New Sports events 4 sisters starting Wed 15th Nov

[Ilhan]

AA all,

Any sisters interested in taking up taekwondo? Always wished you could do some of the moves in those martial arts flicks, or just want to get fit in a fun and energetic manner?

If that doesn't float your boat, maybe aerobics will - or even basketball!

Inshallah these events will commence Wednesday 15th November - put it in your diaries!

WHEN
Taekwondo will be every Wednesday from 3-4pm
Aerobics is also on Wednesdays from 4-5pm
Basketball will be on Fridays from 4-6pm

VENUE
All of these activities will be held at Astor College

WHO IS LEADING THE CLASSES?
Taekwondo will be taught by a professional qualified instructor. This sister has been teaching professionally for over five years, so mashallah is of a very high standard.

Aerobics will be led by UCL sisters, who also know their stuff!

Basketball should be a bit more laid back, but again there will be some UCL sisters in charge.

COST?
Taekwondo will cost just £2 per session. This will be used solely to cover the costs of the professional instructor. As there are five weeks left of this term, we'd like everyone to pay in advance for five weeks to secure the fees for the instructor for the weeks to come. This will be £10, but remember it's for five weeks!
Also, being the considerate and understanding sisters that we are, there will be flexibility with missing one session out of the five i.e. if you miss one session out of the five you won't lose your money. We understand you may have something important come up etc.
The important thing to remember is: THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME THIS TERM, THE CHEAPER THE COST WILL BE FOR THE NEXT!!!

Aerobics and basketball will be free of charge.

I look forward to seeing many of your faces there, especially in taekwondo!

WS,

Ilhan

[Shahena]

ggrrrr watch out zhang ziyi here i come.....taekwondo sounds like fun...how do i sign up?

Shahena
PS yes all you smart alecs i knw zhang ziyi dsnt prctise taekwndo

[Ilhan]

Glad 2 hear ur interested Shahena.

If u jus come along 2 Astor college on Wednesday at the time, names of ppl attending will be noted down, and the money will be collected then.


Also if ne1 else is interested, could they let me know B4 Wednesday if possible, so we can know how many ppl 2 expect. Quite a few UCL sisters will be going, we need RUMS sisters 2 do their bit 2 represent man!

[shahenayasmin]

well there i was.....10 mins early even (a first for me)......ready to learn hw to fly kick n scissor chop.....but.....

no instructor,
no organiser,
no message......

had to call around a few ppl n eventually found out that it was cancelled....thot there'd be an email or post on the forum to let evryone knw wt happened but there hasnt been.

are the sessions still goin ahead?think it mite be helpful to give everyone an update of the situation.

a dissapointed (but still v.keen!),
Shahena ",!

[Ilhan]

Omg Shahena so sorry, even I didn't know it was cancelled. However, there were unexpected circumstances which I'm not really in a place to say so the lesson had to be cancelled at short notice.

Can I say now that Wednesday's lesson has been rescheduled to Friday @ 4:00. This Wednesday there'll be yoga & aerobics instead.

Also, as we're 2 lessons behind we'll have classes on both Wedneday at the regular time and Friday from 4-5pm. This will be just for this term so everything can run slick n smooth the next term. If you can't make it on Fridays then any money paid 4 misssed sessions will be given back.

Can I stress that sisters come on time to the sessions so we can have a prompt start. On Friday's as the time for Maghrib prayer coincides with the lesson, we'll pray together there inshallah ( so no need to come @ 4:30 after a visit 2 prayer room.)

So sorry 4 the constant change of plans, things should be pretty constant from now.

By the way did I mention the instructor came 2nd in national Taekwondo contest?

[Sana :)]

Sorry hun i dont really understand .

FRI 17th- basketball
WED 22nd - taekwondo + yoga + aerobics
Fri 24th - taekwondo + basketball
wed 29th - taekwondo + yoga + aerobics
Fri 1st- basketball

IS THIS CORRECT? Please correct me if this is wrong.
WS

[yasmin]

salam al alaikum,
the way i understood it was, from now, till end of term,

wednesdays (excluding the wednesday that just went obviously):
3-4pm yoga and aerobics
then 4-5pm tae kwon do

fridays
4-5pm tae kwon do
then 5-6pm basketball

think thats correct; correct me if im wrong
wasalam
xxxx

[shahenayasmin]

salaam,

yeh thot this wud be a gud place to check on how many ppl are thinkin abt carrying on taekwondo next term and wen everyone thinks wud be a suitable time for the sessions.

apparently the instructor can only make it for late evenings during the week or the weekend.

personally i think it wud be better to do it on the weekend as we'll (the instructor as well as us) all be less tired n drained from 'working' (or bumming abt- well tiring!) all day compared to a weekday.

I also thot longer sessions like two hr sessions wud be mre useful in terms of learning and we'd be more likely to turn up (spesh if its on the wkend n u hv to travel).

anyway wt r ur thots on this?

catch u later poopies!

shahena",!

[Ilhan]

Salaams,
If there's enough interest there'll be classes on weekends, and these will be with the aim of getting belts. I assume the sessions will be 2 hours minimum, otherwise it won't be worth travelling in for.
Personally, I'm very interested and hope it goes ahead. I think the best thing to do at the mo is to contact Madihah - let her know you're interested coz she is the one who has direct links with the instructor, and is the 1 who needs to know how many ppl wanna go ahead with it.

WS,

Ilhan