Club Notices
The Instructors and all members of the BWCSK team would like to wish all our students, friends and their friends and family
Club Notices
Hello,
We are saddened to have to announce the closure of our recently revived Wednesday night class. Unfortunately whilst pre-opening a lot of requests were made to resume a Wednesday class unfortunately due to the time and changes in people’s circumstances we simply have not been getting enough people attending to even come near to covering the rent for the hall. For our dedicated small core of attendees we hope you enjoyed the class and are sorry that we can’t continue but we would like to thank you for your support.
We hope to re-establish the option of training in Longbridge or the immediate area twice a week again in the future and plan to revisit the idea again at a future date but in the meantime training continues at Weoley Castle Mondays and Thursdays and Longbridge on Saturdays.
The BWCSK Team
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Wednesday Night Training Returns! Since train for all groups resumed in May we have been quietly behind the scenes trying to secure our venue for Wednesday classes. Unfortunately we have been unable to secure our original Wednesday venue after months of trying to get a date we could return and rather than delay indefinitely until they are planning to reopen for classes we are pleased to announce that Wednesday night training will be returning starting Wednesday 8th September 2021 at our Bournville College dojo, just a short walk or drive down the road from the previous location. There is however one major change to the format of this class, this will be an adults only class. Unfortunately due to the late hour of this class it is not possible to accommodate a children’s class.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause as we know a number of our young students used to train on Wednesday nights. If you previously trained on Wednesdays and have been waiting for it to restart please contact us and we’ll see if we can do anything to accommodate you (we know some of our older teenagers used to train exclusively on adult classes for example).
𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀:
7.30pm to 9.00pm every Wednesday.
𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 (𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀):
Bournville College,
Sports Hall,
1 Longbridge Lane,
Longbridge,
B31 2TW.
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As the main summer holiday period approaches and lots of students are planning to, or have already started their holidays we will also take a short break and the club will be closed for two weeks with the final lesson before the break being on Saturday 14th August 2021 in the Bournville College Sports Hall, Longbridge and we will reopen for training on Thursday 2nd September 2021 at Weoley Castle Community Church.
We hope you all enjoy your break and come back refreshed and raring to go in September for the run up to the gradings.
The BWCSK Team.
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We are pleased to announce that in line with the easing of coronavirus restrictions taking place on the 17th May 2021 we will be re-opening our dojos for adult training. Coronavirus (Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2) safety restrictions are still in force so training will continue to be socially distanced and non-contact with temperature checks and other safety measures continuing as was the case before Christmas and has been taking place over the last month with children’s classes.
We are still waiting to hear from our Longbridge Methodist Church venue as to when we will be able to resume Wednesday night training there and will provide an update when one becomes available. The latest update we have received indicates that we are unlikely to be able to return before the next planned easing of restrictions on the government roadmap currently planned for the 21st June 2021.
As everyone can now train in the dojo, we will no longer be continuing with our free online zoom lessons but we thank all those who have participated and hope they provided a useful means to continue training during this period away from the dojo.
To reflect the limitations on training we will continue to charge the reduced flat fee of £5 per session for dojo classes.
New members are welcome, please contact Sensei Susan Hession if you are interested in joining as always the first two classes are a free trial before joining.
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Hello folks,
We are pleased to announce that in line with the current government roadmap for easing covid-19 restrictions we will re-opening our dojos for junior (under 18) members to train this month. Coronavirus (Covid-19 / SARS-CoV-2) safety restrictions are still in force so training will continue to be socially distanced and non-contact with temperature checks and other safety measures continuing as was the case before Christmas.
Classes will resume from Saturday 17th April 2021 at the following times and locations:
We are still waiting to hear from our Longbridge Methodist Church venue as to when we will be able to resume Wednesday night training there and will provide an update when one becomes available.
Existing students can book their place on these classes using the online booking form. Free online Zoom classes will continue for Adults whilst they are not permitted to train in the dojo but will not resume for Juniors after the Easter break. To reflect the limitations on training we will continue to charge the reduced flat fee of £5 per session for dojo classes.
New members are welcome, please contact Sensei Susan Hession if you are interested in joining as always the first two classes are a free trial before joining.
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Hello folks,
Firstly, we hope you all had a Merry Christmas and we would like to wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Unfortunately during our Christmas break with an surge in SARS-CoV-2 (covid-19) infections and hospitalisations Birmingham has been moved into Tier 4 restrictions. What this means in practice is that we currently can not run any sessions within our various dojos which have to remain closed for all students (including under18s) whilst we remain in this tier.
Therefore we plan to reopen with online Zoom sessions as we previously ran during the first national lock down and have been running for adults since Birmingham initially went into Tier 3 last November. We will be running classes twice a week starting from the week beginning Monday 11th January 2021, consisting of a juniors (under 18s class) and an seniors (adults) class. Each class will be scheduled to last an hour. These will be run as before via our members only Facebook group and we request all students planning to train indicate if they will be attending the training sessions by selecting “going” on the relevant Facebook event for that session. If planned attendance for a given class is considered low (i.e. 1 or 2 planned attendees) then the class may be cancelled at the discretion of the instructor taking the class on the day. Initially juniors classes will be run by Sensei Susan Hession and Jacob McBride with Senior classes being run by Sensei Richard Amuzu. Although we may ask other instructors to step in if required.
These Zoom classes will be run for free at no charge to students who wish to attend and as previously mentioned above details relating to these posted in our private members group on Facebook. If you are an existing student who wishes to train online and doesn’t have access to the private club members group please contact Sensei Hession or Sensei Amuzu to obtain access. If you do not use Facebook (and cannot create an account in order to access the private members area) but still wish to participate in the Zoom classes please contact Sensei Richard Amuzu and we will see if we can make alternative arrangements to allow you get get the Zoom meeting details.
Thanks for your support and understanding.
The BWCSK Team.
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Following on from the government’s announcements on Thursday and guidance issued by NAKMAS, our governing body, we can now announce are plans to reopen once the second national lock down due to the Covid-19 pandemic finishes on the 2nd December 2020. Unfortunately Birmingham will be moving into Tier 3 which will affect the classes we can run in the dojo.
Changes in the restrictions that apply to each tier mean that classes in our dojos can only take place for juniors, under 18s or single households. Therefore from the 5th December 2020 we will be restarting scheduled junior classes on Mondays at Weoley Castle Community Church and Saturdays at Bournville College. Please contact Sensei Hession for bookings on the remaining classes before Christmas and we plan to return to online bookings from January 2021.
In order to allow our adult students to continue their training we will be reintroducing online Zoom based classes run in the same manner as the previous lock down. Any adult club members who wish to take part in these who do not already have access to our Facebook private members only area please contact us ASAP so we can arrange access to the BWCSK private members area on Facebook and so you can gain access to the details for the classes. If you do not use Facebook (and do not wish to create an account in order to access the private members area) but still wish to participate in the Zoom classes please get in touch and we will see if we can make alternative arrangements
The Zoom classes will run Mondays and Wednesdays starting 7pm and scheduled to run until 8pm. Whilst we did not charge for these during the first lock down whilst running multiple classes a day, several days of the week, we have decided to charge a nominal fee this time around to help cover the ongoing costs. The first Zoom class will be on Monday 30th November 2020.
Whilst this isn’t what we had all hoped for we will continue to train in the dojo where possible and online where not. We will review these arrangements and adapt as the situation changes over the coming weeks and months. In the meantime we look forward to seeing our younger students back in the dojo from Saturday 5th December and our slightly older ones online from Monday 30th December.
Thanks for your support, we really do appreciate it.
Richard Sensei.
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Hello folks,
On Saturday the Prime Minister announced a national lockdown starting on Thursday 5th November 2020 and planned to run until the 2nd December 2020. Unfortunately this means we are yet again going to have to close our dojo doors for the duration of the lockdown. The health of our students and instructors is of paramount importance and these circumstances are out of our control.
This now means that the last session in November for Adults will be on Monday 2nd November and for Children on Tuesday 3rd November. All pre-booked classes that were scheduled to run during the lockdown period are regrettably now cancelled.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience this causes, we were all hoping this situation wouldn’t arise again but alas this is where we are.
Thanks for your understanding,
The BWCSK Team
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BWCSK are pleased to announce the opening of a new location for training on Saturdays. Unfortunately since the national Covid-19 lockdown in March we have been unable to run our usual Saturday classes due to circumstances beyond our control and that venue has been unable to reopen as soon as we had hoped it would. Fortunately we have now been able to find a new location in the same area for our students which we hope will be equally as convenient to those who used to train at the previous venue. We would like to introduce the Bournville College dojo, this is located at Bournville College, 1 Longbridge Lane, Longbridge, B31 2AJ with training taking place at 1pm on Saturdays’ in the Sports Hall.
We are still subject to Covid restrictions and so can currently only accommodate up to fifteen (15) juniors on a class and five (5) adults on a separate parallel class which will take place at the same time. The juniors (under 18s) class is now available for booking via the usual booking form but the adult seniors (over 18s) class is not available for bookings and is invitation only at present to ensure that all seniors can get a chance to train on one of these when available. We may review the possibility of bookings for the adult class in the future.
Below is a picture from our first class at the new venue.
