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SAMURAI INTER-COUNTY TEAM JUDO COMPETITION 22/04/06 S FACTOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 26/02/06 Tony Larkins Competition Report By Iftekhar 16/10/2005 2ND IMB UK CONFERENCE 30/09/05-02/10/05 REPORT BY JEFF THE S FACTOR NATIONALS 05/06/05 BUSHIDO INVITATION REPORT BY IFTEKHAR 15/05/05 BUSHIDO JUDOKWAI FORD REPORT BY IFTEKHAR 30/01/05 BNMA BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT BY JEFF 11/04 BNMA BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT BY JEFF 11/04
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February 22nd 2009 - Shudan Judo Club Technical Grading Three students attended the technical grading at Shudan Judo Club on Sunday February 22nd 2009, and all were successful in earning their next grade. Our congratulations go to David for gaining his 1st kyu, Andrea for gaining her 3rd kyu, and Conor for gaining his 6th.
February 8th 2009 - Midland Area Dan Grading Congratulations to both Amy and Damien for picking up 10 points towards their 2nd Dans today at the Midland Area grading, at Walsall. Well done to you both.
December 2008 - Shudan Judo Club Awards 2008 The Spirit of Judo can easily be defined as the most efficient use of one’s energy and co-operation, known as Seiryoku and Jitakyouei respectively. It is therefore a great honour for our club to honour those who have demonstrated above and beyond the true Spirit of Judo. For the year 2008 this award was handed out to Amy Ellis Thompson, Wendy Sadler and Steve Davies for their continued help and contribution on the junior class. The Spirit of Judo was also handed out to junior players Harry and Jay and it is an award that you can both be incredibly proud of.
The Best Girl award went to Taeler with the Best Boy award going to Ian for continued improvement in their judo.
And finally, the club are extremely proud to present the Best Overall Player for 2008 to Charlie.
Well done to all of you and may your success in judo be continuous and joyous.
August 10th 2008 - Shudan Judo Club's First Technical Grading It began with the nervous twittering of belts as the seniors prepared to grade first in our theory grading. Anxious glances were exchanged as these top athletes, Steve, David, Chris and Andrea prepared themselves. You could cut the tension with a knife as they lined up – ready for whatever the coaches were going to throw their way. And suddenly, the grading had begun with a physical test which would be worthy of the SAS (in my opinion anyway – but then I was watching casually from the side whilst shouting – ‘come on guys – you can do it!’ – whilst smugly knowing I didn’t have to!). Yes, there was sweat flying everywhere - and of course the odd toe. But in the end success was theirs as Andrea graded to 4th kyu and Steve, David and Chris graded to 1st kyu. Next we had an influx of juniors as they prepared for their grading. And all the hard work that they and their coaches had put in over the last few weeks paid off as one by one they all sailed through their grading without hesitation. It was an excellent effort by all of them and the support that they gave each other as they went up to grade, either as uke or as a calming influence was a pleasure to see. We were all very proud of our sixteen juniors who all walked out a shade taller, a bit prouder, and a grade higher.
February 10th 2008 - Midland Area Judo Kyu And Dan Grading Congratulations to Chris Clarkson for achieving his 1st Dan this weekend; we are all very proud of you. Chris attended the grading and earned the last few points he needed to take him to his black belt. With him were Amy, Wendy, David, Kerry, Ellie and Steve who all fought really well. For Steve and Ellie it was their first competitive grading, and both came away with their 8th kyu (bottom orange); Steve impressing everybody with his drop seionage. Wendy also fought hard, and graded from 7th kyu to 6th kyu (top orange to bottom green). Well done everyone!
August 22nd 2007 Well done to Rachel on her first grading, achieving her 9th kyu!
July 21st 2007 - National Judo Promotion Examination Congratulations to Amy, Ryan and Chris who all attended the National Judo Promotion Examination at High Wycombe. Ryan graded up to his 1st kyu from 2nd kyu, and Chris graded up to 5th Kyu from 8th kyu.
July 15th 2007 - The Goole Senior & Youth Open Judo Championships Well done to Amy who attended the competition at Goole Judo Club.
July 8th 2007 - Midland Area Judo Kyu And Dan Grading Five judoka from SWJC attended the Midland Area Judo Grading at Walsall on Sunday July 8th 2008, and all came away successful.First to fight was Amy, who earned ten more points towards her black belt, as did Chris C. Keith S, lost two fights, but won his third, impressing the table judges enough with his Tai-otoshi to move from 5th kyu (top green) to 3rd kyu (top blue). Chris B won his first fight with Tai-otoshi, but then got held down in his second by a player 17kg heavier than himself. He was wazari up in his third fight, until he got held down by an experienced Brazilian Ju Jitsu player. Not bad for your first competative grading Chris, Well done! Chris went 9th kyu (yellow belt) to 8th Kyu (bottom orange). David C. lost his first three fights, but then ended his fourth with a beautiful drop seionage, which earned him a standing ovation from the crowd, and moved him from 9th kyu to 8th kyu. Again, a good result for his first competitive grading!
June 9th 2007 - Bedford Judo Club Kyu & Dan Grading Well done to Amy, Kev and Ryan for attending the grading today at Bedford Judo Club. Kev was up first. It was his first competitive grading and he lost his first fight, won his second, then drew his third. Overall he fought really well for his first time, and moved up from 9th Kyu (yellow belt) to 7th Kyu (top orange belt). Ryan was up next, and was grading up from junior to senior. He was fighting players who were much heavier than him, but still managed to win two out of his three fights. This moved him from 15th Mon (junior top blue belt) to 2nd Kyu (senior bottom brown belt). Amy was last to fight and was also fighting players who were mainly outside her weight group. She still won two of her three fights earning herself an additional 20 points towards her 1st dan (1st black belt). We'd like to say well done to Helen from Kettering Premier Judo Club who won three fights, earning herself 27 points towards her 1st dan.
April 1st 2007 - Midland Area Judo Kyu And Dan Grading Three
Shudan players attended the Midland Area Grading at Walsall today - Amy, David
and Keith.
March 10th 2007 - Bedford Judo Club Kyu & Dan Grading
March 10th 2007 - Judo British Open Amy attended the British Open Judo Competition in Kendal today. Despite fighting well, she lost both her fights, one to a 1st Dan and one to a 2nd Dan. Good effort Amy!
February 11th 2007 - Midland Area Judo Kyu And Dan Grading
December 14th 2006 - Shudan Judo Club Junior Awards. The annual Shudan Judo Club Junior Awards were presented on Thursday 14th December 2006… Best Beginner (Girl)- Natalie Best Beginner (Boy) - Elliot Spirit of Judo - Jackie Player of the Year - Lee
December 10th 2006 - Walsall 4th Mon And Below Judo Competition. A big “WELL
DONE” to the following judo club members after their competition on 10th
December 2006…all walked away with a BRONZE medal !!! * Ellie * Elliot * Jackie * Harry B * Callum * Natalie This was the first experience of competition fighting for some of those who attended – a really brave step, especially for some of our younger players! See more pictures here.
December 9th 2006 - Bedford Judo Club Mon Grading. The Shudan Judo Club Juniors had some excellent achievements following the Bedford Mon Grading held on 9th December 2006: * Rosie – Green * Josh – Green * Christian – Orange (3rd Stripe) * Lee – Green (2nd Stripe) * Kieran – no grade All or you fought really well – Congratulations! November 19th 2006 - Samurai Judo Club Rod Lane Girls Mini Mon and Senior Kyu Grade Competition.
November 12th 2006 - Midland Area Judo Grading
October 7th & 14th 2006 - Shudan Dojo 'Autumn Clean'
September 10th 2006 - Heart Of England Judo Competition A big well done to Billy, David, Iftekhar, Damian, Luke and Amy who all attended the Heart of England judo competition in Birmingham on 10th September. They were up against tough competition including best British and best Scottish champions. Damien deserves a special mention for winning one of his fights…….against a Third Dan!!! A good time was had by all with everyone fighting very well.
International Grapple and Strike And Kickboxing Championship 2006 Report by Steve added. Click here to read.
July 9th 2006 - Midland Area Judo Grading Five players from Wellingborough Judo Club attended the Midland Area Grading at Walsall Centre Of Judo Excellence today, whilst Eddie and Liz kept the time on different mats. After winning one fight and drawing another, Chris earned 10 points towards his dan grade, then went on to pass his dan grade theory.
Iftekhar won one fight and graded up to senior, earning his 5th kyu. John and Keith fought well, but were unsuccessful on this occasion.
July 1st 2006 - Wellingborough Carnival
We'd like to say thank you to everyone who turned up today; it's estimated that we collected over a hundred pounds between us. See more of the pictures from today in the gallery.
May 13th & 14th 2006 - New Coaches Luke and Andrew attended a Level Two Judo Coach preparation course this weekend. They aim to complete the criteria required to gain their coaching licences within a couple of months so they can begin to help out at the judo club.
May 13th & 14th 2006 - International Waendel Walk
April 23rd 2006 - Midland Area Judo Grading Congratulations to Chris for attending the Midland Area Judo Grading today at Walsall. He gained thirty points towards his first dan.
April 22nd 2006 - The Samurai Midlands Inter-County Team Judo Competition "The Samurai Midlands Inter-County Team Competition is a unique event, where the Counties of the Midland Area are invited to enter 5 man or woman teams to compete. To win each match the teams must win more fights than their opponents. Players only fight other players of the same weight. This year, Northamptonshire entered a massive squad of nearly 50 players, who collected nearly 40 medals in the various categories..." Report By Richard Hull KPJC
February 26th 2006 - The British National Martial Arts Association S Factor Championships On Sunday the 26th of February a team of fighters and Instructors Kevin Reade and Jeff Gonsalves, went to the British National Martial Arts Association, National S Factor competition in Hornchurch Essex. Four Fighters from Shudan Kickboxing took part, bringing home Five medals: Two Gold, one silver and two bronze medals. See here for full report by Jeff Gonsalves.
February 11th 2006 Luke, Damien and Chris all attended the Midland Area Grading at Walsall today. Luke lost his first fight, but then won his next two, earning himself twenty points towards his first dan. Damien also lost his first fight then won his second and third, which moved him up form fourth kyu to second. Chris graded up from second to first kyu after winning two fights.
January 22nd 2006 Well done to Billy and Sam for attending the grading today at Vale Judo Club in Oakham. Billy drew two fights and came away with his bottom brown belt. Sam was unlucky and lost both his fights.
November 13th 2005 Both Keith and Chris attended the Midland Area Judo Grading today at Walsall. Chris was converting up from junior level and came away with his 2nd Kyu after winning one fight, drawing one, and losing another. Keith earned another twenty points towards his third dan after winning two fights and drawing a third.
October 16th 2005 Judo -Tony Larkins Competition, Amy, Iftekhar and Billy all came away with medals. See here for Report By Iftekhar.
September 30th - October 2nd 2005 2nd IMB Conference see here for review
September 17th 2005 Congratulations to Amy, Billy and Sam for grading today at Bedford Judo Club.
July 23rd 2005 Well done to everyone who attended the National Promotion Examination at High Wycombe Judo Centre today. Keith earned twenty more points towards his third dan after winning two of his three fights. Andrew got another ten towards his first dan from winning one fight, and John graded up to second kyu from fourth kyu after winning two of his three fights.
June 18th 2005 Well done to all the juniors who attended the grading today - almost everyone recieved a new grade. Watch this space for a full report!
June 11th 2005 Well done to Damien, David and John for grading today at Bedford Judo Club. It was a tough day for them, as they had to fight each other, starting with Damien and John, then David and John. They all managed to win a fight each and go up a grade, with David converting from 14th mon (middle blue belt, junior) to 3rd kyu (top blue belt senior); Damien from 4th kyu to 3rd kyu (bottom blue to top blue); and John from 5th kyu to 4th kyu (top green to bottom blue). Thanks to Eddie, John and Iftekhar for spending Saturday afternoon cleaning the dojo.
June 5th 2005 The S Factor Nationals, Hornchurch Sports Centre, Essex. Report by Jeff Five fighters from Shudan Kickboxing and instructor Jeff Gonsalves travelled from Wellingborough to Essex for the National Championships. Everyone fought well, and we came away with two gold medals and two bronze medals.
Steve Li won gold in the 15-17 year olds Kickboxing, he also won gold in the Semi-Contact. Damien Waiting won the gold in the -85kg men's Open Combat. Angelo Dominonou won bronze in the -65kg men's Open Combat. It was the first competition for Lewis Jones and Darren Crips and they fought very well, but finished outside the medals. Instructor Jeff Gonsalves said "All our fighters fought really well, and I'm very proud to be their instructor. The next competition is in October, the British Championships - we look forward to bringing home some more medals."
May 21st 2005 Congratulations to Keith for winning Bronze at the High Wycombe Masters Championships at High Wycombe Judo Centre.
May 15th 2005 15th May. 2005 Bushido Invitation, Walsall Campus, Report By Iftekhar Participants: · Amy: top blue belt · Billy: bottom blue belt · Iftekhar: top orange belt · Damien: blue belt · Chris: brown belt As the competition started Amy was up first; She started off in the U55. She began to fight keeping control attacking with Harai-Goshi but as the opponent moved out of the way, Amy put her legs together allowing the opponent to get ippon.
The second fight was Amy as she went in strong and carried on going in for the throws, weakening the opponent till Amy got an ippon. Taking her to take bronze if she wins the next match.
The third match was for the bronze between Amy and her opponent. As they began, the opponent was pulling Amy around but Amy countered most of the throws. When Amy attacked with Uchi Mata, she lost control and the opponent countered giving the opponent an ippon. (Congrats on working hard should have something but well-done Amy).
This was Billy’s first fight for today, as he went he went in for throws continuously till he made a few pulls on the opponent to tire him out and Billy took advantage scoring an ippon.
Then it was Billy’s second fight, as they both, opponent and Billy had stayed stiff Billy would wait till the opponent was vulnerable and got a shocking ippon leading him to silver if he won the next match. This was for the silver medal, Billy was going in for a few throws but as he went in his shoulder from previous injury was hurting but he was being his stubborn self and allowed the opponent to take complete control giving the opponent an Ippon. (Congrats Billy even though you fought hard but you should have deserved something though well done mate)
Next was Iftekhar. As his group was all British cadets, his first fight ended quick. As he was fighting, Iftekhar used strength to move the opponent around but concluding that, Iftekhar lost balance and allowed the opponent to get an ippon.
The second fight for Iftekhar was another cadet, but the opponent was getting moved around by Iftekhar. As the kouchi and ouchi garis weren’t working the opponent countered scoring an ippon. This lead Iftekhar to his last match to fight, as he went in control was in the opponent’s but as Iftekhar was moving the opponent around, he was not aware that the opponent allowed Iftekhar to move so he could throw Iftekhar the same direction he is going.
Then it was Chris as he pulled in for some throws the opponent would reverse Chris’s throws giving the opponent the ippon. (This took Chris to the bronze part)
Then it would be Chris’s next match with a less stronger opponent Chris would triumphant over the opponent through continuous strong throws to make the opponent unbalanced till the opponent fell letting Chris do ground work leading him to one more step closer to the bronze medal.
Then Chris would fight for the bronze medal, as he went in he would take possession of the control increasing the throws Chris emitted on the opponent until he scored an ippon. Winning him the bronze medal. (Hey well done on the bronze medal unlucky about the first match but it doesn’t matter)
May 14th 2005 Congratulations to Dave and Keith for passing their 2nd Dan theory, and also to Luke and Andrew for passing their 1st Dan theory today at Samurai Judo Club, Kidderminster.
March 2005 Congratulations to Eddie and Liz on their engagement, we wish them all the best for the future. Also for passing their tables officials course at 90 and 91 %.
January 30th 2005 Bushido Judo Kwai Ford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Report By Iftekhar Participants: · Amy age: 14 top green belt · Billy age: 14 bottom blue belt · Iftekhar age: 15 top orange belt · Sam age: 12 bottom green belt
First was Iftekhar, he was against a top orange belt, which Iftekhar lost by Wazari-Aweste Ippon. The referee didn’t see the Wazari as Iftekhar but to the opponent
Second was Iftekhar looking for another attempt against a middle blue belt, they both were competing quite close and they both let their guard down and it became a Hikki Wake (draw). Iftekhar: still on 9th mon
Third was Sam; straight away the opponent threw Sam with a Harai Goshi, Sam was shocked because it was a fast throw.
Fourth was Sam, Sam had tried hard in this match but the opponent had the technique, so it ended up as a Hikki wake (draw) good effort. Sam : still 10th mon
Fifth was Billy, his opponent went for a throw but ended up Billy dislocating his shoulder quite bad as it went out of place and went back in an angle. (Billy was out of this grading after the incident). Billy : still 13th mon
Sixth was Amy, the opponent was a British cadet, Amy went for Ouchi Gari but failed the opponent went for her Harai Goshi, Amy tried to counter it, but ended up as a Hikki Wake (draw) a good effort.
Last match was Amy, she was up against a brown belt, as she knew she had to win she went for a long awaited Uchi Mata scoring Amy an Ippon (10 point score) great effort. Amy : moved to 15th mon
Well done to everyone who attended.
January 17th 2005 Thanks to Dave, Keith and Paul for spending Friday and Monday tidying, cleaning and rearranging the mat area to give us extra mat space.
December 12th 2004 Congratulations to Amy, 15, for winning the bronze medal at the Walsall Junior Contest.
December 11th 2004 15 year old Chris graded from 17th to 18th mon at Bedford junior grading. Well done Chris!
BNMA British Championships Report By Jeff A team off six fighters from Shudan Kickboxing, Wellingborough went to the British National Martial Arts Association (BNMA) British Championships, at Hornchurch Sports Centre, Essex. We won Six medals, Two Gold, One Silver and Three Bronze.
Everyone did very well, this was their first tournament and all of them are intermediate level and they were fighting a lot off higher grades and Black belts.
April 4th 2009 - Judo National Promotional Examination, High Wycombe. April 19th 2009 - Judo Grading, Walsall
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Both
Damien and Billy attended the grading at Bedford Judo Club today. Both fought
really well, doing the club proud. Damien lost his first fight, but won his next
two earning himself a line up. During this, he one his first two fights, but
unfortunately succumbed on the third, earning himself 40 points overall on the
day. Billy managed to pull off a beautiful left handed hari-goshi, earning him
his first 10 points on his way to his black belt.
Today,
Damien, Billy, Amy, David and Iftekhar all attended the grading at Walsall.
Everybody had a good day, winning at least one fight and moving up a grade.
Damien won his first two fights, but due to injuries of the other players
present, was unable to take a line up. He was, however, given the chance of
another three fights, two of which he won, earning him 40 points overall. Amy
won two fights and so gained a further 17 points. Billy converted up from 17th
Mon to 1st Kyu; David moved from 4th Kyu to 2nd Kyu, and Iftekhar from 6th Kyu
to 4th Kyu.
Both Iftekhar and Amy attended the Rod Lane Girls Mini Mon and
Senior Kyu Grade Competition at Samurai Judo Club in Kidderminster today. Amy
won had a successful day, winning the gold medal in her weight group, and silver
in the open weight. Iftekhar also did well, winning bronze in the under 81kgs
for blue belt and below. Rosie also won bronze in her weight group.
Luke, Chris, Damien and Amy all attended the 
Damien
won two fights to move up to first kyu.
Shudan
Judo Club took part in Wellingborough's annual carnival today to raise money for
local charities. Ten juniors and eight adults took part in the parade which
wound its way around Wellingborough town centre to end up in Croyland park,
where a weekend of festivities had been organised by the council. All the
juniors dressed in their judogi, with some of them going further and wearing
fancy dress underneath; this included Batman, a cowgirl and jesters hats! Along
the route, the marchers collected coins from spectators who lined the streets
and handed out Shudan badges to help promote the club. 
A team of Judoka,
both junior and adults,
from Wellingborough Judo Club took part in the International Waendel Walk to
raise money for the judo club. The players were sponsored to walk routes ranging
from three to twenty six miles around the Northamptonshire country side. Our thanks go out to those involved who raised
several hundred pounds between them.
Seventeen
year old Damien won a bronze medal in the middle weight, men's Open
Combat, and also a Bronze in Light Continuous Kickboxing.