Big Judo Big Saturday

 We have three full classes on Saturday. Little kids and beginners.  Big kids and adults.  Lots and lots going on. At Big Judo we focus on kids and social adults.  We have a couple of adults that are interested in competition but mostly we are a pretty social bunch that just wants to promote Judo.

I wish we were cool.  But we are just a bunch of old black belts with a few competition titles between us that like teaching people Judo.  So if you are uncool check us out sometime.

Kids being coached

Kids doing Judo 

Adults in action 

Big Judo Adults Training in Town

Nice photo of the adults this Saturday.  Adults train pretty socially but they provide good environment to support the development of our teenagers.

Last thing young teenagers need in Judo is a group of hyper competitive older Judoka bashing them up!

Instead at Big we have a nice group of older Judoka keen to extend their Judo. Oh and a coaching team with 'real' black belts and a pretty good competition history.

We have been planning this step for ages. We started with kids. The kids have grown up.  As they grew up we started getting our adults together so that when they were teenagers we had the next environment they need for progression.

Its pretty satisfying.

Big Judo Back 2017

Back into Judo again. Hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year holiday,

Big Judo had our first full week of Judo and can report the following:

• All our classes have been well attended. Awesome - its great to start the year this way. 
• We have re-structured a our kids classes in town moving our teenagers up to train with the adults and bringing little kids into the big kids classes. 
• This year we will be a bit more active competitionwise. Some of the kids are big enough to compete a bit more often and we have a small group of adults keen to compete. This week I sent a list of New Zealand competitions out to the coaches and senior players so we can start planning.
• Kyle has been selected for the Oceania Championships and is down at National Training Camp this weekend.

• Daniel Gowing is keen to help out and will be working with Kyle to help him build up. 

We will also be looking at how we improve and get better at coaching kids and social adults,  Without these groups our club would not be anywhere near as good. 

So see you all soon.

Big Judo Visits University Judo

A nice photo of a group of kids and instructors from Big Judo and University together with their instructors,

We did not get as big a turnout as we would have liked but it was a good fun day. We warmed up did lots of randori then had a batsugan (lie up competition).  The kids enjoyed themselves and fought really well.

And we finished with a BBQ for the kids,  Awesome.

Then our adults fought with the University 'crew'. It was a great day with plenty of action and our guys acquitted themselves well. After that a few of us went for a beer and a curry in Sandringham.  Lovely.

Big Judo loves Sandringham. A great Judo club, nice bars and fantastic food! Perfect. 

Big Judo Starts Term Four

Big Judo is back in action for Term Four.  Nice photo of the Kids Beginners Class in town.  Always good to see you Black Belts like Jordan and Henry with old Black Belts like Donald and Ben on the mat together with kids.  

Big Judo Big Gun Does It Again - Our First National Champion

Kyle on the podium. 

A big weekend for Big Judo. Our big gun Kyle Leggot. He is 190cm tall and weighed in at 132 kg's. On Saturday he won the Super Heavyweight Category at the New Zealand Nationals.  

We are all elated!  Well done Kyle! 

Showing the Big Judo colours

We are a new club just starting out. We have had a few successes here and there but Kyle is our first national champion. Thanks for your hard work and commitment Kyle.

And a quick shout out to the other big boys that trained with Kyle. Thanks. Team Big

Big Judo Bodyguard

When you need a bodyguard go looking for a big Judo player!

Kim Kardashian and her bodyguard Pascal Duvier have been all over the news lately.

Duvier is an interesting guy.  At 190cm and about 133kgs he's a pretty big guy. A big guy that's been doing Judo for 35 years.

I often say that one of the great things about Judo is that opens up opportunities for interesting life experiences. Judo people being doormen and bodyguards isn't unusual.  After all Judo works and is widely recognized as a past-time that builds strong confident people.  And I bet Duvier has a pretty interesting life!

But the really interesting thing is Duvier has a mathematics degree from Heideburg University.  He might be big and certainly ain't the kind of guy to mess with but I bet you weren't expecting him to be educated as well.

Maybe I'm not lying when I tell the the kids that only smart people are successful at Judo!