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On Sunday 16th June we delivered our first Ju-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with players coming from across Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire & Scotland, of which five of the players were also accredited with it as a coach revalidation event.
All course members showed excellent engagement, effort & enthusiasm to develop their understanding & performance of this kata, & therefore they all received a BJA Certificate of Attendance. For 3 of the course members is another requirement for their 7th Dan completed.
Thanks once again to Bruce for his support in preparing the dojo & delivering

This Sunday, we will be starting our Randori Fixtures league at the BJC Cornwall Open Randori training. The event will be held at Penrose Judo Club in Helston. We wish our opening team all the best, and there's still room for more players to join. Invites are available on our Spond App.

For those who need transportation, a bus will be available and will depart from the Dojo at 8 am.

On Sunday 16th June we delivered our first Ju-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with players coming from across Cornwall, Somerset, Gloucestershire & Scotland, of which five of the players were also accredited with it as a coach revalidation event.
All course members showed excellent engagement, effort & enthusiasm to develop their understanding & performance of this kata, & therefore they all received a BJA Certificate of Attendance. For 3 of the course members is another requirement for their 7th Dan completed.
Thanks once again to Bruce for his support in preparing the dojo & delivering the

Best of luck to Ben Pearce who competes at the European Police Championships tomorrow in Sofia Bulgaria . 💪💪💪

Good luck to the the rest of the British Police Team including coach Lee Holley attending as head of delegation and Danny Byrne from Devon & Cornwall Police 🤞

At Drake Judo Cornwall - Par you child won’t just learn judo but also many other life skills 👌🤩

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2024 NAGE-No-Kata course

On Sunday 19th May we delivered another successful Nage-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with players coming from across Cornwall, Devon & Gloucestershire, & five of the players were also accredited with it as a coach revalidation event.
All course members worked hard in hot conditions, showing great focus & enthusiasm to learn & develop their understanding & performance of this kata.
Thanks once again to Dave & Bruce for their support in preparing the dojo & delivering the course.

We have another 2 courses running this year:
Ju-No-Kata - 15-6-24
Kodokan Goshin-Jut

A huge thanks to Kyz Koka-Bum Adams and Zayna at Flo Martial Arts for hosting a ladies (and girls!) only session today 👌🥋👩‍💼💪

The girls from Drake Judo Cornwall - Par loved learning and mixing with the lovely ladies from Redruth Judo Club, Drake Judo Club - Tavistock Class, Flo Judo Club and Flo BJJ 🤩
#girlpower #thisgirlcan

A huge thanks to Kyz Koka-Bum Adams and Zayna at Flo Martial Arts for hosting a ladies (and girls!) only session today 👌🥋👩‍💼💪

The girls from Drake Judo Cornwall - Par loved learning and mixing with the lovely ladies from Redruth Judo Club, Drake Judo Club - Tavistock Class, Flo Judo Club and Flo BJJ 🤩
#girlpower #thisgirlcan

A huge thanks to Kyz Koka-Bum Adams and Zayna at Flo Martial Arts for hosting a ladies (and girls!) only session today 👌🥋👩‍💼💪

The girls from Drake Judo Cornwall - Par loved learning and mixing with the lovely ladies from Redruth Judo Club, Drake Judo Club - Tavistock Class, Flo Judo Club and Flo BJJ 🤩
#girlpower #thisgirlcan

After previously winning the qualifying event, yesterday afternoon our Year 4 football team represented East Cornwall at the ESFA County Finals against the 5 winning teams from Central and West Cornwall.
We played some excellent football, winning the opening 4 games and only lost out to a single goal in the final minutes of the very last game! 😭

Our young team have been outstanding throughout this competition and were so close to becoming Cornwall champions. Well done 👍👌⚽️
#teamwork #smallmargins
#teamhillfort

Today we had a visit from the fantastic RNLI here at school. 🌊 🏖️ 🛟

We are all so lucky here in beautiful Cornwall to be so close to the coast so it super important that we know how to keep safe while near the sea.
We all enjoyed the visit and have learned some important information.
Also there was a shark spotted wandering the corridors of Hillfort! 🦈 Ask your children if they spotted it too! 👀
#teamhillfort

This Sunday, we will be starting our Randori Fixtures league at the BJC Cornwall Open Randori training. The event will be held at Penrose Judo Club in Helston. We wish our opening team all the best, and there's still room for more players to join. Invites are available on our Spond App.

For those who need transportation, a bus will be available and will depart from the Dojo at 8 am.

This Sunday, we will be starting our Randori Fixtures league at the BJC Cornwall Open Randori training. The event will be held at Penrose Judo Club in Helston. We wish our opening team all the best, and there's still room for more players to join. Invites are available on our Spond App.

For those who need transportation, a bus will be available and will depart from the Dojo at 8 am.

Our monthly visit to Redruth Judo Club was last night.

If your child is interested in attending, please let Carrie or Steve know

Huge thank you to our guest again from Drake Judo Cornwall - Par it so lovely seeing these two clubs build a bond and friendships.

Very happy children on this mat.

Not to be left out, Steve did a bit of travelling yesterday (not as far as Tyla-Jane!) and joined in at Flo Judo Club’s open randori session. Reciprocity is such an important aspect of judo!
#judo #drakejudo #cornwall #cornishjudo #ParJudo

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Hi everyone
I hoped you all had a lovely Christmas and looking forward to 2022.
This year has been a long and stressful one for many reasons the main one being Covid, which has effected most of us I think.
Looking forward to 2022 the judo calendar is slowly filling up with the main event of the year being the Commonwealth games. Hopefully the Cornwall clubs will come together In supporting each other like they have done as it still could be a difficult year ahead.

Staying positive though I wish you all a Happy New Year and see you on the mat next year
Richard🥋🥋🥋🥋

Yesterday our Year 4 football team played in the English Schools Football Association (ESFA) East Cornwall qualifying event.
This was a good opportunity to play some different schools with the top team from each of the 2 groups progressing to the County Finals.
Team Hillfort were brilliant, winning all of our matches against St Minver, St Teath, Wadebridge and St Kew and therefore going through in style!
Great effort and teamwork again.

We are now looking forward to playing in the County Finals in May against the winning teams from Central and West Cornwall.

Well done! ⚽️ 🙌 ⚽️🙌
#teamhil

Landrake Cross Country 2024 Fun Run 🏃‍♀️🏃
To finish the cross country season off our brave cross country runners took part in the “fun run” this afternoon.
They all ran a cornish 3 mile course.
It was wet, slippy and extremely muddy!
Hillfort school as always did themselves proud and everyone enjoyed it, it was lovely to have some parents joining in too!

Be proud of yourselves 😊

Thankyou to Sir Robert Geffery's Primary School for hosting this wonderful event.

Thankyou also to East Cornwall Primary Schools XC for another fabulously well organised cross country season.
#teamhillfort
Truro

Last night our wonderful cross country team attended the presentation evening for East Cornwall Primary Schools XC in Liskeard Town Hall.
It was an absolutely packed hall and the children of Hillfort represented themselves impeccably receiving numerous comments about how smart they looked in their school uniform.

All the children who completed 3 or more races were presented with a well-deserved medal. 🥇

Our Year 3/4 boys team also came out as overall CHAMPIONS for the whole season from the 31 participating schools.
They were presented with a fantastic winners plate and a shield which will

2023 Kazoku Trophy Cup Competition

On Saturday 14th October a few of our players travelled down to Newquay in Cornwall for the Kazoku Trophy Cup competition.
First onto the tatami in the U12 Yellow Belt & Above section was Bertie, fighting in the U50kg category, he beat his two opponents by Ippon to take another Gold, to stay on top of the Club's 2023 medal table.
Next up was Felix, in the Senior U73kg category, who gave the the black belt & two other brown belts in his category a good run for their money, although ultimately ending up on the wrong side of the result. However, he finished off

2024 Katame-No-Kata course
On Sunday 28th January we hosted a Katame-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with Judoka joining us from Devon, Cornwall & Wiltshire.
We had 9 players on the course, seven of whom were also accredited with it as a coach revalidation event, & one was successfully assessed for their Level 1 Katame-No-Kata award.
​All of the participants on the course put in a shift, showing great focus & enthusiasm to learn & develop their understanding & performance of the kata, although I think there might be some sore knees tomorrow!!!
A big thanks to Dave & Bruce for assisting with

2024 Kime-No-Kata course

On Sunday 25th February we hosted our first Kime-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with Judoka joining us from both Devon & Cornwall.
We had 4 players on the course, two of whom had it accredited as a coach revalidation event, & all participants received a Kime-No-Kata Certificate of Attendance.
​All of the participants worked hard to learn the techniques involved, including the generally unfamiliar weapons handling requirements. Thank you everyone who attended, for your focus & enthusiasm to learn & develop your understanding & performance of what for most was a new

2024 Gonosen-No-Kata & Itsutsu-No-Kata course

On Sunday 24th March we delivered a successful Gonosen-No-Kata & Itsutsu-No-Kata course at South Brent JC, with players joining us from across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset & Gloucestershire, six of the players were also accredited with it as a coach revalidation event.
All of the participants on the course worked hard, showing great focus & enthusiasm to learn & develop their understanding & performance of the kata, towards their promotion to their 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th Dans respectively.

Thanks to Pierre & Bruce for their support in preparin

🤝 Thank you to the Cornwall Business School at Falmouth University for their great footage of our visit in July.

🗣️We enjoyed discussing our business model with the students and giving them a little taster of the sport of judo.

Our monthly visit to Redruth Judo Club was last night.

If your child is interested in attending, please let Carrie or Steve know

Huge thank you to our guest again from Drake Judo Cornwall - Par it so lovely seeing these two clubs build a bond and friendships.

Very happy children on this mat.

Not to be left out, Steve did a bit of travelling yesterday (not as far as Tyla-Jane!) and joined in at Flo Judo Club’s open randori session. Reciprocity is such an important aspect of judo!
#judo #drakejudo #cornwall #cornishjudo #ParJudo

When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.

Hi everyone
I hoped you all had a lovely Christmas and looking forward to 2022.
This year has been a long and stressful one for many reasons the main one being Covid, which has effected most of us I think.
Looking forward to 2022 the judo calendar is slowly filling up with the main event of the year being the Commonwealth games. Hopefully the Cornwall clubs will come together In supporting each other like they have done as it still could be a difficult year ahead.

Staying positive though I wish you all a Happy New Year and see you on the mat next year
Richard🥋🥋🥋🥋

Hi everyone
I hoped you all had a lovely Christmas and looking forward to 2022.
This year has been a long and stressful one for many reasons the main one being Covid, which has effected most of us I think.
Looking forward to 2022 the judo calendar is slowly filling up with the main event of the year being the Commonwealth games. Hopefully the Cornwall clubs will come together In supporting each other like they have done as it still could be a difficult year ahead.

Staying positive though I wish you all a Happy New Year and see you on the mat next year
Richard🥋🥋🥋🥋

Yesterday our Year 4 football team played in the English Schools Football Association (ESFA) East Cornwall qualifying event.
This was a good opportunity to play some different schools with the top team from each of the 2 groups progressing to the County Finals.
Team Hillfort were brilliant, winning all of our matches against St Minver, St Teath, Wadebridge and St Kew and therefore going through in style!
Great effort and teamwork again.

We are now looking forward to playing in the County Finals in May against the winning teams from Central and West Cornwall.

Well done! ⚽️ 🙌 ⚽️🙌
#teamhil

Landrake Cross Country 2024 Fun Run 🏃‍♀️🏃
To finish the cross country season off our brave cross country runners took part in the “fun run” this afternoon.
They all ran a cornish 3 mile course.
It was wet, slippy and extremely muddy!
Hillfort school as always did themselves proud and everyone enjoyed it, it was lovely to have some parents joining in too!

Be proud of yourselves 😊

Thankyou to Sir Robert Geffery's Primary School for hosting this wonderful event.

Thankyou also to East Cornwall Primary Schools XC for another fabulously well organised cross country season.
#teamhillfort
Truro