Category: News flash

  • Training from week beginning July 19th

    With the restrictions for class sizes being removed, you now no longer need to use the booking system to reserve your training place. We are still not able to have spectators in the Backup dojo due to its limited space, but we can now welcome spectators back at the Haslingden dojo as this is a…

  • June pricing update

    We have reviewed our pricing for sessions and we can now offer the following incentives. Standard session pricing remains at £6 per person, no membership fee. We have introduced a monthly membership scheme to encourage training with family groups. A £5 per calendar month per person fee is paid on the first session in that…

  • Haslingden Primary Tuesday session

    We are pleased to announce that the Tuesday session at Haslingden Primary school is now available for booking from 1st June. Session will run 6:30pm to 8pm. It will be a mixed age and ability class, all welcome.  We have restricted the number in the class to 15, so you MUST book in advance. Please…

  • Training resumes

    At last we can can announce that training will recommence from Thursday 20th May. Training will only be on Thursdays at Bacup to start with until we can review the covid arrangements in place at the other dojo’s. Session will start at 6:15pm to 7:45 pm. Please arrive before 6:15pm so you can pay and…

  • Training update

    A message to our members. Whilst the 12th April changes to the covid restrictions means we could possibly run a very limited children’s only class at Bacup, the committee has decided to wait until the DCMS has formally approved karate as a combat sport, so we can return to a more normalized training regime when…

  • Next review in March

    We will review the training situation again in March once it has been announced that schools will return to full attendance.

  • New year training review

    Do to current tier restrictions, we do not expect training to be able to resume in January. As a guideline under the tier system we can only consider restarting children’s classes when the Rossendale area is back in tier 2.  For adult training to restart we will need to be back in tier 1. We…

  • All training suspended

    Following the government announcement regarding the nationwide lockdown starting on November 5th we will be suspending all remaining classes for children throughout this new lockdown period. We will review the situation again in December to see if it is possible to resume any sort of training after Christmas.

  • November bookings added

    Bookings  in November for the Children’s group 7-12 years have been added. Children’s training is unaffected by the tier 3 lockdown restrictions. We will continue with the Bacup class for this group whilst there is a demand for it.  We have been in touch with the Haslingden Primary School and we will review the possibility…

  • Covid tier 2 restrictions

    IMPORTANT information We have suspended the Adult and family group classes after reviewing the guidance for the tier 2 covid restrictions. We are waiting for the KUGB to issue their interpretation, but until then we have to suspend this Thursdays class for adults and the family group class. Training for children is unaffected, so the…