Following the government’s announcement today, Berkshire is now in Tier 3 which means that we can no longer accept anyone over the age of 18 to grade on Sunday in Reading. We ask that any adults who were planning to grade on Sunday contact Sensei Cole directly by 7pm on Friday 18 December so we can make alternative arrangements. We apologise for any inconvenience
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Full December Grading Times
Details of training and grading times.
It’s the same times for all venues.
Arrive between 8.30am and 9.00am to do your paperwork at your chosen grading venue for a lesson 9.00am to 10.30am, Gradings start at 10.30am.
Black Brown Belt course and black belt grading at Reading the 13th December. Please make sure your students have registered for Black Belt grading.
Swindon 19th December.
All grades course and kyu grading at Swindon 19th December.
Reading 20th December.
All grades course and kyu grading at Reading 20th December.
Please check your students Licences are in date. If not try to renew on line before gradings.
Reading you must wear foot protection.
Swindon it is your choice if you want to wear foot protection.
No changing rooms are available at all centres you must arrive in your karate suits
Toilets are available at all centres.
We will be still following the sports centre and government guidelines.
Thank you for your continue support.
SSKA
Swindon Grading 19 December
We are delighted to confirm that our Swindon Grading will take place on Saturday 19 December as planned at Grange Leisure & Community Centre, Grange Drive, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon SN3 4JY
TIMES AND DETAILS OF PROCEDURES TO FOLLOW
Please keep an eye on our website and Facebook page for more information.
Exeter Gradings Cancelled
We are sorry to announce that the December Gradings planned for Exeter have been cancelled. Students may travel to any of our other grading centres if they wish to grade.
Sorry for the inconvenience
December Kyu & Dan Gradings in Reading
We are pleased to announce that the following Gradings will be taking place in Reading as planned.
SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER
Brown & Black Belt Course and Grading Centre (£18.50 per lesson)
Woodford Park Leisure Centre, Haddon Drive, Woodley, Reading RG5 4LY.
Juniors & seniors arrive at 8.30am for a lesson 9.00am – 10.30am. Grading starts at approx. 10.30am. You can pay by BACS or on the day. Please email Sensei Cole to let us know if you plan to attend on sska595@gmail.com
Full details can be viewed on the Grading information Sheet here
SUNDAY 20 DECEMBER
Kyu Gradings (1Oth Kyu to 1st Kyu)
Woodford Park Leisure Centre, Haddon Drive, Woodley, Reading RG5 4LY.
Lesson times to be advised. If you would like to grade please let us know in advance that you would like to attend so that we can plan ahead. Please email sska595@gmail.com with your grading information or contact for details on how to submit your grading form.
Full details can be viewed on the Grading information Sheet here
Please note social distancing measure will remain in place for ALL gradings. Please see grading information sheet for more details.
Swindon and Exeter gradings will be confirmed as soon as we have had confirmation from the venues. Please continue to check the website for the latest information.
Virtual Lessons
Ian Binge, one of our Instructors who runs the Newbury dojo is offering Zoom lessons every weekday during lockdown. The lessons are free to his club members in Newbury but Ian has kindly opened this out to all SSKA members if they want to join. There will be a small one off charge for the month of the lockdown – classes commence from 5th November 2020.
If you are interested then please get in touch with Ian directly by emailing ianbinge@yahoo.co.uk.
Kata Competition Postponed
Following the recent Government announcement that we will be in lockdown from Thursday 5 November it has meant we have had to reschedule our Kata Competition in December.
The competition will now take place on Sunday 10th January 2021.
November/December Gradings UPDATE
Following the recent Government announcement that we will be in lockdown from Thursday 5 November it has meant we have had to reschedule our Pre-Gradings and Grading planned during this period.
We can confirm that ALL pre-gradings are CANCELLED.
Please note our new grading dates are:
Exeter
Exeter grading will now be on Saturday 12th December.
Swindon
Swindon Grading will move to Saturday 19th December
Reading
Reading Grading will move to Sunday 20th December.
Salisbury
There will be NO GRADINGS in Salisbury.
As we don’t know what the restrictions will be like when we come out of lockdown we are assuming we won’t be able to have a lesson on grading day. We ask that all students pay their exam fee and belt only. Should we be able to do a lesson, fees can be paid on the day.
We are in the process of amending the Grading forms and will issue these as soon as possible. Please try and get all your forms returned to Sensei Cole by Friday 4th December or bring you can bring it on grading day providing you email us to let us know you are coming on sska595@gmail.com
KATA COURSE – FULLY BOOKED
Our Kata Course this SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER 2020 at WOODFORD PARK LEISURE CENTRE – READING is FULLY BOOKED.
Due to Covid restrictions we are limited on places. All places have been booked so we cannot accept students paying on the day.
IMPORTANT GRADING INFORMATION
We’ve just had our first gradings since lockdown and it was great to see everyone back training and progressing in their karate. Congratulations to everyone that graded.
We still have a number of students that were due to grade in March but due to lockdown the gradings were cancelled. We would like to try ask those students to get in touch with us about rearranging their gradings. We are offering those that missed gradings to grade at the home dojo’s with one of our grading examiners. Please get in touch by emailing Sensei Whitcher at grading@sska.co.uk
Unfortunately we won’t be able to carry over the gradings in to 2021 so we would like to get students graded as soon as possible.