Yeshua Judo Academy

Announcement:

There will be no training on Thursday 7/May due to council elections taking place in the hall.

Peace be with you.

We are no longer based at the DiverCity Hub.

Updates will follow.

Congratulations to the YJA judoka who won medals at the York Open on Saturday 14/June/2025.

Congratulations to Andrew Pang, who won gold in the senior

Merry Christmas, one and all.

We will be closed for Christmas Day on Wednesday 25/December, and for the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, on Wednesday 1/Jan.

Peace be with you.

Peace be with you,

Today we practised the "leg-grabbing" techniques morote gari and kuchiki taoshi, and practised defending against them by various means, before countering them with throwing techniques such as uchi mata and sumi gaeshi. This was accompanied by a conditioning warm-up, guided free-choice technical practice, and both ne-waza and nage-waza randori.

If you are interested in joining us, just send us a message and we will be happy to help you to get started.

Peace be with you.

Last night at Yeshua Judo Academy we worked on a combination involving ko soto gari, o soto gari, uchi mata and juji gatame. This combination utilised feints and directional changes to cause a reaction in the opponent, creating kuzushi and making them easier to throw to the ground, from where they were quickly subdued. We also preceeded this with a fun conditioning warm-up, and afterwards had some time to practice techniques of our choice, as well as the opportunity to implement them in randori.

If you are interested in joining us, just send us a message and we will be happy to help you to get started.

We had a great session yesterday evening. Following our warm-up and conditioning we worked on hon and kuzure kami-shiho gatame, and two set-ups for ko uchi gari. Then we had some time for free-choice tachi/sutemi-waza practice, and we finished off the session with a good lot of randori, both gi and no-gi. Raihan and Keith were also awarded with their red and yellow belts respectively, which were well-earned.

Our next session will be on this Sunday, the 16th of Jun, and we would be happy to welcome you to the dojo. Peace be with you.

Announcement: Sadly there will be no judo on this Sunday, as the hall will not be available.

Following sessions will be running as usual and we look forward to seeing you there.

Next session: Wednesday 20/Mar.

Two Dan-grade members of Yeshua Judo Academy recently attended a masterclass with 6th Dan and high-level coach Luke Preston. It was fun to be on the mat training with so many other Judoka, and we were able to bring back some useful techniques to share at our academy. Thanks to other northern judo clubs Battlehill, Butokokan, Parks and Juno Michi for organising and hosting the event.