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JFAUK Junior Novice Interclub 2022

Congratulations to all of the judoka who took part in the first Judo For All UK Junior competition since the

WJF Matsuura Cup 2022

Across June 24th - 27th the JFAUK team attended the WJF Matsuura Cup in Thessaloniki, Greece. This was the first

JFAUK London Newaza Invitational 2022

Congratulations to everyone who took part in the JFAUK London Newaza Invitational tournament which took place last Sunday at the

Sampson Sampson presented with award in Greece

Sampson presented with plaque in Greece JFAUK President Sampson Sampson (8th Dan) recently travelled back to Thessaloniki after a

Dave Hammond runs ‘Judo Real Time Application’ Course

Great work by JFAUK Officer Dave Hammond who recently ran a seminar ‘Judo Real Time Application’ focusing on Judo for

Worthing Judo Summer Camp 2021

JFAUK’s first major event of the year following a 17-month Covid 19 absence from judo proved once again to be

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Join us for a day of traditional judo led by @sampsonjudo

Train with people outside your club, learn new techniques and enjoy randori with some fresh new opponents!

Tickets to the Sussex Summer camp are available in our bio.

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📆 Date changed!

Please be aware that the JFAUK Sussex Judo Camp has now been rescheduled to Sunday 9th October 2022. After plenty of feedback from eager students, we have decided to reschedule the event to take place after summer when many of you are back from your holidays.

We look forward to seeing you then!

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Join us for our annual Sussex Summer Camp on Sunday 21st August! Tickets available via the link in our bio.

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Congratulations to all of the judoka who took part in the first Judo For All UK Junior competition since the pandemic.

This friendly event was held to introduce novice judoka to the environment of competition and compete against judoka from outside their dojo. The event itself saw Judoka attend from across London as well as from Kent and the South Coast!

Thank you to all travelled to the event and helped to make it a success.

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🇬🇷The results are in from our team in Thessaloniki, Greece. A fantastic days work by the boys, coming away with 4 Gold and 3 Silver!

Overall the team produced truly excellent results despite facing strong opposition from opponents hailing from Greece, Bulgaria and North Macedonia.

🥇 Fahd Dalah (-71kg)
🥇 Lucian Buleandra (-83kg)
🥇Mahdi Boettgenbach (-96kg)
🥇Ross Elliot (+100kg)
🥈Andreas Kouyialis (-83kg)
🥈🥈Karl Summerbell (-75kg able bodied + -75kg Physically Impaired category)

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Good luck to team JFAUK who are headed out to Thessaloniki for their first international event since the pandemic.

Representing JFAUK will be Andreas Kouyialis, Fahd Dalah, Lucian Buleandra, Mahdi Boettgenbach, Karl Summerbell and Ross Elliot.

In addition to the competition, the team will also attend a training camp.

The team will be supported by Sampson Sampson as well as Geert Engles who is making his debut as an international referee for the WJF.

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🥇JFAUK Inter-Club Junior Tournament🥇

We’re pleased to announce first junior tournament since the pandemic! This will be a fantastic way for juniors to either get back into the competition spirit, or, experience a friendly tournament for the very first time!

Friendly competition is a great way to put a students learnings into practice and try their techniques for real! It’s also a fantastic opportunity to feel the variety of emotions that come with competition and come out the other side a more experienced judoka both physically and mentally!

📅 Sunday 3rd July 2022
📍 Sobell Dojo
🕛 2:30pm
💰 £12pp

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JFAUK President Sampson Sampson (8th Dan) recently travelled back to Thessaloniki after a long break to reunite with our affiliates JFAGR to train and plan a future programme of competition and travel for our judoka.

During the visit, Sampson was surprised with the presentation of a plaque from members of the local government authority in Thessaloniki, thanking him for his support and work in the city. For those that do not know, alongside helping to grow judo in Thessaloniki alongside JFAGR President Avgerinos Maistrellis, the two have also been instrumental been working with a charity for ex-prisoners and adults with troubled pasts. The charity, which uses judo as a tool to help reinstate disadvantaged adults back into society, has seen tremendous success amongst participants and now that travel bans have been lifted, Sampson and our other JFAUK officers can now continue to return to Thessaloniki to assist with this work.
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After a long break from travel, our President, Sampson Sampson is back in Thessaloniki reuniting and training and with our affiliates JFAGR and their president, Avgerinos Maistrellis.
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Great work by JFAUK Officer Dave Hammon who recently ran a seminar ‘Judo Real Time Application’ focusing on Judo for self defense and restraint at Ely Dojo. A few words from the club:

“It was fantastic to finally host our very first seminar at Ely Dojo at the weekend ! 🥳

David Hammond led an interesting and engaging seminar focusing on Judo Real Time Application - for defence and restraint. 🥋🙂

It was a brilliant day of judo. Without any judo suits ! With black belts and experienced coaches along from Judo, BJJ, Karate and Tae Kwon Do - it was a great day of learning for everyone involved. 🥋🥋🥋🥋

Massive thanks to David for running the course and to all the martial artists and members who came along and contributed to the day. 👍 “

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JFAUK would like to congratulate Paul Squires on his promotion to 2nd Dan awarded to him at the recent National training camp at Worthing on Sunday the 22nd August 2021.

Paul Squires from the JFAUK Bratton Judo Club teaches Judo to students with social and mental health issues, using Kano's philosophies to help them become confident and balanced members of our society. JFAUK would like to thank Paul for his collaboration and hard work in this specialized field.
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JFAUK’s first major event of the year following a 17-month Covid 19 absence from judo proved once again to be a real hit with all judoka.

This staple event in the JFAUK calendar has proven to be very popular with every judoka spanning from many organisations who continue to attend and was this year held at Optimus Gym. Due to Covid restrictions places were limited and the course was condensed to just one day (rather than the usual 2 days), however, due to the success and the popularity of this event over the past few years all places were quickly snapped up and the event was sold out in no time.

Despite being just one day, the event was an intense affair showcasing an abundance of techniques and training skills catering for the wide span of experience levels that attended. Leading the session was our own President Sampson Sampson (8th Dan) who never fails to deliver an incredible traditional judo curriculum. On hand to assist were Samuel Betu (6th Dan and International Referee), Robert Bushnell (6th Dan and Chairman of JFAUK); as well as senior International medallists, Ross Elliott (3rd Dan) and Sam Sampson (2nd Dan).

Following the training congratulations were in hand for Robert Elliott who was promoted to 6th Dan due to his lifelong service to Judo as well as his international services for JFAUK and the WJF. Further promotions went to Paul Squires from Bratton Judo Club who was promoted to 2nd Dan as a result of his hard work behind the scenes working with disadvantaged adults, using judo as a tool to help improve the lives of his students.

As always, the event was truly well received and everyone who attended commented positively toward their judo experience and regarded this event as one of the best traditional judo environments in the country.

Thank you to all who attended,
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2019 has been a fantastic and busy year for JFAUK. With many travels across Europe and the UK competing and attending seminars. Highlighting great performances at the World Martial Art Games in Italy 🇮🇹 with 7🏅 Gold medals and several more medals at the Miyazaki and Matsuura Cups in Greece 🇬🇷 this year. On top of this, many successful and joyful experiences with seminars in Bulgaria 🇧🇬 , Gibraltar 🇬🇮 and many more across the UK 🇬🇧 including the JFAUK Summer School. With the bar set high, 2020 is going to be another busy year, growing and developing with new experiences and challenges.
We would like to thank and congratulate all the Judoka and friends who have attended and supported our events this year as we look forward to another great year in 2020.
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O-Soto-Gari/Major Outer Reap by Alex Charalambous to run through the -66KG Category and claim Gold 🥇- WJF World Championships 2019

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Ude-Hishigi-Juji-Gatame/Cross Arm Lock by Sam Sampson, clutching the Silver Medal🥈 in the -79KG category - WJF World Championship 2019 in Carrara, Italy

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Team JFAUK have officially crowned 7 new WJF World Champions after taking part in the WJF World Championships this weekend in Carrara, Italy.
Integrated into the International Martial Arts Games, a global festival bringing together ~4000 martial artists from various disciplines across the globe, the WJF World Championships provided a world platform for affiliated judoka to compete for a coveted world medal.
The judo event itself drew judoka from each corner of the globe. Competitors from across Europe, the Americas, Australia and Asia descended onto Carrara for the one day tournament.
JFAUK had an extraordinary day, topping the medal table by securing a 100% medal rate of 10 medals from 10 competitors, 7 of which were gold. Our newly crowned WJF world champions are: 🥇 Alex Charalambous (-66kg)
🥇 Sam Charalambous (-75kg)
🥇 Lucian Buleandra (-83kg)
🥇Jonathan Coe (-95kg)
🥇Ross Elliot (-100kg)
🥇Richard Murphy (+100kg)
🥇 Eloise Lumley (-70kg)
Also securing a very commendable place on the podium were: 🥈 Sam Sampson (-79kg)
🥈 Sophie Curtis (-57kg)
🥉Alexis Bardini (-71kg)

Congratulations to each competitor for taking on the challenge and representing JFAUK with such high regard.

A big congratulations also goes to Samuel Betu and Rob Elliot who played a key role in the running of the tournament as WJF International Referees. Also supporting them was Sampson Sampson, officiating his role as Chairman of the WJF Referee committee. Further to the tournament, the team also participated in an international training camp led by Alfredo Vismara (9th Dan), Giuseppe Vismara (9th Dan) and Sampson Sampson (8th Dan). Well done once again to the team for stepping up to the challenge and finishing the year on such a high note!

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The JFAUK Team🇬🇧 are in Carrara, Italy 🇮🇹 at the International Martial Arts Games for the WJF World Championships this weekend. Check our story to follow the action 🥋

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Rodukan Chris Cooper (6th Dan) teaching techniques and escapes within Dō-Osae/Trunk Hold or ‘guard’ position.

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Kata-Ha-Jime/Single Wing Choke - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Variation of Kata-Juji-Jime/Half Cross Strangle - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Hanshi Sampson Sampson (8th Dan) and Rokudan Farid Nemouchi (6th Dan) watching over the class -JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Okuri-Eri-Jime/Sliding colour choke - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Kami-Shiho-Gatame/Upper Four Quarters - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Ukemi training/Break falling practice- JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Underhook grip - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Sankaku-Jime/Triangular Strangle - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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Sode-Tsuri-Tai-O-Toshi/ Sleeve resisting body drop - JFAUK Summer School 2019

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(2/2) As well as the plethora of judo shared between the students, it was a pleasure to witness the social environment that brought together various people from different places, origins and backgrounds for the same common goal - to enjoy judo.

We would like to congratulate JFAUK Sussex Area representative Chris Cooper on his new promotion to 6th Dan. Chris has worked tirelessly for JFAUK since he came on board and has helped to grow the Sussex area into bustling hotbed for traditional judo, with a series of clubs, each promoting and practicing traditional judo under JFAUK’s philosophy. His ongoing efforts are a testimony to his character and we are very proud to award him with this high grade as recognition for his contribution to judo. Congratulations.

As always we would like to thank all of the team members who worked behind the scenes to make this course a success, with a special thanks going to Chris Cooper from Worthing Judo Club and Ross Elliot from Club Judoka whose joint efforts enabled this course to run smoothly and successfully.

Another thanks goes to all the judoka who attended the event as without you, none of this would be possible. A further thanks goes to all international judoka who took the time and effort to travel to our course.

As the dust settles on this year, we have already begun planning next year which as always plans to be bigger and better than ever. Keep your eye on this page to find out more about all of our future events.

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(1/2) Well done to all the judoka who completed the third annual JFAUK Worthing Summer School last weekend. With judoka from all over the country as well as international judoka from Gibraltar and Poland, this year proved to be another resounding success with many hours of fantastic judo shared between the participants.

Led by JFAUK President Sampson Sampson (8th Dan) and supported by JFAUK high grades Farid Nemouchi (6th Dan), Samuel Betu (6th Dan), Bob Bushnell (6th Dan) Chris Cooper (6th Dan), Rob Elliot (5th Dan), Sam Sampson (2nd Dan) and Ross Elliot (2nd Dan), the course was a true showcase of traditional, effective judo that highlighted a number of techniques that furthered each judoka’s technical and competitive understanding of judo.

As always the standard at the course truly excelled itself from the previous, highlighting the continuous growth of not only the course itself but the desire and thirst for traditional judo in the U.K.

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One more day until the JFAUK Summer School in Worthing, Brighton. Head over for two days full of Judo and fun by the beach. All Judoka with a valid judo license and white Gi are welcome, regardless of organisation. Head over to our website for the full details.

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