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Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 22, 20121 min read
Sarah Ward
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Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 4, 20122 min read
Hayley Kidby
I started Karate at the age of seven as the rest of my family were already doing karate. Therefore I wanted to know what Karate was like...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 4, 20122 min read
George Ephgrave
I didn’t have many hobbies at the time so I always thought that one day; I would become overweight and so decided to act fast. That’s...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 4, 20123 min read
Chloe Wilson
I have to admit that I spent about a year trying to avoid starting karate. At the time, everyone in my family had tried it except me and...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 2, 20121 min read
Milton Keynes and Bedford Area Gradings - December 2012
The December gradings passed without any major incidents. Generally, a good standard was evident all round. The trophy winners were as...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Nov 24, 20121 min read
Smita Patel
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Sensei Dan Young
Nov 20, 20122 min read
Dan Young
I began karate in 2000 when a friend and I went to a beginner’s course at Hazeldene Lower School in Bedford ran by the Association of...
Sensei Dennis Bigsby
Oct 26, 20123 min read
Dennis Bigsby
I started karate in 1996 after 3 years boxing. I wanted a fresh new challenge. I looked around visiting other possible martial arts clubs...
Sensei Matt Eagles
Oct 26, 20121 min read
Matt Eagles
Thanks to a chance conversation with a stranger in a pub some fourteen years ago, I have been awarded shodan (first degree black belt), a...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Oct 26, 20122 min read
Sam Fisher
I discovered karate by accident in 2000, aged 10. While waiting for a lift home from school I found myself observing a karate lesson...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Oct 19, 20123 min read
Matt Taylor
At the tender age of nine, when I was literally driving my parents round the bend with my inexhaustible energy and inability to shut up...
Renshi Kidby
Oct 12, 20123 min read
Dan Gradings and AGM - October 2012
Once a year, the CFTS Executive holds a morning's training session on a subject that is considered vital to the progress and continuing...
Renshi Kidby
Sep 14, 20121 min read
Milton Keynes and Bedford Area Gradings - September 2012
The September gradings over the weekend of 15th and 16th passed without any major incidents. Although there were a few less grading this...
Sensei Steve Cook
Jul 20, 20122 min read
Viv Wilson
I began training in Sept 1984 with Sensei Kidby at the Ousedale School club in Newport Pagnell. My first major milestone was in Dec. 1987...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Jul 20, 20121 min read
Mark Nicholas
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Renshi Kidby
Jul 6, 20122 min read
Shihan Sahota Course - July 2012
On a very warm and humid July 7th, a good few CFTS members attended the Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford for a traditional Shotokan course...
Renshi Kidby
Jun 15, 20121 min read
Milton Keynes and Bedford Area Gradings - June 2012
The June Kyu gradings were well attended and the standard was good, although in some cases more work was needed and a lot of comments...
Sensei Simon McMahon
May 18, 20121 min read
Kung Fu Kumite Course - May 2012
Multi-martial artist Shihan Wayne Swietoslawski came to the Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford recently to give us an insight into some...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Apr 13, 20123 min read
Competition Day 2012
One of our best competition days since the federation was formed in 1994 was held on Saturday 14th April 2012 at the leisure centre in...
Renshi Kidby
Apr 7, 20123 min read
The Tortoise or the Hare?
One evening after our usual training session in Bletchley Leisure Centre I was sitting in the changing room gathering my thoughts and...