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Sensei Simon McMahon
- Dec 27, 2006
- 1 min
Peter Walker
I started Karate at the age of 16 on a 6 weeks beginner's course, which initially I found very difficult. It was in Newport Pagnell club...
Renshi Kidby
- Dec 9, 2006
- 1 min
Area Gradings - December 2006
Area gradings were held on Saturday and Sunday. It was a busy time for the grading examiners as there were a large amount of students...
Renshi Kidby
- Nov 25, 2006
- 3 min
New Officers for CFTS
Sensei Coppen of the Eastern area of CFTS has retired and Sensei Calver of the Western area has also decided to part company with CFTS....
Renshi Kidby
- Nov 18, 2006
- 1 min
Sensei Randall (M.B.E.) Course - 2006
Once again we were treated to another course by Sensei Randall. After warm-ups we started with Okori-jiyu-ippon combinations (which...
Renshi Kidby
- Oct 20, 2006
- 1 min
Dan Gradings - October 2006
Another challenging and gruelling Dan Grading took place at Kempston on Saturday and, following a courageous display by the candidates,...
Renshi Kidby
- Jul 27, 2006
- 3 min
You Might Be A Martial Artist If...
You find yourself casually standing in a half cat stance. You trip, go into a roll and come up in a fighting stance. In church. You...
Renshi Kidby
- Jul 24, 2006
- 9 min
A Selection of Jokes
Taken from a recent thread from the CFTS Forum: I was just thinking the other day of all the strange things that can go wrong during MA...
Renshi Kidby
- Jul 23, 2006
- 1 min
Murphy's Laws of Martial Arts
1. The wimp who made it through the elimination round on luck alone will suddenly turn into Bruce Lee when you're up against him. 2. The...
Sensei Simon McMahon
- Jul 21, 2006
- 1 min
Peter Hooker
I began training in January 1985 with the Shotokan Karate Association under Sensei Roy Bantan and chief instructor Sensei Mick Randall. I...
Renshi Kidby
- Jun 23, 2006
- 1 min
Area Gradings - June 2006
June gradings came and went fairly uneventfully with the vast majority passing their grade successfully. For those that weren’t as...
Sensei Martin Shield
- May 19, 2006
- 4 min
Dan Gradings - May 2006
Today was the day of my return to Balliol School - the first time that I have been here since my own Shodan grading in October 2005....
Renshi Kidby
- May 5, 2006
- 1 min
Sensei Holmes Course - May 2006
Sensei Holmes gave us another very interesting and entertaining course - which was very much enjoyed by all that attended. Thanks again...
Sensei James Kidby
- Apr 10, 2006
- 2 min
James Kidby
I found Karate very much by chance. Neither of my parents were in any way interested in any form of exercise, in fact they had always...
Renshi Kidby
- Mar 25, 2006
- 2 min
Area Gradings - March 2006
Congratulation to all those students who successfully obtained their next belt at the recent gradings which were held over two weekends...
Renshi Kidby
- Mar 25, 2006
- 1 min
Area Gradings - March 2007
Once again, in the opinion of the senior dan grades, standards at the recent gradings had risen. This is proof that the progress record...
Graham Wakley
- Mar 4, 2006
- 3 min
Competition Day 2006
CFTS attended the competition organised by SKA (Shotokan Karate Association). Again it was well attended by CFTS karate-ka who all...
Renshi Kidby
- Feb 18, 2006
- 2 min
Shihan Finch Course - February 2006
We were lucky again to get Shihan Finch to take us on another course - this time covering some bo work and some self-defence techniques....
Renshi Kidby
- Jan 1, 2006
- 1 min
2006 Courses
Upcoming courses for this year: Please be aware of the following regarding ALL courses; Tickets must be purchased in advance from your...