Training You In The Art Of Karate And Street Self Defence Since 1983
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Just a little note for Sue and I to wish all of you who log in to this Buntingford Karate Club website over the Christmas period a very Merry Christmas. And a Happy New Year. I hope you like my drawing!!! Sensei Bill
It’s nice to award belts just before Christmas, in a way it’s like giving away presents. I am very pleased to say that Ben went for his Orange Belt (8th Kyu) and passed, and Abi went for her Purple/White Stripe Belt (4th Kyu) and passed. Ben showed the progress he had made over the last few months by pushing up […]
Hi Folks. Well, following on from my last blog (whaddya mean you haven’t read it!?) Elisha took her 1st Kyu (her final brown belt grading – next one is Black Belt) last night. She took her 2nd Kyu just under a year ago and she has progressed in leaps and bounds – perhaps that should be Mae Tobi Geri? She […]
Typical isn’t it? You don’t write anything in the Blog for days and then all sorts of reasons to write turn up at once! First Off the Buntingford karate Club has a grading on 28th November for Elisha for her 1st Kyu (last brown belt). She has been putting in a lot of work over the last few months and […]
Well folks, sorry about the lack of a blog for a few weeks but my life has been a bit full recently….to say the least! So, what’s been happening at the Buntingford Karate Club? Well we had another grading evening where some excellent performances were turned in. Gradings are always useful for Sensei (or they should be!) as they can […]
