CFTS KARATE

The Bedford Area March Kyu Gradings has had a change of venue and will now take place at St Thomas More Secondary School, Bedford.

An article by Sensei Dan Young Sunday 8th December saw the culmination of a years worth of studying under Sensei John Titchen (7th dan)...

Milton Keynes The MK area gradings were held on Sunday July 7th with students from all MK area clubs participating. The standards were...

Four nervous candidates attended the Dan gradings on Saturday 23rd March. The grading day was split into two halves, with a Shodan and...

Final update, Saturday 20th April In order for students to have enough time to prepare for their grading, the Instructors Committee have...

On Saturday 11th November, students from across the Bedford area had the opportunity to train under Sensei Simon Oliver, 7th Dan, JKR-UK...

On Friday 13th October, a contingent of dan grades from Brickhill and Kempston clubs made the short trip the JKR Yamazaki Dojo in Haynes...

Milton Keynes Area By comparison with other gradings this was a quiet one with only about 40 students grading, but the standards were...

CFTS Course – Saturday 15 July 2023 The senior instructors of CFTS were not sure if there would be an appetite for bringing everyone...

Another successful grading day for Milton Keynes and Bedford areas students and the standard was once again high. Milton Keynes Area...

Due to the pandemic, we have not held an open course since 2019 and now is a great opportunity for us all to get together as before....

Yasuhiro Konishi was born in 1893, in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. He began training in Takenouchi-Ryu Koshi-No-Mawari, Muso-Ryu, both...

On Sunday 26th March, we had the first dan grading of the year. Brian, the sole candidate from Brickhill, was closely watched by Shihan...

n Sunday 19th March, six CFTS dan grades made the short trip to the JKR Yamazaki Dojo to train under Sensei Simon Oliver again. The theme...

On Sunday 19th February, four of the CFTS instructors committee (Senseis Dan and Steve Young and Senseis Simon and Pam McMahon) went to...

This book was recommended to me by Sensei Andi Kidd and is without a doubt one of the best kata books I have read and those of you that...

On Saturday 21st January, CFTS’ Brickhill club welcomed Sensei Brian Bates (5th dan) to take the 4 classes for that day. Sensei was ably...

Once again across the two area of CFTS, students met for the final grading of 2022. The gradings are fast becoming like days of old and...

The first mixed grading for quite a while took place at Knowles Primary School, home of the Bletchley Club, on Saturday 4th 2021....

Club gradings were again held in their respective dojos, read below the report from the various clubs: NEWTON LONGVILLE Another great...