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A busy week or so of competitions and hard grafting was finished off nicely with lots of new coloured belts on the mat. Our grading weekend, and after a few extra grades given out, totaled 67 new U8, Mon and Kyu grades awarded across all our classes.
Lots of new beginners have started recently, so looking forward to bringing through the next generation of Wirral Judoka.
Keep up the great work everyone. 😊🥋💪

🔵🌕 Pre-Season Training 🔵🌕

This week will see our pre-season begin, New manager Dan Tyler will take charge of his first training session! We welcome new & old players to join us!

🗓️ Thursday 11th July
📍Abbrook
⏰ 18:30
#theclaymen

This can't be right, 23 judoka on the mat on a hot and sticky Friday evening at the start of the school summer holidays...the world has gone mad.🤪
What a brilliant nights training, a great mix of grades and ages, something for everyone.
If you want to be a part of our amazing judo family, start your journey at Wirral Judo Club. 🥋

🔵🌕 Pre-Season Training 🔵🌕

This week will see our pre-season begin, New manager Dan Tyler will take charge of his first training session! We welcome new & old players to join us!

🗓️ Thursday 11th July
📍Abbrook
⏰ 18:30
#theclaymen

Wirral Judo Club have...
2 new Dan grades on their first attempt!
Massive congratulations to Jake and Joe, who were only graded to 1st Kyu in July, both won their line ups today to achieve the goal of 'Black Belt'.🥋

A great big well done to Sharon who had 6 tough fights against higher grades. No points today, but she is getting better every time she steps on the mat. The points will come and the new belt with it.
Keep working hard snd believe in yourself.👏🥋💪

🔵🌕 Pre-Season Training 🔵🌕

OLD & NEW PLAYERS ARE WELCOME‼️

🗓️ Thursday 25th July
📍Abbrook
⏰ 18:30
#theclaymen

Is it the Xmen? .....nooooo

Is it the England football team?.....nooooo too many medals

Is it the cast of Star Wars in full make up? Maybe!!!

Actually it's a bunch of medallists from the SKK Judo Club competition over the weekend.

All fought very well and we are very proud.

https://youtu.be/-6u1W8kzn...

A short study about a rare O Soto Gari variation and a unusual, but very effective gripping tactic that one of the best modern-day judokas Shohei Ono likes t...

Due to the fire this morning in Houston Ind Est the surrounding roads around Craigswood sports centre have been closed by police.

We will post at 4pm if Judo sessions will be on tonight or not.

Congratulations to our player of the night from Friday! Lily worked so hard throughout the entire night, while even helping some new players who had just arrived.

Don't forget sessions are still on both Monday and Friday, bring plenty of water!

Congratulations to both Olivia and Ed who have earned their Black Belts in Judo and BJJ respectively 🥋

🖤 OLIVIA is now a 1st Dan Black Belt in Judo liv.judo
🖤 ED is now a 1st Degree Black Belt in BJJ dredjudo

Once again, well done to you both. It’s a demonstration of how hard you work and the dedication you have to the sports 💪🏼
#judo #judoblackbelt #bjj #bjjblackbelt #britishjudo #BritishJudoAssociation #BJJLife #judolife #BJJLifestyle #judolifestyle #BJJFamily #JudoFamily #raystevensacademyjudo #RayStevensAcademyBJJ #raystevensacademy

Congratulations to our players of the night from Friday, they all worked so hard and impressed all of our coaches with their work ethic and determination keep up the good work!

Don't forget just because the weather is bad doesn't mean we aren't open, because we are come on down!

Week 2 of summer class... Paper plate Judo and beanbag breakfalls 😄 Another fun session yesterday morning, hope you all enjoyed it! Ahh, what will we do next week?! 🤔🥋 😆

🥋 JUDO FOR ALL! 🥋

Looking for a sport which supports physical and mental health and improves concentration?

Thought about judo? 🥋

We have opened up our beginners judo sessions for September, but space is running out!

•⁠ ⁠Beginners - Friday’s - 📍Pinewood Judo Club, Wokingham RG40 3AQ
Judo Kids aged 5-7 https://portal.nestmanagem...
Judo for Juniors 8-11 https://portal.nestmanagem...
Adult beginners, 14+ https://portal.nestmanagem...

Judo Awesomeness

The legacy of one of the most eminent figures in British Judo of the recent past. A legacy that we, Pinewood Judo Club, celebrate every time we step on the mat. With such a track record we step up and strive to achieve great things every day #DonWerner #teampinewood #ItsComingHome

Esmee Holgate Judo

A weekend of competitive Judo for a dozen MSMAS Judo Players of all ages and abilities

3 x Gold Medals ~ 1 each by first timers Lewis & Poppy plus one more to Marguerite …

3 x Silver Medals ~ 1 to first timer Dorothy and then two others to Bastien & Serafym …

6 x Bronze Medals ~ 1 to first timer Theo, then 5 more to Torin, Benjamin, Amy, George and Dan

In addition, both Amy and George won their first 10 x points towards their fully competitive BJA Black Belts !!

A great weekend out for all our Players, friends and families attending in support

Thanks especially to 'Little Chris'

https://www.youtube.com/wa...
Super Saturday Judo Randori

Super Saturday Randori hosted by John Hope (Bredakwai Judo/Iqra Judo).Supporting Coaches Include: Isaac Hope, Esmee Holgate, Adam Lowry, Aiden Dryden.Big meg...

Congratulations to our players of the night from Monday night. Along with our tiger of the month from July!

They all had such a good session and worked hard throughout the entire night!

Don't forget we are still open except for the 26th August which is a bank holiday.

With the school summer holiday fast approaching we wanted to share our revised summer Saturday session times.

From Saturday 27th July to Saturday 24th August,

All juniors are to attend at 10am.
All seniors are to attend at 11am.

Please note there will be no Judo on Saturday 31st august as the sports centre have asked us to close for the hop festival.

Normal sessions will resume on Saturday 7th September.

Today we’re wishing our ParalympicsGB #TNLAthletes good luck ahead of #Paris2024 ! We’re proud
to be supported by #NationalLottery players, just like many of the incredible athletes heading to the
Paralympic Games next week

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Friendly invitational event at United Judo this morning. Well done to all our Fighters today, for most it was their first experience of Judo outside our club, we are really proud of how you conducted yourselves and the amazing Judo you displayed. A Massive thanks to Dave Quinn and his team at United Judo, a very well run event and a great atmosphere 👏👏👏.

Gold 🥇
Thomas
Houda
Ava
Percy

Silver 🥈
Juno

Bronze 🥉
Adam
Leon

Well done to you all 😀

Another amazing day for our athletes today at the Swansea Get Together tournament!

Kata:
Izzie and Braydon- 🥇

Judo:
Braydon- 🥈
Sophia- 🥈
Tom-🥉

Excellent effort and determination from all and they each showed a high standard of etiquette!

Well done for flying the flag for Team Westerleigh! 🥋💪

Up Date.
Omagh Judo ka Club Re -Opening again on Friday 6th September at 7pm.
Everyone please attend training ,
A lot off catching up to do with been closed for summer holidays..

William Dorosk has passed a series of exames over the last 3 months in order to obtain his USA JUDO Shodan promotion. Will is very competitive in judo and always eager to learn new things. We at Hollywood Dojo all congratulate Will on his first degree Black Belt after years of hard work. Well deserved!

It’s now just two days to go until the excitement of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games begins, and it’s so great to see the strength of judo across the Commonwealth nations.

Just look at this short reel from the Commonwealth Judo Association to see how many Commonwealth judoka have qualified to compete at this summers Olympic Games 😁👍
#ParisOlympics2024 #Paris2024 #CommonwealthGames #commonwealthjudo

Judo is for ALL 💚💛❤️🥋 At Drake Judo & Martial Arts everyone is welcome to give judo a go in an inclusive and supportive environment 👌 #drakejudo #ParisOlympics2024 #paralympics2024 #everyonecan

Will you be enjoying watching the Olympic Games Opening Cermony which starts very soon in Paris.

If you are, did you know, the International Olympic Committee has 206 National Olympic Committees spread across 5 continents, and 122 of those nations will be represented in the judo event, that’s 60%, showing just how far judo has spread across the world 😁

And did you also know that 28 of the flag bearers named so far (23% of all the nations flag bearers) will be judoka 😊 How fantastic is that for our amazing sport 😁😊🥋

Meet the team... Head coach
Steve Coles

He has stepped into the role this month. But has been in Drake Judo for many years now running our Par classes! To introduce him to you all we have got him to answer some questions ❓❓

Feel free to also ask yours!

1. What inspired you to get involved with judo?

When I was a child, my mum decided to take my older brother and me to a local judo club because we were constantly fighting at home. She hoped it would help channel our energy in a more positive direction.

2. How long have you been involved with and supporting the judo community, and what k