We are moving to a new location.
We are now going to train at Wright's Karate located at 4597 Platt Road. We will still have class at our current location until tuesday September 8th

 

Big Thanks to Knuckle Incorporated for sponsorship and promotion

Check Out our New YouTube Channel

 

Why Judo ? .

• Judo is a sport. While Judo can be used in self-defense, it involves no punching or kicking. It uses throwing and wrestling, instead. This is particularly appropriate for children. We don't want kids hitting people.
• Judo provides healthy exercise and improves your balance, gross motor skills, and coordination. Again, Judo is appropriate for children: Kicking and punching involve sharp movements that can stress growth plates.
• According to the American College of Sports Medicine, Judo is the safest contact sport for children under age 13.
• Unlike most martial arts, Judo is an Olympic sport. With good Judo skills, kids can earn university scholarships.
• Judo is the most widely practiced martial art in the world. If you ever move from the Ann Arbor area, you will probably find another Judo dojo nearby.
• Judo combines fitness, sport, and self-defense, keeping you healthy and safe.

What Is Judo ?

Judo has its roots in the Japanese martial art of JuJitsu going back many centuries to when it was a brutal and often lethal method of self defense and unarmed combat. Judo was established as a modern physical activity when in 1882, Professor Jigoro Kano founded his Kodokan Judo. An educator, he was aware that physical education in his country at that time was sadly lacking. His modifications of Ju-Jitsu created an art which was just as effective for self-defense while including provisions for non-lethal full contact practice, allowing it to be used as a comprehensive program of physical and mental development.

Jealous ju-jitsu masters began to question this system and the matter was settled by arranging a tournament between the various schools. This was done in 1886 and the outcome was a totally victorious Kodokan. Japanese police officials had been watching the proceedings closely, they were looking for an acceptable method of apprehending and controlling aggressive law-breakers without resorting to weapons. To them Judo was the answer and it is used in Japanese police training to this day. There are now nearly 1,000 Judo clubs registered with the United States Judo Association.

Since the inclusion of Judo in the 1964 Olympic Games it has been regarded as a modern Olympic combat sport although some followers still consider it very much an "art form". Kano said that Judo is a teaching for life itself and with it we learn to overcome the pitfalls and obstacles of everyday living

 

 

 

United States Judo Association