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Ju-Jitsu
Recently the more senior members of the jujitsu club undertook the challenge of the yellow belt grading. Eight people passed the test and were rewarded at the end of the session with their belts presented by Sensei John Dawson. These magnificent seven where: Palmer James, Chris Hill, Lorna Eaton-Brown, James Heayes, Ben Lomax, Samuel Cutting and Mathew Davies. It was a long and exhausting session where not one member was left without being out of breath at least once. Although the tests where challenging, they all showed superior skill and understanding of the yellow belt syllabus needed and so they passed through with ease and style. Not only was the club proud of the seven passing the yellow belt grading but there are more eager members waiting in line for the next yellow belt grading in a few weeks time to prove themselves as worthy club members, so hopefully we shall see more yellow and less white.
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Welbeck DSFC has recently decided to purchase a full set of training mats for the purposes of our jujitsu training, these new mats ensure that we have enough room for the vastly growing club to practise their jujitsu safely. These new mats will give the club enough room for both white belts and yellow belts to separately and safely practice their martial arts, thus making the practice sessions more productive and active due to the two separate groups having to wait for turns on the mats to practice rolls and throws. The mats will also help the clubs ground grappling practice, giving them a larger arena in which to grapple
The British jujitsu association, Seishin Mizu Ryu, has given the Welbeck jujitsu club a grant in which we can use to purchase equipment such as, hanbos (3ft staffs), tanbos ( 1.5 ft staffs) and any other training equipment that may be necessary to help us in our practice of jujitsu martial art. The grant does not only allow us to purchase training weapons, but the pads as well, to ensure maximum safety through out the sessions. These pads not only allow us to safely practice with weapons but also to ensure we can use both our hands and feet safely in the moves preformed in the jujitsu training.
On Saturday 17th February, four students from the Welbeck ju-jitsu club attended a special training day, ran by Dr. Catterick, chief instructor of the style organisation. Clubs of the same style from around the UK came to receive training from some of the highest black belts available for the day. There were many different grades attending, so the experience level was a wide mix, however the training was intense and there were high expectations of the students attending, and this would be the first impression of the Welbeck club given to clubs of the same style across the UK. The training contained a quick revision over the basic moves that would allow them to move on to more complex moves, some challenging techniques that they were expected to pick up very quickly. The main content of the day held training such as basic weapon work, some more advanced throws and an interesting array of techniques used for ground grappling (read below for explanation). At this event the clubs were able to give a demonstration of techniques to the rest of the attendants. Although only a small club, the Welbeck students decided to put together a presentation involving some throws reacting to surprise attacks. While a short demonstration, other students later commended the speed and aggression with which the moves were executed.
A ground grappling competition is being arranged for the near future against Leicester and Cambridge universities. Ground grappling is a traditional part of ju-jitsu similar to normal grappling, but from the kneeling position. The two contestants begin back to back, then must turn and begin. The match is won when either one of them are pinned down for thirty seconds, or surrenders when the pain becomes too great (usually due to some type of wrist/arm/spine lock). In preparation for such competitions, the club members have been holding internal competitions, with friendly fights against each other.
James Heayes, Stirling 06E & William McLoughlin, Nelson 06E
