All Saints Church, Swalecliffe, Whitstable
Due to the elections there will be no class on Thursday, 7th May as the hall is being used for voting.
Please feel free to attend an alternative class to make up for any class that you may have missed.
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Grand-Master Murphy visit – Sunday, 10th May
Sunday, 10th May 2015
Simon Langton Boys School (gym)
We are very proud and excited to announce that Grand-Master Frank Murphy will be visiting our Canterbury School to teach some classes.
GM Murphy is Master Fiddes’ Instructor and one of the UK’s original pioneers of Taekwondo.
This is an exceptionally rare and unique opportunity and one not to be missed. You will all learn so much from one of the world’s best!
The classes are open to all students and they will replace the normal classes in Chilham & Canterbury (evening):
Mighty Matts – 10am
Juniors – 11am
Adults – 12pm
Seminar with Bill “Superfoot” Wallace
Sunday, 17th May 2015 – Swindon (new venue!)
Bill “Superfoot” Wallace
This is your chance to learn from and watch one of the most successful competition and exhibition Martial Artists and charismatic Instructors in the world.
We have pre-booked 12 spaces for MF Kent students and this event will fill fast.
Simply contact me to book your place: kent@mattfiddes.com
Master Finch
End of line clothing sale
From April onwards we will no longer be in a position to supply our usual MF Kent branded line of clothing. Instead, you will be able to order your t-shirts and hoodies etc from the MF Premier range – details of how to do this will be released soon.
Many of you have already purchased this range of t-shirt or you may have seen them in class.
We have a small stock of MF Kent clothing to sell – first come first serve I am afraid. If the item size is not on the list I am afraid we will not be able to supply your desired size. The normal RRP is in brackets so you can see how much you are saving.
Please e-mail me on kent@mattfiddes.com to place an order.
(Amount in stock x item – sale price (RRP)
White cotton t-shirt: – £5 (£10)
- 1 x 12/14yrs
- 6 x large
- 1 x X-Large
White Sports T-shirt: – £5 (£15)
- 1 x X-Large
- 1 x XXX-Large
Black / Red Sports T-Shirt: – £5 (£15)
- 2 x 11/12yrs
- 1 x 11/13yrs
White base layer: – £10 (£15)
- 1 x small youth
Black base layer: – £10 (£15)
- 1 x XXX-Large
- 2 x Small youth
- 2 x Medium youth
1 x Large Beach Towel – £15 (£25)
3 x Hand Towels – £10 (£20)
2015 Regional Championships – Swindon – UPDATE
Regional Championships
16th May 2015
Oasis Leisure Centre, Swindon
PLEASE NOTE – THIS CHAMPIONSHIPS HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 16th May 2015.
The application form for the 2015 Regional Championships in Swindon is now available to download from the student login section of our website.
NEW CATEGORIES!
You will notice a few exciting changes to the categories for this year and these include:
- Hand-Drill category only (best technique has been removed)
- Speciality “Extreme Kicking Combo” category
- More Sparring categories
- More Hand-Drill categories
- More Kick-Boxing categories
For your diary:
NEW for 2015 is the South-East Championships to be held on 20th June 2015 at the K2 Leisure Centre, Crawley .
Students are welcome to compete in either or both of these tournaments.
Kent Panel Grading Success
Saturday, 1st March saw a small and dedicated group of students take part in the first Grading of 2015 for MF Kent.
After months of planing, preparation and extremely hard work we are delighted to announce the promotion of the following students:
Red-Stripe to Red Belt:
- Nick Chivers
- Amy Chivers
- Danny Cseh
- Kiren Santhosh
- Milen Santhosh
- Theo Song-Smith
- Ruben Palmer
- Harry Milton
Red to Deputy Black Belt:
- Lauren Russell
- Harry Richardson
- Thomas Harrison
Congratulations to you all for such a high quality Panel Grading and for commuting to your goals. Everyone here at MF Kent are extremely proud of you all.
NEW 6th Form MF Martial Arts Academy
We are delighted to formally announce the upcoming launch of the new MF Martial Arts Academy in partnership with The Canterbury Academy school.
This is an utterly unique partnership between MF Kent and a local school, providing a mixture of first class education with a ground breaking Martial Arts programme.
This Academy is part of a wider range of Academy options that the school offer and is new for 2015. 6th form students who are part of the Martial Arts Academy will have 2hrs of training every day of their academic life. This will involve a wide variety of areas including:
- Martial Arts training (multi discipline)
- Physical training (use of gym facility and sports science methods)
- Leadership development
This programme is open to any student who currently studies a Martial Art (whatever the discipline) or students who would like to start.
We are enrolling now for September 2015 so if you have not decided on your 6th Form option or know somebody considering their options do get in touch: kent@mattfiddes.com
2015 Grading Forms & Fees
We are fast approaching the first of our Gradings for 2015 and it is fantastic to see you all working so hard towards your next goal.
Along with the new style Application Forms there is a new price structure for all Gradings. After 18yrs maintaining the same price structure Head Office have now reviewed these for all levels & schools.
In the student login section of the website you will be able to download:
- 2015 EXAMPLE Grading Application Form (White – Blue Belt) – please ignore date, it is for price information only
- March 2015 Red Stripe & above Application Form
Junior Instructor Training dates
For all of our Junior Instructors here are the training dates for 2015:
- 8th March – Chilham
- 12th April – Maidstone
- 26th April – Chilham
- 24th May – Maidstone
- 21st June – Chilham
- 26th July – Maidstone
- (no class in August)
- 20th September – Chilham
- 25th October- Maidstone
- 29th November – Chilham
- (no class in December)
CHILHAM CLASSES – 10:15 – 11:45am
MAIDSTONE CLASSES – 12:15 – 1:45pm
I very much look forward to working with you all this year!
Master Finch
2015 Diary – Gradings & Championships
The 2015 diaries are now available to download from the student login section of our website
- 2015 Grading Diary
- 2015 Championship Diary
As you can see, we have a busy and exciting year ahead and I am very much looking forward to working with you all on your various goals.
You will notice a couple of small changes:
- Two of our Colour-Belt Gradings will be held in Maidstone and not Canterbury
- We have an additional Championship date which is ar closer to home. Nearer the time we will also speak to you all about the NEW categories that we have introduced to make these days more exciting & competitive for everyone.
Exciting times ahead
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