Congratulations to all the juniors at Waterford Jiu-Jitsu Club who graded successfully tonight.
Yellow Tag
Moilli Goff
Yellow Belt
Molly and Harry Flynn,
Eadaoin O’Shea
Ciara O’Shea
Fionn O’Doherty
Abigail Keane
Emma Doolin
Isabel Mc Carthy
Eve Phillips
Jodie Cooke
Instructors from left: Gerry Quinn and Renshi Hazel Farrel
We are delighted to announce that on Saturday 12th May Dave Thatcher will conduct a one-day seminar in the Waterford dojo.
Sensei Thatcher is a highly experienced martial artist who began his study of Ju-Jitsu at the age of eight and was a personal student of Richard Morris for over 39 years. In addition to Ju-Jitsu he has also studied Kendo, Iaido and Jodo to a high level, gaining British and European champion status in Iaido. He has worked in the areas of military combat and law enforcement training and developed programmes that have been officially adopted by the UK police force and prison services.
Most recently he has developed the Shin Juko Ryu style of Ju-Jitsu and continues to teach and train in this system. He was actively involved in the formation of the British Ju-Jitsu Board of Control and is a passionate campaigner for the maintenance of high standards within the art.
He has stepped back from 6th to 5th dan and has also given up his Shihan title in an effort to highlight the inflated grades of many high-ranked instructors.
It is a true privilege to have such a prolific and talented martial artist as a guest instructor and we look forward to the experience.
Training will take place from 11 – 4.30pm
Juniors finish at 1.30pm
Just wanted to put up a quick post to let you know there’s lots happening with the Irish Jiu-Jitsu Academy and we’ll have some exciting news for all our club members and our associates very soon.
2012 is shaping up to be an amazing year for the club and we’re enjoying welcoming all of our new members and seeing the ongoing progress of our existing Jiu-Jitsuka at both instructor and student level.
Don’t forget it’s never too late to start learning this exceptional and practical martial art and the first lesson is always free 
Everyone at the Waterford Jiu-Jitsu Club would like to congratulate our junior students on achieving their yellow tag in their grading on Thursday November 17th 2011.
Our young students performed their techniques very well on the night and the entire club is especially proud of their achievement.
Our juniors proud of their grading achievement!
Far left Renshi Hazel Farrell 4th Dan. Far right Yegor Chaus.
