Judo is all about application of principles, as a parent you can understand the principles without having applied them yourself. As such, you can help your child learn to throw better even if you have never done Judo. In this post, we shall outline some fundamental principles of Judo standing work and throwing. If you [...]

So your little Jane or John just loves Judo and looks really good at it, but are they “Good“. Are they better than average, are they a potential champion? The short answer is sadly… NO. Statistically speaking, the odds are severely stacked against your child being a world champion. There are a tiny number of [...]

Judo is done standing and on the ground. Often with juniors more time is spent on groundwork or “Ne Waza” as it is called in Judo. In this post we shall discuss the basic principles of Ne Waza so you are a parent can help your child develop good Judo groundwork. In Judo groundwork for [...]

A question that is asked regularly (and rightly so) by parents is the question of is what the child is doing appropriate. In this post I shall outline the vision as per the British model in the BJA. The appropriate training for your child is dependent on one thing and one thing only. Your child! [...]