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Students Gain Yellow Belts 28th April 2008

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Mollie & Alex Grade To Yellow Belt

Mollie and Alex have been awarded there Yellow belts, after successfully passing there grading on 28th April 2008 at BognorBognor Zen Judo Club.

Mollie and Alex with Assistant Instructor Yvonne Robertson 1st. Kyu ZJF

Club Students Achieve New Grades at Petersfield

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Updated 23/4/08

Zen Judo Family Gradings - Petersfield April 2008

On Sunday 20th April a number of the Bognor Club student and Instructors, travelled up to the Zen Judo Family (ZJF) gradings at Petersfield Zen Judo Club, for Green belt through to Black belt.
Congratulations to the following students on successfully achieving new grades:

Black Belt:

David Bennington (Chief Instructor - Portsmouth Zen Judo Club & Assistant Instructor Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club)

Brown Belt:

Yvonne Robertson (Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club)
Alex Barnes (Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club)

Blue:

Dominic Townsend (Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club)

Green:

Jon Taylor (Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club)
Hannah Barnes (Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club)

Back Row: Grading Panel and New 1st Dan David Bennington
Front Row: Successful Candidates

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Zen Judo (Spring) Budo Course 2008 - Report

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On Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March The Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club, once again hosted the annual Zen Judo (Spring) Budo Course on behalf of the ZJF and BZJFA.

For more information visit www.zenjudo.co.uk (opens in new window).

Gradings To Orange Belt 18th Feb 2008

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The following students successfully graded to 4th Kyu Orange Belt on 18th February 2008 at Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club.

Emily Stewart & Amy Taylor

Congratulations on your new belts.

John Robertson
(Chief Instructor)

Bognor Regis Town Council Awards Grant To Club

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Bognor Regis Town Council has once again shown its support, by awarding the Club a grant.
The cheque for £300 was collected by Yvonne Robertson on behalf of the Club, at a presentation held at the Town Hall on 28th January.

BRZJC Chief Instructor Promoted

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On Monday 4th February Sensei Phil Watts 6th Dan ZJF and Head of the Zen Judo Family paid a visit to Bognor Zen Judo Club.
During his visit he promoted the Clubs Chief Instructor John Robertson to 3rd Dan.

Sensei Watts officially presented John with his Dan Grade Certificate at Horndean Zen Judo Club on 6th February, while John was visiting the club as an assistant instructor.

Bognor Zen Judo Club - Awards 2007

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On 17th December 2007 the club held its final training session of the year, cleverly disguised as the usual games night. Due to the number of students taking part it was decided to split the students into three teams, this made for a much more difficult time, as traditionally the result is normally a draw. Luckily after a very lively evening the result was declared a close draw.

It has since come to light that due to some creative cheating by the senior grades (as usual), the Chief Instructor has had to declared all results null and void.

The evening was also marked by the presentation by Chief Instructor John Robertson of certificates to mark the following awards for 2007.

Alex Barnes received a certificate for the student with the highest attendance this year.

And Amy Taylor was awarded the McCarthy Student Of The Year Certificate.
This is the first year that the McCarthy Student Of The Year Certificate has been awarded and all the Clubs Instructors felt that Amy had consistently shown the correct Zen Judo Spirit, both in her technique and etiquette on the mat.

It was also nice to see Sarah back on the mat once again (even if only in a limited way at present) after her unfortunate accident at the beginning of the year, hopefully 2008 will see her finally on the mend and back to full training.

Full Kata version of Kata Garuma

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This Full kata version of the throw is only performed when very experienced at ukemiwaza.

Kata Garuma video (1.3M AVI) download

Counter Sutemi Video

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Martin (2^nd Dan) and Sharna (1^st Dan) - Black belt training session 2007

Counter Sutemi Video (1.7M AVI) download.

Dave Awarded His Yellow Belt

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On 14th April Dave O'Leary was awarded his yellow belt by Chief Instructor John Robertson.
Dave has been a member of the Bognor Club since January 2007 and has regularly made the trip over to Bognor from his home town of Portsmouth to train. Unfortunately due to work commitments he has had to move away from the area and won't be within traveling distance of the club anymore. His regular attendance and commitment to training has been obvious and he will be missed at the Club.