Hi everyone,
I hope you’re all well and getting ready for the festive season! As we approach the end of 2025, I wanted to share some updates, celebrate some big achievements, and give you a look at what’s coming next for TMMA. It’s been an incredible year of growth, new launches, new faces and huge progress across every single venue, and we’re only going upwards from here!
🚀 New Classes Launched – and Thriving!
Back in October we launched a brand-new venue, as well as a new class!
Kington Classes – Launched and Already Thriving!
Our Kington venue hit the ground running, and the cubs and junior’s classes there have grown amazingly quickly. The energy, effort and enthusiasm from our Kington students has been fantastic, thank you to all the parents who’ve supported the launch and believed in what we’re building.
New Eardisland Juniors Class – A Brilliant Start
Alongside Kington, our new Eardisland Juniors class opened with an incredibly strong core group. The students have settled beautifully into the TMMA curriculum and are progressing faster than expected, it’s been brilliant to watch.
These expansions are a key part of our long-term plan, and the success so far proves how strong and supportive our TMMA community is.
👋 A Big Welcome to All Our New Students
Over the last few months, we’ve seen a huge wave of new students joining across all venues; cubs, juniors, teens and adults.
Whether you/your child joined last week or back in the summer, thank you for choosing TMMA. I’m proud of every single student and can’t wait to see what they achieve moving into 2026.
🔥 November Challenge – Completed!
Our final challenge of 2025 – “How many burpees in 20 seconds?” – has officially wrapped up!
A huge well done to everyone who gave it everything each week. The effort across all venues was next level. We will announce in class who came first, second and third next week!
And, this concludes our monthly challenges for the year. They’ll return after the Christmas break with brand new skills, games and mini competitions to keep building confidence, fitness and motivation.
🎓 Grading Day – Sunday December 7th
Good luck to everyone grading on Sunday 7th December!
Students have been working incredibly hard over the last three months and should feel very proud of their progress.
Parents, thank you for supporting them, helping them practise, and getting them to class consistently. I can’t wait to see everyone show what they’ve learned.
🟠 LEAD Team Applications Now Closed
Applications for the TMMA LEAD Team are now closed and training begins this month.
This is one of the most exciting developments in TMMA’s journey, building our next generation of role models, coaches and future instructors. Throughout December they’ll be attending training to learn coaching skills and preparing to support the mats from January.
I can’t wait to introduce our new trainee instructors in the new year.
🎄 Christmas Closure Dates
Final classes of 2025:
👉 Friday 19th December
First classes back after the break:
👉 Monday 5th January
Yes, it’s that time of year again! Christmas is only a few short weeks away! We do only close for Christmas, Easter and two weeks in summer, so we’ll be back training and progressing in no time.
🎅 Christmas Fun Week – Starting Monday December 15th
Get ready, it’s time for our annual TMMA Christmas Fun Week!
During this week students can come in:
🎄 Christmas jumpers
🧝 Elf outfits
🎅 Santa hats
✨ Anything festive and fun
Every class will be themed with games, mini-challenges and end-of-year celebrations. It’s always one of our favourite weeks of the year.
🔧 TMMA Redesign – A Complete Club Upgrade for 2026
We are currently in the process of a HUGE redesign across the entire club. This includes:
⭐ A brand new TMMA logo
⭐ A complete redesign of the grading syllabus
⭐ Brand new student uniforms (both standard and upgraded!)
⭐ A new website + members’ online training area
⭐ A growing online shop
⭐ New sparring kit available to order directly through TMMA
⭐ Instructor development programmes
⭐ Additional resources for parents and students
This is the biggest refresh the club has ever had, and it’s designed to take TMMA to the next level in 2026. We really can’t wait to share it all with you!
🥋 New Uniform Rollout – January & February
Speaking of our new uniforms, these will begin rolling out across January and February, ready for our first club-wide grading in March.
All existing students will receive their updated uniform free of charge as part of the transition, a huge thank you for being part of the club. We are slowly making our way around each venue getting the information we need to ensure each student gets the right size uniform, so please bear with us, as this is a fairly large task as you can probably imagine!
However, just because we are moving away from our current T-Shirt uniforms doesn’t mean you have to throw them away! During fitness weeks and additional training sessions next year, students will be allowed to come in their T-Shirts and own trousers if they so wish! That way, we aren’t completely shutting the door on what started the club off!
📅 Events Coming in 2026
We’re going all out next year with a full calendar of events planned for students and parents, including:
• Workshops and specialist seminars
• Inter-club tournaments
• Parent Participation Weeks
• Monthly Challenges
• Bring-a-Buddy Weeks
• Community events and charity support
As well as our currently quarterly gradings and all other current club activities!
Dates will be announced in January for all events, so keep your eye out to mark in your calendar! It’s going to be a massive year.
Thank You for an Incredible 2025
TMMA has grown faster than ever this year, and that is entirely thanks to your support, trust and commitment.
From new venues, new students, new coaches and now a total club redesign… we’re just getting started.
Have a brilliant final month of training, and I look forward to seeing you all at grading, fun week and our last classes of the year.
See you on the mats!
Troy
TMMA Head Coach 🥋