Newtown Judo Club

Last night, Newtown Judo Club welcomed Sensei Marc Perard, a 7th Dan and the technical director of the Judo Club de Pierre-Bénite (JCPB). It was inspiring to have him observe our class, engage in discussions about ashi waza, and share his personal judo journey.

🌏✈️ Le judo n’a pas de frontières. Il a des valeurs. 🥋

Quand notre Senseï traverse le monde et pose ses valises en Australie, ce n’est pas seulement un dojo qui voyage…
C’est aussi un territoire, une histoire, et l’ADN sportif de notre commune d’Oullins Pierre-Bénite qui s’invitent à l’autre bout du monde.

Étape marquante à Sydney, au Newton Judo Club :
des tatamis différents, mais le même respect, la même exigence, la même passion.

Des échanges sincères, des regards complices, des judokas unis par un langage universel.
Celui du judo.
Celui des valeurs que nous portons ici, et que nous sommes fiers de voir rayonner ailleurs.

Le judo est une famille mondiale.
Et notre Senseï en est un ambassadeur naturel, fidèle à son club et à son territoire. 🙏

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Great training session last night - a lot of sweat and a lot of smiles 👍💪🥋

FREE

WOMEN-ONLY JUDO CLASSES

4 Lesson Program for Beginners

Newtown Judo Club, with funding from the NSW Office of Sport, will conduct beginners Women-Only Judo classes. Judo is a great way to improve balance, strength and flexibility and to get fit while learning useful self-defence.

Our NCAS accredited women coaches will provide expert instruction in the judo basics of throwing, safe falling, rolling and groundwork in a fun format specifically designed for beginners. Bring a friend and learn together.

Free new judo kimono (judogi)
Free laundry of judogi after every session
Free 4 structured lessons
Free insurance
The 45 minute classes will be on consecutive Fridays at 5.30 pm. commencing Friday March 11, 2022 at Coronation Hall in Probert St. Newtown. Numbers are strictly limited.

Contact us at [email protected].

All players must be fully vaccinated

Yep we are back on the mats! Monday and Wednesday nights 👍💪🥋

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐃𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐅 𝐃𝐫 𝐉𝐈𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐎̄ 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐎̄

𝐽𝑖𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑜̄ 𝐾𝑎𝑛𝑜̄’𝑠 𝐹𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑢𝑑𝑜:

1. Carefully observe oneself and one’s situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one’s environment,

2. Seize the initiative in whatever you undertake,

3. Consider fully, act decisively,

4. Know when to stop,

5. Keep to the middle.

• Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.

• Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.

• Judo is the way of using one’s mental and physical strength in the most efficient manner.

• Through training and practicing techniques for offence and defence, one disciplines and cultivates body and spirit, and thereby masters the essence of this way. Thus the ultimate goal of Judo is to strive for personal perfection by means of this and to benefit the world.

• Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique.

• Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances, and helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

• If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.

• There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others.

• In randori*, one must search out the opponent’s weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo.

• Walk a single path, becoming neither arrogant with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens.

• Another tenet of randori is to apply just the right amount of force — never too much, never too little. All of us know of people who have failed to accomplish what they set out to do because of not properly gauging the amount of effort required. At one extreme, they fall short of the mark; at the other, they do not know when to stop.

• Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things connected with it should be directed to its ultimate object, the Benefit of Humanity. Human sacrifice is a matter of ancient history.

• There is nothing greater under the heavens than education. The virtue of one spreads to many; real education goes on for hundreds of years.

*Randori : literally meaning “chaos taking”, “chasing chaos” or “grasping freedom” randori 乱取り is the free practice of Judo.

Article by: EdinburghJudo.com ©

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With thanks to the Board of Directors. Good news on a Wednesday.