AKS is a family run Karate School based in Cambourne and Royston providing Traditional and Sport Karate tuition for children and adults of all abilities.
Founder and Chief Instructor, Sensei Anthony Barrett 5th Dan has been teaching full time since opening his first karate school in Bishop’s Stortford in 1995. Following a move to Cambourne he established the Cambourne Karate School in 2007 and the Royston Karate School in 2013 and personally teaches all the classes assisted by the AKS teaching team.
AKS is a registered association member of the English National Governing Body since 2008 affiliated to the World Karate Federation (WKF). AKS Instructors have enhanced DBS, Public Liability Insurance, First Aid Training and Coach Accreditation.
AKS students work to a Grading Syllabus adhering to a Progressive Teaching Structure. This means that as a student progresses up through the belt grades they add to their previous knowledge and performance like building blocks, where each section is as important as the next. This results in all our advanced students being able to maintain the ability to perform the whole Syllabus from white to black belt and beyond with good form, speed, power and technical knowledge. Being advanced students is not just about us moving onto something new but being able do what we used to do, better.
The AKS Syllabus focuses on three core avenues of training – Traditional Karate, Sport Karate and Practical Self-Defence. The Syllabus is taught in conjunction with various forms of fitness training techniques specifically aimed at improving students’ Karate performance and helping prevent personal injury during practise.