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Maidstone student wins another award

Posted on: July 11th, 2013 by David Finch

CONGRATULATIONS to Edward Carter from Maidstone who has won another award for his hard work and dedication.

It is the Try Angle Award for outstanding achievement in sport or outdoor activities.  Try Angle has been going for 19 years and started in Thanet.  it is now county wide with four areas north, south, east and west. Edward was under West Kent and the youngest to win there this year.

Edward is truly a role model both in and out of the Martial Arts class.

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July SPECIAL OFFER

Posted on: July 8th, 2013 by David Finch

With the warmer weather creeping in classes will be pretty hot!

Our new MF Hand-towels are perfect for your training bags to wipe down all that hard work and keep you comfortable.  These are fantastic quality with an embroidered MF Logo.

SPECIAL OFFER (ends 30th July 2013)

Buy 2 towels and get the second half-price

(1 towel = £10.00, 2 towels = £15.00)

Please see you instructor to place your order before they run out.MF Kent Gym Towel

Sparring Seminar

Posted on: July 2nd, 2013 by David Finch

This special sparring seminar is being organised in conjunction with MF Bexleyheath and is being taught by Master Finch.

Saturday, 6th July 2013

12:15 – 2:15pm

Changes Health Club, Bexleyheath, Kent

The 2 hour seminar will include:
– competition sparring techniques
– sparring drills
– footwork & attacking combinations
– & more!

Cost: £25.00

To book your space please e-mail: kent@mattfiddes.com

THERE ARE ONLY 20 PLACES AVAILABLE so book early!

Summer Shut-Down

Posted on: July 2nd, 2013 by David Finch

We will be closing all of our schools over the following period:

Monday, 19th August – Sunday, 25th August (inclusive)

There will be no classes during this period however all classes will run as normal outside of these dates.  If you are away for a summer holiday please do your best to let your instructor know.

Panel Grading a huge success

Posted on: June 10th, 2013 by David Finch

After months of hard work, dedication sweat and tears we all finally headed to Swindon for the Southern Panel Grading.  This was always going to be a very exciting event with our largest group of students from MF kent attending.

It is no exaggeration to say that, as a family, we performed over and above what was expected.  We had worked exceptionally hard in and out of classes and the extra effort really showed.

I am so very proud of you all and I would like to highlight to everyone that with hard work, dedication and belief in yourself you can all achieve wonderful things!

Here is a list of newly promoted students from MF Kent:

RED BELTS:

  • Amber Cramp
  • Jake Porter-Ward
  • Saom Anisi
  • Harry Watkinson
  • Lewis Brown
  • George Salih
  • Harry Salih
  • Romesh De Zoysa
  • Nathan Dopson
  • George Bardell

DEPUTY BLACK:

  • Emily Calder
  • James Manners
  • Alice Emmerson
  • Elouise Owen

1st DEGREE BLACK BELT:

  • Sardeep Gill
  • Frankii (Gemma) Gibson
  • Caius Long

Man on the Run

Posted on: May 19th, 2013 by David Finch

Sunday, 14th July 2013 – “Man on the Run”

Hampton Pier Avenue, Herne Bay – 11am

For the second year running will be putting in a team of runners to take part in this worthwhile cause.  “Man on the Run” is a 5km charity run for all males to help raise money for Male Cancer research (Cancer Research UK).

Mr Hinder (Canterbury school) has kindly agreed to head up the MF Kent Team and will no doubt be leading from the front!

If you would like to take part you can either speak to us or head to the “MOTR” website to register: www.manontherun.org.uk

Entry fee: £12 (£8 for U18’s)

We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

 

 

Sunday Canterbury classes

Posted on: May 7th, 2013 by David Finch

All Sunday classes at Simon Langton Boys School will be held in the old gym during the school exam period (same venue as Wednesday classes) starting:

Sunday, 12th May

We will be back in the Sports Hall on:

Sunday, 30th June

 

Headline in local press

Posted on: April 19th, 2013 by David Finch

KM PAPER, 18th April 2013

The wonderful exploits of our Southern Championships Team have hit the headlines in the local Kentish Messenger (pg 63).

Well done to all of you!

 

Championship T-Shirts

Posted on: March 21st, 2013 by David Finch

NEW Championship T-Shirts

You can now pre-order the NEW MF Championship T-shirt from your instructor or you can purchase it on the day of the Championships.

  • Special Championship price: £10.00
  • Post Championship price £14.99

Sizes are available in everything from 4yrs – XL.

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School Gradings a huge triumph

Posted on: March 4th, 2013 by David Finch

Sunday, 3rd March 2013

The first coloured belt grading for us and what a fantastic day it was!  79 students nervously stepped into the hall and 79 came out all smiles after really impressing Mr Cox the examiner.  I am so proud of you all for all the hard work and dedication you have shown so far this year.  Keep it up!

I would like to say a huge thank you to the MF Kent Instructing Team and all the Junior Instructors who came along to help out, guide, motivate and calm everyone.  You continued support and loyalty is hugely appreciated and grading days would not be the same without you.

Finally, a big thank you to all the wonderful parents, families and friends who came along to support and watch the Master-classes.  It was such a warm and positive atmosphere all day and reminds me how lucky I am to head such a special Martial Arts Family.

CELEBRATIONS

To celebrate the successes of everyone at the grading be sure to bring along friends and family to watch our belt presentations and perhaps even join in the fun!

Well done everyone!

Master Finch

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