Hope to see some of you at Holbrook Judo Club this morning for the session with BJA Technical Officer Chris Doherty.
Parents, whilst the kids are training, why not have a breakfast in the adjoining Footlights Café?
See you there!
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My child has brought home a flyer for Judo – when can they start?
All year 3 and 4 children at Court Lane Junior School were treated to a demonstration of Judo yesterday afternoon during assembly, and should have brought home a flyer today.
We would recommend Thursday 25 as a good day to start, as we have a contest rules session this Tuesday which won’t mean a lot to new beginners.
Hopefully our FAQ page will answer any questions you may have; but do please feel free to contact us either via the form on the Home page or the telephone number on the flyer.
Looking forward to meeting you on the mat!
Training session with BJA Technical Officer Chris Doherty – Saturday 27 September
Holbrook Judo Club will be hosting a session on Saturday, September 27th with guest coach BJA Southern area technical officer Chris Doherty.
The training session will be held at Brune Park School, Military Road, Gosport in Gymnasium 1, from 10 – 12 noon.
We would strongly urge all junior players to attend, as coaches we have attended many of Chris’ courses and can highly recommend.
Please contact Paul Vella via judocoachpv @ aol.com to confirm your attendance. (I have added spaces to the email address to foil the spambots…)
Rules session with IJF referee Martin Rivers – Tuesday 23 September
Martin Rivers refereeing a Judo contest
We are delighted to have secured the services of referee Martin Rivers, who will be visiting the club on Tuesday 23 September.
Martin is one of the busiest referees in the country, he is a familiar face at Hampshire events and also has international experience.
Martin will run two sessions on the evening of 23 September:
A shorter session from 1830 – 1900 for our younger and less experienced players, covering some basic dos and don’ts;
A longer session from 1930 – 2030 for our more advanced and senior players, looking at some of the recent rules changes and their implications.
Martin can also answer questions about the junior referee scheme.
Class times for the evening therefore will be as follows:
Junior beginners: 1800 – 1900, as normal
Junior advanced and adults: 1900 – 2030
Normal mat fees will apply.
County Randori
Randori sessions for Junior and Senior players have been organised for every month to the end of the year.
This is a great chance to practise with players from outside of the club and gain valuable experience.
Sessions are run at St Mary’s Leisure Centre, Southampton, on the following dates:
20 September
19 October
23 November
14 December
Junior session is 1500 – 1630, followed by a Senior session from 1630 – 1800.
Mat fee is £3.00
Classes recommence Thursday 4 September
Classes recommence from Thursday 4 September.
Usual times will apply, 6-7pm and 7-8pm.
As previously advised, please check your licences are in date – we are planning gradings for October and there are a number of competitions coming up!
Looking forward to seeing you all again.
Summer Fitness Sessions
Sessions will commence on Tuesday 29 July and run every Tuesday (weather permitting) throughout the summer, until we return to the dojo.
Any cancellations will be published via the website, Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Sessions will be open to parents and siblings, as well as club players.
Location
Sessions will be held on the open green space at Hilsea Lines. Car parking is available at the Portsbridge car park, by making a left turn immediately after coming off the Hilsea roundabout, southbound; alternatively park in Military Road (left just before The News Centre) and walk back up.
Time
1830 to 1930, approximately.
Cost
£2.00 per session
Clothing, etc.
Suitable for outdoor sports – school PE kit or similar would be fine, sensible sports footwear.
Be prepared to get dirty!
Please bring your own water.
Tomorrow is final dojo session before summer break
Just a quick reminder, tomorrow night (Tuesday) is our final dojo based session before we break for summer.
Starting next week, we will be running out door fitness sessions at Hilsea Lines – full details to follow.
Judo tonight as usual
The school will be open as usual tonight, we are not affected by any industrial action.
See you on the mat!
When you train, you should put more emphasis on learning than on competing with your partner
Was delighted to see Neil Adams post a link to this article from his Facebook page, I have quoted it in full below:
Rickson Gracie advises on how to train and roll. He emphasizes the fact that Jiu-Jitsu practitioners should focus on the technical side first without using their physical assets. In the words of Rickson himself :
source: Rickson Gracie Association Newsletter
“Even when you spar during training, you should minimize your natural talents. By limiting yourself, you may find yourself in much worse situation, but you are forced to think your way out, using techniques you would not have otherwise used. When you start doing this, you begin to understand what is really wrong in a certain situation and you begin to understand what actually needs to be done in a technical way in order to improve the situation. You then begin to develop a real, deep progress, understanding the mechanics of any situation.
“It is important to remember that in a serious fight or in a competition, the mechanics of the fight will be exactly the same as when you are training in a gentle manner. The only important difference will be your mental attitude. When you train, you should put more emphasis on learning than on competing with your partner.
“You don’t learn when you are fighting, bringing in all sorts of tension and emotion. You learn when you are having fun, training in a smooth and gentle way. You need to work on improving your technique until you are comfortable in any situation. Eventually, you will develop a subconscious understanding of the techniques and they become reflexes. Only after you have done all this you are ready to take your natural abilities “off the shelf” and add them back into your game. Now the effectiveness of the technique will be at least ten times better.”
Which of course is not to say that training cannot be competitive; but you have to learn first and introduce the competitive element after you have gained the technical mastery. Sometimes easier said than done, for all of us!
Gile. (2014, June 19). Rickson Gracie: “When you train, you should put more emphasis on learning than on competing with your partner.”. Retrieved June 20, 2014, from www.bjjee.com: http://www.bjjee.com/articles/rickson-gracie-when-you-train-you-should-put-more-emphasis-on-learning-than-on-competing-with-your-partner/
