CFTS KARATE

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

Sat Jan 13th Tech Committee Meeting Balliol School Sat Feb 3rd Robert Howell Wado-Ryu Course Hastingsbury School, Kempston Sat March 10th...

Many thanks to all that came to train, grade or support the NL students at the recent grading. It was great to see so many of you there....

It was a busy grading day in both areas and it was obvious that students had been putting in a lot of training in preparation for the...

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

I started training in 1985 in Newport Pagnell, under the instruction of Sensei Andy Kidby . At the time we were in an association called...

On Saturday 7th October after a gruelling 2-3 hour grading session, your senseis, Simon and Pam, were awarded 4th Dan. We would both like...

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Two of our most senior, experienced and respected Dan Grades have stories and karate journeys both similar and parallel culminating in a...

I would imagine that my introduction to Karate may be fairly typical for a parent of two young children with loads of energy. Both my...

Many thanks to all that came to train, grade or support the NL students at the recent grading. It was great to see so many of you there....

This was a quiet grading as it was primarily for the students that trained through the summer and were worthy of grading. There were some...

Many thanks to all that turned out for the NL Summer Olympics and BBQ recently, it was a great day with great weather. Thanks to the...

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Some photos from the recent Shihan Holmes Course.

I started karate in 2007 after having seen a demonstration at school. I thought it looked awesome and saw it as an opportunity to try...

Congratulations to all that graded and a big "Well Done!" to the ones that double graded. The quarterly trophy was won by Max Standley...

Standards were again high and students have been training well in the dojos. It was a good turnout in both grading areas. However, it was...

A History of Karate (part two) is the continuing article from Sensei Dan Young and gives some good background information on the history...