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  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 9.
    07/31/08
    Hi All, well Thursdays in the summer block are always interesting, with the debate and conference, this year it was no different.
    
    For we fourth years it's a bit odd really as we've seen it all and done it.
    But really interesting to observe how the later years tackle the pr
  - 2008 University of Bath Judo debate - LIVE!
    07/31/08
    Shortly the annual Judo debate will take place here at the University of Bath.
    Below is the live video stream:
    
    A fully edited version will be placed online once it has been edited together.
    
    *** I have also added a few of the mental skills presentations from the conference
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 8.
    07/30/08
    Today was a day of two halves really, the first was our first assessment of the block, the Viva that I mentioned yesterday. Basically, how it worked out was that I watched a full fight, in my case the fight between Teddy Riner and Kosei Inoue at the Rio World Champs.
    I then left the room and a
  - How to celebrate your gold... direct from 08judo.com
    07/30/08
    This video is now on on www.08judo.com do go take a look, 08Judo.com will soon get busy as the Olympic Judo Tournament in Beijing begins.
  - “Judo-The Open Source Martial Art”
    07/29/08
    Mike, Gene from www.the judopodcast.com and I sat down a while back and had a conversation talking about the lecture I gave in April at University of Bath (and am giving again in August for the BJA).
    
    Well it is now online over on the site. Take a listen over at http://thejudopodcast.com/?
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 7.
    07/29/08
    Today has been a busy day, we started with a Kumi Kata (grip fighting) session in the Dojo with Emanuela Pierantozzi who we also had latter in the day for a keynote lecture where she described her judo career.
    
    Emanuela (according to the little biography we were given) is a three time Olym
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 6.
    07/28/08
    Hello everyone, I am really surprised sometimes by quite how many people are following my little journey towards a decent Judo education. So thanks for being with me and I hope you get something from the posts.
    
    Today is Monday here in Bath and back to the lectures after a weekend of compa
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 5.
    07/25/08
    Hi everyone, well here we are at the end of Week 1 of this the second residential block of my BSc at University of Bath. Feels like the week has flown by, yet I still I have been here for months although I only arrived about this time last week.
    
    Today I did a terrible thing, instead of hi
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 4.
    07/25/08
    Well I should call this entry case of the disappearing Kiwi, day four here at University of Bath was kinda frustrating. It all started well, but went pear shaped shortly after breakfast.
    
    Rather than get to my first lecture, I got sidetracked helping other people try and get some video foo
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 3.
    07/23/08
    Hi Everyone, day three of the block and a good one too.
    
    The day started with a key keynote Lecture with Yves Cadot on the life of Jigoro Kano. It was very interesting, being based on Yves' PHD thesis the lecture was based on scientific principles... i.e. Evidence.
    
    So heari
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 2.
    07/23/08
    Hi everyone, well I am posting this a little late due to problems with my laptop, note to self: Do not install Sophos on my laptop again. Anyway... so here is a quick summary of what we did on the second day here on the BSc course.
    
    The day started with Patrick Roux covering an Introductio
  - University of Bath, Judo BSc. Block 2, Day 1.
    07/22/08
    So here I am back in Student mode at the University of Bath.
    Unlike previous years, I have been here for 3 days already because of the EJU Seminar.
    
    The day started with Judo "Tennis" with Jane Bridge, Patrick Roux & Juergen Klinger. Judo tennis I discovered means that
  - EJU Coaching Seminar, the 2nd Children's Training Camp.
    07/19/08
    Here I am in Bath again, though not yet for the degree course... yet.
    TeamBath are hosting an EJU Coaching Seminar, the 2nd Children's Training Camp.
    
    Though I did not participate fully, I did have the privilege of facilitating an "unConference" which is a I.T. phenomen
  - PlanetJudo.com update + away to Bath for two weeks.
    07/17/08
    If you visit www.planetjudo.com in IE7 now you will hopefully have a better experience, I have sorted out the stylesheet problem and everyone should have the same layout.
    
    You will also, if you have "Eagle eyes", spot the following button on the side:
    
    This button is a
  - PlanetJudo.com and 08Judo.com update
    07/15/08
    Hi everyone,
    well this evening I finally sorted out what has been affecting www.planetjudo.com and it is now parsing all the feeds again. So it will now show you all 61, thats right 61 Judo blog feeds.
    
    You can also subscribe to the RSS feed or get daily updates. I added a subscribe b
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Judo is a Martial Art, Olympic Sport and Commonwealth sport.

Much like JuJitsu, Kung Fu, Karate, Aikido and other marial arts, Judo is an effective and powerful self defence. It does not however incorporate any kicks or punches. In Judo throws are used along with ground fighting techniques including arm locks, strangles, chokes and pinning techniques.

Judo in Europe is strong, and has been so historically for a long time. Specifically, France and Germany, along with the former Soviet Block countries. European Judo has been instrumental in the progress and history of Judo. The formation of the European Judo Union (EJU) was the for runner to the International Judo Federation (IJF) and is a major force in modern Judo.

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