CFTS KARATE

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

Venue: Lord Grey School, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Bucks The second open course given by the CFTS Instructors happened on Saturday...

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

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....

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...

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...

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'...

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...

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

Whether trying to improve your kata for to compete at tournaments or just to improve the standard of your kata a lot of valid sound...

Upcoming courses for this year: Please be aware of the following regarding ALL courses; Tickets must be purchased in advance from your...

On Saturday 10th November, a respectable number of CFTS students and a few Shotokai guests met at the usual course venue in Kempston for...

Having successfully grading to Shodan in March of this year, I was required to attend the Safeguarding course which was held at Balliol...

On an extremely hot and sultry July afternoon in Kempston a very respectable number of students gathered for an eagerly anticipated...

On the warmest day of the year so far, a large number of CFTS students of varying ages and grades met up at our usual course dojo in...

Continuing our practice of exploring other fighting systems and styles of karate our first course of the year was a look at Wadoryu taken...

Upcoming courses for this year: Please be aware of the following regarding ALL courses; Tickets must be purchased in advance from your...

On Saturday 11th November, an incredibly large number of CFTS students gathered at our usual course venue in Kempston for a...

Some photos from the recent Shihan Holmes Course.