NEWS

INTERVIEW WITH CANADIAN JUDO CHAMPION KATHY HUBBLE: FROM JUDO TO STUNT WORK AND BACK AGAIN

FROM: "MARTIAL ARTS OF YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW" - READ THE FOLLOWING INTERVIEW SENSEI KATHY HAD WITH THIS NEWSPAPER......

March newsletter

March Newsletter Fun Fun Fun at the Okanagan Open This past weekend Lake Country Judo and the Kelowna Judo Clubs hosted our annual Okanagan Open. This was a developmental level tournament designed to introduce young judoka to judo competitions. We had at least 8...

Lake Country Judo Club wins big at Abbotsford championships

From Castanet News Lake Country Judo Club is celebrating after a sweeping win at the Abbotsford International Judo Championships. It's the first time the club has competed there in years, after being taken over by local black belt national champions Chris Smiley and...

Lake Country Judo Club is getting two new senseis to keep the almost 40-year-old club going

From Kelowna Capital News There are new and excited faces taking over the Lake Country Judo Club. Senseis Kathy Hubble and Chris Smiley are taking over the almost 40-year-old club this upcoming season starting in early September. Hubble and Smiley are both...

Kata

 

KATA

Judo has several kata, mostly created in the late 19th century by Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo. The judo Kata involve two participants. Judo Kata preserves a number of techniques that are not permitted in competition or in randori, including punches, kicks, and the use of the katana and other weapons. The study of Kata is usually begun typically at around the green belt level, but is not required for grading until the black belt and then new Kata for each degree of black belt after that. There are also Local, National and International Kata competitions offered as well. The most commonly studied judo Kata is Nage-no-kata, which consists of fifteen throwing techniques. The Katame-no-kata is composed of pinning techniques, chokes, and joint locks. Kime-no-kata is a long kata consisting of self-defense techniques against both unarmed attacks, and attacks with swords and knives.

Goshin jutsu no kata is a relatively modern kata, having been created in 1956. It consists of 21 techniques against an unarmed as well as armed attacker. It is divided into 2 unarmed sets and 3 sets with weapons. The first 7 techniques are against an attack close in. The next five are against attacks from strikes and kicks. Then there are three attacks with a knife, three with a stick and three with a gun. While the actions are controlled, so that the attacker is not hurt, the defender’s actions can easily be modified to disable the attacker. It is important to realize that all of the techniques in this kata are consistent with the principle of “jiu”, the principle of gentleness or yielding.

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class times

 

Kids Class (4-7):
Tuesdays/Thursdays 5:20-6:00

Junior Class (8-12):

Tuesdays/Thursdays 6:00-7:00

Senior Class  (12+):
Tuesdays/Thursdays 7:00-8:15 
Sundays 10-noon (Kelowna venue)

*COMPETITION CLASS (10+): All the regular class times, plus an extra 2 classes:

Thursdays 8:15-9pm and Sundays 10-noon (Kelowna venue)

 

 

 

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