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Renshi Kidby
Apr 3, 20092 min read
Competition Day 2009
Bletchley Leisure Centre once again hosted our annual competition day. It which was well attended by a large number of our students who...
Renshi Kidby
Mar 21, 20091 min read
Dan Gradings - March 2009
Details of the recent March Dan gradings. Congratulations must go to Urquhart Crosbie (Ampthill club), Sunny Kumar (Clapham club), Kyle...
Renshi Kidby
Mar 14, 20091 min read
Bletchley and Bedford Area Gradings - March 2009
Congratulations to everyone who passed their grading! Student standards were high and good spirit was displayed. We also had a special...
Renshi Kidby
Feb 14, 20092 min read
Shihan Sahota Kumite Course - February 2009
On Saturday 14th February, Sensei Sahota (7th Dan) visited us to conduct a Kumite course. After some warmups we got stuck into some...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Jan 3, 20095 min read
CFTS Efforts to Help the Children of Lira, Uganda
The CFTS Charity Appeal update. Lira a town with a population in excess of 82.000 lies in the northern districts of Uganda 215 miles...
Renshi Kidby
Jan 1, 20091 min read
2009 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, 20094 min read
An Open Letter To All Students, Parents and Instructors
As the year draws to a close it is always a good time to take stock, to review where we are and where we might like to be. This is as...
Renshi Kidby
Dec 13, 20081 min read
Area Gradings - December 2008
Congratulations to everyone who passed at the recent gradings. As usual the overall standard was very good! Club Trophy Winners Ampthill:...
Sensei Liam o'Reilly
Nov 29, 20081 min read
Wolverton Club is on the move...
As of 01/12/08 Wolverton Club will be enjoying their training at Bushfield Middle School. Still in Wolverton, still between 7.30pm -...
Sensei Barry Nelson
Nov 15, 20082 min read
Shihan Finch Course - November 2008
Shihan Craig Finch 6th Dan returned to take us on a Kumite and Bo staff course on the 15th November.. The course was split into 2 parts,...
Renshi Kidby
Nov 8, 20081 min read
Ugandan Appeal Update
Sensei Kidby recently received a letter from the trustees of the charity that we are supporting, thanking everyone for their kind support...
Sensei Simon McMahon
Sep 26, 20081 min read
Barbara O'Reilly
I joined CFTS, after watching my husband and two sons training for several years, (if I couldn’t beat them I might as well join them). I...
Renshi Kidby
Sep 19, 20081 min read
Area Gradings - September 2008
Details of the recent Bletchley & Bedford Area Gradings. Congratulations to all the karate-ka that attained their next grade at the...
Renshi Kidby
Sep 5, 20082 min read
Charity 5-a-side Fun Football Tournament
The Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford recently hosted a five a side football tournament for “The Central Federation Traditional Shotokan...
Renshi Kidby
Jul 22, 20081 min read
Michael Nursey
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...
Renshi Kidby
Jun 13, 20081 min read
Bletchley and Bedford Area Gradings - June 2008
Congratulations to all the Karate-ka that passed their recent gradings! Keep up the hard work and training as you are now working towards...
Renshi Kidby
May 30, 20083 min read
Northern Uganda Charity Appeal - Update
We have been given some pictures and information about the people of Lira and the village they live in, to give us some idea of what...
Sensei Barry Nelson
May 16, 20082 min read
Sensei Randall Course - May 2008
Sensei Randall 8th Dan recently visited CFTS to take another course. As usual he put us through our paces and gave our brains a workout...
Sensei Barry Nelson
May 3, 20083 min read
Northern Uganda Charity Appeal
At the recent gradings, Sensei Kidby launched our latest charity appeal. It has been decided that we will try to help Lira, a village in...
Sarah Heaslip
Apr 11, 20083 min read
Competition Day 2008
On Saturday 12th April 2008, a large number of hopeful karateka from the Bedford and Milton Keynes area turned up for another eventful...