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:
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):
The competitors also voted for the following awards (£20 Wagamama voucher):
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!
We are really pleased to announce that we are hosting a competition on March 18th (11am – 2pm).
We are just finalising the details, but you can express interest and follow developments over at https://www.facebook.com/events/412599419087541/
It is probably going to be a groundwork only competition and is aimed at adult novices, who want a friendly local event to participate in.
You can enter simply by entering your name, grade and weight direct into the spreadshhet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13rRTRf5XDh2jJALxg26T6pggjkn0qUlrYHMgLJlkLlk/edit
Please not that this form is public, once you have filled that in, you can pay on the day or pay via paypal below. ** Note: unless you have paid in advance we can’t guarantee a spot on the day.
Enter via paypal:
Please help spread the word about the event and if you are interested in helping run it, sponsor it, or volunteer at it please let us know.
This week (starting February 13th) marks the final preparations for the British Universities Championships (BUCS), and our week looks like this:
This week we will work hard on Monday and Tuesday, then dial it back for the rest of the week so that those competing in Sheffield do not risk injury and feel fresh on Saturday.
This week has been fantastic for the club, we visited our friends at Ringwood Judo Club on Monday, then had a visit from our friends from Southampton University Judo Club on Thursday.
It’s terrific to have the chance to do Judo with new people, and it always teaches us something new.
This Sunday we shall be exploring the Kaeshi no kata further and next week along with some good randori we shall continue to try every technique in the go kyo.
Recently we started learning the Kaeshi no kata, so on Tuesday we took it and tried to learn the same counter throws via randori.
One of the great things about learning Judo is randori. Randori is a game as much as a learning tool.
During our Tuesday and Thursday randori sessions we try techniques. We try apply our techniques against a non passive partner, against someone who won’t just fall, who we must actually apply our waza correctly on.
Which sounds very serious, but actually means we get to play the game of Judo. My partner tries to throw me, I try and throw them. I try all.my “tricks” and use my guile and cunning to catch them. All the while they try and do the same to me.
Come down and join the fun.
