Grading System

Grades and belts are the reflection of the internal testing and ranking of students ability and skill level within a club. They are not necessarily comparable to other clubs i.e. not all black belts are equal. Clubs have differing standards, syllabus’ and approaches i.e. sport karate, traditional karate or practical karate. The pursuit of belts in themselves is meaningless unless you acquire and master the appropriate skills that go with that belt colour.

Our clubs philosophy is that a students progress should be based on their effectiveness in martial skills and not on aesthetics (i.e. their techniques work rather than just look good) and the award of belts isn’t based purely on attendance alone. This goes for the instructors too. We expect all instructors (including ourselves) to be proficient in the skills we teach, to practice those skills regularly and to have the capacity to undertake and excel at all of the training that we expect our students to undertake. We expect to lead by example.

Clive Lange – Senior Instructor

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Grading System

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