Training You In The Art Of Karate And Street Self Defence Since 1983
This Tuesday Patrick went from beginners belt (white) to 9th Kyu Red. Patrick, it must be said, has had some trouble struggling with the required position of his legs for front stance (Zenkutsu Dachi), and he was also having trouble mastering 5 step sparring (Go Hon Kumite). However, he is very keen to learn and he put great effort into […]
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Last Tuesday our Elisha took the lesson at the Buntingford Karate Club. Elisha is a 1st Kyu which means that her next belt is Black. As part of the training for Black Belt the brown belt students of the Buntingford Karate Club are expected to take at least two lessons. Elisha had already taken a lesson at 2nd Kyu and […]
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Ben is one of our the younger members of the Buntingford Karate Club. He is always fired up with enthusiasm and gets desperately disappointed when he gets things wrong. But he has all the equipment necessary to become very good at his Karate as he progresses along the “Way”. Sometimes he seems to invent things…like how to do Shuto Uchi. […]
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Hi All. Apologies for not blogging recently but I have been terribly busy at home and also went away on holiday to Cuba. Anyway, I should not drop names…Mick Jagger told me that. Since last we “spoke” we have started a new beginners course. We had four young lads turn up and ALL of them had traced the Buntingford Karate […]
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Hi Folks. I have not blogged for a couple of weeks as I have been busy at home and in “pushing” my “DON’T PANIC” Self-Defence lessons. However, last Tuesday Terry had put in enough effort and practice that I said I would take him for a grading. Terry is a fit man and throws himself enthusiastically into his training so […]
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So tonight was grading time and although I felt pretty relaxed about the whole thing maybe I was a little too relaxed, the grading started a little nervously to say the least but once I got going the confidence came back a bit and things started going better.
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Following on from Jake Dix, Harry Barnes took his 2nd Kyu (Brown belt with 1 white stripe) last night and easily passed. Harry also studies Tae Kwon Do and his extra Martial Arts work is paying off. He had to demonstrate his punching and kicking power on a kick bag. Then he had some complicated basics to get through. I […]
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Sorry Jake but I am a bit late in posting this. Well folks, Jake has been with us now for ten years. Like most of us he has never found learning his karate easy and he has been through frustrations with it like the rest of us. However Jake has another problem in that he has a difficulty with his […]
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Hi Folks. Last night I decided to devote some time to Street Self Defence with particular reference to knife attacks. We use rubber knives in the Buntingford Karate Club but the students are asked to regard them in the same way as a real knife. I even insist that when they hand them to someone else that they do so […]
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HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! This week (7th and 9th) saw the return to training after the festive season of the members of the Buntingford Karate Club. Despite a few creaks and groans from some members (had they been practicing over the holidays?!) the students performed very well. There was some sad news that jayden had decided to “drop out” of […]
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