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Renshi Kidby
- Oct 21, 2006
- 1 min
Dan Gradings - October 2006
Another challenging and gruelling Dan Grading took place at Kempston on Saturday and, following a courageous display by the candidates,...
Renshi Kidby
- Jul 28, 2006
- 3 min
You Might Be A Martial Artist If...
You find yourself casually standing in a half cat stance. You trip, go into a roll and come up in a fighting stance. In church. You...
Renshi Kidby
- Jul 25, 2006
- 9 min
A Selection of Jokes
Taken from a recent thread from the CFTS Forum: I was just thinking the other day of all the strange things that can go wrong during MA...
Renshi Kidby
- Jul 24, 2006
- 1 min
Murphy's Laws of Martial Arts
1. The wimp who made it through the elimination round on luck alone will suddenly turn into Bruce Lee when you're up against him. 2. The...
Sensei Simon McMahon
- Jul 22, 2006
- 1 min
Peter Hooker
I began training in January 1985 with the Shotokan Karate Association under Sensei Roy Bantan and chief instructor Sensei Mick Randall. I...
Renshi Kidby
- Jun 24, 2006
- 1 min
Area Gradings - June 2006
June gradings came and went fairly uneventfully with the vast majority passing their grade successfully. For those that weren’t as...
Sensei Peter Calver
- May 26, 2006
- 1 min
Peter Calver
I live in Buckinghamshire, England and have clubs in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. I began training in 1984 under Sensei John...
Sensei Martin Shield
- May 20, 2006
- 4 min
Dan Gradings - May 2006
Today was the day of my return to Balliol School - the first time that I have been here since my own Shodan grading in October 2005....