CFTS KARATE

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 interest in martial arts at a very young age. Although I wanted to practice some form of martial art myself, my work routine never allowed me. It was when I moved to Milton Keynes from Manchester and started finding the right dojo for my son to continue training. I was extremely lucky that after an extensive search I found Renshi Andy Kidby traini

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 born. My older brothers trained at the Association of Shotokan Karate under Sensei Kuma. The minimum age requirement meant that I couldn’t train straight away, so instead I watched, and I often found myself at the side of the dojo trying to mimic the moves of the kata that my brothers performed, hoping that one day I could do it as well as the

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 Lee’s Enter the Dragon and the Kung Fu television series a couple of friends and I signed up for a beginners’ course at my local club. The memories are now extremely hazy, but I believe there were well over 100 people present on the first night, such was the “kung fu craze” of the time. The training I can recall, based as it was in Kyokushin

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 introduce the year 3’s to the art of karate. I decided to attend the first session due to popular influences such as the film ‘Karate Kid’ and ‘The Spy Next Door. A few years later, the after-school club had ended. However, I did not want this to be the termination of my experience. My mum and I looked for other karate schools within Milton Keyne

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 apprehensive and never thought that six years later I would be a black belt. My sister and I began to go together regularly at Newton Longville under Sensei McMahon and Sensei Waterhouse; at first I enjoyed being able to shout without being told off but later on in my journey I began to really enjoy different aspects of karate, especially the Ku

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 training fairly soon after I joined and I was left not really knowing anyone at the club. At this point it would have been easy for me to give up karate as well, but instead I persevered and continued training for what is now over 5 years, and I have recently successfully graded for Shodan, something I had never imagined I would be able to do. I

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 Kidby, and I knew I wanted to try a sport like karate, so I went to a training session with my brother. At first, I thought karate was only about being tough and doing “cool moves” that I saw in movies, but the more I trained the more I realised that this was not the case! My first karate grading was very intimidating, but as I faced the black b

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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 training sessions at Clapham. Over time it has helped me with my mental well-being and fitness, I have made new friends of all ages. Karate for me is great for keeping fit and developing necessary skills for the future. I feel as though my determination to continue has allowed me to gain interest in not just karate, but in other martial arts in gen

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 karate demonstration by a local club. After the demonstration I was forced to sign up! I put "my wife's insistence" as a reason for joining and this is how karate entered my life. I joined the CFTS club in Wolverton under Sensei Bigsby in 2013 and later trained in Newport Pagnell under Renshi Kidby. I achieved Shodan in October 2018. It is a

I started my karate in march of 2010 at the Bushfield club under the tutorage of Renshi Kidby. I found the class very daunting to begin with because of all the different moves that everyone seemed to know. As I progressed further I started to learn and understand, Renshi slowly took me through them building my confidence in karate. One of the first things that I really liked was the grade order line, I found this inspired me to become a higher grade. As I got to about 4th kyu

I started my Karate journey in October 2009 after a flyer came home with my children about a beginner’s class for Karate at our local school. I had been thinking of taking something up for myself and this seemed like a challenge. I trained under Shihan McClagish at Clapham Club. The first lessons were strange, I wasn’t a very confident and coordinated person and found it hard to get my body to get into stances and positions, and I even found it hard to Kiai. Learning the firs

When I was around 8 years old, I discovered a show on TV called Hi! Karate. I really enjoyed this and was fascinated by it which convinced me to have a go myself. Fortunately, when the next club list came out at school, karate was right at the top and I was first to put my name down. So in September 2011, at age 9 I started my first karate class at Bushfield with Renshi Kidby. From early on I really enjoyed grading, courses and competitions and I loved the whole idea that you

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