Judo A03

Judo

Introduction

My history of Judo started when I was just five. I joined at the Danson youth centre where I had my first Judo lesson with a few coaches. As soon as I had done one lesson I wanted to do another so I was always enthusiastic.

 I went to Danson for about 2 years before they told us that we needed to find a new hall because they wanted someone else in there instead. We then moved to a hall in Welling school which was clean but all the resources had to be bought in and set up each week so we moved to the new Sidcup Rugby Club where all the resources were in a purpose built martial arts centre.

After seven long years of training I have reached the standard of a green belt. I am currently studying green belt 3^rd stripe and once I have it I can then move on to blue belt where I can move on to use strangles and locks safely.

This is me when I was nine years old when I scored the full points in the first round at a competition and won.

Pregrading Lesson Plan 19^th October 2011

Warm Up

For a warm up we lightly jog around the mat doing forward rolls and break falls. We do this for 2 minutes and after this we do dynamic stretches for 2 to 3 minutes.

Team Talk

My instructor David Dunsford told us what part of the syllabus each of us was covering, he then gave out books and what we need to do to get the grade. He then told us to find a partner of the same grade and to work together to practise the skills and techniques required.

Techniques

We then did this and my partner and I had to work from the green belt syllabus. We had to practise; Hane-goshi, Okuri-ashi-barai, Morote-eri-seoi-nage and also Juji-gatame. These throws are very complicated especially Hane-Goshi or in English the spring hip. My coach was walking around and helping us to improve our throws and other techniques.

Randori or Free Fighting

The last part of the lesson was taken up with everyone trying everything they had been practising on as many other players as possible. It was organised to by having four players out the front and have another four players come forward to fight them.

Cool Down

My coach then organised a game which involved getting over a high mat and running back to your team so they could win the round. We did this for three rounds and decided who the winner was. Finally we lined up in grade order and bowed to our Sensei.

Grading Lesson Plan 26^th October 2011

Warm Up

For a warm up we lightly jogged around the mat doing forward rolls and break falls. We did this for 2 minutes and after this we did dynamic stretches for 2 to 3 minutes.

Organisation of Grading

First our Sensei divided us into grading groups. He then let us have a few minutes practice with our group. We had to practice everything that is in the syllabus.

The grading

I was going for my 12^th mon. Here is a copy of the grading techniques that I had to learn in preparation. This was the website I used to find this information.

 http://www.akitasjudo.com/promotions/syllabus/mon/10-12mon.html#12thmon

FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS
Tachiwaza: Hane-goshi, Okuri-ashi-barai, Morote-eri-seoi-nage
PERFORMANCE SKILLS
Newaza: Juji-gatame (over the shoulder entry and entry from beneath)
Randori: Demonstration attacking and defending in Randori for approximately 3 minutes, showing knowledge of Kumikata, Renzoku-waza, Renraku-waza and Kaeshi-waza with a cooperative partner.

PERSONAL CHOICE
Demonstrate four favourite waza

TERMINOLOGY AND SUPPLEMENTARY KNOWLEDGE
Know the common English translations and meaning of all Japanese terminology used in this section.

Randori or Free Fighting

The last part of the lesson was taken up with everyone demonstrating everything they had been asked to learn for their grading with chosen players. It was organised by our sensei as he needed to assess us for our grading.

I had to demonstrate Hane-goshi and Juji-Gatatme while I was doing some randori and they were hard but I got them right. All of the other skills were accessed during previous class lessons. I had to define and translate the Japanese terminology for Toko-Ta [the hold is broken], O-Sa-Komi [a hold is on], Ippon [10 points] and Seramade [that is all].

Evidence

This is my membership card that is used in competitions. It is currently in my licence with my coach because I have just done a grading so I cannot get access it.

This is a grading slip that you get with a belt or tags for the belt. You get this when you have completed a grade. This is when I got my yellow belt.

Here is another grading certificate but this time it is for an orange belt.

Here is the most recent grading that I have done and it is to get a green belt two.

Here is a certificate to show that I took part in a judo presentation at the Tate Gallery with lots of other players. I got it in 2009.

 Here is a photo of me ith the Judo chairman, Densi white. This is me when I was about five or six. He was a sixth dan.

Here is me performing a strangle on a player of my size.

Here is a trophy I won when I entered a club competition two years ago. I came 3^rd place in my catergory which was the under 30 kilos.

In this photo I am performing a throw called O-Goshi. This is a hip throw.

Here is me performing a strangle, arm lock,wrist lock and hold down at the same time.