MONSters Junior Judo under 10s classes

On Wednesdays Budokan Judo Club hosts our special MONSters judo program. Over the years, this class has grown enormously, and is very popular with parents and kids alike ... as well as the coaches of course!

The classes are run by coaches Kerrye Katz (4th dan), Dale Keogh (6th dan) and Guido Scholtz (1st Dan), with regular assistance from Julia and Steve.

In these classes, the focus is on developing motor skills, learning to fall safely (breakfalls), learning basic judo techniques such as thows and hold-downs and preparing the kids to enter the Junior under 16s judo classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Most of all, however - the focus is on fun, because judo is a fun activity!! There are many judo-related games that the under 10s play - such as red-green and the breakfall games using the crashmats!

Class Dates and Times

Classes are run in line with the school terms, so there are 4 terms.

Starting term 4, there are 2 classes:

Beginners: 5.30pm-6.30pm
The beginners class is for any new member wishing to start judo or any white/yellow/orange belt who wished to improve some judo basics, such as breakfalls and basic throws

Graded-players:6.30pm-7.30pm
This is our normal under-10's class for graded students OR more advanced white-belt beginners.

Note:
If you wish to attend BOTH classes, this is permitted and no additional cost is involved. However, new students must attend the beginners 5.30-6.30pm class prior to attending the normal class. If you are not able to make the 5.30-6.30pm timeslot, then beginners may attend the later class - however this should be discussed with Dale, Guido or Kerrye.

Enrollment

Due to the popularity of these classes, new enrollments are usually only accepted in the first 3 weeks of the beginning of each term. This allows us to structure our classes so that all new beginners learn the important breaksfalls and basic judo skills together. Class fees are due at this time.

Parent's Night

The last training session of each term is a great favourite with the kids, parents and of course - the instructors! Our Parent's Night session has all parents joining their kids on the mat for a training session. The kids love to teach their parent's the throws, games and hold-downs and it gives the parent's a chance to share in the fun of our judo lessons!

• Parent's night photo gallery 2007
• Parent's night photo gallery 2006
• Parent's night photo gallery 2006
• Parent's night photo gallery 2005

Contacts

To contact Budokan Judo Club about the under 10s classes, please visit the club at our location or send us an email on our contact page. You are always free to come and watch a session on any training night and have a chat with some parents or the instructors.