Bognor Regis Zen Judo Dojo
Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club
Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club is affiliated to The Zen Judo Family (ZJF) and The British Zen Judo Family Association (BZJFA).
Chief Instructor: The Chief Instructor of the Club is John Robertson 4th Dan (ZJF) and 2nd Dan (BZJFA). John was talked into starting Judo by his daughter and son at the age of 36 and has now been a judoka (member) of the Zen Judo Family for over 20 years, 15+ of those as an assistant instructor in a number of Zen Judo clubs in West Sussex and Hampshire. The Bognor Club was started by John on the 1st March 2004 with only 4 students and has rapidly expanded to around 20 regular members.
Assistant Instructor: Martin Robertson 4th Dan (ZJF) and 2nd Dan(BZJFA).
Assistant Instructor: David Bennington 3rd Dan (ZJF) and 1st Dan (BZJFA) (Sensei Portsmouth Zen Judo Club).
Assistant Instructor: Sharna Robertson 2nd Dan (ZJF) and 1st Dan (BZJFA).
Assistant Instructor: Yvonne Robertson 2nd Dan (ZJF) and 1st Dan (BZJFA).
Assistant Instructor: Alex Barnes 1st Dan (ZJF).
Venue: The Club meets at South Bersted Church Hall in Bognor Regis. All ages and abilities are catered for and beginners are always made welcome. Please take a look at the rest of the site for more information about the club and Zen Judo in general.
Time: Sessions are held weekly on Monday Evenings,
Juniors and Seniors (7+) 7:00 to 9:00pm (19:00 - 21:00hrs) All grades.
Bognor Regis Zen Judo Dojo
South Bersted Church Hall
Bersted Street
Bognor Regis
West Sussex. P022 9QE
Directions:
At the A29/A259 (Bognor Hospital) round about take the A259 Chichester (Portsmouth) exit past the Ambulance
Station. At the next set of traffic lights (by the White Horse Public House) turn right into Bersted Street.
Follow the road round to the right, after the Church turn right just before The Art of Dance Studio. We are in the Church Hall behind The Art of Dance.
Contacts:
- - Chief Instructor and Club Administration email:- brzjc@zenjudo.co.uk
- - or call 07506689314 or 07904081211 for more information.
- - Assistant Instructors:
Martin Robertson, Sharna Robertson, Yvonne Robertson, Alex Barnes and David Bennington.
-- Or visit the club wedsite: www.brzjc.co.uk
- - Or visit the main Zen Judo website: www.zenjudo.co.uk
Affiliation: The Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club is affiliated to both The Zen Judo Family (ZJF) based in Petersfield ( A founding member of the International Gental Arts Society) and The British Zen Judo Family Association (BZJFA) based in Nottingham.
Both organisations have international links. Visit http://www.zenjudo.co.uk for more information and for links to other Judo clubs around the world.
Kano Jigoro: (1860-1938), Japanese founder of judo. Due to a weak constitution, Kano began practicing the Japanese martial art jujitsu at the age of 20. He soon incorporated his philosophy of mental and physical training with aspects of jujitsu and other martial arts to develop what he called judo (Japanese for "gentle way"). In 1882 in Shitaya, Tokyo, he founded Kodokan, his first dojo with only nine pupils. In 1885 Kano went to Great Britain to popularise judo in the West. By the time of his death in 1938, judo had over 100,000 black belt practitioners.
Our Origins: the time line for the evolution of Judo and Zen Judo is ...
•Dr Jigoro Kano (1860-1938) founded Kodokan Judo in Tokyo in 1882.
•Kenshiro Abe (7th Dan) & Bill Woods (2nd Dan) founded the British Zen Judo Council in 1958.
•Kenshiro Abe (7th Dan) founded Kyu Shin Do
•Dominick McCarthy (8th Dan Zen) founded The Zen Judo Family in 1974 (Petersfield Zen Judo Club)
•Roger Lewis (4th Dan Zen) founded Chichester Zen Judo Club
•John Wingham (2nd Dan Zen) & Jo Winslow (4th Dan Zen) founded Felpham Zen Judo Club
•John Robertson (4th Dan Zen) founded Bognor Regis Zen Judo Club on 1st March 2004
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