Club and Coach

The Southampton City Judo Club is currently an independent club,

The current club coach is Lance Wicks (BSc. Hons.), 2nd Dan Black Belt and European Judo Union Level 5 coach. Lance is involved in coach education internationally as a commissioner within the EJU and involvement as a director in JudoSpace. He is also involved in the highest levels of Judo competition as part of the competition delivery teams of the EJU and International Judo Federation (IJF).

The club was founded in 2010 with the help of Southampton Solent University and the local BJA development officer. We spent our first decade at St Marys Leisure Centre and have been involved in the creation and delivery of social projects in Southampton and competitions and technical workshops for the county.

In 2025 we are moving and joining the Parity Martial Arts and Wellness family.

We are currently trying to expand the club (both in terms of participants and volunteers), so that we can become a larger club and participate in regular competition and other events.

We invite visitors from other clubs as well as new members to join us and help us grow.

Please contact lw@judocoach.com to get involved.

We currently have two sections in the club Seniors and Juniors:

Junior Bears Juniors:

Our Junior programme is currently on those under 14 years of age, see class times.

11185750_10153236565139763_99255143_nSeniors:

Our senior programme started in 2010 and caters primarily to adult beginners and recreational players. Contest players are encouraged to attend local performance Judo centres Camberley Judo Club and Bath University. Our senior programme includes competition, kata and a growing social calendar.