CFTS KARATE

For any ungraded person starting karate, please use this form. If you are considering starting in September to December, please use the...

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To understand karate a little knowledge of other martial arts is essential, indeed for CFTS dan grades (as in some other associations...

5th April 2014, Shodan grading day. 7 years of Karate, 3 years a 1st Kyu, 12 months of revision and it all comes down to this… and I...

A great turnout, over 45 students and families attended.

A simple overview of the more common traditional styles but in no way represents a comprehensive list, nor a complete history of each....

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Another excellent course from Shihan Sahota offering us some very inventive bunkai and a great afternoon's training.

In 2006 there was a new karate club that had opened at my primary school (Cedars) and at the age of 10, myself and a group of friends...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I began my Karate career in 2006 taking my 10th Kyu grading that December and have come a long way since...

Congratulations to all students who passed their kyu gradings! The weeks following the grading should not be viewed as rest periods -...

I was told in November 2013 by my Senseis that I was invited to grade for Shodan in April 2014. The first thing I remember feeling was...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I started my karate career in 2005 when I was 12 years old with ECKA, an English karate club in my home village of Drayton Parslow. With the belt system different there, I graded my way up to purple, which was three from black belt. During my three/four years training with ECKA I was never really very passionate about it because I lacked the discipline and respect I needed to continue. In August 2009 after much deliberation I began training at Ne

This article was compiled by Simon McMahon from an article by Geoff Thompson, author of “The 3 Second Fighter” and many other books....

A sunny Sunday in the Dojo... it was going to be hot! Around 70 students of all grades turned up, on one of the hottest days of the year...

Training for my black belt grading was like no other grading before; it required ten times the amount of work inside and outside of the...

Read 'My Shodan Experience'! I began karate at the age of 8 years old. I was asked to join in a lesson that my mother and sister usually...

Four candidates nervously arrived at Balliol School for a nine o'clock start to their Shodan Grading. David Thomas, Elliott Thomas, Zoe...

For Club Instructors to submit several licences at once.