15-12-2024 - Female Division grading examination complete to wrap up gradings for the year at USKA!

We finished our weekend of grading's today with the final USKA Female Division Grading Examination of the year.
26 of our girls contested grades from Red Belt (1st Grade), White Belt (2nd Grade), Yellow Belt (3rd Grade) and Green Belt (5th Grade).
The candidates were tested on their Basic techniques, their Grade relevant techniques and combinations and from our yellow belt and above their one step sparring and freestyle sparring competence.
The grading under the scrutiny of USKA Female Division Senior Instructor and Grading Examiner Ruqayya Griffith took a total of 4 hours (5 hours including the warm up class).
Unfortunately some of our students failed to reach that pass mark today meaning they left disappointed.
A fail can be a make or break moment as the student is then required to treat it as a wake up call to go and dust themselves off and assess their preparation and performance before making the required adjustments to be successful next time out. 
On the other end of the scale we would like to give special mention to our A Star Graders Izzat Noor (Red Belt 91 / A-) and Aishah Islam (White Belt 97 / A). A big well done to you both.
Commiserations to anyone who came up short and congratulations to anyone who passed their belts and as always a big thank you to Female Division Senior Instructor Ruqayya Griffith for preparing our students to grade.