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WE ARE NOW OPEN! HOORAY!

Hi All. With the lockdown easing from yesterday (17th May) the Buntingford Karate Club will be opening the doors for training in the dojo as of tonight. Not only that, we have SIX new beginners starting on their beginners course. I would like to take this opportunity of thanking all of the karate club members for their attendance at our […]

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BEGINNERS COURSE 18TH MAY

Hi All. With the lockdown restrictions easing on Monday 17th May the Buntingford Karate Club will be running its 5 week Beginners Course on and from Tuesday 18th May. If you are interested in joining our friendly club then call me on 01763 273123. If I am not there then leave a message. Unlike some people I review the phone […]

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BUNTINGFORD KARATE CLUB RE-OPENS!

Hi Folks. As we are now allowed to have sports outside I asked Edwinstree School if we could use their school field and car parking area. They agreed, so we had our first training for six months (!!) outside on Tuesday evening. Because the clocks went forward an hour the week-end before we started at the earlier time of 6pm […]

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KEEP WOMEN SAFE!

As you know, as a result of a recent abduction of a woman walking home there has (quite rightly)been an outcry from women about their safety on our streets. I am not sure what the government (any government) can do to stop this, but I know what women could do to make themselves aware of stalkers and followers, and how […]

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Sensei Kanazawa has Died

Hi All. I don’t know why, but I thought I would look up some information on YouTube on Sensei Hirokazu Kanazawa. As most of you know, I have actually trained quite a few times with this man and, on one occasion at a big training session (about 500 of us) at Picketts Lock Sports Centre in Edmonton, I was asked […]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!

Hello everyone and welcome to 2021. I am sure that we are all hoping that this year is going to turn out a whole lot better than last year even though we start it with lockdowns. Sue and I are keeping positive. We have a holiday booked for September and we are sure that we will be able to go […]

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A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

Hi there everyone! Sue and I Just thought that we would wish you all a Merry Christmas whether you are a member of the Buntingford Karate Club or just someone who likes to read my occasional blog. So far it has been a strange year and for some of us it has been a tragic year if you have lost […]

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LOCKDOWN – Buntingford Karate Club closed Temporarily

Hi Folks. Yes, I regret that following the decision for a National Lockdown the Buntingford Karate Club is hereby temporarily closed until the lockdown ends and we are allowed back into the school for training. Although schools will be allowed to remain open this does not include clubs who are renting their halls and gyms from them. I had hoped […]

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Sam makes it to Black Belt

Hi Folks. Some further good news from the Buntingford Karate Club. Sam has just achieved Black Belt!! I have a photo in the club’s scrapbook of Sam receiving his first belt in November 2012. Apart for a couple of years whilst he was at University Sam has trained with us twice a week and as regular as clockwork for all […]

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Harry Marries Chloe

Hi Folks. Some good news for you amongst all this covid doom and gloom. Harry, one of the members of the Buntingford Karate Club and who is now living on Anglesey, married his love a couple of weeks ago. There were only 8 of us at the wedding (including the Bride and Groom) instead of the big do that had […]

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