NZ Jiu Jitsu School of Self Defence

Kawaishi Mikinosuke - The Father of French Judo documentary

We have never been shy in acknowledging our jujutsu forebears as they have all shaped the style we practice today. One of the most significant teachers was the great Kawaishi shihan. This is a wonderful documentary with so much footage that is not readily found outside France. If you are clever, you can turn on subtitles and then select English to give you an idea of the narration.

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We are thrilled to report that on 3 June, Dave caught his maroon belt at Hastings. Dave started fresh into martial arts with us three years ago and has progressed into a very capable fighter and deep thinker. Every class, we can be sure that Dave will have spent days thinking about something in the last class and will challenge us with a 'Why?' That kind of honesty has really shaped the Hastings club as well as Dave. Dave's promotion is also Kim Chenery's first maroon belt grading, for which he is also to be congratulated.

30th Anniversary
Thirty years ago, on 17 December 1995, NZJJS was founded by Mike Hickson and Doug Bailey. Over that time, NZJJS has had clubs in at least 10 locations, produced 12 black belts and seven international reps. In 1997, we adopted Olivecrona Jiu Jitsu as the style we teach and, all these years later, we are still learning about OJJ and developing how we deliver it. Thirty years on, NZJJS is in more modest shape and with plenty of new faces but now, as then, we still love what we are doing.