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…
Lolo Western Area Schools Champ!
Markos fought well to win his pool with big throws and great ground work in the year 8-9 section. He convincing won the semi-final but lost out to an experienced competitor in the final. A well earnt silver! Josh quickly dispatched his first opponent in his the year 10-13 weight group with a sharp left-handed Tai-Otoshi, but lost out in the final to take silver. Oliver Lewis won Gold in…
Bushido Nationals 2018
5 Golds, 4 Silvers and 3 Bronzes!!! – Well done to all those who took part in the Bushido Junior Nationals!! Chronicle Report: Three young fighters from the Bath Judo Club attended the Bushido Za Zen Pre Junior national championships at the High Wycombe Judo Centre and returned with two gold medals and a silver medal. The first competitor to fight was Arni Trevethick who in his group of players…
Euridge Manor Session
What a great evening! After being shown around the amazing manor by our hosts Voitek and Alicja we had our session with the evening nicely rounded off by the BBQ!! Many thanks to our hosts!!!
Josh Medals in Western Area Open!!
Well done to Josh Richter who after an early defeat convincingly won his remaining 3 fights, combining Ippon throws, great ground work and contest awareness to take Bronze in the BJA Western Area Open! Competition was strong with top clubs from the west country and further afield well represented. Markos Constantinides, Ethan Hawtin & Ethan Foster all picked up valuable experience fighting at this high level of competition.
Western Area Closed
Well done to Jack, Oli & Markos who traveled down to Paignton for the BJA Western Area Closed. Jack had a tough pool fighting against opponents older than himself, older brother Oli won the Silver and Markos came away with a bronze! Well done to all 3!!
Club 61 – Green Belt and Under Competition
A big well done to all those who took part in the competition at High Wycombe this weekend. Jack Williams entered two competition, competing in the IAPS for boys (8-9years) on Saturday where he won the Silver medal before entering the Club 61 competition on Sunday and medaling again with a Bronze (U50Kg)! Not to be outdone brother Oli won the Bronze in the O50Kg category! This competition, although restricted…
Masaki’s Visit
As you can tell from the mistiness of the photo we all enjoyed another superb technical, fun and energetic session with our closest of friends Masaki! Masaki studied at Bath Spa, during which time he was an active member of our club and now lives with his wife and two daughters in Switzerland where her has become a very successful club and national level coach! We are very much looking…
Gold for Mr Bartos!
Voitek win’s gold in his first competition in the 90Kg Orange Belt and below category in front of his very proud family! Ethan produced some stunning, crowd pleasing throws for ippon before narrowly missing out on a chance to fight for gold. Thanks to Bristol University for putting on this inaugural competition for Kyu and Dan grades!
Bath Boys Center Stage at Glastonbury
Very well done to Jack, Markos and Ethan for bringing home the medals from the Somerset Open!! In out first outing to the Somerset Open held in Glastonbury on Sunday 11th February 2018, the 3 squad members attending returned with 4 gold medals between them!. Jack won the Under 12’s U46kg, coming from behind in a hard fought contest. Markos won the under 16’s U50kg winning a competitive pool with…