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    Zeeshan Ashraf
    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...
    Sam Bedford
    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...
    Ivan Miocinovic
    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...
    Andrew Rowley
    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...
    Agjier Na-ah
    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...
    Robert Starck
    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...
    Thomas Marshall
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Thomas Marshall

    I originally began karate at six years old, as one of my friends at the time was going and he said it was really fun. At first I was...
    Olivia Marshall
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Nov 23, 2019
    • 2 min

    Olivia Marshall

    At the age of 11, I started CFTS Federation karate. At the time I was nervous and unsure what it was going to be like, but it was...
    Katie Holmes
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Nov 13, 2019
    • 1 min

    Katie Holmes

    I started karate in 2014 when I was 12 years old because one of my friends had recently joined as well. However, this friend stopped...
    Elsie Parlor
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Nov 2, 2019
    • 2 min

    Elsie Parlor

    I first started karate when I was 7 years old in January 2013. My brother had attended a few training sessions at Cedars with Renshi...
    Jamie Ogston
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Oct 29, 2019
    • 1 min

    Jamie Ogston

    My karate journey began in 2013 when I was a second year University student looking to do an extracurricular activity instead of having...
    Lexi Comb
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Apr 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Lexi Comb

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    Billy Dawkes
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Apr 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Billy Dawkes

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    Steve Matheron
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Mar 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    Steve Matheron

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    Angela Comb
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Mar 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    Angela Comb

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    Joshua Penniston
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Nov 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Joshua Penniston

    I first heard about Karate when my friend was telling me about it at school. I was quite intrigued so I came along to one of the...
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Oct 31, 2018
    • 1 min

    Aidar Talibzhanov

    I was introduced to karate by my wife. She wanted me to get more physical activity so one day in 2009 she insisted our family visited a...
    Steve Cook
    Sensei Steve Cook
    • Oct 27, 2018
    • 3 min

    Steve Cook

    I began my karate training aged twenty one, attending a local karate club with Chiltern Karate Association. I graded twice with them -...
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Jul 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    Steve Young

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    Karl Chiodo
    Sensei Simon McMahon
    • Jun 4, 2018
    • 2 min

    Karl Chiodo

    I started my Karate Career in July 2010 under Renshi Andy Kidby within the CFTS association. I gained my 1st belt (blue 10th KYU) in Sept...
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