Box Hill Jiu Jitsu

REMINDER: THERE ARE NO CLASSES TODAY

Term 2 – Back to regular classes this week at Aqualink

Classes Box Hill Jiu Jitsu (BHJJ) holds classes that are held across three programs tailored for students within different age groups

REMINDER: There's no training this long weekend, so please enjoy your Easter Saturday spending your time doing something else that you find enjoyable.

During the school holidays, which span the following fortnight, our training sessions are the combined Bushi & Samurai classes. Wednesdays are 7 pm until 9 pm and Saturdays 2 pm until 5 pm.

Classes Box Hill Jiu Jitsu (BHJJ) holds classes that are held across three programs tailored for students within different age groups

It was a fantastic weekend of jiu jitsu and some judo too, as there were two accomplished judoka attending from WAVERLEY JUDO.

Our training was running in parallel with a Fudoshin weapons camp run by Yamagawa-ha dojo.

Approximately thirty budoka immersing themselves in their chosen martial art and enjoying reflection in the downtime.

Our certainly bodes well for next year's event, which will be held at Stringbark Lodge Camp in Gembrook.

Congratulations to many of our regular students within Wednesday's Bushi class, as the majority were awarded their next kyu grade at last night's training.

These promotions will bring this cohort more responsibility and tougher challenges that befit their proven capabilities thus far.

CONGRATULATIONS!

The second Wednesday session of Term 1 is tonight. Tatami laying from 6 pm, Bushi class starts at 6:30 pm, and Samurai class commences at 7 pm.

Returning students are reminded to complete the annual membership form and pay their registration fees promptly.

Family discounts for membership and class fees are available when multiple members from the same household are attending.

Additionally, those invited to participate, this year's training camp is rapidly approaching. Kindly let us know if you're planning to attend or not.

Not only a timely reminder for those returning to school in 2026, as skin-to-skin contact in contact sports obviously increases the risk for potential transmission of such infections.

Personal hygiene is a safety issue in the dojo and all students are reminded of their responsibility to trim finger and toe nails and have clean hands and feet when attending training. The latter is why we wear footwear up until the matted area (tatami).

Impetigo, also known as school sores, is a common bacterial skin infection that causes sores which often start as blisters, then pop, weep and form crusts.

Unfortunately, the chances of them infiltrating your home are more likely than not, especially with going back to school.

School sores spread easily through skin-to-skin contact (hard to avoid with kids), especially when bacteria enter through broken or irritated skin - like scratches, bites, eczema or after illnesses such as chickenpox. They’re also very itchy, and scratching makes it easy for the infection to spread to others.

What’s important to know:
Children with impetigo must be kept home from school or childcare until treatment has started. Good hand washing and personal hygiene also help prevent spread.

Where to get help:
If you think your child has impetigo, your community pharmacist is a good place to start. They can assess the sores and give advice on next steps.

Chemist Care Now allows Victorians to receive some treatments at a local chemist, just like school sores, without needing to see a doctor to get a prescription first.

Give your chemist a call before you go to check what treatments are available for school sores, or if you need to book ahead.

For less complicated cases, treatment is now available at participating chemists through Chemist Care Now.

If the infection is more severe, or not suitable for treatment at the chemist, the pharmacist will refer you to a GP for care.

For more: https://go.vic.gov.au/3NxoUIU

Minor concussive injuries have a cumulative effect and so having an awareness of a concussion management strategy is paramount to maintaining participant health.

Although not inherent to the nature of a non-striking combat sport, it's impossible to totally remove the risk of a head injury from the throwing and grappling martial arts.

Safely breakfalling and use of crash mats mitigates the potential for injury during controlled training activities. However, especially during a contest (shiai [試合]), the unpredictability of a clash of skills can result in a clash of skulls! Or a head impacting the tatami.

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