Spryfield Judo Kai
St Paul's United Church, 173 Old Sambro Rd B3R 2H6 Halifax, NS, Canada

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Tons of fun and randori on the mats in Spryfield! Next classes Thursday!

We are very excited to be back at it tonight at Team Judo Kai! We currently have a few spots in each class at either location. Contact our coaching team today to reserve a spot learning one of the strongest, safest martial arts in the world. Check out our website at www.teamjudokai.com for pics and videos as well as fees and class schedules. See you on the mats!

All classes will be resuming on regular schedules starting Monday January 4! Here's to a great year of training!

New Year Message UEMURA Haruki President of The Kodokan I would like to express my heart-felt new year’s wishes to you all in the beginning of year 2021....From the begging of spring last year, the COVID-19 spread and caused severe damage all over the world.Our everyday lives were drastically changed and, not to speak of devastating impacts on the economy and the society, we encountered unprecedented hardship in the educational circles and the sports and Judo communities.We also lost our long years’ leaders and masters of Judo movement one after another: Mr. Yukimitsu Kano, Honorary President of Kodokan Judo Institute passed away in March and Mr. Saburo Matsushita, Member of the Board of Directors of Kodokan, 9th Dan and Mr. Naoki Murata, Director of the Kodokan Judo Museum and Library, 8th Dan in April.It was a most heartbreaking grief to lose those who had passionately loved Judo, devoted themselves to properly promoting Judo at home and abroad and assumed heavy responsibilities to succeed Judo respectably to the future generations. In the midst of continuing coronavirus infections all across the globe, we completely lost opportunities to practice Judo wearing Judo-gi’s under the constraints to avoid the Three C’s (crowded places, close-contact settings and confined & enclosed spaces) and secure social distances.It became tremendously difficult, not only in Japan but also abroad, to continue Judo-related activities whose characteristics is to fight in close contact with each other and we were obliged either to cancel or postpone various Judo tournaments and events for boys and girls as well as for the senior generations.In particular, Tokyo 2020 Olympics & Paralympics, which were supposed to be the paramount sports events for the year, were rescheduled to be held in summer this year.For the purpose of human development, international exchanges & friendships and peace in the world, it is our sublime duty to lead Tokyo 2020 Olympics & Paralympics to a resounding success while securing safety of athletes, officials, spectators and the Japanese citizens. In the wake of the COVID-19 catastrophe, Kodokan Judo Institute suspended its training activities in the Dojo’s from the end of February through May last year.After the State of Emergency was lifted on May 25th, we started to resume our Judo exercises mainly with individual self-practices and training while putting through preventive measures against infection in place.The overall situation did not turn out to be better even in July and August, but we decided to hold the Kodokan Summer Course and Shochu-geiko (Mid-summer Training Session) based on our belief that we still can continue such training even in such a situation and that we all the more have to carry out such training because of such a circumstance.During the Kodokan Summer Course, we reduced training in close contact and put a focus on learning bowing-procedures, confirmation of basic motions, self-practices to learn techniques and Riai and training to enhance physical strengths.We also conducted the Shochu-geiko (Mid-summer Training Session) in a similar fashion and we could successfully conclude it even though the number of participants was around 30% of that of the ordinary year.In September, we started to extend the time for training in close contact step-by-step and conducted Uchikomi and Yakusoku-renshu.And in October, we finally resumed the training including Randori and the scene in which a number of trainees working hard with masks on their faces was just unforgettable. http://kodokanjudoinstitute.org/en/2021/

Merry Christmas to all of Team Judo Kai, supporters and friends! We hope you have an amazing time with family, either in person or onscreen. We miss all of you and look forward to the time when we can have a Christmas party do-over. Don't eat too much and we will see you all soon! Sensei Mike

*** Team Judo Kai Holiday Update *** Team Judo Kai members and family, This is a busy time of year for many, with things like preparations for the holidays and family time being priorities. After some discussion, Team Judo Kai have decided we will not be running classes for the remainder of the month of December. ... Have a happy and healthy holiday, and see you in the new year. Team Judo Kai