CFTS KARATE

Ankō Itosu was born in 1831 the Yamagawa Village, Shuri, and became a student of Matsumura at a very early age learning Shurite style of...

Anko Azato was one of the most well known masters of Okinawa-Karate who as a son of a Tonichi, (one of the two highest classes of the...

Gursharan Sahota was born in 1960 in Kenya and moved to Bedford with his family in 1972. At school he was interested in most sports with...

Mike Billman started training in karate in 1969 after retiring early from rugby after suffering a serious back injury. He first trained...

Henry Plée is a French martial artist who is considered as the 'father of European and French karate'. He is one of the rare 10th dan...

Shotokan Karate Master Michael Randall MBE was born in 1944 and began Shotokan karate with British Karate Federation instructors Jimmy...

Sensei Michael Nursey was born in 1949 and his interest in martial arts began at the age of 14, practising Judo and Ju-Jitsu under John...

RAPID JU-JITSU IN PROFILE Interview by S. Grayston, editor of Steve Grayston’s Martial Arts Magazine. Read interview:

John van Weenen was born in 1941 in Enfield. He was not an academic at school nor an outstanding sportsman but proved to be an...

Vernon Bell, responsible for introducing karate to the UK, sadly died on Feb 27th 2004 aged 81. During the 1950's he began training with...

I live in Buckinghamshire, England and have clubs in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. I began training in 1984 under Sensei John...

My first experience of martial arts was when my PE teacher at school began teaching Judo. I studied it for about a year, passing two...