Welcome to the :
Japan Arts Centre Police Sport UK Judo Club
23-27 Jacob Wells Road ,
Clifton ,
Bristol BS8 1DS

The final classes of this term will take place on 9th July
the club will re-open after the summer break on the 3rd September.
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*Em selected for UK School Games *

Each of the ten sports is combined into a four-day Games environment designed to replicate the feel of major event such as the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games and Commonwealth Games.
Well done to Class 2 and youth class members who graded last week
new Yellow belts for: Patrick & Natasha
Orage belt for Laurie & Ruth
Green Belts: Sammy & Daniel
Blue Belts: Callum , Lois, Hal
Brown Belts: Alex
More gradings to follow next week !
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Congratulations to Em
on winning Bronze at the Northern Ireland Open
representing the Welsh National Squad
**Ben wins National Schoolboy Championships**

Congratulations to Ben on becoming National Champion at the National Schools Championships held in Sheffield 28/3/09. This is a fantastic achievement for Ben and just reward for all his hard work.!. Our only other competitor was Lisa who also finished in a medal position winning a Bronze , her second National medal this year ! A great achievement . Alex ( Cheddar Judo Club) who also trains at Japan Arts Centre, also competed and although did not finish in a medal positon had a promising start to his contest judo career.
Ben is the club's 4th National Champion this year !
Well done to you all.
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Em gets to train with the masters!
Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki (8th dan)
- Former World Champion& Dr Andrew Moschonov - BJA Technical Director and British Police Coach
at Wakefield Police Training College 13th-15th March 09
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Club T Shirts:
We still have some Adult sized T. Shirts embroidered with the club logo for sale at £11.00 ( Black or White), please see Jo if you would like to purchase one.
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Joe wins Gold at National Independent Schools- 1/3/09

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24/1/09 New Photos added 2008 Club Championships & Gallery 2009
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Two National Champions and a new Black Belt !!
A fantastic weekend for the club, with Em and Lisa
both winning National Titles
and Em becoming the club's youngest ever Black Belt !
With players fighting in two seperate events on Saturday, the weekend was going to be a busy one. Lisa and Chloe travelled to High Wycombe to compete in the girls Independent Schools National Championships.
Lisa an experienced competitor was first to fight and won all her fights in style with Ippons to win the Gold and National title. Next was Chloe competing in her first championship. Chloe was fighting in a open category and was matched against much larger opponents. Chloe had a good day coming away with the Bronze medal ! Well done girls
Over in Cardiff at the u20's Welsh Open National Championships, Em was the only competitor from the club taking part. Richard had picked up an injury in training a few days previously and was unable to compete. Em had decided to fight a weight category above her usual weight in the hope that she would get more fights. Em's category was the last to start , Em had really found her form and got off to a great start with her first fight lasting a matter of seconds. Em made easy work of reaching the semi finals, where again the match lasted only a few seconds leaving Em with a place in the final. The final was the last fight of the competiton and yet again Em it look easy throwing her opponent quickly and holding her down to win the match and the title of Welsh Open u20 National Champion. This was a fantastic achievement for Em and was just reward for all the hard training she has done. Em now only needed 10 points for her black belt and decided there was no time like the present! On Sunday Em travelled to a grading at Swindon and picked up her final points for her black belt, At just 17 this is a fabulous achivement for Em making her the club's youngest ever black belt !We are all immensely proud of her, and hope that her judo continues to flourish.
On day two of the Welsh National Championships, our only competitor was Jack Atkinson in the u10's category. Jack was a little overwhelmed by the event but gave it his best effort. Although not winning Jack gained valuable experience. Well done Jack !
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Well done to all who took part in the Club Championships on Thursday , we were slightly down on numbers this year due to a lot of children being ill, however the standard was very high with lots of Ippon throws and close fought matches and a few surprises! The attitude and fighting spirit was great to see and we are very proud of you all!
Class 1 saw some great matches with Issac winning all his fights by Ippon and Torin despite being the lightest and youngest proving to be a great prospect for the future !. Tomohiro had a great night winning the u24 kilo section and Lily taking the Gold in the girls category. Louie showed true Judo spirit in difficult circumstances to win the Gold in his category.
In Class 2 the lightweight girls fought with great spirit and skillful throws, with Leah leading the way with three wins. Raffi had some very fast ippons to win the lightweight boys. The mid weight boys resulted in a three way tie between Sam, Bradley and Callum , with equal wins Callum pipped Sam and Bradley to post on a points win making him champion for the fourth year running. Lucy lacking in opponents in the girls group fought with the boys in the u40k kilo having a great day winning all fights by Ippon, and Sasha pulled off some nice techniques to win the heavyweight boys. With most Improved Player awards going to Laurie and Lucy and Player of the Year award presented to Sam.
Class 3 was a light on competitors , in the u42k Ben was outstanding winning all fights within seconds by ippon, Oscar and Joe had an exciting match with Joe coming out on top. Vikki won the Junior girls and Em the Senior girls. Josh displayed some good skills winning the brown belt boys lightweight and Joe the heavyweight category. Vikki and Michael picked up the Most Improved Players , Joe winning boys Player of the Year. Lisa and Em have both had outstanding achievements throughout 2008 and were jointly awarded girls Player of the Year Awards.
thanks to Lois, Paddy, Callum, Em and Lisa for helping to officiate
Full results onJunior Championships Results page and more photos to follow !