Awesome job by Riley our student of the month for September 2026.

Very well deserved.

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What an amazing 9 months this young man has had so far this year at our club. 

This is someone I believe in 100% and am very very proud of. 

A journey I am very excited about being a part of because he has so much potential.

Riley earned this fully engraved award with his name on for excellent all round progress. 💪

Riley graded just before Christmas last year at a very good standard, no mistakes earning his Green belt. This made him eligible to join our senior class. Since joining that class the progress has taken a massive upward curve and he is absolutely flying. I did say at the start of this year that this will be Riley's year and he is certainly proving me right.

I have been keeping a close eye for a while because Riley is doing such a fantastic job and is certainly shining bright and showing everyone what is possible if someone puts their mind and 100% effort into their training. I can really see it all starting to come together for him and I love seeing his weekly improvements. He is a very hard worker, chipping away and putting in the hard work, week in week out.

Over the past few months Riley’s syllabus material he has been working on has really progressed well in all areas. All the little things make up the big things so hand movement, use of the hip and control of power have all been worked on along with many more areas.

This young man's kicks have now got good power with a nice snap on the end. We have been working on kicking techniques and im really pleased with how well Riley is doing.

Riley always gives 100% effort and concentration and is well on course for his winter grading just before Christmas. 

Im 100% confident that Riley’s Soo Bahk Do training has helped him at school in a few areas including his mindset and concentration with school work. I told him at his very first class that Soo Bahk Do would change his life for the better and the path he is on offers great reward if kept on. Riley fully understands this and through his training is becoming the best version of himself possible. As I always say in class "With great power comes great responsibility".

I couldn't be happier or ask for anymore. Im so pleased he is getting rewarded for all his hard work.

I have no doubt in my mind that Riley will make an excellent Cho Dan (Black Belt) candidate in the future.

Watch this space because Riley really is one to watch. He will 100% be a star at my club.

Keep up the great work Riley I am very very proud of you young man. 👊

This post is also available on our club website:-

https://www.essexsbd.com/student-of-the-week

In our family class we had a very good stretch and warm up.

Following on with some intense sparring. 

Our class theme tonight was:- Respect

We discussed our class theme and why Respect is so important in our training and every day lives.

 Closing off strongly with a group effort of lots of sit ups, we had an excellent class.

Our senior class was great, working hard on syllabus material.

Keep up the great work everyone. 

Soo Bahk !!!

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