CFTS KARATE

Congratulations go to Sensei Elliott Thomas who successfully graded to Nidan. It was a long, hard fought grading and Elliott emerged...

My karate journey began in 2013 when I was a second year University student looking to do an extracurricular activity instead of having...

I began my karate training aged twenty one, attending a local karate club with Chiltern Karate Association. I graded twice with them -...

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My karate training began when I was 6 years old in June 2010. My mother had told me about a karate club that was held after school once 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...

I first trained in Shotokan Karate when I was living in Brighton in the late 80s/early90s. I spend nearly two years training under Sensei...

I have been always fascinated by martial arts, both the mental and physical aspects of it. Finally in 2011 I had the chance to start...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I first began training in Karate in the late 1970’s / early 1980’s at Dunstable Leisure Centre. As I was...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I started Karate while still at school, as a way to distract me from the pressure of my GCSE’s. I trained...

Read 'My Shodan Experience!' I believe that it was about 18 or 19 years ago when I first stepped into a karate dojo which was run by now...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I began karate at the age of 8 years old. I was asked to join in a lesson that my mother and sister usually...

My interest in martial arts began like many other people after watching the 1970’s TV series Kung Fu which along with the Bruce Lee films...

I started Karate at the age of seven as the rest of my family were already doing karate. Therefore I wanted to know what Karate was like...

I commenced karate late in life and I was/am a true mature student! In January 2000 I went to the beginner’s course at Kempston under the...

I have always had an interest in Martial Arts; however gaining access and information on styles was limited. Judo is where I began before...

My karate journey began in April 2005. My mum was 1st Kyu at the time and I had seen how she had been completely absorbed into Karate...

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Initially I took my son Josh to karate at Margaret Beaufort School and used to stay and watch the lessons. People of various ages were...

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