Oaks News

Mr Hadlow graded to Master

Mr Hadlow was graded to Master on 4 May 2025 by Grand Master Gordon Wallace and Grand Master Tom Denis

Grading - April 2025

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the April grading.

Black Belt Grading - March 2025

Congratulations to all who attended another successful Black Belt grading.

Everyone put in a good performance. Onwards and upwards!

Grading - February 2025

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the February grading.

BIG BASH 2025

Another fabulous day. Thank you to everyone who took part for making Big Bash 25 a memorable occasion. Congratulations to all the medal winners and well done to all who competed.

Huge thanks to our referees, officials and helpers, without who it would not be possible to run.

Looking forward to next year!

Grading - November 2024

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the November grading.

Black Belt Grading - October 2024

Congratulations to all who attended another successful Black Belt grading.

We were honoured to have 8th Degree Master Pitman on our panel. Many thanks to her for her knowledge and insight.

Grading - September 2024

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the September grading.

Grading - June 2024

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the June grading. Apologies for not getting a picture of the higher belts.

Grading - April 2024

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the April grading.

Kobe heads to the European Championships

Kobe Pang has been selected for the ITF England national squad and is off to Poland to compete this week in the ITF European Championships. He is sparring in the Pre-Junior section and will be up against some stiff competition.

His fight will be on Friday 19 April. You can watch on YouTube - https://youtube.com/live/EU36WWu7fVk?feature=share

Everyone in Oaks wishes Kobe good luck!

Black Belt Grading - March 2024

Congratulations to our newest Black Belts!

LTSI Open - March 2024

A big turn out from Oaks at this years LTSI Open competition. Fantastic results all round.

Oaks came 4th in the medal table.

Grading - March 2024

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the March grading.

Army squad for Noah

Well done to Noah who has recently been selected for the Army Martial Arts squad, picking up Bronze in Patterns & Sparring and Silver in Power.

ITFE National Competition - Newcastle 2024

Congratulations to Kobe and Lizzie who both travelled to Newcastle to compete in the ITFE National competition.

Kobe won Gold in Sparring as well as Silver in Patterns and Special Technique.

Lizzie won Silver in Patterns

Fantastic results!!

Grading - February 2024

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the first grading of 2024.

Big Bash 2024!

Another successful Big Bash! What a great day!!

Huge thanks to everyone who competed, supported, officiated or just helped; we couldn't do it without you.

There was a great showing of the talent that is in Oaks. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves and, medal or not, took away a positive experience that will help them develop their skills further.

Oaks 10 Year Celebration

A great evening celebrating 10 years of Oaks Martial Arts. Thanks to everyone who came and made the evening really special.

Huge congratulations to our Award winners. Looking forward to the next 10!

Grading - December 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the December grading.

AETA Open - October 2023

Well done to everyone who competed in the AETA Open at the weekend. Great to see those medals! Thanks, as always, to everyone who helped or watched and of course to our fantastic Coaches Mrs Daniels and Mr Pang.

Black Belt Grading - October 2023

Congratulations to our newest Black Belts!

Grading - September 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the September grading.

Grading - July 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the July grading.

Impact Open 2023

Fantastic results from the Impact Open. Thanks to all who entered and especially to the coaches and officials!

Grace - Gold sparring

Noah H - Gold patterns

Daniyal - Gold sparring, Silver patterns, Gold special technique

Ben - Bronze patterns, Silver breaking

Charlie - Silver sparring, Silver special technique

Isobel - Silver sparring, Bronze patterns

Amelia - Silver sparring, Bronze patterns

Kobe - Silver sparring

Dana - Silver sparring

Hiba - Bronze sparring

Theo - Bronze sparring, Silver patterns

Hannah - Bronze patterns

Noah W - Silver patterns

Ellias - Silver special technique

Blue Belt + Session - June 2023

Another fantastic turnout for our Blue Belt + session. Thanks to everyone for making it a great session. Especially the Dads on Father's Day!

Grading - June 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the June grading.

ITF England Development Squad

15 members of the Oaks Squad took part in the ITF England Development Squad session on Sunday 21 May. They were put through their paces by the national coaching team for 3 hours and got to experience the standard expected to compete at international level.

Grading - May 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the May grading.

Blue Belt + Session - April 2023

A fantastic turnout for our April Blue Belt + session. Thanks to everyone who turned up and put in some great effort!

Grading - April 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the April grading.

Black Belt Grading - March 2023

Congratulations to our newest Black Belts! The grading was held on March 26 2023.

Grading - March 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the March grading.

LTSI competition 2023

The Oaks Squad had a great day at the LTSI Competition on Sunday 5 March, coming overall 9th team out of a total of 400 competitors. Fantastic effort all round. Well done to the whole squad!

Gold in Sparring: Mr Pang & Kobe

Silver in Sparring: Aida & Isobel

Bronze in Sparring: Mark, Addison, Amy, Dana, Daniyal, Elizabeth, Hiba & Phoebe

Silver in Patterns: Aida

Bronze in Patterns: Phoebe & Kobe

Bexleyheath is 1!

Mr Pang's class in Bexleyheath has now been running for a full year. Training on Saturday mornings at Townley Grammar in Bexleyheath.

Grading - February 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the February grading. Many thanks to our Squad members for their help.

Solovey seminar

Theo attended the Katya Solovey sparring seminar at the weekend and was put through his paces by the 11 times European and 6 times World champion.

Big Bash '23

Another fantastic Big Bash! Fabulous turn out and performance from everyone.

Thanks to all our competitors, officials, helpers and parents for making it such an amazing event. Looking forward to next year already!!

Squad Bash '23

Mrs Daniels and Mr Pang put on a great competition for our squad members to get them into the swing of competing again this year, not least in the Big Bash!

Grading - January 2023

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the January grading. Many thanks to our Black Belts for their help.

Grading - November 2022

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the November grading. Many thanks to our instructors for their help.

Black Belt Grading - October 2022

Congratulations to our newest Black Belts! The grading was held on October 9 2022.

Vicky Daniels V degree

Huge congratulations to Mrs Daniels who was passed to V degree on Tuesday 4 October by Master Lisa Pitman.

It was wonderful being able to hand her her new belt, much deserved!

London Open 2022

Congratulation to 22 Oaks squadies who travelled to Guildford for the London Open. See the medal tally below.Thanks to everyone who took part, the coaches - Mrs Daniels, Mr Pang and Miss Longhurst and also to all who helped and supported :)

PATTERNS

Isobel- gold

Lexie- silver

Noah W- silver

Kobe- bronze

Noah H- bronze

Hannah- silver

Phoebe- gold

Tasha- bronze

SPARRING

Hiba- gold

Lizzie- silver

Elizabeth- silver

Sophie- bronze

Ellias- bronze

Stephanie- silver

Daniyal- silver

Minuki- silver

Noah H- bronze

Isobel- silver

Tasha- silver

Phoebe- silver

Ben- bronze

Ridley- bronze

SPECIAL TECHNIQUE

Daniyal- silver

Noah H- bronze

Aida- silver

Kobe- bronze

BREAKING

Ben- gold

Grading - May 2022

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the May grading.

Black Belt Grading - March 2022

Congratulations to everyone who graded on 20 March. Oaks now has 8 new Black Belts!

Also, Mollie Longhurst and Nikolai Naylor are now 4th degree Sabums! A fantastic achievement :)
Many thanks again to Master Pitman for making it a special event.

English Open 2022

Fantastic results from Oaks students at the English Open last weekend including a new English Champion - Elizabeth Burrows! Thanks to everyone who took part and also to all who helped and supported :)

Grading - March 2022

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the March grading.

New Class! - Bexleyheath

Great news!! Mr Pang IV degree is starting a new Saturday class at Townley Grammar School, Bexleyheath DA6 7AB. It's a family class so all are welcome.

Grading - January 2022

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the January grading.

Stand Up donation

Thanks again to everyone who bought an Oaks/Innae raffle ticket!

Grading - November 2021

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the November grading.

Raffle Against Bullies! raises £450 for charity

Congratulations to the lucky winners!

1st Prize: Terry Munday

2nd Prize: Pat Delaney

3rd Prize: Tabitha Elders

4th Prize: Kelly Wade

5th Prize: Bradley Watson

Plus 10 water bottles to: Luca Smith, Mark Chang x 2, Keith Belch, Katya Wickham, Jodie Warman, Alison Beck, Becky Matson x 2 and Helen Beckerson

Thanks to everyone for your support in buying a ticket. We smashed our target of £250 and all proceeds will go to The Ben Cohen Stand Up Foundation.

Big Bash '22 date and venue set!

Oaks Big Bash Competition is back after a Covid year off. The date is set for 6 February 2022 and the venue is Edenbridge Leisure Centre TN8 5LU.

Keep an eye out for more information!

Raffle Against Bullies!

We are trying to raise £250 for The Ben Cohen Stand Up Foundation to fight against bullies in all walks of life. Tickets are available in class or by emailing oakstkd@oaksmartialarts.com

Great prizes to be won!!!

Black Belt Grading - October 2021

Fantastic to get back to grading our senior students after such a long Covid wait. Everyone put on a great performance and we're happy to say all passed to their new grades. Special thanks go to Master Pitman and Mr Pitman for being there to inspire us all.

Grading - September 2021

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the September grading.

Grading - July 2021

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the grading. So good to see everyone in real time rather than zoom time!

June Newsletter

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