Sensei Kanazawa has Died
Hi All. I don’t know why, but I thought I would look up some information on YouTube on Sensei Hirokazu […]
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Self Defence
What’s Going On?
Hi Folks. From time to time people come to visit our training sessions at the Buntingford Karate Club, sometimes they […]
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Gradings
New Crop of Belts for the Buntingford Karate Club
Hi Folks. Well, what a successful couple of weeks some of our members have had! First Harrison took his Red […]
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CLOSED – Due to Government Orders
Hi Folks. Unfortunately the Government have caught up with us and the Buntingford Karate Club is now forced to close for the time being and until the All Clear has been sounded. Sue and I did not want to do this and it goes against our better judgement but I’m afraid we’ll be damned if we do and damned if […]
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Martha gets her 2nd Kyu
Hi Folks. Martha joined the Buntingford Karate Club with her two brothers (one older (Brogan) and one younger (Charlie)) a few months ago when their karate club closed down. She had obtained Brown belt 3rd Kyu under her old instructor but I wanted to improve her standard before she took a grading with us. Martha and her brothers have been […]
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Sensei Kanazawa has Died
Hi All. I don’t know why, but I thought I would look up some information on YouTube on Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa. As most of you know, I have actually trained quite a few times with this man and, on one occasion at a big training session (about 500 of us) at Picketts Lock Sports Centre in Edmonton, I was asked […]
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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!
Hello everyone and welcome to 2021. I am sure that we are all hoping that this year is going to turn out a whole lot better than last year even though we start it with lockdowns. Sue and I are keeping positive. We have a holiday booked for September and we are sure that we will be able to go […]
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A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL
Hi there everyone! Sue and I Just thought that we would wish you all a Merry Christmas whether you are a member of the Buntingford Karate Club or just someone who likes to read my occasional blog. So far it has been a strange year and for some of us it has been a tragic year if you have lost […]
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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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A crop of grades at the Buntingford Karate Club
Yes, despite the various restrictions that covid-19 has placed upon us the Buntingford Karate Club is still up and running and we have had some successful candidates taking their grades. First up were Tara and Phillipe who were going for their 5th Kyu (1st Purple). We were not able to do pair-up work but I threw extra kata at them […]
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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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Brogan gets 1st Kyu (his last Brown Belt)
Hi Folks. Tuesday (4/8/20) saw Brogan take his 1st Kyu grade under the Buntingford Karate Club. Brogan (it must be said) had a tendency before the covid lockdown of being a bit laid back and sometimes did not give of his all. However, since our karate club has resumed training out on the school field (with social distancing)he has discovered […]
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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 […]