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Sensei Simon McMahon
- Jun 23
- 2 min
Kyu Gradings - 12th June 2022
Milton Keynes Area Report Another very successful grading day for students from all areas who worked hard in the build up to the grading...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Apr 14
- 1 min
Zeeshan Ashraf
Martial arts have always fascinated me since an early age but never had a chance to train. I put my son in Karate as he showed his...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Sam Bedford
My karate journey can be traced back to before I can even remember, hence it sometimes feels like I’ve done karate since the day I was...
Sensei Simon McMahon
- Mar 27
- 2 min
Kyu Gradings - 6th March 2022
Milton Keynes Area It was a successful day for the graders, with a range of candidates from blue belt to brown/red (10th kyu to 1st kyu)....

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Feb 5
- 2 min
Ivan Miocinovic
Growing up in the 1970’s an average boy could not avoid seeing Bruce Lee films. After watching my first Bruce Lee movie at 9 years old, I...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Jan 4
- 2 min
Andrew Rowley
My first experience of karate came almost 50 years ago, when I was still at school in London’s East End. Like so many, inspired by Bruce...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Dec 26, 2021
- 1 min
2022 Calendar
The calendar for CFTS events for 2022 is shown here. Please refer back here for future updates. Milton Keynes area kyu gradings show a...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Dec 19, 2021
- 1 min
Kyu Gradings - December 4th 2021 - MK Area
The first mixed grading for quite a while took place at Knowles Primary School, home of the Bletchley Club, on Saturday 4th 2021....

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Dec 19, 2021
- 2 min
Agjier Na-ah
My Karate journey started when I was just 7 years old in 2012. My primary school had started an after-school club every Thursday to...
Sensei Steve Cook
- Dec 17, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome To The New CFTS Website
Our website is currently being redesigned. As a result, not all the content you are looking for can be found right now. Please bear with...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Nov 21, 2021
- 3 min
Robert Starck
I moved to Milton Keynes in April 2014 where I attended Newton Longville school. Later in July of 2014, I was at my first school fete in...
Sensei Simon McMahon
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
Kyu Gradings - September 2021
Club gradings were again held in their respective dojos, read below the report from the various clubs: NEWTON LONGVILLE Another great...
Sensei Dan Young
- Jul 17, 2021
- 2 min
Pinan Flow System
The Pinan Flow System is a series of books by John Titchen of DART and Kyohan Shotokan Karate. He is an international instructor teaching...

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Jun 30, 2021
- 2 min
Kyu Gradings - June 2021
Club gradings were again held in their respective dojos; read below the report from the various clubs. BRICKHILL On Saturday 26th June,...

Sensei Dan Young
- May 12, 2021
- 2 min
Wrong Fu - A Book Review
Now that we are slowly (hopefully) coming out of this awful pandemic, which has allowed plenty of time for reading, I would like to share...

Sensei Dan Young
- Jan 21, 2021
- 4 min
Choki Motobu - A Lesser-Known Master?
This article has been prompted following a further read of ‘Karate Jutsu: Kumite,’ by Choki Motobu, and teaching the 12 sets of kumite...

Sensei Dan Young
- Jan 12, 2021
- 2 min
Genwa Nakasone - Teacher, Journalist, Politician
Although not a martial artist let alone a karate-ka, Genwa Nakasone was a big supporter of Funakoshi Sensei. He was a teacher, journalist...
Sensei Simon McMahon
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
Welcome to 2021
On behalf of the Chief Instructor, Executive Committee, Club Instructors, all Dan Grades and Kyu grade students, we welcome you to 2021...
Renshi Kidby
- Jan 1, 2021
- 1 min
2021 Calendar
Currently, there is no fixed calendar of events for 2021. Check back, as this may change with the current COVID 19 situation.

Sensei Simon McMahon
- Dec 5, 2020
- 2 min
Kyu Gradings - December 2020
Due to Covid-19 situation, the December gradings were held at the individual dojos for the under 18 students only. Newton Longville...