First off, I’d like to say well done to everyone who competed at the MMA Fest and thanks to all of those who came to support. I hope you all agree that it was a great day! It’s always nice to see our students showcase their progress and pressure test it. There were some very impressive performances!

Also, big congrats to all of the Juniors that passed their MMA grading first time and a big good luck to all of those grading/re-testing on Saturday. It’s so great to see the progress that all of our juniors are making!

The busy summer at Kraken still isn’t over! We have had the Holiday Club for kids underway for a few days now and we’ve had some amazing feedback! It’s not too late to book your kid in now, even if it’s just for the odd day! It’s open to newbies too.

We have Grapplefest coming up again on 11th September followed by a big squad feast! Again, we’re expecting another great day.

Coaching Team

The biggest change that we have at Kraken is to the coaching team. If you haven’t heard already, unfortunately Sim will no longer be coaching at Kraken as he is changing career. We hope that we’ll see him on the mats! On the plus side, we have strengthened up our team with four new coaches!

We’re super pleased to announce that we have Anthony Mead coming onboard to take our Monday BJJ class (now 7pm). Anthony was training at Kraken a few years ago and has since been awarded his black belt!

Dan Lester has joined our team to help us with our junior classes. Dan brings with him a wealth of experience and has been training for years with some of the highest level fighters in the UK.

We have another top class striker in Keean Collins joining us. I’m sure that he needs no introduction to a lot of you but Keean has a great Muay Thai background and has competed in MMA also.

Last but not least is Olly Slimane. Again, a lot of you that train will already know him. He’s the frustratingly strong lad with a smile ear-to-ear, who has taken to martial arts like a duck to water!

Please give their biographies a read on our website for some more info on them. We’re super proud of our coaching team here at Kraken, in both quality and depth!

Misc.

Just a few things to mention on a side note:

• Please make sure you keep booking in on GymSync and swiping in with your key-fob each and every time. Kids that have been warned multiple times will not be able to train without doing so.
• If you aren’t already, then please make sure that you are familiar with our Etiquette Policy. Parents, you too please.
• We have a new better coffee machine. Try it! 😋
• Health Smoothies coming soon!