Basingstoke Judo Academy
Our Basingstoke Judo Academy is situated in a professionally equipped dojo with mats permanently laid and a range of training equipment to use to help develop strength and flexibility.
Judo was founded by Jigaro Kano in Japan in 1882 and translates as “Gentle Way” – Ju = Gentle or soft and Do = Way of Path. While judo includes a variety of rolls, falls, throws, hold downs, chokes, joint-locks, and strikes, the primary focus is on throwing (nage-waza), and groundwork (ne-waza).
Throws are divided in two groups of techniques, standing techniques (tachi-waza), and sacrifice techniques (sutemi-waza). Standing techniques are further divided into hand techniques (te-waza), hip techniques (koshi-waza), and foot and leg techniques (ashi-waza). Sacrifice techniques are divided into those in which the thrower falls directly backwards (ma-sutemi-waza), and those in which he falls onto his side (yoko-sutemi-waza).
The ground fighting techniques (ne-waza) are divided into
attacks against the joints or joint locks (kansetsu-waza), strangleholds or chokeholds (shime-waza), and holding or pinning techniques (osaekomi-waza). For safety reasons not all of these techniques are taught to juniors. A kind of sparring is practised in judo, known as randori, meaning "free practice". In randori, two partners may attack each other with any judo throw or grappling technique.
The techniques necessary to practising effective Judo techniques do not rely on strength or size, meaning that they can be performed against larger and stronger opponents. This makes this Judo a great martial art to learn for children and smaller adults either as a sport or for self defence.
Our fully qualified Judo coaches who are based in Basingstoke will help you to develop good quality Judo skills in our professional centre.
