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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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At Tuesday evening’s lesson Harry took his 3rd Kyu (1st Brown Belt) under my critical eye. Harry had been steadily improving in the Buntingford Karate Club since his last grading and he seems to get a fair amount of practice in….this is as well as helping to run the local Cub Scout group and also practice Tae Kwon Do on a […]
Well, 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 […]
