Today I attended a TOCS course ran by the BJA but requested by Nokemono Judokwai for the Judoka.
What a great course. Easy to learn, and some very good simple instruction from the BJA representatives.
Terri and Steve (the BJA instructors) talked us through it and made it fun for the kids which attended. Generally it was meant to be for younger members between 10 and 24 but we had a mixed bag there, from 5 up to about 40, which just goes to show the commitment to learning the club has engendered in it's students.
The idea of the course was to get as many people qualified to time keep at competitions so we have a larger knowledge base at the club and we will find it easier to run our own competitions next year without hiring people in.
It all went very well and on behalf of Nokemono I would say thanks to Terri and Steve and also a big thanks to all of the Judoka and parents who were there in support of Nokemono.
The next step is to get more people at the club trained as referees and we will be well on the way to leading Dorset back on to the Judo map through competitions and the like.
Sunday 25 November 2012
November
Hi all.
Sorry for the lack of recent posts. I haven't purposefully ignored the blog, it's just that I have been absolutely snowed under at work meaning long days and working weekends, which in turn means I haven't been able to make the Judo classes.
Don't worry, I will be back to it soon. Hopefully just another week of madness.
In the mean time I would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to all of those people that supported Nokemono Judokwai with the Kicksport competition.
For those of you that followed it, we received a massive 600 plus votes which I thought was excellent. Obviously it would be nice if all 600 people would turn up for a randori session as it would make a cracking night.
I won't comment on the winners (it wasn't us), regardless of the number of votes. I will leave that all up to you to decide.
Once again, a massive thanks to all of you, and as you can see from the photo, we are all winners regardless.
Sorry for the lack of recent posts. I haven't purposefully ignored the blog, it's just that I have been absolutely snowed under at work meaning long days and working weekends, which in turn means I haven't been able to make the Judo classes.
Don't worry, I will be back to it soon. Hopefully just another week of madness.
In the mean time I would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to all of those people that supported Nokemono Judokwai with the Kicksport competition.
For those of you that followed it, we received a massive 600 plus votes which I thought was excellent. Obviously it would be nice if all 600 people would turn up for a randori session as it would make a cracking night.
I won't comment on the winners (it wasn't us), regardless of the number of votes. I will leave that all up to you to decide.
Once again, a massive thanks to all of you, and as you can see from the photo, we are all winners regardless.
Friday 9 November 2012
Kicksport Competition Photo
Hello all.
I have copied in a link see below:
This link takes you to Kicksport Website, they are a company
which stock martial arts equipment and as part of a competition I have entered
a photo from my Judo club. If enough people vote for the photo then the
club will win £300 of martial arts equipment for kids.
In light of this can you all please vote if you have a
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. You need a facebook account to press the like button on
the photo. Or alternatively, if you are on Twitter you can also Tweet about the photo.
Could you please paste this link on your own facebook
profiles and let everyone know, that you know, to vote for this picture.
The picture is for NOKEMONO JUDO just in case you
wondered which photo!!! Although you might be able to see me in it at the back, if you know me.
Thanks everyone.
Saturday 3rd November
A short class update.
Saturady 3rd Novembers class turned out to be a randori session. Excellent class again, no air conditioning though which made randori, that little bit harder.
It's always good to have randori sessions, just to try and get in to the swing of it.
More reports to come as hopefully I will be there this Saturday coming.
Saturady 3rd Novembers class turned out to be a randori session. Excellent class again, no air conditioning though which made randori, that little bit harder.
It's always good to have randori sessions, just to try and get in to the swing of it.
More reports to come as hopefully I will be there this Saturday coming.
Thursday 1 November 2012
Back again
Back again.
Sorry it's been so long since my last post but work has gone mental and unfortunately that means missing Judo classes. Still, I managed to atten last night, where Graham led us through a series of defence moves against guns and knives.
A good class all in all, and it's nice to see some practical applications, and a side of judo that isn't always taught due to the preference of 'competition' judo.
I put in an extra order for lessons on striking technique and some Kata. Hopefully that will come about and I will let you know more when we do them.
As a side issue, watch out when playing with rubber knives as they are heavier and sharper than you first think.
Sorry it's been so long since my last post but work has gone mental and unfortunately that means missing Judo classes. Still, I managed to atten last night, where Graham led us through a series of defence moves against guns and knives.
A good class all in all, and it's nice to see some practical applications, and a side of judo that isn't always taught due to the preference of 'competition' judo.
I put in an extra order for lessons on striking technique and some Kata. Hopefully that will come about and I will let you know more when we do them.
As a side issue, watch out when playing with rubber knives as they are heavier and sharper than you first think.
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