CFTS KARATE

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

Saturday 8th March was the Milton Keynes area kyu grading, held at Knowles Primary School, Bletchley.

Updated - January 2025 Following the sudden and unexpected passing of Sensei Matt Eagles in 2023, former member of the CFTS, student of...

Milton Keynes The MK area gradings were held on Sunday July 7th with students from all MK area clubs participating. The standards were...

Four nervous candidates attended the Dan gradings on Saturday 23rd March. The grading day was split into two halves, with a Shodan and...

Final update, Saturday 20th April In order for students to have enough time to prepare for their grading, the Instructors Committee have...

Milton Keynes Area A big turnout for this grading day with great spirit and determination being shown at all levels. We welcomed the new...

I’ve made it to Shodan after years of rigorous training and hard work. Over the course of the years there have been up and downs, but...

Ever since childhood, Karate had always been on my bucket list of things to achieve one day. Aside from a self-defence class based on...

The journey to acquiring the black belt was long and rocky, but also filled with beautiful moments and tremendous support that encouraged...

Milton Keynes Area By comparison with other gradings this was a quiet one with only about 40 students grading, but the standards were...

CFTS Course – Saturday 15 July 2023 The senior instructors of CFTS were not sure if there would be an appetite for bringing everyone...

Another successful grading day for Milton Keynes and Bedford areas students and the standard was once again high. Milton Keynes Area...

Due to the pandemic, we have not held an open course since 2019 and now is a great opportunity for us all to get together as before....

It is with great sadness that we have recently said goodbye to Sensei Matt Eagles. Matt started his karate journey in 1997 with the late...

n Sunday 19th March, six CFTS dan grades made the short trip to the JKR Yamazaki Dojo to train under Sensei Simon Oliver again. The theme...

On Sunday 19th February, four of the CFTS instructors committee (Senseis Dan and Steve Young and Senseis Simon and Pam McMahon) went to...

Once again across the two area of CFTS, students met for the final grading of 2022. The gradings are fast becoming like days of old and...

Members of Newton Longville and Bletchley clubs met at the annual Newton Longville Fete on a sunny afternoon in September. The expected...

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...