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Hi All. I am now catching up after the schools summer break. Sue and I went abroad and closed the club down while we were away. We also checked with the students to see when the bulk would be back and arranged for the start back date….only to get a call from the school Secretary on the morning of the […]
Well, the title says it all. But the answer is “on holiday”. By a strange coincidence most of the Buntingford Karate Club’s “lower” graded belts are also attending school and as it is our Easter Holiday break they had all gone away. And good luck to them I say! So I was left with a balance of “upper” belts from […]
Funny how the pendulum swings isn’t it? We have been having really good attendance lately but for some reason or other we only had six students turn up on Tuesday 19th….perhaps there was a football match on the TV…England v Brazil perhaps? Anyhow, it happens so you just deal with it. I had 1 purple/white belt, one brown/white belt, one […]
Another good week of training just gone by. Tuesday was well attended despite all the colds and viruses that seem to be lurking about lately. On Tuesday I decided to turn the lights out again and get the students to do 1 step sparring in the dark – and I mean DARK. It is however quite surprising how one’s eyes […]
Bit low in numbers on Tuesday which was a shame but as the class that attended were all “upper” belts I took the students through Kwanku Sho (to look at the sky – major form) which they all enjoyed. On Thursday I had a much better turn out with nearly all of the members of the Buntingford Karate Club training. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I am very please to say that we had a terrific turn out of members after the School summer break. The Buntingford Karate Club was really buzzing with enthusiasm from all of the members and there was many a sweaty brow within about 15 minutes of starting the basic Karate training. Despite the lay off the Karate students went to […]
Here is a picture of what a “Crunch” looks like. As a Karate Instructor of some considerable years experience I often get asked what sort of exercises can be done to improve Karate performance and also help to make you look good! There are a number of good exercises that can be carried out and the Buntingford Karate Club regularly […]
