Big Judo Central Dojo

 

Last weekend, Big Judo moved into its new, mats down dojo in Balmoral.  A long-term plan finally coming to fruition that provides a great basis for growth. We trained last week, and even though there were a few people away this weekend, we had a good turnout and plenty of fun.  Well done team.

Training times are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm, and Saturdays at 3pm. On Saturdays, the adults and teenagers from Pukekohe also come down providing good numbers for randori. We aim to build this session up and help our Judoka improve. 

Big Judo Open Mat Session

 A great Saturday morning workout in Mount Roskill. We hosted judoka from Ochiba and Howick jufor a tough randori session.  Forty five minutes of ne waza followed by forty five minutes of tachi waza, meant everybody finished the session tired.  

No coaching, just an opportunity to practice doing Judo in a hard randori session.  Fantastic fun.   

We took lots of photos but this one was my favourtite, being a ne waza aficionado I love seeing sankakus.  A technique that is central to the Kosen style of Judo we were taught, by Rick. 

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