This week Southampton City Judo Club will be doing technical kyu gradings Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights (8pm, 12-14 December 2017).

These grading sessions are open to all adult kyu grades in the area (majority of the grading is expected in the yellow-green belt range) so if you are an adult kyu grade in Southampton, please do some along and we shall test you.

The club follows the BJA Grading syllabus and if you would like your grade registered nationally, you will need to bring you BJA record book, valid current license and £12 grading fee.

To obtain a BJA license please visit: https://britishjudo.secure.force.com/membership

We recommend you print and bring along the “Record of Achievement” for your level.

We will be having guests from other clubs in attendance, so even if you are not grading, the sessions will hopefully be a nice social training for all.

So study hard and we look forward to proving your knowledge and putting everyone in the belt they deserve!

This past Saturday (December 2nd, 2017) we were pleased to host a friendly Judo competition between Southampton Solent University, Southampton University and Winchester University.

Attendance was good and some terrific contests were had, we enjoyed a quiet drink afterwards with our friends afterwards.

The event consisted of an official round, where open weight male and female categories were competed in. Then an unofficial round where a second male competition was held along with a mixed category where the lighter males were able to compete with the females to provide a larger pool of contests for all involved.

Our friends David and Malcom Tooby came and officiated, for which we were very happy and appreciative.

Below are the official results:

Results 1

Results 2

Results 3

Results 4

Great news everyone!

Due to how busy we have been recently, we are able to offer a fourth training session per week.

Starting this week we will have sessions Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday.

Tuesday 8pm will remain our main throwing session and hardest workout.

Wednesday 8pm will be a uchi komi (drills) session with a good stretching/mobility component.

Thursday 8pm is our groundwork session and a good workout.

Sunday 3pm is our technique and Kata session. And is a chilled out relaxing session to work on skills and explore formal demonstration aspects of Judo.

We hope the fourth session per week will help balance numbers across our busy sessions as well as allowing more training for all that want it.

September welcomes the new university year and new students looking for our club.

As part of the Southampton Solent University we incorporate the TeamSolent Judo within our regular Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday sessions.

After the quiet period over summer, the dojo has been busy recently and we look forward to seeing new faces over the coming weeks.

We return to our regular schedule:

• Tuesday 8pm. Mainly throws, mainly randori, mainly a tough work out.
• Thursday 8pm. Groundwork mainly, not as hard work as Tuesday; but you will leave sweaty for sure.
• Sunday 3pm. Chilled Sunday session. Technique work. Relaxed, light workout. Bring a friend, a younger sibling, do something with your Sunday afternoon.

See you soon!

With the student break and competition schedule (coach Lance Wicks will be away at events in Belarus, Hungary and elsewhere), we will be closed some dates in July and August.

No Judo these dates:

• 20 July
• 23 July
• 25 July
• 27 July
• 30 July
• 6 August
• 8 August
• 10 August
• 13 August
• 24 August
• 27 August
• 29 August
• 31 August
• 3 September

The club will be open on all Tuesday, Thursday and Sundays as per usual except on these dates.

Please check the website for any changes.

What a busy start to 2017 we have had!

VIP Guests: 6

Hosted Competitions: 1

Hosted Workshops: 2

More to come in second half of the year!

We hope to see everyone on Sunday for our refereeing workshop with Andy Tremlett this Sunday at 3pm.

It is a real pleasure to able to invite all local Judoka to visit our club on May 7th to meet and train together with Rio2016 Olympic Judo athlete Szandra Szogedi.

Please show your interest via our Facebook event: https://m.facebook.com/events/200892707090357

Our invitation extends to all ages, grades, etc. We only ask that if you are coming with kids you come in pairs as we are a mainly adults club so may not have a partner for your child if they come alone.

Mat fee is £3, paid at reception of St Mary’s Leisure Centre, Southampton. Session will run from 3pm to 5pm.

Hello everyone,

No Judo this week. Next session 25 April.

A big thank you and congratulations to everyone who attended todays competition, it was terrific to have so many people come and have a good time together!

A huge thank you to Peter Boniface for stepping in as referee! Thanks also to our patron who donated  the two hundred pounds of prizes for the competitors!

The results of the competition are here: https://southamptonjudo.com/shiai-march-2017

Winners (£20 Wagamama voucher):

• Women: Solveig
• Men Lightweights: Michael
• Men -90: Pajtim
• Men -100: Edward

The competitors also voted for the following awards (£20 Wagamama voucher):

• Hold down of the day: Vera
• Armlock of the day: Michael
• Strangle of the day: Solveig
• Escape of the day: Callum and Victor (tied)
• Player of the day: Pajtim

Once again thanks for everyone for attending and making the day a success! Congratulations to the winners, we hope you share your Wagamama vouchers with your Judo friends!