In these pages you will find the information that is important to you as a member of our group.

Please check the notice board regularly, but most importantly, please read the policy documents of our club regarding Health and Safety, Rules and Etiquette.

As a parent of one of our younger students, please be aware that we MUST be able to contact you in an emergency. We would prefer that you stayed to watch your children in the class, but realise that it is not always possible. If you leave your children in our care, please make sure the instructor knows how  to contact you.

Assessment

Assessment of the student’s progress and planning for their future learning is a continuous process from the day that they start martial arts, it is hoped that they will continue to make the progress of which they are all capable. It is important that students are given activities which are challenging for them and the school’s coaches and instructors will make regular assessments as to the student’s progress so that they can be suitably challenged and supported as appropriate.

It is important that the student makes their best progress – this may be at a faster or slower pace compared to other students in the class, whatever the rate of the student’s progress it will be equally valued. It is important that the student comes to the school in a happy positive frame of mind so they will enjoy their time at ZKS MartialArts. I would rather have a student that is happy to attend and enjoy the lesson with other like-minded students than one that is forced to attend and may disrupt others.

Discipline

Students who have good skills achieve a great deal more in life. Therefore our martial arts school promotes the idea that students should be encouraged to learn to make they’re own decisions and whatever their age in learning how to relate to each other in a mature manner. The rules of the dojo reflect this

A few other basic rules that are to be applied:

We call others by their preferred name

We treat others, as we would expect to be treated

We will not BULLY others

It is important that students at this school work together to ensure that the students come to the school with a positive attitude to learn and to socialise and make friends with the other students. The discipline procedure is that students will be warned of their behaviour twice, and then will be excluded from that particular exercise until the instructor or coach sees fit to let them rejoin. If this continues to happen the student will be asked to leave after he/she has had their conduct explained to them and why they have been excluded and given an opportunity to make amends.