LOCKDOWN – Buntingford Karate Club closed Temporarily

Hi Folks. Yes, I regret that following the decision for a National Lockdown the Buntingford Karate Club is hereby temporarily closed until the lockdown ends and we are allowed back into the school for training. Although schools will be allowed to remain open this does not include clubs who are renting their halls and gyms from them. I had hoped […]

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Sam makes it to Black Belt

Hi Folks. Some further good news from the Buntingford Karate Club. Sam has just achieved Black Belt!! I have a photo in the club’s scrapbook of Sam receiving his first belt in November 2012. Apart for a couple of years whilst he was at University Sam has trained with us twice a week and as regular as clockwork for all […]

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Harry Marries Chloe

Hi Folks. Some good news for you amongst all this covid doom and gloom. Harry, one of the members of the Buntingford Karate Club and who is now living on Anglesey, married his love a couple of weeks ago. There were only 8 of us at the wedding (including the Bride and Groom) instead of the big do that had […]

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Buntingford Karate Club now back in Business

Hi Folks. Good News. The Buntingford Karate Club has received permission from the school to allow us to resume training indoors. Quite rightly I had to send the school a Risk Assessment and a Training Policy which was accepted and passed by the school. Accordingly we started training in our dojo again yesterday (Tuesday 1st September). The information for the […]

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Karate Clubs being allowed to re-open, but with Restrictions

Hi All. The English Karate Federation is reporting that all Karate Clubs can now open up – but with restrictions. However, they have not yet told us what those restrictions are! Edwinstree School have now come back to me and have said that the Buntingford Karate Club might be able to open up the hall/gym/dojo again in September but I […]

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Charlie gets 2nd Kyu

Hi All. Charlie came to the Buntingford Karate Club with his two older siblings: Older brother Brogan and older sister Martha. Over the few months before lockdown Charlie worked towards his 2nd Kyu (Brown belt with one white stripe) and then the pandemic hit. However, Sue and I have been able to open and run the club outside on the […]

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