April 2025 Black Belt Grading Applications

For those of you wanting to take part in the upcoming Black Belt Grading the following dates apply:

Sat 15th Feb: Deadline for Application Form & Grading Fee etc.

You can find our Black Belt Application Form in the Student Zone.

Sat 1st Mar: Theory Test (1st Kup Only)
10:00 – 12:00 @ Emersons Green Village Hall

Please ensure you attend both sessions at Emersons Green from 10am to 12noon (both the Adult Class and the Black Belt Class). Half of you will be training in the first class and completing the test in the 2nd class, the other half will complete the test in the first class and train in the 2nd.

Sat 8th Mar: Dan Pre-Pre-Grading & Star Pre-Grading (N/A to 1st Kup)
11:00 – 12:00 @ Emersons Green Village Hall

Wed 12th Mar: 1st Kup Pre-Pre-Grading (1st Kup Only)
19:00 – 20:00 @ Emersons Green Village Hall

Sun 30th Mar: Black Belt Pre-Grading & Star Grading
@ The Activity Zone, Malmesbury
09:30 – 11:30 – 1st Kup Pre-Grading
11:30 – 12:30 – Junior Black Belt Star Grading
12:30 – 14:00 – Black Belt Dan Pre-Grading

Sat 5th Apr: Black Belt Pre-Grading Training (N/A for Star Graders)
@ Various Venues

Sun 13th Apr: Black Belt Pre-Grading Training (N/A for Star Graders)
@ Hutton Moor Leisure Centre, W-S-M

Fri 25th – Sun 27th Apr: Black Belt Grading (N/A for Star Graders)
@ Hellidon Lakes Hotel, Daventry

Please ensure you have synched your phone’s Calendar with our Google Calendar to keep you up-to-date with any changes to the above events.

If you are at all unsure of which events apply to you then please do not hesitate to clarify with us.

Christmas Dates

Happy December everyone!! We hope you are all looking forward to the festive season. Below is a list of important dates for this month; don’t forget all of these are up on our Events Calendar which can be synched to your phone’s Google Calendar.

All students are welcome at all lessons so please do attend if you can.

End of Year Awards

Student of the Year Awards 2022

At the end of every year we give out Student of the Year Awards for Emersons Green Juniors, Emersons Green Adults (and Black Belts) and Chipping Sodbury. These students are chosen based on their attitude through the year and their demonstration of the 5 Tenets of Tae Kwon-Do.

We will also be giving out our glass service awards for students who have trained with us for 10 Years, 15 Years etc.

Emersons Green End of Year Awards

Saturday 14th December

Chipping Sodbury End of Year Awards

Monday 16th December

Fancy Dress Sessions

Fancy Dress Sessions @ Emersons Green 2021

For our final session of the year we invite you all to come in fancy dress!! Please make sure that whatever you wear you can still do Tae Kwon-Do in it as we will be doing plenty of that with our customary 12 Days of Christmas!

During the session we will also be giving out chocolates/sweets so if you do have any special dietary requirements please let us know beforehand so that we can ensure this is catered for.

Emersons Green Fancy Dress Sessions

Wednesday 18th December

Chipping Sodbury Fancy Dress Session

Thursday 19th December

Fancy Dress Session @ Chipping Sodbury 2021

Christmas Break

Please note that both Clubs will then be shut between Saturday 21st December and Thursday 2nd January.

Our first sessions back will be Saturday 4th January at Emersons Green and Monday 6th January at Chipping Sodbury.

Merry Christmas All!! 🎄

Mr & Mrs Newman