As we are now into the Summer Holidays we revert to our usual holiday timetable for all Staplehurst classes:
Staplehurst Village Centre (North Hall)
This timetable will continue through the summer break except for Thursday, 18th August. There will be no class on this date due to our annual shut-down.
See you all soon.
The 2015/16 academic year ended with an exciting week of school visits and Martial Arts P.E. lessons.
Monday, 18th saw a visit to The Canterbury Primary School as part of their “Do What You Want” week. Years 2-5 all participated in a fun, self-defence based Martial Arts class – the effort and concentration throughout was exceptional. We are very much looking forward to working with this school even more next year.
Shortly after, we visited Ashford Oaks Primary School as part of the Charles Harris Olympic Legacy Programme. This legacy is designed to introduce children to sports and activities that they would not normally participate in. Congratulations to all the children and staff for their energetic participation.
Congratulations to Aryana Anisi from our Canterbury Adult class who was recently nominated for the Unsung Hero Award at the Canterbury Partnership Sports Awards.
Aryana was nominated for her dedication and commitment to Martial Arts. For 3yrs, Aryana helped at the Blean Primary School Breakfast Martial Arts Club on both Tuesday and Thursday mornings.
Whilst she continues her regular training at our Canterbury School, on behalf of the MF Kent Team and the children at Blean Primary School we would like to thank Aryana for all of her help and dedication.
NEW Mighty Matt Training DVD – available now!
We are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new training DVD just for our Mighty Matt programme.
This DVD is the perfect training for outside of the class – ideal for sharpening thise skills at home or preparing for Gradings and tournaments.
The DVD includes:
To order your copy speak to your Instructor or e-mail us : kent@mattfiddes.com
(We also have a “White – Black DVD” for our Juniors & Adults)
We are delighted to be attending this year’s Staplehurst Primary School Summer Fete being held at the Staplehurst Primary School, 9th July 2016 – 1:00 ~ 4:00pm.
We will have a stall and have 2 demonstration slots for you all to show your wonderful skills and focus:
Do come along and say “hi!” and bring along your Martial Arts uniform to join in the mini-classes we will be holding. All family and friends welcome to join in the fun!
For the first time we saw Gradings for our colour-belts and senior grades all on one day and it certainly did not disappoint.
Everyone in every class has been working so hard for the last few weeks and it really did show in the level and attitude on the day.
In the morning we saw our hugely excited Mighty Matts show some incredible concentration and energetic drills, much to the delight of Mr Harris our Grading examiner. This was followed by our Juniors and Adults who worked extremely hard – showing the results of some really dedicated training.
After a short break it was the turn of our Panel Grading students (Red-Stripe & above) and it was certainly an impressive performance by everyone. This Panel Grading in particular was one of the toughest challenges our students have faced and we had plenty of sweat and tears, pushing the boundaries of even our most seasoned students.
Each and every candidate gave 100% throughout and it was an absolute pleasure to see everyone achieve what they have.
From our senior students I am delighted to announce the successful promotion to:
Red Belt
Deputy Black Belt
1st Degree Black Belt
2nd Degree Black Belt
3rd Degree Black Belt
We were delighted to be invited to teach the Yr6 children of Barham C of E Primary School on Friday as part of their activity day. This was a special day organised with the Canterbury School Sports Partnership and gave the children and chance to try new and diverse activities such as American Football, water-based netball (not water polo!) and of course Martial Arts.
Well done to all the children and it was wonderful to see everyone tackle all the challenges like a true Black Belt.
Thursday, 9th June saw the MF Kent Team continue their work within the community with a fun day of Martial Arts PE lessons at Hernhill CofE Primary School.
This day was part of the Charles Harris Olympic Legacy Programme, set-up to provide opportunities to young children across the region that they otherwise would not have experienced.
We were extremely impressed with the amazing attitude, energy, concentration and manners displayed by all the children – a true credit to the school.
As well as lots of fun-filled exercise and Martial Arts, we focused on Concentration for years 2-5 and Having a Black Belt Attitude for year 6.
Well done to everyone involved and we hope to visit again in the new academic year.
Due to the school holidays our classes will run as follows on Thursday, 2nd June 2016:
Staplehurst Village Centre (North Hall)
See you all soon!
For those students thinking about and training towards the Colourbelt Grading on Sunday, 26th June please note that we have had to change this date.
The next Colourbelt Grading will now take place on Sunday, 3rd July (this is the same date as the Panel Grading).
We are currently awaiting confirmation of times for this day and will send those details out as soon as we have them.
Whether Grading or not, please note the following:
NEW MF Kent Shop - click here
Summer Shut-Down 2024. More »
Summer Martial Arts Camp. More »
First Aid Course for students and families. More »
A Night at the Races - 16th March. More »
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