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Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 27, 20061 min read
Peter Walker
I started Karate at the age of 16 on a 6 weeks beginner's course, which initially I found very difficult. It was in Newport Pagnell club...
Renshi Kidby
Dec 9, 20061 min read
Area Gradings - December 2006
Area gradings were held on Saturday and Sunday. It was a busy time for the grading examiners as there were a large amount of students...
Renshi Kidby
Nov 25, 20063 min read
New Officers for CFTS
Sensei Coppen of the Eastern area of CFTS has retired and Sensei Calver of the Western area has also decided to part company with CFTS....
Renshi Kidby
Nov 18, 20061 min read
Sensei Randall (M.B.E.) Course - 2006
Once again we were treated to another course by Sensei Randall. After warm-ups we started with Okori-jiyu-ippon combinations (which...
Renshi Kidby
Oct 20, 20061 min read
Dan Gradings - October 2006
Another challenging and gruelling Dan Grading took place at Kempston on Saturday and, following a courageous display by the candidates,...
Renshi Kidby
Jul 27, 20063 min read
You Might Be A Martial Artist If...
You find yourself casually standing in a half cat stance. You trip, go into a roll and come up in a fighting stance. In church. You...
Renshi Kidby
Jul 24, 20069 min read
A Selection of Jokes
Taken from a recent thread from the CFTS Forum: I was just thinking the other day of all the strange things that can go wrong during MA...
Renshi Kidby
Jul 23, 20061 min read
Murphy's Laws of Martial Arts
1. The wimp who made it through the elimination round on luck alone will suddenly turn into Bruce Lee when you're up against him. 2. The...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Jul 21, 20061 min read
Peter Hooker
I began training in January 1985 with the Shotokan Karate Association under Sensei Roy Bantan and chief instructor Sensei Mick Randall. I...
Renshi Kidby
Jun 23, 20061 min read
Area Gradings - June 2006
June gradings came and went fairly uneventfully with the vast majority passing their grade successfully. For those that weren’t as...
Sensei Martin Shield
May 19, 20064 min read
Dan Gradings - May 2006
Today was the day of my return to Balliol School - the first time that I have been here since my own Shodan grading in October 2005....
Renshi Kidby
May 5, 20061 min read
Sensei Holmes Course - May 2006
Sensei Holmes gave us another very interesting and entertaining course - which was very much enjoyed by all that attended. Thanks again...
Sensei James Kidby
Apr 10, 20062 min read
James Kidby
I found Karate very much by chance. Neither of my parents were in any way interested in any form of exercise, in fact they had always...
Renshi Kidby
Mar 25, 20062 min read
Area Gradings - March 2006
Congratulation to all those students who successfully obtained their next belt at the recent gradings which were held over two weekends...
Renshi Kidby
Mar 25, 20061 min read
Area Gradings - March 2007
Once again, in the opinion of the senior dan grades, standards at the recent gradings had risen. This is proof that the progress record...
Graham Wakley
Mar 4, 20063 min read
Competition Day 2006
CFTS attended the competition organised by SKA (Shotokan Karate Association). Again it was well attended by CFTS karate-ka who all...
Renshi Kidby
Feb 18, 20062 min read
Shihan Finch Course - February 2006
We were lucky again to get Shihan Finch to take us on another course - this time covering some bo work and some self-defence techniques....
Renshi Kidby
Jan 1, 20061 min read
2006 Courses
Upcoming courses for this year: Please be aware of the following regarding ALL courses; Tickets must be purchased in advance from your...