The Hard Work Paid Off…! (3rd Dec)

All that hard work over the past few weeks finally paid off with yet another great day at the BAMA National Gradings for the Cheltenham Dojo, always special having some new Blackbelts! So well done to Kevin San on his 1st Dan, Lucy San on her Blackbelt, and Nick San and Andrew San on Blackbelt in Sword! Check out the full write-up and photos in the Members Area.

Happy Faces!

This year is wrapping up nicely so as always we begin to look toward new plans for the Wisewarrior class next year, and the big event is…we will be running a special Black Belt Only Class on monday evenings!

It’s been a while, it’s long overdue, and the black belts have been asking for it for some time now. So now Lucy San has her fresh new black belt around her waist we will be running our black belt only class on the first Monday of each month. If you normally attend a Monday class and aren’t a black belt then please remember to put some notes in your diary to not show up for these sessions. If you show up, accidently or “pretend accidently” then be warned… you will NOT be invited to join in, you will NOT be able to sneak in, you will NOT be able to sneak a peak. In fact all you will do is waste your time, waste your petrol and damage the environment, Polar bears will indeed be heard to cry! 🙂

This will be the first Monday of every month and it will cover all the really great stuff we just never get to do with the other grades around.

So, to all you black belts out there, if “you’ve been good this year?” and are looking for ideas for your Christmas List then here is some of the kit we may be using on the monthly black belt sessions….

Dear Santa, I would like (in no particular order):

Boxing gloves, focus mits, hakama, bokken, escrima sticks and non-gi training clothes, garrott wire (just kidding!), night vision goggles (yep, kidding again!!)

Also for next year there’s the introduction of a new class/training format and some special seminars and workshops planned to boot, its all just too much, roll on 2014!!

As you know our Christmas Meal is now just around the corner – tomorrow in fact- so if you haven’t had directions yet then get texting and we’ll see you at the venue after training for a 9pm start!