Ethan, requiring just one win to gain his second Dan, opted to continue and ended the day winning 7 contests all by Ippon, winning his line-up and then stopping two others in their lineups. Ethan’s drop seoi-nage proved unstoppable, accounting for all but one of his throws for Ippon. Tom, at the age of 17 and attending his first Dan grading produced a variety of techniques to also complete his line up and…
Ralph travelled to Wolverhampton to take part in a very competitive British Schools Midlands Championships. This was Ralphs first experience of competition judo and he put in a great performance, winning by Ippon throws all the way to the final!
A great effort from the boys who travelled to the Royal Marines Commandos Training Center, Exmouth! The event was in aid of the Royal Marines Charity and was run in a friendly but very competitive spirit with one weight category having players ranging from orange belt through to 4th Dan. A huge thanks to Frankie and Rob from the Royal Marines for organising this event! Logan and Tom entered both…
Congrats to Logan on winning his Black Belt at the Budokwai on the 30th April! The Budokwai is the oldest judo club in Europe and has been the centre of excellence for the sport of judo for nearly 100 years. Logan was only 16 but beat all five opponents by ippon, displaying great skill to defeat fighters ranging from 80 to 110kg despite only being 79 kg himself. He was…
Jack Williams thought in the National Schools Championships in Sheffield and came away with the Silver in the over 60kgs, years 6-7. Jack was very unlucky not to get Gold but a great result fighting larger fighters than himself having just sneaked into the top weight category at 61kgs! Josh Richter fought in the U66kgs for years 12-13. Josh won his first fight with an Ippon throw within 12 secs….
Big well done to Markos who won the London Schools Championships to back up his win in the Western Area Schools!!
Congrats done to Remy & Josh on gaining their Dan grades this weekend! Both went off to High Wycombe to be examined on their black belt theory where they were required to demonstrate any of 40 different throws, 30 ground work techniques and 12 linked sequences. Remy had already passed the hard bit, winning his contest line-up at Bath University the previous weekend and Josh not to be out done…
Report to follow but here’s some photos – Well done all you did the club proud!!
Great results from Markos, Josh and Olivia who attended the BJA National Schools Championships in Sheffield this weekend. Markos got off to a flyer on the Saturday in the U60kg, year 8 – 9 category, winning his first fight in only a few seconds with a huge Harai Goshi for Ippon. His second fight didn’t take much longer, again winning with an Ippon throw. The third fight fight went the…
A great result for Jack Williams today at the IAPS National Championships where he won all five fights with huge throws for ippons to take the Year 6-7 U55kg Gold!!! Chronicle Report: Jack Williams a member of the Bath judo club and Kingswood Prep school Judo classes represented his school at the the Independent Association of Prep Schools national championships held at the High Wycombe judo centre. Jack was in…