JUDO RETURNS TO THE SWALLOWS
On Sunday March 23rd 2014 the Young Judo Club returned to
the Swallows Leisure Centre Sittingbourne after a 3-year break. For many years
now Martial Arts participation has been in decline and participation in
Competition has been at all time low. People have been more interested in
watching rather then participating hence the interest in Cage Fighting and MMA the
latter meaning all things to all men, both are not recognised as Sports by
UKSport. So slowly but surely people are returning to traditional Combat Sports
like Judo, Kurash, Sambo, Combat Sambo, CombatSombo Wrestling, Karate, Free
Style Wrestling, Belt Wrestling, Back hang Wrestling to name just a few. All
these styles of Combat have been held at the Swallows so it was good to see the
long awaited return.
Over 300
people attended this Judo event organised by the Sittingbourne Young Judo Club as can be seen by the photographs, the event
had various age and weight groups. Ages were Boys/Girls 5 and over -
Junior 8--‐14 years Youth
Male –Female 15, 16, 17 Senior Men-Women. The YJC did offer an MMA Grappling
event but no one entered it was a shame as it was open to all comers all that
was required was insurance cover.
The oldest of
the Swale Martial Arts Club affiliated clubs is the Young Judo Club,
established in 1957 by Nobby and Margret Clarke. This husband and wife team
started the YJC so their sons Martin and Norman could have somewhere to train,
as in the 50's children were discouraged from doing Judo. The YJC was the first
junior Judo club in Kent and is one of the oldest in the country. At its peak
in the mid 70's the club had over 20 branches throughout the South East of
England. Now there is just the original club in Sittingbourne, Milton Regis,
and Bexley.
There were some terrific matches with
some excellent high throws, just shows that the Judo Coaches are doing an
excellent job in producing quality Judo Players. Many of those participating
today have entered the British Sambo & Combat Sambo championships to be
held on April 5th in Bedford
The YJC would like to thank all those
who helped at this event and for the International Budo Federation in supplying
officials. Main organiser was Keith Costa , Referees were Colin Carrott, Miles
Brown and Russell Dodds.
Due to the success of this event there
will be several other events organised
27th April Judo, Sambo, MMA
competition. 8th June. Warriors Grappling Academy Sittingbourne
Faversham Judo competition
22nd Ju No Kata course Kata
Competition Faversham.
22nd July Judo & Sambo
Competition Bedford
In October at the Swallows the Young Judo Club will be
organising a Judo, Kurash, Sambo, Combat Sambo, Belt Wrestling, Lucha Canarias
and MMA competition, which be open to all associations, this will be the first
of its kind to be run in GB
Judo a Japanese Martial Art
Sambo a Russian Jacket Grappling Sport
Combat Sambo a Russian Strike and Grapple sport
Kurash a Jacket Wrestling Sport from Uzbekistan
Belt Wrestling from Asia
Lucha Canarias Wrestling Style from the Canarias Islands
MMA Grappling under BSF rules
Swale Martial Arts Club East Sittingbourne has also seen an
upsurge in membership with most of the Combat Styles being practised at the
Venue but was also have a very vibrant Karate Club on a Saturday morning which
head by Paul Sargent 3rd Dan. Paul has been with the Club for over
20 years. Paul teaches Shotokan Karate, which is based on the traditional
Martial Art of Japan rather, then Europeanised Competitive version
For those interested in training at the club they can
contact us on 07074 200150/ IBFBCSA@Gmail.com or visit our web site at www.BritishSambo.co.uk
SMAC caters for all ages 5 years and above and all the
tournament mentioned are for the same age bracket
Combat Sambo
Kurash
Lucha Canaria
Sambo
Belt Wrestling
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