Big Judo Sandringham recently ran it's first promotional activity. Normally, 'word of mouth' keeps our number reasonably high. But now that we have a better dojo and a growing pool of instructors we felt it was time to cast the net wider and try to grow a bit.
The promotion was a 'Bring a Friend Day". I ran the kids session and Nelly ran the adults.
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Ben talking to the kids doing safety briefs and discussing the dojo's rules and protocols |
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And here is Nelly doing the same with the grown-ups and teenagers. |
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Two of our teenagers helping out demonstrating. Awesome to have them helping out. |
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And more of our awesome teenagers helping out. 'Service' is one of Big Judo's three values and it is very satisfying to see our young Judoka helping out, |
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Three photos of me and Nelly busy running things. It is fantastic to be working with my sister introducing more people to Judo, |
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Teaching ne-waza (ground grappling) skills because big or small we are going to let you have a wrestle. |
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Adults playing balance games. |
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What it is all about. More children on the mat doing Judo, |