Junior Judo Nationals 2009

Once again we went to Walsall and had a good day.
We took twelve students up and we were very successful in the medal field. We did not win the shield this time and decided to let someone else win it!

We came third for the ratio of points per club. What was more impressive was we came third for the most points gained by any club so out of all those clubs who attended when they added up all the points they got we were third. One club had about 25 students there so our twelve did well.

It was unfortunate that some our lads had to fight others from our club which meant that we were knocking out our own people but that is the way it goes. Ryan’s first bout in the open was against Sam! He got a special award and that was great considering it was his first open ever.

Ali was the only person to get a Gold, so well done Ali.
Some of the other guys would have got a gold but got a “No Score Draw” and the referee had to give the decision to the person he thought was just ahead of the other. Dexter, Connor and James Harris lost out in this way.

The fact that everyone did their best is what it is about. Medals are Ok but if you gave your all then that is the main thing so well done everybody.


Results. For groundwork and randori.

Ryan Sterling	-	2 Silver and a Special Award for the open.
Sam Taylor	-	1 Bronze 2 Silver [One of the silvers for the open]
Ali Khalaf	-	I Gold 1 Silver.
Connor Sterling	-	1 Bronze 1 Silver.
Zachary Bolby	-	Medal for taking part and well earned.
Toby Lemar	-	Also got a medal for the course and did well.
Zak Khalaf	-	Special Award[ he was up against some big blokes did very well]
James Sermbezis	-	1 Bronze.
James Holmwood	-	Special Award He did very well and kept going.
James Harris	-	1 Silver and Special Award and won a jar of sweets for guessing how many sweets were in the jar
Dexter Gribble	-	1 Bronze 1 Silver.
Harry Sermbezis	-	2 Bronze. Well done Harry.

18 Awards, and two third places not bad for a small club. Well done everybody and a big thank you to the parents who came.

Sensei John.

Note to everyone regarding the Syllabus and preparation for gradings:

I have given everyone a syllabus. I want you to tick what you know and cross what you do not know up to your grade. The idea of this is that you become aware of what bits you need to concentrate on to get up to speed so that you know your previous belts perfectly. In this way you will be laying down good foundations for your next grading. Keep the syllabus in your training bag and every now and then I shall ask what bits you need to go over.

On the 26th of April Chris Oultram 2nd Dan is coming to give the region a course. It is from 12.00-4.00pm and will cost £10. Everyone should try and get there.

Cheers.
John.

Junior Jitsu Judo Nationals 2008

Twelve members of the Crowborough Junior Jitsu Club went to a National Competition in Walsall near Birmingham and came back with a haul of medals.

The competition concentrated on the judo side of Jitsu, and the members who attended had to fight other students from all over the country using ground work and stand up throws.
Not only did they come back with 18 cups and medals they also won the competition shield for the club!





In the photo from left to right:

Back Row:
Zak Khalaf 1 Bronze and special award, Sensei Paul Lemar club founder, Nick James,Ellis Brockett, Connor Sterling 1 Silver and Special Award.

Middle Row:
James Harris 2 Gold, Dexter Gribble Bronze and Special Award, .Ali Khalaf Silver, Sam Taylor 2 Silver, Sensei John Harquail Instructor, Sam Skelsey 1 Gold, 1 Bronze and a Bronze from the open tournament, Ryan Sterling Silver, James Sermbezis 2 Silver.

Front row:
Jamie Holmwood, Harry Sermbezis Silver.

Update

It has been a long time since the website has been updated. Apologies to all those who have logged on expecting something new and finding nothing.

I hope that this year there will be regular updates and who knows perhaps a new technique. We may have to change the title to “Technique of the year instead of the month. Or even technique of the decade! I hope that there will be improvements.


So, Congratulations are in order first of all.
The grading in December taken by Sensei Steve Donaghy had some good results:

Juniors:
7th kyu

Daniel tanner - Yellow 2
Jordan Lucken - Yellow 2
Harry Sermbezis - Yellow
Jamie Holmwood -Yellow.
Zackary Bowley - Yellow.

5th Kyu

Connor Sterling - Green
Ryan Sterling - Green
Jarred Brockett - Green
Ellis Brockett - Green
Daniel Silk - Green
James Harris - Green
James Sermbezis - Green
Dexter Gribble - Green

Seniors:

6th kyu

James Harris - Orange 2

1st kyu

Nick James - Brown

Further congratulations go to Nick who went through a very tough brown grading lasting five hours and survived but won his brown belt Commiserations go to James who also survived the grading but was not awarded his belt. It takes a lot of courage to go on and try again after failing a grading and that is what James is going to do. The person who got top brown at nick’s grading failed it last year. So James good luck for next time

As we go into 2008 Paul and I would like to wish you and your family a very Happy New Year.

Atemi Nationals

Crowborough Jitsu Club took three of its members to the Jitsu Junior Atemi nationals held near Birmingham on October 7th The three members were not hand picked but were keen to go and represent their club. They excelled themselves by obtaining various awards and were up against members from clubs all over the country. The competition was to defend oneself against attacks from about ten people coming in one after the other. This is called a “V”. Then to walk up and down two rows students who attack with punches kicks or weapons. This is called a Gauntlet.

Jarred Brockett gained a bronze medal in the novice category. His brother Ellis gained a silver in the yellow belt contest and Sam Taylor obtained a bronze medal for the light blue belt and a runners up plaque for the open competition where he missed third place by one point.

Also club instructor John Harquail was recently awarded The Jitsu Foundation Instructor of the year award, which has been awarded to instructors of excellence since 1993.

Well done lads. Maybe next time in April we will take a few more up to the nationals and come back with more medals.

The picture left to right shows Instructor John Harquail, Jarred Brockett, Ellis Brockett and Sam Taylor.

Congratulations to Nick James!

Congratulations to Nick James Orange 3 who went to the Senior Judo Nationals competed and came back with a bronze medal for his weight catagory. Well done Nick

Grading results

Many thanks to Sensei Paul Lemar who graded Students from Crowborough, Brighton and Sandwich on Thursday 8th of December 2005.

Results for our club:

Juniors:

Robert Emersley 7th kyu Yellow three.
Luke Lawrence 7th kyu Yellow Three.
Matthew Gorton 5th kyu Top Green.
Sam Skelsy 3rd kyu Light blue.

Seniors:

Nick James. 6th kyu Orange two.
Nick went from novice to his orange belt

Crowborough Jitsu Club Take Top Awards- Junior Atemi Nationals

On Saturday, 8th October, members of the Crowborough Jitsu Club travelled to the National Sports Centre in Shropshire to take part in a fighting competition attended by young people from all over the country. The three members pictured here not only won the top awards but took part in a two hour grading gaining their much coveted black belt.

Pictured here from left to right:
Robert Lecomber won Silver in the Open and Bronze in the Dan and Brown competition he gained his First Dan Black belt.

Julian Tucker won the Gold in the Open and gained his Second Dan Black belt.
The Jitsu Foundation only goes up to Third Dan in their black belt category and to obtain one takes a lot of dedication to training in the skill of self- defence. Julian is now the only Junior Second Dan in the whole of the British Isles.

Third in line is James Taylor who took Gold in the Dan and Brown competition and gained his First Dan black belt.

Sensei John Harquail Senior Primary First Dan. Gained an instructor’s award only one of four given out Nationally.

Finally the club has just celebrated its tenth anniversary!

So all in all a good month for us!

Shihan Brian Graham 1935 - 2005

It is with deep regret and sadness that we announce the loss of our head of style.
Shihan Brian Graham who died, age 70 on june 15th. He will be greatly missed by our club and all who knew him.

Grading 11 June

Congratulations to:

Cristopher Garland 7th Kyu - Yellow

Sam Taylor 3rd Kyu - Light Blue

Kyle Brown 3rd Kyu Light Blue

Crowborough Junior Jitsu Club at National Competition.

Four members took part in a National Judo Competition held at the Lilleshall National Sports Centre Shropshire and came away with a significant amount of awards.

We also are going to be featured in the April 1^st edition of the Crowborough Courier!

The photograph shows the trophy winners and members who have recently passed their grading for their next coloured belt.

Left to right top row:

Matthew Gorton Medium weight Stand up fighting- Gold, Ground fighting-Silver. He also gained an Orange Belt.
Robert LeComber Heavy Weight. Stand up fighting- Gold ;Ground > fighting-Gold, Open Completion-Silver.
Sensei John Harquail Instructor.
James Taylor Heavy weight Stand up Fighting-Bronze. James also won a special award for outstanding effort.

Left to right Bottom row:

Kieran Brown who gained his light blue belt.
Leo Skelsey Purple
Sam Taylor Purple
Sam Skelsey Purple.

December Grading

December Grading.

The December grading took place at out Dojo in Rotherfield on the 11th of December and was taken by Sensei Steve Donaghy 3rd Dan.

We fielded four students along with members from Brighton and Sandwich. Our results were:

7th Kyu [Yellow} Matthew Gorton Junior Yellow2. Although he is a junior he completed the same grading as the seniors and was the top player of that grade. So well done Matthew!

Osamu Togashi gained his adult Yellow1

Sam Taylor gained his 5th Kyu Junior Green

Sam Skelsy also obtained his Green belt but was also seen by Sensei Steve to be the Top Green.

So,a small representation from our Club but high in quality Well done everybody!

Crowborough Jitsu Club Take Home Cups and Medals.

On Sunday 31st of October nine junior members of the Crowborough Jitsu club attended a National Fighting Competition in Shropshire and came away with eight cups and two medals. The Jitsu Foundation hold two annual events, which are attended by clubs from all over the country, The morning is taken up with a course taught by top instructors in The martial art. The afternoon is devoted to the competition, which is based on testing fighting skills from various attackers with a variety of weapons punches and kicks.

Apart from the trophies two students gained their brown belts. This was after a two-hour grading in front of the Head of Style Brian Graham 6th Dan who brought Jitsu to this country.

Finally, congratulations to Julian Tucker, Gold. Robert Le-Comber, Silver, James Taylor Bronze in the Open Competition. Matthew Gorton Gold in the Novices to Orange belts Sam Skelsey, Bronze in the Orange to Green belts James Taylor Gold Russell Knope Bronze in the Light to Dark blue belts Julian Tucker Silver in the Brown to Black belts Barny Snook and Sam Taylor received a special award medal for outstanding effort. Robert Le Comber and James Taylor were awarded their Brown belts

Any queries regarding this photograph please contact Nigel Skelsey on 01892852780 or 07836 711057

New look website!!

Firstly i must apologise for the recent crash of our website. I have re-designed the look of the website and have updated the syllabus pages to its current form new things to come are:

New links page. you will be able to find links to useful Jitsu related sites.

New Club listing page and contact information

New printer friendly Syllabus link and Throws list link.

New Training photo page. if you want photos to be submitted do not hesitate To send them to me

Updated Photos on who we are and instructors.

Updated Training Times.