CFTS KARATE

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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 didn’t have many hobbies at the time so I always thought that one day; I would become overweight and so decided to act fast. That’s...

I have to admit that I spent about a year trying to avoid starting karate. At the time, everyone in my family had tried it except me and...

The December gradings passed without any major incidents. Generally, a good standard was evident all round. The trophy winners were as...

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I began karate in 2000 when a friend and I went to a beginner’s course at Hazeldene Lower School in Bedford ran by the Association of...

I started karate in 1996 after 3 years boxing. I wanted a fresh new challenge. I looked around visiting other possible martial arts clubs...

Thanks to a chance conversation with a stranger in a pub some fourteen years ago, I have been awarded shodan (first degree black belt), a...

I discovered karate by accident in 2000, aged 10. While waiting for a lift home from school I found myself observing a karate lesson...

At the tender age of nine, when I was literally driving my parents round the bend with my inexhaustible energy and inability to shut up...

Once a year, the CFTS Executive holds a morning's training session on a subject that is considered vital to the progress and continuing...

The September gradings over the weekend of 15th and 16th passed without any major incidents. Although there were a few less grading this...

I began training in Sept 1984 with Sensei Kidby at the Ousedale School club in Newport Pagnell. My first major milestone was in Dec. 1987...

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On a very warm and humid July 7th, a good few CFTS members attended the Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford for a traditional Shotokan course...

The June Kyu gradings were well attended and the standard was good, although in some cases more work was needed and a lot of comments...

Multi-martial artist Shihan Wayne Swietoslawski came to the Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford recently to give us an insight into some...

One of our best competition days since the federation was formed in 1994 was held on Saturday 14th April 2012 at the leisure centre in...

One evening after our usual training session in Bletchley Leisure Centre I was sitting in the changing room gathering my thoughts and...