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🥋 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
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Adult beginners, 14+ https://portal.nestmanagem...

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.

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 😀

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

All set up and ready for the start of our MedwayGo summer judo camp at White Road Community Hall earlier today ✅ 😁🥋
#MedwayGo #walderslade #chatham #britishjudo #waldersladejudo #MedwayMums #Medwaysport

Congratulations to all our juniors who earned promotions in our recent grading. The hard work and effort is paying off Keep up the good work.

The programme runs from 5 locations within England and will offer the opportunity for fighters to increase their weekly training volume while working towards a vocational qualification that is now recognised by UCAS. DISE is designed to support and complement a fighters club and squad training.

🌟Introducing your UEA Judo Committee '24/25🥋🌟

Our new Equality & Diversity Officer, Jing, will make sure our Judo community is diverse and inclusive, so we can all enjoy and feel safe taking part in the sport we love! 🫂

Inverness leisure class will be on this evening at 19.15-20.15 for juniors and 20.15 for seniors.
Could anyone who bought a lucky number but is yet to pay please take money tonight as we are hoping to draw the prizes this coming week. Many thanks!

🌟Introducing your UEA Judo Committee '24/25🥋🌟

Ready to make our opinions on current affairs heard is this year's Union Council Rep, Matthew! 🗣️

Urgent Club Announcement

For the month of August the club will only be running one night per week but will host 3 different sessions per night.

As a result in August all sessions will be on a Tuesday evening.

6pm-7pm Kids
7pm-8pm Juniors
8pm-9pm Seniors (all levels)

This is only for the month of August while numbers are lower due to coaches, kids, families, all being away on holiday at different times.

For the purpose of clarity normal classes are still running on:

Monday 29th July
Tuesday 30th July
Wednesday 31st July

As soon as we hit AUGUST all sessions will be on a Tuesday at the

Referee theory paper ✅

Congratulations to our referees who have successfully passed the National C Referee theory course and the Club/Area Referee Theory course.

Referees play an integral part in our sport, without them we simply could not operate competitions. Let's get behind this new group of referees that support our judo community.

Well done guys! 🙌

Our coaches are now fully rested and refreshed, ready to return to Judo.

We are thrilled to announce that classes will resume today, the 22nd of July. We can't wait to see all of our students back in class, reuniting with their friends and continuing their martial arts journey with renewed enthusiasm.

Sometimes it takes someone to remind you, how lucky you are. Bill Sargent Jnr pointed out that we really have an amazing diversity of players at our club. I have to agree as here is a regular night training over the summer holiday time when many clubs close, with Veterans, Adaptive, National, Visitors, Juniors, Advanced and Beginners. Not forgetting our players as young as 14 wanting to join the senior practise. Well done all, us coaches are very proud to inspire all corners of the judo community AND MOST OF ALL proud to have you.

Every Olympian was once a beginner, that’s why we run our beginners basics and fundamentals sessions. We want as many people as possible to experience judo for themselves. Only a small percentage of judokas will make the Olympics but everyone who becomes a judoka, becomes a better person.

Senior player of the night was Farid, only a few sessions in he’s showing clear potential. 🥋

Beaudon was one of our juniors of the night for a second week running, he’s come a long way in just 8 sessions 🥋

Judoka of the night was Nancy. Crisp technique every time, another Plane on the judo mats can only b

Well done to Amelija, Reece, Holly & Grace for representing Sussex and completing a 6 hour training day at The Budokwai - England’s oldest judo club - yesterday.

What an amazing opportunity! We are very proud of all the girls’ hard work 🥋

Training tonight
6:15 juniors
7:15 seniors
Dunvant dojo

Wednesday is upon us, and we all know what that means!

Dragons and Judo Tots: 6:00pm - 6:45pm

Juniors: 6:45pm - 8:00pm

Even though the weather is rainy, it's rather warm in the dojo, so please make sure all children attending have a drink with them.

See you there!

With the kids back to school next week, are you looking for new things for them to try out?

Why not give judo a go?

Sessions are designed to build confidence, strength, and most importantly, fun!

You can find us at our Dojo on Wednesdays:

Dragons and Judo Tots: 6:00pm - 6:45pm

Juniors: 6:45pm - 7:00pm

Drop us a message for how to get started!

The junior session was taken by Liam and during the warmup he learned a valuable lesson in instructions and interpretation when dealing with young judoka. The first part of the session was centered around Osoto Otoshi. After a full demonstration the juniors paired up and went off to practice in the form of Uchi Komi but without the throw completion. Eventually the safety mats were introduced and then they practiced the whole technique to completion with players changing partners regularly. Next was a demonstration of Mune Gatame and again they moved off to practice this. Finally they were show

Training is ON Tonight
Dunvant
Juniors 6:15
Seniors 7:15

super congratulations to Aidan Chan, Elli De-Ritter and Ella Williams, who all won Community awards, the young Greenwich, Awards night, at Greenwich University

It’s been a full on few days and what an exciting few days 😁 Medals galore for our juniors at our club championships and then medals for some of the seniors at the British Masters Championships in Walsall at the weekend 👍

Thank you to everyone who came along and helped set up and run our club championship last Tuesday, we could not have treated the juniors to such an exciting evening without your help and support 😊

And thank you to Rich for taking such super photos 👍😁

⭐️August training⭐️
Training will be at the Uni dojo on Mondays through August 5th, 12th, 19th (closed bank holiday)

Times as normal
6:15 juniors
7:15 seniors

Judo is ON at the Uni tonight.
18:15 Juniors
19:15 Seniors

Did you know about the Museums of the University of St Andrews Blog?

From John Duncan Fergusson to Maré in Rio de Janeiro, from curating a photography exhibition to writing interpretation for 5000-year-old objects – the blog covers multiple aspects of our practice in the heritage sector.

You can read the latest posts here:

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We’d love to hear from you! What should Musuems share next?

📝 An updated guide to the Exhibit platform

🔑 Key takeaways from conferences the unit attended this year

📚 A run-through of Museums’ ongoing research projects

Let us know in the com

Training tonight at the Uni dojo
JNR 6:15
SNR 7:15
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A huge congratulations to Oxford Brookes University Events Management students, Tilly Redman and Isha Lakhani, who have been recognised in the 2024 AEME (Association for Events Management Education) Awards!

Tilly has won the 'Best Festival Sector Focus' category, the first ever Oxford Brookes student to win this award, and Isha was nominated in the 'Outstanding Achievement Award: Most Inspirational Student' category. 👏 👏

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St Andrews leads the way in battery technology with new Chair in Energy

Professor Venkataraman Thangadurai joins the University as our new Chair in Energy, in partnership with the Faraday Institution.

Read more 👇

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