CFTS KARATE

Sensei Perry was born in Hertfordshire in 1950 and grew up on a farm. He was not the keenest at school preferring physical and sporting...

Born in 1956, Donovan Slue has always held an interest in the fighting arts. He began training in the late 1970’s under Sensei...

I began my karate training under John Van Weenen in 1979 at the TASK honbu in Bedford, culminating in achieving Black belt in 1981. I...

KASKA International was founded in 1990 by Sensei Robin Reid, 6th Dan. As Chief Instructor of the Association, his goal is to share his...

With close on forty years' karate training Sensei Randall is one of the first Karate practitioners in this country. He is a shy, quiet...

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...