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

 

Working with Bring Our Buddy (BOB)

Posted on: May 4th, 2013 by David Finch

Bring Our Buddy & MF Kent

We are very proud to announce that the MF Kent Family are officially working with Bring Our Buddy (BOB).  BOB, a service of Voluntary Action Within Kent is a community based service supporting young people across Kent who have a mild/moderate disability.

Our classes and teaching methods have been recognised to have a potentially huge benefit for young children with the aim of giving them the confidence to be who ever they wish to be.  In addition, we believe that we have some wonderful students of our own who could well prove to be inspiring “Buddies”.

If you would like to know more details about BOB, volunteering as a Buddy or finding out more about their services do not hesitate to contact me.

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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!

 

Launch of Sports Awards

Posted on: April 15th, 2013 by David Finch

MF Kent are very proud to once again be the main sponsor of the Canterbury & District Sports Awards for the third consecutive year.

We will be launching this year’s awards process with a huge display and celebration on Canterbury High Street.

This will be a fun-filled day with demos, displays and lots of activities so be sure to come along and support the MF Kent Team.

Saturday, 15th June 2013

10:00 – 4:00pm

Canterbury High Street (outside Fenwicks)

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MF Kent bring home the trophies

Posted on: April 8th, 2013 by David Finch

Southern Championships

6th April 2013

Portsmouth

 

After lots of hard work and dedication we found ourselves at the 2013 Southern Championships with our largest ever competition team ready for action.  This was also to be the largest Southern Championships with 211 competitors from schools all over the South of England, so we knew it was going to be tough but very exciting!

I think it is fair to say that as a team we were fantastic!  Every single person tried their very best and certainly came away with plenty of experience and wonderful memories.  As a team I feel we conducted ourselves with true sportsmanship and compassion and for that I am truly proud of everyone.

After the dust settled we came home with an amazing 23 trophies and some very well deserved top 5 places.  Every single student can be extremely proud of what was achieved.  There may have been plenty of medals but we trained as a team, we competed as a team, we helped one another as a team and we can celebrate as a team.

I would like to say a huge thank you to all of the MF Kent Instructors who have given up so much of their time and energy in preparing everyone and for supporting and helping so well on the day.  In addition, the amazing support, enthusiasm and dedication from family members and friends who came along on the day and brought their children and friends along to each training session.

What a wonderful family we all are!

Many thanks

Master Finch

Team Kent

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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Bruce Sistaz to perform at South Championships

Posted on: March 5th, 2013 by David Finch

We are very excited to announce that the world famous Bruce Sistaz will be performing a demonstration at this year’s Southern Championships in Portsmouth on Saturday, 6th April.

This demo will be an amazing start the the day and you will have the opportunity to meet them both and have photos taken with them.

Remember that the Application Form is available to download from the student login section of this website.

See you there!

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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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NEW video section on website

Posted on: March 2nd, 2013 by David Finch

As part of the ongoing development of this site we have now added a NEW video blog section to the student login.

This will be updated regularly and will be used to share training tips as well as all the wonderful events that we take part in.

Meanwhile, if you have any great video clips that you would like to share with our student family do e-mail me at kent@mattfiddes.com

Master Finch

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