What's New @ Kinetic Martial Arts (Australia)

A Happy New Year to all and welcome to 2012 and back to training !

Today sees us return to the mats for training from the Xmas and New Years break and no doubt keen to burn off all the food and beer we consumed during this festive season.

This year is expected to be even bigger and better than 2011, with a lot happening at the dojang and with its students.

The calendar is marked full of events from our usual kids & adults grading, to the NAS Tournaments, our annual Blood Donation, Cronulla Spring Fair to name but a few events.

No doubt one of the highlight events this year will be Sir Matt going for his 2nd Degree Black Belt end of April. Don’t miss this one guys !

See you all on the mats !

Our next grading is almost upon us.  Adults will be put through their paces and asked to demonstrate their craft of Hapkido in what will be the last adults grading for 2011.

Adults will need to be sure of their ability and readiness to grade , able to survive the warm up and of course able to perform with the utmost precision possible with focus and determination.

This grading like all others before, should be fantastic. We encourage all friends, family, and partners to come and show your support on the day.

Those that plan on grading next month will need to be sure you satisfy the following requirements to be eligible to attend the grading:

• Completion of signature sheet
• Completion of class attendance sheet
• Submission of grading fee $50 adults

Grading Timetable:

Adults Sat 26th November 12:15pm – 2:00pm

This entry was supposed to be released way earlier, but since I was and still am extremely busy AND with such a huge number of students grading I’m sure everyone knew when it starts and what it takes to take part in it etc.

Now for all who missed it (I don’t believe anyone did the Dojang was packed to the rafters, both with students grading, students helping out and visitors observing
Arrival 12noon sharp, cleaning started earlier though.
Warm-up was supposed to start on 12.30pm but no Sir’s or other senior belts were in sight.

The actual grading Read more

Attention Grappler’s and everyone above Blue belt and/or if you think your ground work needs improvement!

Sir Evan, Absolute Fighting Arts school owner, is coming to Cronulla on 24-May and will show us some great warm-ups and runs us through some BJJ drills before we all get cracking on freestyle grappling to finish off.

If you’re keen to attend let either Sir know or talk to Mark at the front desk for any queries.

NAS Competitors incl. Support Crew

The last NAS competition was very well received, we had great fun with lots of new experience gained by many of our Hapkido kids.

For the next NAS tournament (1-May 2011) Kinetic Martial Arts will be putting in a team to represent Hapkido and our club. If you’d like to have a go then let either Sir or Mark know and we’ll make sure you’re registered for the events.