Back in January we lost one of our high grade students, not because he quit but because he was no longer able to attend our academy on time due to a change in personal circumstances. Luckily another academy opened up closer to where he lived which meant he could continue his martial arts journey and
Category: Graduations
Graduations September 2022
We have not posted on our blog for some time. A combination of the covid pandemic and outside commitments have lead to lesss time to make such posts. This weekend however was graduation time for some of our students and they did not dissapoint. Saturday saw our kickboxing students graduate, their fitness levels, techniques and
Black Belt Graduations – July 2021
On sunday the 18th of July, five of my amazing young students managed to pass their 1st Dan cadet graduations. What made the grduation even more special was that I was allowed to take my 2nd dan graduation alongside them. It was a very hot and sweaty graduation and it was an honour to share
September Graduations 2020
The 12th and 13th of September saw our first On-Site graduations since the country was put into lockdown and what a gradution it was. Mr Kelly And Miss Macdermid from Chuldow Tadcaster hosted what can only be described a masterclass of how a covid secure graduation should be run. I am sure everybody that attended
Graduations & Covid-19
Graduations will be going ahead as scheduled on the 23rd & 24th of May. Graduations will take place on Zoom To graduate all students must meet the following criteria. Be practicing their Drills, Kata’s and combinations and techiniques on a regular basis Must have submitted your kata or drill complete with the
Weapon Workshop – 23-02-2020
We had a fantastic day today as we attended our first weapons workshop of the year. Rothwell had a great turn out totalling 12 students and instructors learning the history and proper use of traditional Okinawa weaponry. Amongst the weapons Rothwell students and instructors chose to learn about and use correctly were Aido, Jo-staff, Nunchaku
Our Alternative graduations 26/01/2020
Today saw a couple of our students who were unable to grade at Tadcaster last week attend our alternative graduations at Wakefield. Every student on the mats from all the Chuldow acadamies worked extremely hard to earn their new belts. It was great to see so much determination and focus from children so young. The
Graduations 01/2020
We have just had an amaing weekend of graduations held at our headuarters in Tadcaster. All of our students who stepped onto the mats tried their hardest and did thenselves and us proud. All our students gained their new belts and some even passed with comment. Well done to everybody who graduated and well done
