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Sensei Simon McMahon
Feb 27, 20161 min read
Antonio Girardi
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Renshi Kidby
Feb 6, 20164 min read
Shotokai Course - February 2016
A decent amount of CFTS students met up in Kempston on February 6th to once again train under Shotokai instructor, Minh Chung. The...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Jan 23, 20161 min read
Val Bridges
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Sensei Steve Cook
Jan 1, 20161 min read
2016 Courses
Upcoming courses for this year: Please be aware of the following regarding ALL courses; Tickets must be purchased in advance from your...
Renshi Kidby
Jan 1, 20161 min read
2016 Calendar
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Sensei Barry Nelson
Dec 29, 20153 min read
Brief Guide to Other Martial Arts
AIKIDO: Founded by Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969) in Japan and means “The Way of Harmony”, he stated that "all movements are circular in...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 20, 20151 min read
Newton Longville Grading - December 2015
Another great turnout for Newton Longville with 19 graders this time. Congratulations to you all from your Sensei's, we received some...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 18, 20151 min read
Sunny Kumar
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Sensei Simon McMahon
Dec 12, 20151 min read
Kyu Gradings - December 2015
There was a good turnout at the Kyu gradings this month and the standards were again high. Renshi addressed all students and gave a...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Nov 28, 20151 min read
Alison Ward
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Renshi Kidby
Nov 14, 20152 min read
Shihan Holmes Course - November 2015
Around sixty of our students met at the Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford recently on a Saturday afternoon to be taught by Shihan Mally...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Nov 1, 20151 min read
Mariella Prodromou
I began learning karate in April 2009, at the Brickhill Community centre under Sensei Saunders, when I was nine years old. I was...
Sensei Barry Nelson
Oct 28, 20151 min read
Karate - My Life - Kanazawa Hirokazu
This book covers Sensei Kanazawa’s early life before karate which was certainly busy. The book charts his progress through school, family...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Oct 23, 20151 min read
Christine O'Reilly
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Sensei Katy Egginton
Oct 21, 20152 min read
Katy Egginton - My Shodan Experience
Back in January when I received the 2015 calendar I took note of the dates for the Dan grading. The nearer I got to March the more...
Sensei Louise Thomas
Oct 12, 20151 min read
Sensei Louise Thomas - Artist
As part of our series of 'CFTS: Off The Mat', we find out about Sensei Louise Thomas. Whilst I have practised karate since 2004 I have...
Sensei Katy Egginton
Oct 11, 20152 min read
CFTS Visit to World Shotokan Karate-Do Federation
On Sunday 11th October I had the privilege of accompanying some of CFTS's senior grades to a course being held by Kasuya Hitoshi Sensei...
Sensei Pam Waterhouse
Oct 9, 20151 min read
AGM and Dan Gradings - October 2015
DAN GRADINGS The day began with the dan gradings, where five candidates with varying degrees of nervousness lined up to face the...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Sep 29, 20151 min read
Newton Longville Gradings - September 2015
A great turnout for Newton Longville graders this time, 21 in total and all were successful. Congratulations to you all from your...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Sep 25, 20151 min read
Jamie Cross
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