be able to download:

  • 2015 EXAMPLE Grading Application Form (White – Blue Belt) – please ignore date, it is for price information only
  • March 2015 Red Stripe & above Application Form

 

Junior Instructor Training dates

Posted on: February 12th, 2015 by David Finch

For all of our Junior Instructors here are the training dates for 2015:

  • 8th March – Chilham
  • 12th April – Maidstone
  • 26th April – Chilham
  • 24th May  – Maidstone
  • 21st June – Chilham
  • 26th July – Maidstone
  • (no class in August)
  • 20th September – Chilham
  • 25th October- Maidstone
  • 29th November – Chilham
  • (no class in December)

CHILHAM CLASSES – 10:15 – 11:45am

MAIDSTONE CLASSES – 12:15 – 1:45pm

I very much look forward to working with you all this year!

Master Finch

2015 Diary – Gradings & Championships

Posted on: January 21st, 2015 by David Finch

The 2015 diaries are now available to download from the student login section of our website

  • 2015 Grading Diary
  • 2015 Championship Diary

As you can see, we have a busy and exciting year ahead and I am very much looking forward to working with you all on your various goals.

You will notice a couple of small changes:

  1. Two of our Colour-Belt Gradings will be held in Maidstone and not Canterbury
  2. We have an additional Championship date which is ar closer to home.  Nearer the time we will also speak to you all about the NEW categories that we have introduced to make these days more exciting & competitive for everyone.

Exciting times ahead

2015 Panel Grading Diary

Posted on: January 5th, 2015 by David Finch

For all of you that like to plan ahead the 2015 South Panel Grading dates are now available to download from the student login section of our website – 2015 Panel Grading Diary

There are lots of challenges and goals ahead of us for this year so let’s start now!

See you in class

Master Finch

Happy New Year

Posted on: January 5th, 2015 by David Finch

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you.  Hopefully the festive break was full of laughter and cherished memories and you are now rested and raring to go for 2015.

All of our classes are back to normal from this week so there is no time like the present to dust off your training equipment and start the year with a bang.

There are lots of exciting things planned for this year and we are all looking forward to seeing you back in class this week.

Best Wishes for 2015

The MF Kent Team

Limited Edition Teddy Bear

Posted on: December 2nd, 2014 by David Finch

Just for Christmas 2014 we have commissioned a special MF Kent Teddy Bear.  The perfect little stocking filler.

Each year we will produce a different bear for your collection.  There are now only 24 bears left so do order your early.

Speak to your Instructor or e-mail us at kent@mattfiddes.com

ONLY £19.99

 

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