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Carnival Time

Yes Folks, it was the Bi-Annual Buntingford Carnival on Saturday 18th June and once again the Buntingford Karate Club were asked to put on a display. Nine of the members were able to take part with my wife Sue handling the props – and there were a lot of props! We never do a traditional Shotokan Karate demonstration because the […]

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Owen Goes Green

Hi Folks. Owen and John (see last Blog) started together and have matched each other’s progress. So, following on from John’s recent grading success Owen was able to take his own grading at the Buntingford Karate Club for Green Belt recently and lifted his level of performance by a considerable amount from the last time he graded. As you can […]

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Green Belt for John

Hi Folks. Isn’t it nice when someone gets a just reward? Well John certainly got his at his recent grading with the Buntingford Karate Club. John can best be described as being just “a nice guy”. He’s never pushy or showy and got quite a surprise when I told him that he ought to take his next grade (green). He […]

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Judo Club gets it wrong

HI Folks. Here’s an interesting story…one of the Buntingford Karate Club’s Black Belts was recently invited to go along and watch a training session at a Judo Club (that is out of our area). He turned up and was asked if he would join in. He said that he would. He had taken his Karate Gi and his black belt […]

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More Grading Successes

Hi Folks. Last Thursday evening (3rd December) we had another grading for Owen and John who were going for 7th Kyu Yellow Belt, and Ben, who was going for 5th Kyu (Purple). All three showed a good command of the syllabus required of them and, although there were the usual small mistakes, they all put up very competent performances. Ben was […]

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