Starting - 26th November 2023 Ending - 28th January 2024
At last after Covid we have got around to getting our Grading Syllabus going again! Making sure it's again instilled into our club, like the good old days!!
Our brand new Grading Syllabus is also being used, using a much more holistic approach developed by Kru Leigh & Kru Steve. Where rather than the Gradings all being done on one day... Students will be marked over a period of time. Where they will be assessed on their; Pad Work, Pad Holding, Combinations, Cardio, Clinch, Sparring and Theory to pass each grade.
Just returned from Chao Phraya Lincoln after attending the Khrob Kru (teacherr) ceremony for Steven Johns. Since our humble beginnings 13 years ago Chao Phraya has only previously awarded 3 Kru grades: Kru Leigh Edlin, Kru James Khan & Kru Samir Hidalgo. The grade is not given away and has to be earned through many years of dedication, loyalty and hard work. So it was a great honour for me to watch the first person who I graded as Kru Leigh Edlin, to be giving his first Kru grading to his student. This is a very personal and significant ceremony between Kru (teacher) and Nak Rian (student). Congratulations Kru Steven Johns you are now a part of Chao Phraya Muay Thai’s heritage.
Pictured: Kru Leigh Edlin, Kru Steven Johns & Senior Kru Shaun Boland