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Well, hello folks and you must have been wondering what had happened to me? Sue and I went away to the “Deep South” of America (Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Tenassee) in October and therefore left the Buntingford Karate Club in the tender care of our new Sensei Keith Edwards. I am pleased to say that the club supported Keith […]
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Last week the Buntingford Karate Club had another grading for it’s members. Abi went for her 1st (3rd kyu) brown belt, Rick went for his Purple and white (4th kyu), Ben went for green (6th kyu), Patrick went for orange (8th kyu) and Owen and John went for their first grading colours of red (9th kyu). As readers of this […]
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If you go to the Instructors tag you will find a new Instructor. Whereas CJ and Lou give lessons in the club whilst I am in attendance they are not always available to take the club if Sue and I are not there for any reason. As Sue and I retired from our “normal” jobs recently we would like to […]
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To All members of the Buntingford Karate Club please note that the following members are now due to grade: Sam O on 18.9.2014. Harry, Abi, Rick, Ben, Patrick, Owen and John on Tuesday 30th September. Please do not forget to bring your CURRENT licence. If your licence has expired I cannot grade you. Would Harry and Abi make sure that […]
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Hi Folks. As promised we now have some good footage of the Buntingford Karate Club performing in the street at the June Buntingford 2014 Carnival. Apart from the action listen out to the heckling etc in the background! Go to the Action Videos tag and follow the link to the Carnival film. It was all great fun and thanks must […]
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Hi All. We returned to training on Tuesday night and we had a good turn-out of members all keen to get back into their training which was good to see. Not all the work has been completed to the building works but happily it did not affect us. Do not forget to check with the closure dates coming up. Sensei […]
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Hi Folks, I have now been informed by the Secretary of Edwinstree School that we can open the Buntingford Karate Club this week coming (from 18.8.14) as the contractors will have finished their work by the end of this week . Sensei Bill
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AS AT 10th August: Hi All. We have received with short notice some information concerning our Dojo at Edwinstree School. There will be some demolition work in the Gym and some work in the main hall and this will affect training. I have asked the School Secretary to keep me informed of dates of closures. She has only recently contacted […]
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Back in 2013 the Buntingford Karate Club was asked by the organisers of the Buntingford Carnival if we would put on a Martial Arts Display. Of course we said yes. As the Carnival runs every other year the carnival was this year (2014) in June. A large number of the Buntingford Karate Club members volunteered to be in the display and […]
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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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