Hi Everyone,

After a nice long break, Judo is back this Tuesday, 8pm.

January is a time of new beginnings, so if you ahve never done Judo before a perfect time to give it a go for the first time. If you have been off the mat for a little/long while, then January is again a perfect time to come a re-discover the joy of Judo.

Our little club is unique in that we cater exclusively to adults and have plenty of variety in the levels of adults we have on the mat each session. We have complete beginners, novices, and even a good number of regular and visiting black belts.

Spread the word and lets start 2017 with a bang!

See you Tuesday!

This weekend our friends up at Sandbach Judo Club challenged us to do the Mannequin Challenge, so on Sunday we gave it a go and here is the result:

The question everyone is asking is who is the mystery Judoka? Could it be Ilias Iliadis? Masu Baker? Teddy Riner? Let us know who you think it is?

This week’s Judo timetable is as follows:

Sunday 13th (3pm): Kata and belt preparation.

Tuesday 15th (8pm): Combined Tachi-waza and Ne-Waza randori.

Thursday 17th (8pm): Combined Tachi-waza and Ne-Waza randori.

Unfortunately coach is away this week, so no formal sessions this week.

With coach Lance Wicks back from the Tashkent Judo Grand Prix Judo sessions are back to normal.

Specifically:

• Tuesday 8pm. Tachi waza
• Thursday 8pm. Ne waza
• Sunday 3pm. Technical + kata.

See you there!

Dear all,

there is no Judo at the club this week due to the Hampshire Open Competition and coach Lance Wicks being away at the Tashkent Grand Prix in Uzbekistan.

Enjoy the break, good luck to those competing and for those not competing; perhaps a good week to recover and find a partner to practice the kata with so you can enter the Hampshire Kata Competition on 16th.

Great news tonight!

Sally Conway wins the Bronze Medal in Rio!

Today marks the start of our week long celebration of Judo. We have Judo sessions everyday, where you are welcome to come and train, come and try or just come and watch some Judo.

Yesterday, Ashley Mckenzie of TeamGB competed, and started strongly with a win against Turkey. In the next round he faced Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan, who unfortunately for Ashley took the contest. Smetov is a bit of a club favourite (due to the coaches son choosing him 3 years ago as his favourite, and of course because of our Kazakh member Daulet who recently medalled at the Hampshire Split Grade competition.

Today, Sunday, sees TeamGB represented by Colin Oates who faces France in the opening round. We shall be supporting him as he tries to get a medal.

We will also be supporting Kelmendi of Kosovo in the women’s competition. She is a two time world champion, flag bearer for her team and like Rio as it was where she won her first world title!

The Olympic Games are about to start in Rio. The Judo starts off the show, the stadium is sold out but you can enjoy the fun at Southampton City Judo Club.

We have scheduled sessions for anyone who wants to give Judo a go or even just watch the amazing athletes do their thing.

Checkout out events page for our Olympic sessions.