Upon arriving, your child /student needs to “Bow In”, as they enter the school.

This is done by facing the flags and bowing with your head and eyes lowered.

Students should then greet any members of the front office team with an appropriate hand shake and salutation before proceeding to the appropriate change room. Once a student is in full uniform with belt on, and has marked his or/her name of on the attendance sheet, The student is requested to find Mr. Wakefield in the office, to bow and offer a greeting.  If Shihan is in his office, wait outside his office until you are invited in. Then bow and offer a greeting before departing. Unless instructed to do so, never enter Mr. Wakefield office for any reason.

Please note, if Shihan is teaching a class, student need to stand at attention off the mat, and wait to be acknowledged by Mr. Wakefield. Unless invited onto the mat by Mr. Wakefield, a student should just bow and say hello. The purpose of this procedure is to teach and reinforce the concept of respect for the student and others.

A student should then stretch or practice until it is time to go onto the mat, 5 minutes prior to class. Please note, when preparing to line up, prior to class, it is required to bow when entering the mat area. It is also required to bow when departing the mat at the conclusion of class. Prior to departing the school,  A student is to remove the belt that holds the uniform together. Unless otherwise instructed or requested, the belt should never be worn outside of the school.