Big Judo Training Day at Big Judo Pukekohe

Wiremu and Marco doing tachi waza. 

Today, we got all the mats out and trained with some of our friends from other nearby clubs.  It was a good session, about an hour of ne waza randori followed by about an hour of tachi waza.  A good training session.

  

Tachi waza randori. 

Guests today included, Marco Corvino an Italian -73 kg retired competitive player visiting New Zealand and Ockert Steryn a local -90 kg retired competitive player.  Both judoka played hard and gave the large group of cadets a good workout. It is vital that young players get to randori with good quality players to develop their skills, and we really appreciated Ockert and Marco putting in the effort to help  out.    

Ne waza randori. 

Next inter-club session will be in about a month to six weeks and will be in town, at the Tristar Dojo. 

Ockert showed everybody his version of ushiro o soto gari and a defence. 

A photo at the end of training. 

A picture for Big Judo 'OGs'

 

I bumped into Jordan last night.  A great coach and friend for about 20 years, he invested a lot in Big Judo but pursues his career oversea.  We had a great and caught up about the kids we had coached together who were now awesome Judoka .  It was really nice to see him again, and I thought there are plenty of people out there who will remember him, so posted this picture.  

Big Judo Success at Auckland International Open

 

Big Judo fighter Wiremu Godfrey, performed very well at the Auckland International Open winning his age group -81kg category and the open weight division. Not only did he win two medals, he demonstrated good technique.  

Its great to see a Big Judo player following in the foot steps of their club mate Noah Wallis. A strong competitor who has fought at the World Champs and is currently based in England.  

Well done Wiremu. 

Well Done Noah! Gold at the English Open

 Awesome work Noah!  At Big Judo we are all very proud of everything you do overseas but winning the English Open is fantastic.  Well done! 

Notice of Big Blue Judo Machine AGM

Notice to members that Big Blue Judo Machine Inc will be holding its AGM.

 Date: 24 February

Location: Big Judo Central Dojo

Time: 1245 

Agenda:

• Annual Financial Report
• Election of Officers

Big Judo Pukekohe back on the mat

Two Saturday trainings down.  Numbers good and looking forward to a good year.  Nellie is on the mat and we have really good group of teenagers pushing themselves hard. Nice place to be in February. 

Another Awesome Catch Up - Noah Wallis is Back in Town

It was awesome to see Noah again, after years overseas and competing at the World Champs he came out and visited the team in Pukekohe and Pukekawa.  He trained with the kids, shared his experiences and demonstrated some technique. 

Most importantly he was there!  An international player taking the time to do randori and let them know that  once he was just like them, a kid doing Judo. 

Noah is now travelling and doing Judo with the best Judoka in the world, but his visit is a reminder for our young Judoka that every journey starts with a step. 

My favorite photo is this one.  Noah helping to put the mats away.  Demonstrating his humility and willingness to help, even with the boring bits.  A really good example for our young Judoka. 

It was awesome! Thanks Noah.