Can Do Martial Arts®

CDMA Annual Awards

Virginia — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:21:26 +0000

Please congratulate our students who have been selected for awards in their chosen martial art.Each year we as instructors discuss who has shown great promise, a strong attitude to their training, over come adversity or achieved competitive success. It gets harder each year to choose a student as the standard of martial arts practiced increases.

Being chosen for these two awards is a great achievement and I am very proud of everyone, well done!

Class 2011	Most Promising	Excellence
Abingdon Adults JKD	Sam Coxon	Rich Smith
Abingdon Juniors	Frankie Brown	Andre Heycock
Abingdon Kids JKD	Ben White	George Winterbourne
Abingdon Seniors	Catherine Hartley	Brigid Sundaram
All Saints	Corey Bailey	Harry Scrivener
Bicester Kids JKD	Rachel Butler	Marcus Keeyes
Blewbury	Jake McPherson	Joseph Harrow
Brightwell	Daniel O’Hanlon	Benji Davys
Didcot & Wallingford	Cameron Butcher	Jane D’Arcy-Ryan
Drayton	Sam Mitchell	Daniel Harris
Hagbourne	Gaby Ireson	Finlay Ireson
Henley	Ella Wright	Richard Bell
Long Furlong	Toby Webster	Jasper Duffield-Hedges
Steventon	Olivia Harrison	Edward Gregory

CDMA Quarterly Newsletter

Virginia — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:47:37 +0000

Here is a link to our latest newsletter

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Happy reading!

CDMA Junior Championships 2012

Virginia — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:15:32 +0000

As per our Dates for your Diary email last year, our annual CDMA Junior Championships will be held on Sunday 19th February at 10am till 4pm/5pm at the White Horse Leisure & Tennis Centre in Abingdon. cdma-junior-championship-2012-entry-formThis competition is open to all children aged 5 years to 15 years who are orange belts and above. Students from both our Karate and Combined Martial Arts classes can enter. It is a great opportunity as it will be in a relaxed familiar environment and only our students will be entering. Students will be able to gain some valuable competitive experience.

The Competition will cost £5 to enter the individual events (Kumite and Kata) and £10 for the Team Kata event. All profits will be donated to Moorfields Eye Hospital in London for Research into Aniridia. There will be a £1 spectator fee on the day. Other donations will also be very much appreciated. The Events that students can enter are as follows:

Kumite / Stand-up Sparring
Ne Waza / Ground Fighting
Individual Kata
Team Kata (must be a team of 3 to 4 people)

All events are either grade or height based. Please have a look at the attached entry form. We would love as many of our Junior students to enter as possible to create a fantastic atmosphere. Should you wish to enter the competition please complete the form and hand back to your Sensei along with your entry fee no later than Wednesday 15th February.

For Kumite/Stand Up sparring and Ground Fighting events students must have appropriate groin protection (boys only) and Kumite / Stand-up fighting gum-shields must also be worn.

For the Individual Kata event students will be asked to perform a Kyu Kata – it can be any Kata from their current grade and below (if students do not know their current kata they will not be asked to perform it). For the Team Kata events, the team should prepare any 2 Katas ready for the competition.

Sensei Price and the Competition Squad

Virginia — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:15:45 +0000

The competition squad were surprised on Saturday with a special visit from Sensei Price during their training session.

2012 Dates

Virginia — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:46:11 +0000

Please find below dates for your 2012 diaries including all the grading dates:

18th February – JKD / Kids Combined Martial Arts / Kickboxing grading
19th February – CDMA Junior Championships

18th March – Karate Grading

24th June – Karate Grading
30th June - JKD / Kids Combined Martial Arts / Kickboxing grading

23rd – 26th July – Summer Kids Camp

30th September – Karate Grading

27th October - JKD / Kids Combined Martial Arts / Kickboxing grading

3rd November – Save the Children Martial Arts Extravaganza

October - December Newsletter

Virginia — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:31:24 +0000

Here is a link to the latest CDMA Newsletter. Enjoy!

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Karate Half Term Timetable

Virginia — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:55:59 +0000

Here is a link to the Karate October Half Term Timetable 2011

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Karate Competition Team Training Dates

Virginia — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:35:17 +0000

Here are the remaining Team training dates for the competitive year:

October 15^th,
November 5^th, 26^th
December 17^th

2012

January 7^th, 28^th
February 18^th
March 10^th, 31^st
April 21^st
May 12^th,16^th
June 2^nd.

Martial Arts Extravaganza

Virginia — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:19:19 +0000

On Saturday 5th November come and experience a whole range of fantastic martial arts and help us raise money for Save the Children.

All styles and ranges of martial arts will be available to try out suiting children from 2 years to adults of any age

There will be a minimum donation of £5 per person on the day.

Here is a link to the timetable: save-the-children-timetable1

Free CDMA Karate Courses

Virginia — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:28:04 +0000

As a way of thanking our members for their continued training we are putting on a series of 3 courses to see out 2011. These courses are free, and it is my hope that they will allow our students to take their karate in a new way and give them the opportunity to develop their knowledge outside of the syllabus, enriching their learning and motivating them to keep training and exploring. Please see the attached PDF for details on these courses and remember to RSVP by email (virginia@candomartialarts.co.uk) or Facebook to secure your place

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