Author Archives: Dave Wilson

Good luck to everyone grading tomorrow! If you are going you already know the details, however if you aren’t, come join us in the pub after for refreshments.

Fountain & Ink from 15:00

See you all there!

While Westminster may be on hiatus, those of you still training at our sister clubs will be interested to know all about the pre-grading/grading coming up:

• Pre-Grading: Saturday September 9th 11-2
• Grading: Saturday September 16th 11-3

Both held at London Nautical

Pre-registration is required for the pre-grading (and grading) so let your instructors know if you wish to attend.

Westminster University is on Summer Break, and so are we! You can either put your feet up, enjoy the break and come back rested in September, or join us at UCL or Queen Mary for training during the summer months.

Once we know the session times for the new term we will update the site.

Congratulations to Sensei Shepherd on passing his 3rd Dan Grading yesterday and joining the elite ranks of London Sandans.

Plenty to get excited for this year.  First up it the regional on Saturday 30th January at London Nautical School (details here)

Then one month later (27th & 28th Feb) it’s Nationals time.  Those of you that missed the last Nationals have a second chance to experience a weekend of jitsu greatness.  Training in the mornings, competitions in the afternoons and an orange juice on the Saturday night.

The competition is split by grade, gender and weight so you won’t be put against someone twice your size, and you’ll be training with people with roughly the same experience level as you.  If you are interested and want to know more, ask someone with a coloured belt at the next session

Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas break and is ready to burn off some turkey/pies/pizza etc.  We’re back training Mondays and Wednesdays, so come along and join the fun.

Training is now done for 2015.  We hope you have enjoyed the sessions, and will see you back on the mat in the New Year.

First session back is Monday 11th January 2016.  Until then have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The end of term approaches…

Final session for 2015 will be on Wednesday 16th December.  It will be a shared session with DKK (the guys who occupy the other half of the sports hall while we train) so will be a lot of fun with lots of new people to train with.  After that will be the traditional Christmas Orange Juice.

First session of the New Year will be announced in due course.

Deck the Halls (or a Purple Belt)… It’s Christmas, which means Orange Juices at the Counting House with all the other clubs in London.  Rumour has it we will also be celebrating Maliths 21st Birthday (again).

It is on Saturday 6th December (ie this Saturday) at the Counting House (50 Cornhill, EC3V 3PD ) from 8pm

Over the weekend of the 13th and 14th of February, the club went to compete in the Jiu Jitsu Foundation Atemi Nationals against all the other clubs in the country!

After two days of courses, competitions and the customary orange juices on the Saturday Night, we came out with the following results:

• Open Competition: Sensei Matthew Shepherd – Joint Second Place
• Purple Belt Competition: Dave Wilson – Joint Fourth Place

See you all on the mat!