CFTS KARATE

I originally began karate at six years old, as one of my friends at the time was going and he said it was really fun. At first I was...

Who has been around long enough to remember the CFTS magazine we had way back called 'Punch Lines'? It began in December 1994 so you need...

A busy time, the December gradings, as the after school clubs are all fired up and ready to grade. There was a great turnout of kyu...

At the age of 11, I started CFTS Federation karate. At the time I was nervous and unsure what it was going to be like, but it was...

I started karate in 2014 when I was 12 years old because one of my friends had recently joined as well. However, this friend stopped...

Junior members met at Balliol School at 1pm for their session in the main school hall. To begin with they did one-on-one self-defence...

I first started karate when I was 7 years old in January 2013. My brother had attended a few training sessions at Cedars with Renshi...

My karate journey began in 2013 when I was a second year University student looking to do an extracurricular activity instead of having...

October 5th was the latest event in a long line of events and courses in the usual busy CFTS calendar. It was our very busy 'Black Belt'...

The September gradings crept up on many students who were ill-prepared. Some had not been training enough over the summer due to being...

A report on the recent Shihan Mally Holmes course Shihan Holmes took his latest course in a very long line of visits recently at our...

1993 was a long time ago yet it only seems like last year. It was in that year that the first thoughts of breaking away from Sensei van...

Competitors from CFTS Clubs took part in the 2019 Cancer Research Race For Life at Willen Lake!

A very busy weekend of gradings with the June graders on top form, so well done to all for your hard work and effort. The quarterly...

May the 4th marked an exceptional special milestone in the history of the Central Federation of Traditional Shotokan. Karateka from all...

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Well done to all the Bletchley students that passed their gradings and to Kedar Preudhomme for winning the quarterly trophy!

Early on Saturday morning of 23rd March, candidates who had been invited to grade and thus take the next step on their journey of...

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