84 pages full colour in A4 in Flip over UPVC binder Complete syllabus written for students and Instructors.
Cost only £15-00
Authors: Andrew Millard B.E.M. 6th Dan
Gordon Lawson. Shihan 7th Dan.
President of British Zen Judo Family Association.

To order your copies
E. Mail gordonlawson@btinternet.com
Or Tel 01159335562

All cheques to be made to Radcliffe Zen Judo club

It is with great sadness that Basford Zen Judo Club has said farewell to Sensei Graham Padget, he will no longer be running the Basford branch of the British Zen Judo Family Association (BZJFA). We thank him for all he has done and for passing on his knowledge and experience to our students.

From Friday 14th October Sensei Keith Harby 4th Dan BZJFA will take over as Sensei. We wish him all the best for the future.

For more information visit www.basfordzenjudo.co.uk

 

Ronin Jujitsu Club held there annual Hatsu Geiko training session on Elmer Sands beach just east of Bognor Regis (West Sussex).
This years event was held in support of Help For Heroes and donations can be made at:-

www.bymycharity.com/Hatsugeiko2010 and the ref is 20091117-7005-6892

This year Assistant Instructor Martin Robertson 3rd Dan represented Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club at the event
and here are the photos to prove it (left hand end second row up).
Ronin jujitsu Club Sensei Tony Richards (middle of bottom row) once again braved the cold water for a refreshing dip in the sea along with Instructors and Students.

For more photos of the event go to www.brzjc.co.uk (opens in a new window).

Shihan Phil Watts 6th Dan and Head of The Zen Judo Family visited Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club on 30th January 2012
to present Assistant Instructor Martin Robertson with his 4th Dan.

On Saturday 22nd October Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club hosted the 3rd International Gentle Arts Society (IGAS) regional seminar at Bognor Regis West Sussex.
Unfortunately due to illness instructor Sensei Paul Wallace 4th Dan Go-suta Musha Ju Jitsu was unable to make it at the last minute, but even with a lower turn out than expected due to illness and work commitments, we still had around 20 make it, ranging from orange belt up to 8th Dan representing clubs from Thatcham, Gosport, Portsmouth, Horndean, Petersfield and Bognor.

Instructors (Left to Right)  Sensei John Robertson 4th Dan ZJF and Sensei Joe Harbert 6th Dan UKTJ.

The first session was demonstrated how the Jujitsu style has its roots in the Zen Judo style.

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SPORT ENGLAND'S RESPONSE  MAY 6 2011

 

Further to our meeting on 28 January 2011 we contacted the British Judo Association (‘BJA’) and obtained information we consider addresses your queries:

 

1.                 Confirmation that Sport England considers Judo a martial art?

 

At our meeting you showed us a copy of a letter that you had received from Sport England in the late nineties. That letter said that Sport England did not consider Judo a Martial Art, but rather a Sport. Given that we have not seen the letter to which the Sport England reply was given, we have been unable to ascertain in what context that statement was made by Sport England.

 

We do however consider that the issue of whether Judo is or is not a Martial Art to be irrelevant for our funding purposes.  The fundamental issue for funding purposes is whether an activity is a recognised Sport. As you know, Judo is a recognised Sport. Whilst we do not use the category of “Martial Art” in our processes, we can confirm that simply because a discipline might be generally known as a Martial Art, does not prevent it from being classified as a Sport for our funding purposes.

 

I am not sure if this has addressed your concern and would ask that you come back to me if it has not.

 

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CAMPAIGN’S REPLY TO SPORT ENGLAND’S REPORT OF ACTIONS

MAY 10 2011

To:

Scott Pugh - Sport England Solicitor and NGB Complaints Manager
Richard Beer - Sport England Judo Relationship Manager
Emyr Roberts - Sport England Strategic Lead Coaching and Talent Development

We are disappointed by the tone and content of your email of May 6 2011.

You have been somewhat elusive in dealing with the issues you had agreed to action, as minuted from our meeting of January 28 2011. You have given extensive attention to matters that needed simple clarification and either evaded or dismissed other issues of concern, namely that all judo participants, in or out of the NGB should have equal right of access, and on equal terms, to the UK Coaching Certificate, and should not be discriminated against by being required to undergo individual competence testing before being entitled to apply to take part in a judo UKCC course.

The judo UKCC is a national award and the present criteria for entry of access, and mapping over of qualifications, for those outside the NGB for judo, is discriminatory.

For some five years Sport England had promised to meet with the Campaign. You had resisted the idea of the meeting until I engaged intervention from the Parliamentary Ombudsman.

Then, on accepting a meeting would be held, you vehemently objected to the taking of minutes.

When we met, you agreed with us, that the meeting was to be the first in a process to find resolve.

Subsequently it became clear that none of you were adequately versed on the issues for discussion

Richard Beer, Sport England’s Judo Relationship Manager, was unable to answer fundamental questions arising at the meeting.

We find it incredulous that after the meeting you wrote to me asking what the National Source Group (NSG) was.

It is inexcusable that your Richard Beer, as Judo Relationship Manger, did not know of the NSG.

Furthermore the documentation/information that I provided you all with, included detail of the NSG and its role. Did no one read this?

At the meeting, it was agreed, and minuted, that Sport England would take issues we raised to the BJA, noted as actions, and forward their responses in due course.

Now, having forwarded your reply, you invite me to raise any points of clarification arising from your response.

I make the following comments to each of the actions you list:-

 

Some of the Students who took part.

Flora and Matthew	Aiden and Chris
Mitchel and Chris	Iona and Matthew

 

Young people from around East Hampshire were treated to a taste of Zen Judo at Horndean Technology College on Thursday (16 February).

The session run by Horndean Zen Judo Club was part of the Get Activ8d scheme from East Hampshire District Council, which gives young people opportunities to try out new sports during school holidays.

The 13 new judoka (students) were taught the basics of how to fall safely, how to throw someone and how to pin them to the mat (groundholds). They also had a chance to demonstrate what they had learned to the parents watching with a session of randori (free practise).

The session ended with an impressive demonstration of judo skills from Matthew (Black Belt 1st Dan) and Chris (Brown Belt 1st Kyu).

Sensei of the club, Tracy Collins (5th Dan) said: It was great to see so many people on the mat enjoying themselves. If the session has sparked an enthusiasm for judo in just one of them, I’m really pleased.

Horndean Zen Judo Club runs sessions in the gym at Horndean Technology College on Thursdays from 6.30pm to 8pm during school term time. Sessions are £4 and the first lesson is free.

There are also clubs in Bognor, Portsmouth and Petersfield. For more information go to www.zenjudo.co.uk

To find out more about Get Activ8d, go to www.getactivenow.org.uk

 

Recommendations Announced

14 February 2011

Vetting & Barring Scheme and Criminal Records Regime Review - Recommendations Announced.

The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has unveiled a new scaled back employment vetting scheme and fundamental reform of criminal records checks.

Announcing the findings of the parallel reviews of the Vetting & Barring Scheme and the criminal records regime on Friday 11 February Mr Clegg revealed that millions of people will be removed from the need to carry out compulsory pre-employment checks.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said:

"The Freedoms Bill will protect millions of people from state intrusion in their private lives and mark a return to common sense government. It delivers on our commitment to restore hard-won British liberties with sweeping reforms that will end the unnecessary scrutiny of law-abiding individuals.

"We inherited a messy criminal records regime that developed piecemeal and defied common sense. Our reviews concluded that the systems were not proportionate and needed to be less bureaucratic. They will now be scaled back to sensible levels whilst at the same time protecting vulnerable people."

Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone said:

"I came into this department and was immediately struck by the need to look again at the vetting and barring scheme and criminal records regime.

"I feel the changes that are now being made strike the balance between our own personal liberties whilst ensuring vulnerable people are protected."

Children's Minister Tim Loughton said:

"Protecting children and keeping them safe remains our top priority, but it's also important that well meaning adults are not put off working or volunteering with children.

"The new system will be less bureaucratic and less intimidating. It will empower organisations to ask the right questions and make all the appropriate pre-employment checks, and encourage everyone to be vigilant.

"This is a common sense and proportionate approach which will ensure that children are properly protected without driving a wedge between them and adults."

Care Services Minister Paul Burstow said:

"Our plans will create a thorough system of checks that won't over-burden people with bureaucracy. Vulnerable people and their families will be able to have confidence in the new safeguards, while the doctors, nurses, social care workers and many others who need to be checked will have a more user-friendly system.

"I look forward to working with other departments in putting the plans into action. Together we will create a better way of safeguarding some of society's most vulnerable people." more.........>

Click on THIS LINK to go to a 15min video of British Zen Judo Dan Grades at Play

on video.google.com (opens in a new window).