Newsletter autumn 2024 kids & youngsters
Autumn is in full swing, and we are ready to tackle this colourful and fresh period full of energy!
During this period, the Civil Instructor Course will be coming to Taus Gym. We will also start another round of the Women Only Krav Maga course, and more exciting events are planned.
Want to know how to prepare for exams? We bring all the news to you for that too.
Curious about what's on the programme at Taus Gym? Read on quickly!
CIC at Taus Gym
The Civil Instructor Course will be organised at Taus Gym! During this intensive course, aspiring Krav Maga instructors are trained to become full-fledged Krav Maga instructors. We are proud to announce that Emma will also join this course!
The CIC will take place in Tilburg and lasts for 23 days and is split into three blocks in December, February and March:
- CIC part 1: Friday 6 Dec to Sunday 15 Dec 2024
- CIC part 2: Friday 31 Jan to Sunday 9 Feb 2025
- CIC part 3: Thursday 13 Mar to Saturday 15 Mar 2025
During the CIC, the class schedule will change a bit but not for the kids and youth Krav Maga classes. These trainings will continue to follow the regular class schedule.
Parent-child workshop
With Krav Maga, you learn to defend yourself well, but what do you do if you and a friend or family member get into an awkward situation?
In a special workshop for parents and children, we will look at situations when your loved ones are with you. What do you do then, how do you make sure everyone stays safe and what arrangements do you make together? That is what you will learn during this training!
This training is specially organised for the parents of our kids and youth members!
Would you like to participate? Then let us know via contact form.
The registration deadline is 17 November 2024.
Date: Sunday, 1 December 2024
Time: 13.00u
Contribution: €15 per parent, kids and youth members can join for free!
Location: Professor Romeinstraat 11a, Tilburg
Women only: Empowerment Workshop
At Taus Gym, we are seeing more and more women coming to train, and we think that's super cool! To celebrate this, we are organising a special workout especially for all women at Taus Gym.
During this training you will work with other strong women on self-confidence and resilience. We focus on situations you might face in everyday life, and help you to be stronger.
This training will be provided at Thursday 16 January 2025 By IKMF Stay Away director Louise Pross.
All ladies aged 14 and over from Taus Gym are welcome to join this workout! The fee is €15.
We are still looking for a suitable venue and time. These will be announced soon.
The registration deadline is 2 January 2025. Sign up via contact form.
Halloween training
The Halloween training sessions are also returning this year!
The Krav Maga classes for kids (8-12 years old) will have another exciting twist in the last week of October. The training sessions will then be themed and we ask you to come to class dressed up too so we can have a spooky party together!
On the following dates, classes will have a spooky touch and you may don your coolest, scariest costume for our special Halloween workouts:
Tilburg: Monday 28 October and Tuesday 29 October 2024
Breda: Monday 28 October and Thursday 31 October 2024
All our kids Krav Maga members are welcome and registration for these trainings is not necessary. We do want to know if there are any parents who would like to help with these spooky training sessions. Please let us know via contact form!
Hope to see you then too!
Holiday schedule
During this period, we will also face the autumn and Christmas holidays again. During these holidays, we will adjust our usual class schedule. Please therefore the agenda at your fingertips so you are aware of what classes are on during the holidays.
Also good to know: during the holidays with the week before and after, you may join the FIT boxing bag training sessions from 12 years of age, regardless of your membership!
Autumn holidays: 19 October to 27 October 2024
Christmas holidays: 21 December 2024 to 5 January 2025
Women Only Krav Maga course
We will soon be starting a new Women Only Krav Maga course again!
As a mother, you understand how important it is for your children to be safe and confident. This course focuses on situations that women unfortunately often encounter, such as bullying and unwanted attention. You will learn to be stronger with effective self-defence techniques but also set boundaries through your use of voice.
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You do not need to have self-defence experience to join this course.
Moreover, all fitness levels and
ages welcome!
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Want to discover what the
course can do for you?
Then come along for a
free trial lesson at Monday
6 January or 13 January 2025
and let us know via
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Over 9 lessons, we will work together to increase your resilience and teach you valuable skills for everyday life.
The course itself will take place from 20 January to 24 March 2025.
Are you or know someone who would like to participate? Then write here in for the course.
This course is suitable for participants from 14 years old onwards, but younger girls are also welcome for a free trial lesson to see if the course is suitable for them.
Want more information? Then take a look at the Women Only course page.
Exams
There they are again, the exams! We have extra training sessions for you again such as curriculum training and pre-test so that you will soon be all set for the official IKMF exam.
Pre-test
Are you already well on your way to your exam and want to refine your techniques even further, or are you simply curious about how your Krav Maga skills are doing? Then the pre-test is just what you need! This test follows the official exam structure, so it's like a mini exam to prepare you for the real thing.
At the end of the test, you will receive your own personal feedback. It is super helpful for your training and it will help you get even better. So after the test, you'll know for sure if you're completely ready to take the official exam.
Below is the date of the next pre-test. Register via contact form. You can register up to 2 February 2025 register for the pre-test.
Want to know more? Click here for more information.
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Date: Sunday 16
February 2025
Time: between 13:00 and 19:00 (max 2h)
Contribution: €15 per
level
Location: Professor Romeinstraat 11a,
Tilburg
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Exams
Do you want to take the next step in Krav Maga? To reach the next level, you need to take an official IKMF exam. The location of the exam will depend on your level and can be found below.
Sign up here to the exams.
To apply for the exam, you need to be registered with the IKMF association. At the IKMF website find more information on this.
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LOCAL EXAMS:
K1/J1, K3/J3 AND K5/J5
Date: Sunday 24 November 2024
Time: from 13:00 to 19:00
Cost: €40
Location: Professor Romeinstraat 11a, Tilburg
*Subscription is possible until 24
October 2024
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NATIONAL EXAMS:
K2/J2 AND K4/J4
Date: Sunday 17 November 2024
Time: to be announced in due course
Cost: €40
Location: Almere (exact location will be listed on the IKMF website)
*Subscription is possible until 17
October 2024
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COLUMN DIETICIAN MEREL COENDERS
Trainee at Just Dietetics
My name is Isis van der Velden and I am currently doing the MBO course ‘’consultant sustainable living environment’’ at Yuverta in Tilburg.
I am doing an internship at Gewoon Diëtetiek because I am following the lifestyle specialisation on my course and I want to learn more about nutrition and health.
This article is about food print, I chose to write about this topic because it has often been covered in school and because it is very important for our future.
What is your food footprint?
Eating healthy is good, but eating sustainably is also important. By looking at your food footprint, you can find out whether you are a sustainable eater. In this article you will read what the food footprint means, its importance and how you can reduce your food footprint.
Earth is made up of land and water. The land is used for agriculture to grow food for people. Every person uses some of this space on earth. Currently, humans are using too much earth's surface, resulting in the earth not being able to recover in time to continue providing us with food. If the world's population is divided by the earth's surface area, it calculates how much area of land is available. Based on a fair distribution, there is only 0.9 hectares of agricultural land available per person. In general, an average Dutch person uses 1.6 hectares of agricultural land. This is more than there is available, causing damage to the environment.
Reducing your food footprint can contribute to a more sustainable future for our planet. Reducing your food footprint helps reduce the strain on natural resources, such as water and land. By reducing your food footprint, we can reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, which helps fight climate change.
There are several ways you can make sure you become a more sustainable eater. For example, by eating less meat and dairy. Dairy products have a larger carbon footprint than plant-based foods.
Buying local and seasonal produce is also a good choice. These products often have a lower impact as they require less transport energy. Also make sure you don't waste food, but rather store it so that the food can be eaten the following day, for example.
Now that you know what the food footprint means, you probably want to find out how big your food footprint is! Via the nutrition centre's website (Food print - Food Centre), you can fill in a test and get to see exactly how many hectares of farmland you use. Below are tips that can help you reduce your food footprint!
Isis van der Velden
Trainee Just Dietetics
Want to know more? Then get in touch via:
06 11263154
And that was the newsletter again. We look forward to spending the last season of the year with you. See you soon!
With sporting greetings,
Team Taus Gym
