Belt & Certificate Presentations

Posted on: September 29th, 2014 by David Finch

Congratulations once again to you all for yet another hugely successful Grading Day on Sunday.  Mrs Fear was so impressed with you all and you can be very proud of all of your hard work and dedication.  Well done from myself and the entire MF Kent Team.

NEW Certificates 

We now have some new, very special certificates to present with your well deserved belts.  These take a little bit longer to prepare but are well worth the wait.

New belts & certificates will be presented in class from Friday, 3rd October onwards.

To help celebrate all of your wonderful achievements do bring along your families and friends to support you and perhaps even to join in your class so that you can show them your skills and how much fun you have.

 

Ladies Only classes coming soon

Posted on: September 25th, 2014 by David Finch

We are very excited to add a new brand of classes to our MF Kent Schools; Ladies Only. 

These classes will be starting in the following venues:

Hersden Community Hall, Hersden – Fridays, 11:00am – 12:00pm (starting 3rd Octber)

Simon Langton Boys School, Canterbury – Mondays, 7:30pm – 8:30pm (starting 6th October)

These brand new classes will follow provide a fun, relaxed class for ladies to train in whilst learning all the exciting Martial Arts skills that we teach.

Membership:

These classes are open to all ladies so bring along your friends and family members and give it a go!

If you are currently a member and paying for unlimited classes per week (2 or more class a week) then this class is completely FREE!  If you would like to add this class option to your current membership simply speak to your Instructor and we can do this for you very easily.

Book your place:

Simply e-mail kent@mattfiddes.com to reserve your place – you might even surprise yourself!

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NEW “White to Black” Training DVD

Posted on: September 25th, 2014 by David Finch

The new “White to Black” training DVD is now available to order from your Instructor.

This is the most complete training guide for you and your family to use outside of your normal Martial Arts class and the perfect to to brush up on your techniques and drills.

The DVD is available to purchase from 3rd October 2014 – RRP £24.99

Pre-order yours now for just £20*

* Orders must be placed and paid for in full prior to 3rd October 2014

* Not in conjunction with any other offer

 

White to Black Training DVD

White to Black Training DVD

 

Continuing with the community

Posted on: September 17th, 2014 by David Finch

We are delighted to have been asked, yet again, to provide Martial Arts tuition to the children of Parkside Community Primary School, Canterbury .  These fun classes will continue throughout the 2014-2015 academic year and have been funded by the Canterbury Sports Premium.

Our fist class for this year starts on Wednesday, 24th September and we are very much looking forward to working with such a forward thinking and community based school with some wonderful children.

 

Seminar with Grandmaster Frank Murphy

Posted on: September 10th, 2014 by David Finch

GRANDMASTER MURPHY SEMINAR – Sunday, 21st September 2014

Grandmaster Frank Murphy is one of the true pioneers of Martial Arts in the UK. This unique training day has been put together to bring you the best teaching there is.

I strongly recommend attending this event, whether you are just starting your Black Belt journey, have been training for years or just curious. For those of you preparing for your next belt this will be an invaluable experience.

  • 9:30 – 1:00pm – Instructors & Assistant Instructors
  • 2:00 – 4:00pm – all students from 8yrs & above

St Joseph’s Catholic College

Ocotal Way

Swindon, SN3 3LR

Cost: FREE

E-mail me to book your place – they will be going fast! Details are on the poster.  kent@mattfiddes.com

GMFM poster

 

2014 British Championship Application Forms

Posted on: September 3rd, 2014 by David Finch

2014 British Championships

Saturday, 8th November 2014

Loddon Valley Leisure Centre, Reading

The application form for the 2014 British Championships is now available to download from the student login section of our website.

Filename: 2014 British Championships

MF Kent part of Junior Sport Development Camp: “Making Winners”

Posted on: September 2nd, 2014 by David Finch

The Canterbury Academy is running a pilot project looking at developing talent within sport. The aim of the project is to provide an experience for talented children that will get them thinking, working hard on sports related skills and most importantly having fun in an inspiring environment. The programme is designed to develop the sporting potential of a selected number of young children in the local area. The target age range is for Year 5 pupils (9/10 year olds) and we have selected a group of 28 children to make up the first intake.

The aim is to give these talented 10 year olds an experience that will provide them with some core physical and mental skills that will help them succeed in sport and other walks of life whilst maintaining the fun element that is so important for all of us involved in sport. A key part of the programme will be looking at what it takes to be a winner in sport and to ensure that the children know how to win and lose with dignity. In this day and age of high stakes in sport, some of the traditional values associated with sportsmanship and fair play have become blurred and we will work very hard to have this as a key foundation to the programme.

MF Kent has been selected to provide Martial Arts tuition for the duration of the course to teach the children not only the key physical skills that can be of benefit in all physical activities (balance, flexibility, agility etc) but also the vital mental skills such as self-control, determination, focus & much more.

The Canterbury Academy works with a number of sports clubs, coaches and national governing bodies and this pilot project will aim to bring a whole host of partners together to help inspire some of Canterbury’s future sporting stars.

Martial Arts PE at Chislet Primary School

Posted on: September 2nd, 2014 by David Finch

This academic year we are really excited to be teaching 3 blocks of Martial Arts PE lessons at Chislet Primary School.

Over the next 3 terms we will be taking every child through a course of fun-filled Martial Arts whilst teaching them the benefits of healthy living and valuable Life-Skills.

We would like to thank both the school and the wonderful PTA who have worked together to fund this project.

An exciting year ahead!

Leadership / Weapons classes

Posted on: August 26th, 2014 by David Finch

Take your Martial Arts training to another level

If you are interested in taking your Martial Arts learning to another stage and wondering how you could possibly do that then our Leadership / Weapons classes are just the thing.

In these extra classes we spend time training:

  • Escrima Stick
  • Bo-Staff
  • Bokken
  • Tonfa
  • Nunchuka
  • Board Breaking
  • & more!

We run these classes as follows:

Simon Langton Boys School, Canterbury – Sunday, 6:15pm

Staplehurst Primary School, Staplehurst – Thursday, 7:00pm (6:00pm in the holidays)

For more information speak to your instructor – you just need to be over 7yrs of age and eager to learn.

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“Families that kick together…..”

Posted on: August 26th, 2014 by David Finch

“A family that kicks together stays together”

There is no better way to train that with friends and loved ones and we are so proud that a large portion of our members are families.  We even have 3 & 4 generations of the same family in our classes.

As a family you get that valuable time together, working with each other, helping each other to achieve goals, getting fitter together and, above all, having lots of fun together.

If you know someone in your family who has shown an interest but perhaps a little nervous or says lots of positive things but does nothing about it then this is just for them.

Speak to you instructor to get started straight away.

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