Yuki Judo wishes you a great 2022, full of success and Judo!
Our classes for Adults and Kids (8-14 YO) start on Monday 31 JAN
Little kids class on Saturdays will start on 19 FEB
See you on the mat!
Happy New Year!
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on Goodbye 2021!
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On Saturday 18 December we had the last class of the year. All in all, and in spite of COVID, we’ve had a great year with a lot of highlights:
- we finished 2021 with more than 25 students in the Yuki Judo family, ranging from 3 years old to +40 YO adults.
- we hosted our first ‘This Girl Can’ event in March and our Coach was interviewed by ABC radio on that day!
- we participated in one tournament (the only one in 2021) with great results for three of our brave Judokas
- Yuki Judo got its first grading exams, with 6 of our students getting their yellow belts
- we hosted 3 free open Judo online classes during lockdown that were joined by kids, adults and entire families with and without Judo experience
- and also, our adult class is starting to pick up.
For all that, a big thank you for your support during this difficult year.
Have a great festive season and all the best wishes for 2022!
See you on the mat after the break!
Don’t miss out the Judo matches in the Paralympic Games in Tokio!
on You can watch the recordings here: https://7plus.com.au/paralympic-games-judo
Did you know that Yuki Judo classes are open for Blind & Vision impaired people?
We work closely with Blind Sports & Recreation Victoria to promote it and we have a regular student in the adults class who is completely blind.
She started training at the beginning of 2021 on Wednesdays only and after a month, she joined the rest of the students and has been training twice per week since then! (well, until COVID lockdown anyways)
Here’s some fun facts about Blind Judo:
– Judo is the world’s most popular martial art for athletes with visual impairments.
– To compete in Paralympic Judo, you need to have less than 10% of remaining vision or your visual field restricted to less than 20%.
– Judo is one of the few competitive sports that the visually impaired athlete can participate in fully without major accommodations.
– Practically, the only difference when fighting is that the competitors start the bout already holding each other instead of 2m apart, the rest is pretty much the same
– There are many vision impaired Judokas worldwide that have reached the podium in regular competitions against sighted Judokas- Antônio Tenório Silva is a Brazilian Judoka who holds several records. He’s completely blind and has won 7 medals in Paralympic games, including 4 gold medals in consecutives games. He got COVID in early 2021 and was in ICU for 18 days, but he still participated in the Tokyo games with 50 years old and won the Bronze medal in his category!
After the Olympic Games, Join us for “The Judo Experience”
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Hi, hope you are enjoying the Olympic Games!
As Judo is an Olympic Sport, at Yuki Judo we’d like to give everybody the opportunity to learn what Judo is about.
This is why during the 4 weeks following the Olympic Games, we are offering packs of 4 free classes* for our adult class so you can all get to have “The Judo Experience” (including wearing a borrowed Judo jacket for the trial!*). This is a beginners’ friendly class open for all ages, genders and fitness levels.
It is a rare opportunity to do something different and exciting while having a lot of fun!
Still not sure? Tell your partner, friends or neighbours and come together to have some fun!
Classes are Mon & Wed 6pm at Boeing Reserve
Contact us to secure your spot or if you have any questions and see you on the mat!
*Event finishes on 1/9/21. There is a limited number of Judo suits to lend, so they will be assigned by order of registration. Every person gets 4 free classes to be used before the end of the event. If the number of people exceeds the venue limit, they will be able to attend after the first group finishes.
Yuki Judo Started Term 3 with 5 New Yellow Belts
on Yesterday at Yuki Judo, we started Term 3 with our first 5 students receiving their 5th Kyu (yellow belts).
They have taken their grading exam during the school holidays where they had to demonstrate different skills and techniques required to receive their new rank.
Congratulations to our 5 Judokas in achieving this first milestone in their Judo learning path!
Yuki Judo 2-year Aniversary
on Last week it’s been 2 years since Yuki Judo Dojo opened its doors on 6 May 2019.
It’s been a long way since those early days. And today, I’m very proud and happy to see that Yuki Judo family has currently 29 Judokas training regularly across our three classes, with ages going from 3 years old to 45!
Over the years we have created partnerships with Blind Sports Victoria and This Girl Can as a way of consolidating our vision of having an inclusive Dojo where anyone can come and learn Judo no matter their gender, age, believes, fitness level or abilities.
There’s still a long way to go to keep promoting this amazing Martial Art and Olympic Sport, but I just wanted to take the time to thank all our Judokas and their families for their support and trust over these two years.
See you on the mat!
VAJU Autumn Tournament – Congrats to all Yuki Judo Participants
on Congratulations to the Judokas from Yuki Judo who attended the VAJU Autumn Tournament yesterday.
It was a great event with around 25 participants across all categories!
Results and comments from yesterday:
Under 13
Congratulations to Eilidh for participating on her first tournament showing great attitude with some loses and wins, but taking valuable experience for the future.
Abi did a great job joining the comp at the last minute without having fully recovered from her finger luxation last week. Being one of the lighter participants in her category, she fought amazingly and demonstrated great Judo skills.
Both competitors had five exhausting fights with many experienced Judokas and demonstrated they have what it takes to be great Judokas!
Under 15
Great tournament for Bonnie, participating in a very though category with many experienced Judokas. After four intense fights, she received the bronze medal in her category!
All in all, a highly successful tournament. We had fun, we learn a lot and we are ready to keep training for the next one in June!
Kids Classes – See you on Term 2!
on Yesterday we had the last kids class for the term.
Kids classes resume on Monday 19th April at 5pm.
Adult classes continue running uninterrupted on Mon & Wed 6pm. Come and have a free trial class!
If you have any questions don’t hessitate to contact us!
See you on the mat!
Last Thursday Aussies heard a bit about Judo on ABC Radio!
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Thank you ABC Radio and especially to Emily Bourke from The World Today, for coming up to Yuki Judo to talk with us about our This Girl Can Week event last Wednesday.
You can listen to the note by clicking HERE.
It’s always great to spread the word about our beloved Martial Art!
Great Women-only Session for This Girl Can Week!
on Thank you so much to the participants of our first This Girl Can Week event last night!
We’ve had so much fun working out, doing movements inspired in Judo techniques & exercises and even learning some self-defence techniques at the end!
Thank you also to Emily Bourke from ABC Radio for coming to Yuki Judo to talk with us at the beginning of the event!
Next This Girl Can event we hope to see more local women that want to give it a try!
Congratulations again to the women that participated and remember that Yuki Judo is a proud supporter of #ThisGrilCanVIC and women are welcome to come anytime to one of our regular adult classes to try Judo.
Just contact us for more information.
See you on the mat!