Judo In Melbourne

[glen]

Judo in Melbourne, Australia



I still remember the good 'ol days when I used to go watch my brother practising judo. I never tried it myself but perhaps I will one day!



If you are going to start out doing Judo in Melbourne then I would first check out the Peak Organisations:



Judo Federation of Australia Inc. - [url="http://www.ausjudo.com.au/jfa/global"]http://www.ausjudo.com.au/jfa/global[/url]

Judo Victoria Inc. - [url="http://www.judovictoria.com.au/jv/index.html"]http://www.judovictoria.com.au/jv/index.html[/url]



Judo Vic has a great list of judo clubs. The Victorian Judo Clubs that are mentioned include:



Ballarat Judo Club (Scotsburn)

Balwyn (East Kew)

Judo Bendigo Inc (Bendigo)

Bentleigh McKinnon Southern Inc (Bentleigh)

Caulfield and Kyu Shin (Caulfield)

Dando Sports Academy School (Ashwood)

Diamond Valley Judo Centre (Greensborough)

Endeavour Hills Judo Club (Hallam)

Geelong YMCA (Geelong)

Ground Zero Judo Academy (Melbourne)

Hanger 4 (Essendon)

Hawthorn (Hawthorn)

Hurstbridge Judo Club (Hurstbridge)

JC Martial Arts (Balaclava)

Ju You Kai Mt Waverley Youth (Mt Waverley)

Kardinia Judo (Bell Post Hill -Geelong)

Lalor Thomastown (Lalor)

Lilydale Judo Club(Lilydale)

Lockington Judo Club(Lockington)

Moonee Valley YMCA (Essendon)

Mornington (Mornington)

Newport Judo Club (Newport)

Portland Judo Club (Portland)

Preston Judo Club (Eltham)

Prime Judo Academy (Bendigo)

Rutherglen Judo Club (Wahgunyah)

Sang-Rok Wonthaggi Judo Club (Wonthaggi)

Seishinkan Judo Academy(Hoppers Crossing)

Southern Judo (Bentleigh)

Tecoma Judo Club (Tecoma)

Traralgon Judo Club (Traralgon)

Western Judo Academy (Essendon)

Yamada Judo Academy (Caulfield South)

Yinnar & District Judo Club (Driffield)



Good luck with your judo career and I hope it brings you a lot of fun and not too many injuries!



Cheers, Glen <img src='http://www.melbournechat.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

[glen]

Here is some info from wikipedia about judo

Judo (柔道, jūdō), meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art (gendai budō) and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an opponent to submit by joint locking the elbow or applying a choke. Kicks, punches, and thrusts are present in Judo, but only in pre-arranged forms (Kata) and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice (randori).



Ultimately, the philosophy and subsequent pedagogy developed for judo became the model for almost all modern Japanese martial arts that developed from "traditional" schools (koryū). Practitioners of judo are called jūdōka.