Dec 19th and 20th Sensei treats the club to a special Class with the hugely talented Miles Dolphin. Miles was the 2007 triple world Jujutsu Gold medalist , Miles taught a special class for the Derby Members on grappling. The class was absolutely fantastic and the Club would like to say a huge thankyou to Miles and Colin for travelling up from Birmingham.

Sensei also treated the Derby Club to a trip to the brilliant Pantomine Cinderella starring Neil Morrisey it was a cracking afternoon with everyone rolling around the floor with laughter.

We would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas!

13th Dec Sensei Andy would like to thank everyone who popped along to help and participate in the Ladies Only Self Defence Class. The Class was held at the Springwood Leisure Centre and all funds raised went towards Breast Cancer Uk. The Class was educational but also alot of fun as the ladies learnt how to defend themselves against single attackers, two or more attackers, they learnt how to deal with hair grabs, Lapel grabs, punches and much more! Well done to everyone who came along!

Wowww!! What a National Championships the lads from Derby represented the club brilliantly, Damien, William, Matt, Karl, Scott, Mick and Tim had some brilliant fights and the team came back with 2 Golds, 1 Silver and a Bronze!

Sensei Andy was his usual super excited self, spectators watched sensei bounce around the event like Tigga, and roar with excitement as his team performed out of there skin. It was also great to see others members  

Above Team Derby From left to right:

Mick Williams, Tim Taylor, Sensei Andy, Wayne Lenton, Scott towers, Karl Bowman,

Chris Lomax, William Rodgers, Damien Rodgers, Matt Nash.

On the 13th December Sensei Andy will be running a Ladies Only Self-defence Course in Aid on Breast Cancer. The Course will be held at the Springwood Leisure Centre, Springwood Drive, Oakwood, Derby and is Open to any Ladies. The Course starts at 12 - 2pm and costs just £5. We hope lots of ladies will pop along to this practical but fun lesson.  

 Well Guys theres just 2 weeks to go before the much anticipated Adult National Kumite Sport jujutsu and Submission Grappling Championships and Everyone at the team is training hard the upcoming event.

A few of the clubs new members will be entering for the first time tin the Submission Grappling section, whilst Tim and Mick will be going for gold in Sport Jujutsu.

We wish them all well !!

We would all like to say Well Done to James for got through to the Semi Finals at the Kumite National Championships.

James did extremely well considering he had to fight two weight groupsabove from the one he Qualified in earlier this year.

Hi Guys, What a busy month August has been, the team has been working very hard in preparation for the National Championships.

Abit of interesting news is that whilst the Junior Championships remains a Closed event to Juniors who have already qualified in the year.

The Adult National Championships has now been made an open event. This will give fighters who didnt compete earlier in the year the opportunity to fight in the Championships. Lets hope that more teams will take this opportunity to enter and make the event more exciting for Team Swad and Derby!!

Hi guys, Sensei Andy and the Team have been working really hard this month with the relocation of Team Swad to Derby and the Opening of 2 New Venues in the Derby Area.

The Classes are starting to fill up at Springwood Leisure Centre on a Saturday morning and Thursday night at Moorways Leisure centre. But If there is anybody interested in starting Jujutsu feel free to pop along and meet the team.

Sensei Andy was invited to do a class at the local Derby Cage Fighters Club, and was very happy with the positive response, warm welcome and hard working lads who attend the club based at LA Fitness. 

It was a great session with everybody gaining a few new exciting techniques to try at there next sparring session! And since then some of the mma guys have popped down to the saturday class to get some extra training, keep up the good work guys!!

 Hi Guys, well I would like to thank all those members who popped down on Saturday to help out with the opening of the NEW CLASS at Springwood Leisure Centre, Oakwood. Although it was a very wet day we are happy that the club had a few new Juniors pop along and the  class seemed to go really well. Remember its open to anyone and starts at 9.30 for Juniors and 10.30 for Adults.

Please remember to get your forms in for the National Grading on the 5th July. The closing date is the 26th June.

Also please could all members interested in helping Sensei Andy at the up coming Worcestor Regional Jujutsu Kumite  12th June please let him know asap. It should be a great event and opportunity to see the best Competitors from the worcestor area in action.  

Great News I have just had word that the Adult competition on the 12th has been opened to competitors from outside the Worcestor region. Any members interested in entering let me know asap!!

The Sunday Morning Sport and Grappling Class will be shut on 12th June. Team Swad will be attending the Worcestor Regional Sport jujutsu Championships. Anyone interested in watching or participating in the event Please contact the NJJC asap places are limited.

Congratulations! to all those members who went to the Worcestor trials at weekend, all members did extremely well and have gained a lot. Its important that they try to remember what went right but also what went wrong when they train on Sunday. Well done, Sensei Andy.

Wednesday 24 the Club will be Shut due to a Parents Evening being held at the facility. Saturday and Sunday Classes as normal.

Well, its been another really busy month. The team has been to see Master Ross Iannoccaro as he taught a Master Class in Self Defence without Mats, Kits and Pads! What an EYE OPENING Experience, it brought all the Jujutsu students down to earth with a bang! a real reality check. Even the most simple self defence techniques became dangerous when all safety equipment was removed.The team came away from the class with a new respect for this fantastic art.

Sensei Andy was drafted in by local Boxer and former light weight Sumo Champion, Sam Godfrey to work his corner and help him prepare for his match. Andy focused on tighting up Sams defence through Catch, Parry and slipping drills and using these defences to counter his opposition. We are very happy to say that with Andy's help and preparation Sam went on to win, dominating his opponent and knocking him out in the 3rd round!!

Above Sam Godfrey throwing a right jab at his opponent.

Great Start to April with 4 members of Team Swad taking 1st place at the West Midlands Trials in Wolverhampton. 

It was a great day out for all, with lots of interesting styles of Jujutsu entering the event.

Sunday 5th April Andy,Tim and James went down to Worcestor to attend a Master Class with Tassi Ross Iannoccaro, the class focused on the Atemi / Striking involved around Jujutsu. It was a great opportunity to experiment with different approaches in the use of strikes and how to position yourself correctly in a Multiple Attack situation, It was a great class and team Swad recommends anyone interested in Self Defence should book on to the next masterclass coming up soon!

With the Southern Regionals at the end of the month we hope more members of Team Swad will get involved and enter the next event.

19/04/09  Sorry Guys! The Southern Regional Open Trials has been Cancelled, Unfortunately there has been very few entrants forcing the event to be post poned I no that Team Swad members will be hugely dissapointed lets hope that Worcestor will be opened up to those clubs keen to gain more Sport Jujutsu experience!

Sensei Andy 

Team Swad has been very busy this month, as well as preparing themselves for the West Midlands National Sport Jujutsu trials on 29th March at Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton. Team Swad travelled to Bromsgrove to grade with Tassi Ross Iannoccaro we are happy to say that all members passed with flying colours!

Team Swad has also been busy running an 8 week After School Programme at the Pingle School in Swadlincote, the programme which is due to finish on the 25th March has been very enjoyable. The pupils from Pingle have been learning various elements of Self Defence and will finish the programme with a grading to there 1st Jujutsu Belt.

Team Swad has been invited to participate in the Southern Regional trials at Dartford Judo Club on 26th April, although its a long way from Swadlincote Sensei Andy thinks it will be great experience for the team.

Team Swad has been out and about promoting Jujutsu and Sport Jujutsu within the local community. The team has started an after school club for the students of 'The Pingle School' on Wednesdays which is completely free and offers young people between the ages of 12-16 the chance to participate.

The team has also been involved in a Get Healthly day held at the local leisure centre, the day was a chance for lots of different groups to display stalls explaining what, where and when there activitys took place. The team really enjoyed the day and met lots of interesting people.

As Team Swad prepares for the West Midlands Sport Jujutsu Trials at Wolverhampton, News has come through that the 4th World Martial Arts Games and Martial Arts & Sport Exhibition will be held at Whitlam Leisure Centre, Sydney, Australia. When: September 11 to 13, 2009 July, in Sydney, Australia this year. Lets hope that TJK will be attending this year, If not theres always Las Vegas next year! 

Happy New Year Everyone!!

Well, as Team Swad starts to burn off the xmas pudds one member is already started the year by completing a Jog Leader Award with the Local Council. Tim Taylor a very dedicated TJK Swad student spent all day Sunday learning all about the health benefits of jogging and will feed back to the rest of the team with all the latest techniques, methods, warm-ups etc.

Congratulations to Tim !! 

Hi guys Team Swad has been invited to a 'Get Heathly Day'. The get healthy day is being held at Green Bank Leisure centre in Swadlincote this Saturday 24th and clubs from all over will be there encouraging local people start a new healthy activity for 2009. If anybody would like to pop down and help answer questions about the club and Jujutsu your help would be greatly appreciated. The day starts at 10 - 4.

Well, what a year!

Team Swad has been accomplished so much that Sensei Andy felt that it would be great to end the year with a final get together. So Team Swad attended a local show called the WinterWonderland which was a combination of christmas carols and festive storys aimed at entertaining people of all ages. It was a great night and a nice way to finish the year!! Roll on 2009 Happy New Year to you all!!

16th November 2008.

 Hello everyone well as expected the National Kumite Championship was a very exciting event with Team Swad's very own Scarlett Dixon performed out of her skin to win Gold in the under 60 Junior catagory and then after much debate enter the Ladies under 60 and well she only went and won Gold again. Sensei Andy found himself 8 foot in the air with excitement as Scarlett tapped out the more experienced lady from Bromsgrove with a perfect Juji-Gatame (cross over armlock).

After a very dfficult year with various injuries, it was great to see Scarlett get the opportunity to show everyone how good at Sport Jujutsu she really can be. The rest of Team Swad is now biting at the bit to get stuck into next years qualification events. Scarletts really inspired the team, Well Done!  

Hi Guys, well on the 18th and 19th October 2008 members from  Team Swadlincote got the opportunity to train with Legendary Sword Master Soke Fumon Tanaka and Soke's daughter Shihan Midora Tanaka, the two Kobudo Masters were resently featured on the popular 'Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves' program . The two days training involved learning to use the Bo Staff, HandBo and wooden Bokken. 

 Please 'Click' on Soke Tanaka Link to see some great photos of event.

 Pictured Above Team Swad Celebrating their successful competition

On the 13th September 2008 Team Swad made the journey over to Tamworth to compete in their 1st Novice Kumite Sport Jujutsu inter club tournament. Teams Tamworth, Streetly and Swadlincote  showed great skills and sportsmanship as they fought all morning.

Swad picked up 4 Golds, 3 Silvers and a Bronze Fantastic !!! This was a brilliant result as Team Swad has only been established 10 months, the other teams have been established far longer, but hard work, grit and determination saw the team walk away with a huge amount of medals.

The event was a huge success with all athletes been given the opportunity to fight everyone within their weight group, the competition was designed to give novices and 1st timers the opportunity to gain some invaluable fighting experience in a safe and evenly matched enviroment !! 

Team Swad is already counting down the days to the Christmas Grapple or next Sport Jujutsu event ,

 Bring It On !!!

Hi guys, the Challenge has been set Teams:- Tamworth, Streetly and Hales Owen have decided to host a Novice Sport Jujutsu event on the 13th September at Rawlett Sports College Tamworth and Swadlincote has been invited. 

Well, who can turn that Challenge down. The team is training hard on Sunday mornings and we hope they will be able to produce some good performances on the day. Win, Lose, Draw I know they are determined to show there skills. Anybody interested in being involved should pop down on Sunday morning there's still time to get involved and time to prepare!       

Hi folks, I am trying to organise the next White Belt grading will be held On The 19th April, I will be taking all those interested in participating to Tai Jujutsu Kai Tamworth where Senior Coach Ray Owen will take the grading. Anybody interested should book your place asap with Lorraine.

On the 27th April there will be a Submisson Wrestling Seminar by Top MMA Heavy weight fighter, Coach and Referee  Mark Goddard. This Seminar will be a No-Gi course designed to help show people of all levels the grappling skills needed in the fast growing sport of MMA. Any interested students should book the place asap with Lorraine. Course will cost £25. Starts at 10am  sharpe, any no members interested should email to book there place asap.

Congratulations to all the students who attended the Grading at TJK Tamworth. Not only did they all pass but they really set a high standard of fitness and technical ability for the rest off the team to aim for impressing the Instructors grading them at the same time. Keep up the good work!

Well, Mark goddard came and what a fantastic Seminar, all the guys who attended were given a huge insight into Submission wrestling, MMA and what it really takes to fight in this new era of martial arts. It was a great morning with Mark showing the students takedowns, ground holds and submissions. He carefully explained how each set of techniques could be linked to the next  explaining about the transition from a standing fight into a ground fight. Absolutely brilliant great value for money!!

Check out the photos in the Mark Goddard section.