Gradings and Grappling

Hi 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 […]

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White Turns To Red X 3

So 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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Training For Gradings

We have three white (ungraded) belts at the moment, Jayden, Ben and Sam. They are all quite keen to grade, and, as is the case with all beginners, they have all had their training evenings where they have not been up to my standard. However, they have all put in the effort and they will all be going for their gradings […]

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Another successful grading

On Thursday (12.7.12) I had another student who was ready for grading. Abigail (or Abi) was going for 8th Kyu (Orange) belt. Abi is very keen on her karate but circumstances in her life have been conspiring to keep her away from the club more than she would like. For that reason she had beed stuck on 9th Kyu (Red) […]

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Orange Thursday for Rick

Rick Orange Belt

Last Thursday Rick took a grading for Orange Belt (8th Kyu). Rick is a very focused man and it came as no surprise to me that he gave a good solid performance and passed the grading. In the Buntingford Karate Club we have no fixed dates for gradings and it is not about doing a set number of lessons. All members […]

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