CFTS KARATE

We hope the New Year finds you fit and refreshed, and ready to recommence your training at your chosen Dojo. The new CFTS year has a...

Another year over, but another year wiser? Maybe, may be not, but certainly another year full of different experiences. For students,...

My Shodan experience was a very emotional journey. Physically and mentally it was very draining and I felt it was the toughest challenge...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I started karate as a 10 year old boy, I can’t really remember much but I was always very eager as my Dad...

The Milton Keynes gradings went ahead after some major upheavals in the Leisure Centre - we were restricted on time but completed the...

Renshi Kidby has kindly given our club a new carved wooden trophy to replace the existing shield. We are in the process of transferring...

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Saturday 15th November 2014 brought over 80 karate-ka and their families to the Bunyan Centre in Bedford for the annual course with...

Q. Why did you start Karate? A. Whilst at school I was by far the shortest in my year and possibly one of the shortest in the whole...

The 2014 Halloween party had a good turnout; the majority came in fancy dress and a good time eating, drinking and playing Wii and Xbox...

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Just before Christmas, I started training more at home and at Newton Longville just in case I got invited for my shodan grading in April....

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! My interest in martial arts began in 1999 at the age of 28. I started training in in taekwon-do under Shihan...

I think that one can roughly split his/her days of the week in good ones and not so good ones. Basically that gives you 50% chances to...

Congratulations to CFTS's newest Dan grades, who, after an arduous Saturday 11th October 2014 morning, were awarded Shodan. Well done to...

Listed below are the child welfare specialists within CFTS. They are all fully trained in child protection issues and have CRB (Criminal...

In the Beginning... There are many different reasons why people choose to start karate – some do it for fitness, some to learn to defend...

We are absolutely delighted to announce that next February, Saturday 7th, we have Harada Sensei, Chief instructor of (KDS) Shotokai,...

From the east come many types of fighting arts, plus other less known ones from around the world. Some can be traced back well over 2,000...

The September gradings crept up on many students who were ill prepared. Some had not been training enough over the summer due to being...