Now in its wind-down stages, 2015 has been another big year for everyone, with many of our young martial artists continuing their training from previous years and really showing significant progress as a result of the longer-term commitment.

The Dragon grades (Silver Dragons 5-7 years, and Golden Dragons 8-10 years) have had an absolute blast this year, and as a result we have seen tremendous improvement all round.  We are very proud of their growing self-discipline and confidence, in addition (of course!) to advancing self-defence skills.

This year has also seen the introduction of classes, with a more ‘mature’ focus, for Years 5 and 6.  We will be continuing this offering in 2016, with the boys very keen to continue, and they look forward to others joining in the fun.

Our aim is to make sure our students learn true self-defence skills, to grow independent, confident young people.  As an extension of this, we are very keen to hear if any Year 5 and/or Year 6 boys would be interested in joining our Leadership Program in 2016.  Participants are coached in these skills while assisting the instructor in a Dragon grade class, to develop important life skills such as public speaking, mentoring and coaching, in addition to growing their own martial arts skills.  Further information is on our website.

Final gradings are taking place this week and next so we will update the full list when it becomes available.  Following is the interim list of boys moving to their next level:

Silver Dragons

L2 – Red Belt 1 Stripe

Thomas Liddell

Golden Dragons

L2 – Red Belt 1 Stripe

Oliver Barrington-Higgs

L5 – Gold Belt

Nicklas Koehler

Y5 & 6

L1 Red Belt

Anton Lising

Jack Middleton

L2 Red Belt Stripe

Parsa Yazdani

Thank you to the wonderful office staff, Mrs Ellam and Mrs Druce, for their amazing and wonderful assistance in helping us to provide a great experience for the boys in 2015.

May you all be safe over the holidays and our wish is for you to be fully-recharged ready for 2016.

Bufu ikkan.

Sincerely

Marice Knapman

Principal

Evolution Jujutsu @ Fushicho Martial Arts

Mob:   0416 13 13 25

Web:   fushicho.com.au