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Newtown Judo Club

Locality: Newtown, New South Wales

Phone: +61 427 197 046

Address: Coronation Hall, 95 Lennox St 2042 Newtown, NSW, Australia

Website: http://newtownjudoclub.com.au/

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11.02.2022 A big 2022 coming up! Merry Christmas to all and a very happy New Year to all our members, families and friends.

01.02.2022 ’ : 1. Carefully observe oneself and one’s situation, carefully observe others, and carefull...y observe one’s environment, 2. Seize the initiative in whatever you undertake, 3. Consider fully, act decisively, 4. Know when to stop, 5. Keep to the middle. Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment. Judo is the way of using one’s mental and physical strength in the most efficient manner. Through training and practicing techniques for offence and defence, one disciplines and cultivates body and spirit, and thereby masters the essence of this way. Thus the ultimate goal of Judo is to strive for personal perfection by means of this and to benefit the world. Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique. Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances, and helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy. If there is effort, there is always accomplishment. There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others. In randori*, one must search out the opponent’s weaknesses and be ready to attack with all the resources at his disposal the moment the opportunity presents itself, without violating the rules of judo. Walk a single path, becoming neither arrogant with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. Another tenet of randori is to apply just the right amount of force never too much, never too little. All of us know of people who have failed to accomplish what they set out to do because of not properly gauging the amount of effort required. At one extreme, they fall short of the mark; at the other, they do not know when to stop. Judo should be free as art and science from any external influences, political, national, racial, and financial or any other organized interest. And all things connected with it should be directed to its ultimate object, the Benefit of Humanity. Human sacrifice is a matter of ancient history. There is nothing greater under the heavens than education. The virtue of one spreads to many; real education goes on for hundreds of years. *Randori : literally meaning chaos taking, chasing chaos or grasping freedom randori is the free practice of Judo. Article by: EdinburghJudo.com

20.01.2022 Some of last night’s action

18.01.2022 Today would be Fukuda Sensei's 108th birthday, her spirit is still with us and encouraging us all to "Be Strong, Be Gentle, Be Beautiful."

16.01.2022 Great night tonight with Kay grading to orange belt and Yousef grading to Yellow last week! Top effort all round. Well done to both of you!!

16.01.2022 Summer in Sydney + 81% humidity + 90 minutes of hard work = tired judokas

15.01.2022 Packing away after top session

14.01.2022 Training Monday and Wednesday nights 7-830pm

13.01.2022 Great training tonight- see you Wednesday

13.01.2022 Judo Australia (JA) are pleased to release the 2021 National Event Calendar. This calendar is heavily subject to change due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. ...If any event listed is going to be impacted, then JA and the host state will communicate any necessary changes as soon as possible. See more

12.01.2022 Happy New Year! We are back for 2021! We were stoked to see the crew return for the first session of the year and hope to see some new faces too! Everyone is welcome at Newtown Judo Club

11.01.2022 Monday night - training hard

04.01.2022 Getting some practice on the ground tonight

03.01.2022 A beautiful and simple explanation on the life of Fukuda Keiko, the first woman to be promoted to 9th dan and a fundamental force in promoting Judo between gir...ls. Another example of a woman who #choosetochallenge Amazing illustration by @rachelignotofsky . . . #traditionalmartialarts #judo #stronggirls #martialartsgirls #internationalwomensday #yoshinproject #

02.01.2022 Warming up the other night

01.01.2022 New yellow belt in the club!!!

01.01.2022 Big night tonight - 2 new blue belts. Well done Edwin and Dave

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