Shin Gi Tai Martial Arts Academy in Basingstoke held a grading on 20th December to assess whether students had advanced enough to be promoted to their next level. All of the students were successful in passing their grading and demonstrated a high level of skill and commitment. The grading was split into two sections, with the lower grades attending the first session and the higher grades and adults attending the second. Both sessions included a one hour class prior to the grading for students to have a final practice. In the case of Katherine White who was attempting her Black Belt, her grading started with her having to teach a class under the watchful eyes of the senior examiners.
A number of students showed some significant improvements which resulted in them being awarded a double grade. These students are training several times per week and their hard work and effort is clearly paying off. All students had to demonstrate their fundamental techniques, sparring and forms. In order to be successful in their grading, they had to pass all three sections of the exam. The higher grades were extensively tested on both their technical ability and also their fighting spirit by having to do multiple rounds on the freestanding kickbags and the grappling dummies to see what they could produce under very tiring conditions. They then had multiple fights against one another.
We are now starting to see a number of students both adult and children start to reach senior Kyu grade ranks. This bodes well for the future and next year in particular if students keep up their commitment to training and their work ethic, will see several people attempting their Shodan (Black Belt) grading during the course of the next year.
Within Shin Gi Tai as one progresses the challenge to pass one’s grading rises, both mentally and physically with students testing being personalised to ensure that they are competent in those areas of Karate, that they may feel are not their strongest, but nonetheless it is important that they are able to perform well. But as this grading shows, the students continue to excel and their standards rise. So once again, well done again to everyone who passed their gradings, keep up the hard work and the rewards do come, you’ve proven this.
The following grades were awarded
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Shodan – Black Belt
Katherine White |
6th Kyu Amy Davies – Highly Commended Jake Hannigan – Double Grade Rebecca Halil – Commended Morgan Kitto – Pass + Jess McBratney – Pass + Lauren Paddock – Double Grade Ian Parkyn – Pass + Zane Sewell – Double Grade Mason Woods – Double Grade
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1st Kyu
William Andrews – Commended Adrian Hughes – Commended Jess Muller – Commended Tash Porter – Commended Emma Baldry – Commended
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7th Kyu
Maya Bullen – Triple Grade Steve Butcher – Double Grade Luke Davies – Pass + Karen Jones – Double Grade Leyna Jones – Pass + Cara Pick – Pass + Skye Pick – Pass + Ester Rivett – Commended Nathan Rivett – Commended Wayne Roberts – Double Grade |
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2nd Kyu
Edward van Meerkerk – Commended Sam Perrin – Commended |
8th Kyu William Anderson – Pass + Edward Andrews – Pass Zak Bawa – Pass + Jacob Bawa – Pass + David Bourne – Pass + Chris Cooper – Triple Grade Harry Monger – Pass + Nathan Muller – Pass Barry Porton – Pass + Pranav Vanam – Pass Lukasz Wardega – Double Grade Olivia Woods – Commended |
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3rd Kyu Oliver Andrews – Pass Beth Taylor – Pass |
9th Kyu Keiron Bradley – Pass + Daniel Budd – Commended Jacob Clay – Pass Harry Cook – Pass + Emma Cronk – Commended Lewis Halil – Pass Russell Harding – Commended Ryan Lock – Pass + Abigail Noakes – Double Grade Sophie Pogmore – Double Grade Oliver Rickard – Double Grade Marcus Robertson – Double Grade Jamie Cassell – Pass + |
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4th Kyu
Isabel Bailey – Commended Georgina Butcher – Commended Gillian Butcher – Pass + Harry Cronk – Pass + Eve Messenger – Pass +
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9th Mon Max Barbour – Pass Oliver Buckley – Pass Keiron Christie – Commended Flynn Christie – Pass + Charlie Davenport – Pass + Sophie Dingley – Pass + Charlie Dyson – Pass + Reiss Halil – Pass Jett Harley – Commended Claudia Jones – Commended Lucas Kirby – Pass Hayleigh Pogmore – Pass + Lucy Pogmore – Pass Ben Rickard – Commended Alice Willoughby – Pass |
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5th Kyu
Ann Bailey – Commended Madeline Bailey – Commended Samantha Butcher – Commended Emelye Walker – Pass + |
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