Why Judo?
Activities and sports like Hockey, Baseball, Soccer, Gymnastics, Girl/Boy Scouts etc… are all great hobby’s and pass time activities and I let my kids choose whatever activities they want. I categorize swimming lessons differently; swimming is a life skill and non-negotiable in my house. Sooner or later my children will be exposed to water, (be […]
A (True) short tale of a Judoka
With the right support in place and a Coach that understands what you need to make your Judo Journey go from strength to strength – Dreams become reality! A Judoka was once told by a Sensei that they would never amount to anything, that they could go no higher than a certain grade. That Student […]
Holland – there and back again, a Champion’s tale
Taking Students to an International Competition is a big deal, but when it’s the largest Adaptive competition in the World things are on a much grander scale. For those that don’t know, Adaptive is the much more positive wording of Special needs – where athletes and indeed individuals adapt to every day life and the […]
British Schools Adaptive Championships 2022
Kazoku-Kan Judo Club had an amazing day at the British Schools Adaptive Championships on Sunday 13th March 2022. There was some fantastic Judo on display all round and for the first competition for us as a club in 2 years since the initial lockdown during the pandemic. Liam Jones and Josh Warburton won Silver placements […]
Kazoku-Kan does it again!
It is with great pride to announce that we have passed our annual Safeguarding Code requirements, this is a mark of excellence for our club and we work hard to make sure the standards, practices and paperwork are all up to date and followed to the letter. Thank you to Katie for all of her […]
Recognising Our National Heroes
Usually we would have just had our Annual award evening, but with the current situation this has not been possible, we didn’t even get 3 solid months of Judo this year as by March 20th we were forced to shut down. So this year, I have decided that we are going to dedicate the Member […]
Kazoku-Kan Earns Prestige Award
Local Judo club leads the way with new Safeguarding Code Droitwich Spa Judo Club, Kazoku-Kan is leading the charge in sports safeguarding, having successfully attained the Safeguarding Code in Martial Arts mark. Achieving the Safeguarding Code, demonstrates Kazoku-Kan’s commitment to upholding its duty-of-care to the community and young people and recognises Kazoku-Kan as a martial […]
Kazoku-Kan Grab the Gold!
On the 8th March 2020 Kazoku-Kan Judo Club took several members to Erdington Academy to compete at the National Closed Championships. Liam Grindrod took to the Tatami first and soundly beat his opponents to score the first result of the day, Gold medal and National Champion. Felicity Warburton took to the mat and had a […]
Adaptive and Green & Under a Huge success!
On 30th June, Kazoku-Kan Judo Club held it’s first ever Adaptive championship which was held alongside it’s annual Green and Under championship. Players travelled from County Durham, Erdington, Sheffield, Nottingham and Worcestershire to compete in both of the competitions. Liam Jones managed to score Silver after fighting 2 Dan Grade players in his contests, showing […]
2019 Mix and Match results
On the 9th June, Kazoku-Kan took a team of students over to Erdington Academy to participate in the Mix and Match competition. Felicity Warburton managed to claim Gold in her category, which consisted of an all-male line up, coming up against some tough competition but held her own for the win. Dylan Moore who was […]
