Training You In The Art Of Karate And Street Self Defence Since 1983
If you are a regular reader if the Blog for the Buntingford Karate Club you will have noticed that I have not blogged for a couple of weeks. We had half term and this always affects numbers and there have been a few “technical hitches” but here I am back again. So what’s new?….Well I have built on the success […]
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So, this last week in the Buntingford Karate Club I have gone over the Black Belt kata Sochin (pronounced either So-Shin or So-Chin depending on what College you went to….stand by for Japanese reprisals on my pronunciation!!). I tend to say So-Shin with a gutteral sound for So (more like Sor than Sow). I had all of the students doing […]
Read moreWhat a great response to the New Year from all the students, with nearly all of the members of the Buntingford Karate Club turning up to train on Tuesday and Thursday. Well done everyone! I was also pleased to see our latest keen recruit, Katie, turning up to train. She has now finished her beginners course and was in with the […]
Read moreWell, what a lead up to Christmas at the Buntingford Karate Club! First of all Jake Dix graded to Brown Belt 1st Kyu (the one before Black) just two weeks ago. Then on 20th December Rick Duncan successfully graded to Yellow belt, Abi Freeman graded to Green belt, Harry Barnes graded to Purple and White, and Elisha Edwards graded to […]
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In the Buntingford Karate Club I am always on the lookout for something to add to the students Martial Arts experience. Jake, who is one of our members and a Brown Belt 1st Kyu has a mother called Nikki, and Nikki teaches Yoga. I was very pleased when she agreed to give our club a special Yoga night on Tuesday and […]
Read moreHi All. Well this last Tuesday and Thursday saw two very nice events at the Buntingford Karate Club: On the Tuesday Jake Dix went for his 1st Kyu belt (the last Brown belt before Black) and after holding it all together for 45 minutes he managed to pass. Jake is not a student who is naturally gifted at Karate (like […]
Read moreTuesday’s lesson was unusual too say the least. You see, in my day job, the company decided that their staff should all have a Flu jab to keep down staff sickness levels…….and yes, you’ve guessed it….we all went down with the Flu! Any kind of bug seems to head straight for my throat and vocal chords and thus it was […]
Read moreIt may seem odd that you are viewing a blog that is mentioning Chinese Martial Arts techniques when it would appear that the website is fundamentally Karate based, but how wrong you are! One of the good things about being in Martial Arts for some forty one years is that I have met and trained with, and learned from, all sorts of Martial […]
Read moreAs our website explains, I also teach Self Defence courses. These are no more than 2 hours long and you do not have to be a fitness or exercise fanatic to be able to take part. They are for everyday defence against bare handed muggers and knife attacks. The course is simple but effective. Here is a picture of Ivy, a […]
Read moreSo today was the day that our junior white belt members Sam, Ben and Jaydan have been training so hard for over the past months, it was grading day where those white belts would become red belts taking them into the next journey of their karate careers! As I live with Jaydan I can tell you that she has been […]
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