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Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
ONLY 7 days to go now till the start of the PARIS OLYMPICS 2024 !!! 🥳😃

Team GB has 5 qualified Judoka all heading to Paris to compete with the most highly skilled athletes from across 5 continents and 122 countries ! With 192 male athletes and 186 female athletes it looks set to be the biggest and toughest judo event yet ! 😲

Chelsie Giles will compete at -52kg - at Tokyo in 2020 Chelsie picked up a bronze medal for team GB being the first of 64 medals won at the games that year for Great Britain ! British Champion Lele Nairne will compete at -57kg and Lucy Renshall at -63kg. Jemima Yeats-Bro
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
CONGRATULATIONS ! To all our senior members who made their next grade promotions at our Senior Summer Grading - when we took over the Willow Studio @ Fresh ! 🥋

A new judo grade is an awesome achievement and represents each individuals learning journey and the hard work and effort they have put into their Judo !

We are double proud with all our members achievements and each grade was very well deserved and passed the high standards of club president Ray Taylor Sensei who completed some of the highest grade promotions on the day !

🟤🥋BEKZAT - 1st Kyu - Brown Belt
🟤🥋DASIY - 1st Kyu - Brown Belt
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
Not long to go now until our Olympic Summer Activity Camp !! 😎

The camp is open to all - non members and siblings are welcome - and it is going to be the best week of summer ! 🥳

With plenty of activities planned in and out of the dojo each day there will be lots of opportunities for our members to learn new skills, make new friends, continue to build confidence and test themselves - all under the guidance of our experienced coaching team !! 🥋

The camp is for juniors aged 6 years - 12 years and it's going to be an action packed week as we celebrate the Paris Olympics 2024 !! ☀

ELY DOJO - BU
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
ONLY 7 days to go now till the start of the PARIS OLYMPICS 2024 !!! 🥳😃

Team GB has 5 qualified Judoka all heading to Paris to compete with the most highly skilled athletes from across 5 continents and 122 countries ! With 192 male athletes and 186 female athletes it looks set to be the biggest and toughest judo event yet ! 😲

Chelsie Giles will compete at -52kg - at Tokyo in 2020 Chelsie picked up a bronze medal for team GB being the first of 64 medals won at the games that year for Great Britain ! British Champion Lele Nairne will compete at -57kg and Lucy Renshall at -63kg. Jemima Yeats-Bro
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
It was a long but rewarding day for some of our senior Shia Squad at the Kent International Judo Championships 2024 which was held at Medway Park Sports Centre at the end of June ! 🥋🥋🥋🥋

Bekzat took part in both the Masters and Senior groups while both Daisy and Yonas took part in the Junior and Senior groups ! Simeon was unable to enter himself but made the journey as warm up partner and assistant coach.

It was a long day with plenty of high level contests for all - with great displays of determination and judo skill along with some convincing ippon scores ! 🥳

Great results for all the Squ
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
CONGRATULATIONS ! To all our senior members who made their next grade promotions at our Senior Summer Grading - when we took over the Willow Studio @ Fresh ! 🥋

A new judo grade is an awesome achievement and represents each individuals learning journey and the hard work and effort they have put into their Judo !

We are double proud with all our members achievements and each grade was very well deserved and passed the high standards of club president Ray Taylor Sensei who completed some of the highest grade promotions on the day !

🟤🥋BEKZAT - 1st Kyu - Brown Belt
🟤🥋DASIY - 1st Kyu - Brown Belt
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
We are super excited to be launching NEW JUNIOR BEGINNERS CLASSES @ ELY DOJO ! 🥋

We still have a small number of places available on our VIP TASTER CLASSES - for potential new junior members in some classes !

🙂NEW - Judo Tots for ages 4 and 5 years
🙂NEW - Girls Only Judo - for ages 12-17 years
🙂NEW - Koka Kids - for ages 6 - 9 years
🙂NEW - Yuko Youth - for ages 10 - 13 years

Judo is a fantastic form of physical education - as well as a traditional martial art and Olympic sport !

At our junior taster class your child will -

🙂 Visit our Dojo and meet some of the coaching team !

🙂Meet o
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
It was a long but rewarding day for some of our senior Shia Squad at the Kent International Judo Championships 2024 which was held at Medway Park Sports Centre at the end of June ! 🥋🥋🥋🥋

Bekzat took part in both the Masters and Senior groups while both Daisy and Yonas took part in the Junior and Senior groups ! Simeon was unable to enter himself but made the journey as warm up partner and assistant coach.

It was a long day with plenty of high level contests for all - with great displays of determination and judo skill along with some convincing ippon scores ! 🥳

Great results for all the Squ
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
A FANTASTIC day at our Summer Grading !

Always a brilliant moment when our coaching team can award our members their new judo grades ! 🥳🥋

At our summer grading we ran 5 grading classes across all our junior age groups from 5 years - 18 years !

The standard of judo technical knowledge we are achieving across all our grades as a dojo is just brilliant ! Our Life Skills programme that helps enforce our judo moral code is really taking shape and we are so proud of all our members and their achievements understanding our life skills of -

🥋RESPECT
🥋HEALTH
🥋RESPONSIBILITY
🥋SELF CONTROL
🥋COURAGE
🥋
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
ELY DOJO - OLYMPIC SUMMER CAMP 2024 ! IT WAS THE BEST WEEK EVER !

Too many good memories ! It was Epic ! 🤯

A SUPER SPECIAL THANKS TO -

🥋YONAS + DAISY @ ELY DOJO
💮CRAIG @ AEROTRON
🕺JODIE @ 4D DANCE
🌳 EMMA @ FOREST SCHOOLS
🎯JAMES @ ISLE TARGET SPORTS
🫛 PEA SHOOT @ WITCHAM

BIG THANKS to every one who helped our members have fun on the camp! Including -

🍦FAMILY GEOFF @ ICE CREAM VAN
🚌 DRIVER @ ELY ZIPPER
👫TEAM @ FRESH

And everyone else we met on the way ! 😘

Check out our facebook REELS for to many pictures ! 📸

ELY DOJO - BUILDING CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE !

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Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
CONGRATULATIONS ! To all our senior members who made their next grade promotions at our Senior Summer Grading - when we took over the Willow Studio @ Fresh ! 🥋

A new judo grade is an awesome achievement and represents each individuals learning journey and the hard work and effort they have put into their Judo !

We are double proud with all our members achievements and each grade was very well deserved and passed the high standards of club president Ray Taylor Sensei who completed some of the highest grade promotions on the day !

🟤🥋BEKZAT - 1st Kyu - Brown Belt
🟤🥋DASIY - 1st Kyu - Brown Belt
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
AWESOME NEWS ! Judo isn’t just for boys it’s incredible for girls too !! 🥋

We were really pleased to welcome Isleham Skylarks U13 Girls Football Team into the dojo earlier this year for a fun filled team building Judo class ! It was brilliant to see them all supporting each other while testing their individual skills - learning the first steps in falling safely and gaining physical confidence along the way ! They also had way to much fun in the dojo that afternoon !! 🤣

We will soon be starting a 'Girls Only Judo Class' weekly on Wednesdays from 7pm - 8pm for all girls aged 12 - 18 years ! St
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
CALLING ALL ELY AREA PARENTS !
We are looking for new members to join our junior Judo Programme at Ely Dojo !

Judo is a fantastic form of physical exercise, a dynamic martial art and an Olympic Sport !! 🙂🥋

Our junior Judo Programme is an amazing opportunity for your child to
😎 Increase Confidence !
🙂 Learn Respect, Discipline and Self Control !
🥷 Develop Self Defence Skills for Personal Safety !
😲 Have an Amazing Physical Education !
👍 Learn Teamwork and become part of the team !
🤗 Learn Life Skills from our Moral Code !
😍 Grow friendships and relationships !
🥋 Start their journey to blac
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
We are super excited to be launching NEW JUNIOR BEGINNERS CLASSES @ ELY DOJO ! 🥋

We still have a small number of places available on our VIP TASTER CLASSES - for potential new junior members in some classes !

🙂NEW - Judo Tots for ages 4 and 5 years
🙂NEW - Girls Only Judo - for ages 12-17 years
🙂NEW - Koka Kids - for ages 6 - 9 years
🙂NEW - Yuko Youth - for ages 10 - 13 years

Judo is a fantastic form of physical education - as well as a traditional martial art and Olympic sport !

At our junior taster class your child will -

🙂 Visit our Dojo and meet some of the coaching team !

🙂Meet o
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
Awesome to hear that Ashley has qualified for his 4th Olympic Games !! We will all be cheering you on from Ely Dojo Ash ! !

Amazing work from an amazing athlete ! 🥋💪😎

ashleyjudo officially qualified for his 4th Olympic Games! Paris 2024: Here we come 🇯🇲

Although Ashley only joined our team a little over a year ago, he has written history after history, becoming the most successful Jamaican judoka to date and within this Olympic cycle!

His record speaks for itself:

4 x Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020 🇬🇧 2024 🇯🇲)
Double European Bronze medallist 🇬🇧
Double Commonwealth Champion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Mult
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
ELY DOJO - OLYMPIC SUMMER ACTIVITY CAMP 2024 🥳

We are super excited to share details with our junior members for our Olympic Summer Activity Camp !! 😎

All our junior members will have received emails with details - so check your inbox's for all the information !

The camp is for our junior members aged 6 years - 12 years it's going to be an action packed week as we celebrate the Paris Olympics 2024 !! ☀

With lots of activities planned in and out of the dojo each day there will be lots of opportunities for our members to learn new skills, make new friends, continue to build confidence and te
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
LANTERN SUMMER FAIR 2024 ! ☀️
We are really excited to be part of the summer fair at The Lantern school this year !

We have junior members who attend the school and they will be doing a demonstration of their judo skills! Joined by some of the coaching team and senior squad from our dojo family. 🥋😎

It's going to be a wet day but that has not put off the fantastic team at Friends Of The Lantern who have organised the event and come up with a fantastic 'wet day' plan so all the fun can continue indoors ! 🥳

It's the best place to be today for some festive fun and cheer with plenty going on a
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
GREAT to see our Tuesday Satellite class working so well together yesterday ! 🙂🥋

These guys always put 100 + 10 % into their judo training and the progress is proof of their effort ! With members across all the grades representing all levels of judo development 😎

☑️🤍White Belt
☑️❤️Red Belt
☑️💛Yellow Belt
☑️🧡Orange Belt
☑️💚Green Belt
☑️💙Blue Belt
☑️🤎Brown Belt

In Judo we work together as a team - training for mutual welfare and benefit. This philosophy of "Jita-Kyoei" was created by the founder of Judo - Jigoro Kano 🙂

Our Tuesday Satellite class, ages 13 - 18, is a fantastic example of this
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
LIFE SKILLS !

At Ely Dojo we have been working on RESPECT as part of our life skills programme for our junior members !

We look at a life skill every two months - selected from our judo code which include

😎RESPECT
😎HEALTH
😎RESPONSIBILITY
😎SELF CONTROL
😎COURAGE
😎DETERMINATION
😎HONOUR
😎MODESTY
😎POLITENESS
😎SINCERITY
😎FRIENDSHIP
😎LEADERSHIP

Our members complete a worksheet recording their achievements in the selected life skill and we have a 'mat chat' each week to discuss their progress. For the Respest life skill we discussed the importance of being respectful at home, school, in the dojo,
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
FANTASTIC to see our junior members along to our half term classes this week ! 🥋🙂

We have extended the number of classes we run every year to include a reduced holiday schedule for those who can make it along during school breaks ! 🥳

A brilliant time to mix up ages and classes - practice some extra judo techniques and keep up the training !

Especially good to have some of the more experienced members mixing it up with younger and newer members - practicing our judo code of training for mutual benefit and helping others learn as well as learning themselves ! Awesome !😎🥋🥋

Brilliant to have
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
FLASHBACK to last Sundays Stretham Feast and our Dojo Outreach Project ! 😎

It was a sunny day and we were thrilled to be along to join the festivities - sharing the benefits of judo with everyone, getting Zen with the Temple Bowl and doing a quick judo display in the main arena !

Thanks to our members that got along and took part in the display and helped on the information stall ! 🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋🥋

A special thanks to Mark Lees coachworks for supporting our Dojo Outreach and Chatty Puffin for pictures and vidoes ! 🥳

Thanks to the Stretham Feast organisers for having us along and including us in th
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
FLASHBACK to last weekend at The London Open Judo Championship 2024 !

Congratulations to Will, Daisy and Jamie who turned up to test their judo skills against the best from the London area and beyond ! 🥋🥳

Will had one of the biggest groups of the day with 34 judoka joining him in the Minors -34kg group. Will had some super tough contests and did not finish on the podium but smashed his personal target to win his second contest with a skillful counter scoring Ippon ! 🥋😎

Daisy was in the Cadet -70 group and also faced some super tough contests and some controversial referee decisions. Picking
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
Booking is now open for our junior members to sign up for our half term holiday classes ! 🙂🥋

All junior members will have received the booking link in an email - please follow the link to book your member a spot ! Booking will close on Sunday so register today if you haven't already 👍
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
ELY DOJO @ STRETHAM FEAST
We are super excited to be taking a small team to Stretham Feast on Sunday to showcase our dojo and our members skills !🥳

We will be running a demonstration as one of the groups in the arena at around 3.30pm - and we will have a gazebo set up all afternoon where people can find out more about the benefits of Judo and Ely Dojo !! 🥋😎

☑️ Find out about Judo as a physical education to improve fitness and wellbeing !
☑️ Discover the Judo Code - a set of moral values and judo philosophy !
☑️ Try on a Judo Gi and get a selfie (fun sunglasses optional ;o) !
☑️ Find the rhy
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS !!!! To all our dojo family that headed over to Thetford for the East Anglian ‘Fours’ Judo Championships at Thetford !

We had over 18 Entries across all the groups - 8-12 years, 12-15 years, Seniors 15 years + and Masters 35 years + 🥋🥋🥋🥋

Club President Ray Taylor was also on the mats all day as a senior referee 🥋

Each and every member put in an outstanding performance showing judo courage, skill and determination in all their contests ! There were over 40 judo clubs taking part in the event and over 170 judoka took to the contest mats throughout the day - testing the
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
MASSIVE CONGRATULATIONS !!!! To all our dojo family that headed over to Thetford for the East Anglian ‘Fours’ Judo Championships at Thetford !

We had over 18 Entries across all the groups - 8-12 years, 12-15 years, Seniors 15 years + and Masters 35 years + 🥋🥋🥋🥋

Club President Ray Taylor was also on the mats all day as a senior referee 🥋

Each and every member put in an outstanding performance showing judo courage, skill and determination in all their contests ! There were over 40 judo clubs taking part in the event and over 170 judoka took to the contest mats throughout the day - testing the
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
A TOUGH DAY of judo contest at the Eastern Area Ranking Open today at Thetford 🥋😎

Daisy and Yonas both entered the Junior and Senior sections and showed some really strong and determined contest judo between them. Yonas was awarded with a bronze medal in the juniors for his efforts and Daisy took the silver in the juniors and a silver in the seniors ! 🥉🥈🥈🥋🥋

It was great to see them step into this level of event where judoka are awarded national ranking points for winning positions in their groups and they both managed well with the skilled and experienced opponents they faced in contest - A
Ely Dojo
2 yr. ago
BIG THANKS ! To Dr Katrina McDonald for delivering a brilliant and well researched Judo Coaching Course today "Finding Your Feet" ! 🙂

Stuart and Brian attended the seminar hosted by United Judo Club in Kent - where participants switched their judo suits for casual clothing to take part in real terms.

We are super excited to be planning to launch the 'Finding your Feet' classes soon at Ely Dojo !🥳🥋

These classes have been developed by Dr McDonald at Anglia Ruskin University and Dr Callan at the University of Hertfordshire. The purpose is to help our older aged community have better balance,