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What sort of people train at the club?

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Most work within the Square Mile (strangely enough, in IT usually). There are several students from City University. And there are a few random nurses, journalists, brickies, writers, and photographers thrown in for good measure.

The gender ratio is almost 50–50 (varying with who’s training at a particular session) and most students are in their 20s or early 30s.

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chris Madumere wrote:
30 days ago | Reply

Hi
I would like to find, how much it will cost per class
Also how many classes on average i will need to attend to improve at a reasonable speed, i appreciate this will be down to me at the end of the day, however just wanted to find out on average what you professional advise will be

Thanks
Chris

Rob Buckley wrote:
30 days ago | Reply

Training times and prices are here.

Generally, it takes about three or four months of training once or two times a week to advance between belts at the lower grades; at higher grades, you'll need be training at least twice a week for six months to a year. In fact, there's a mandatory period of training time between purple and light blue, light blue and dark blue, dark blue and brown and brown and black of between six months and two years, depending on the belt. To get to black, you'll need to have run a club as a brown belt for at least two years.

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Where we train

City Jitsu Club trains twice a week near Angel and the Barbican, London, EC1, at City University, Northampton Square, Islington.

Training times
Monday: 7.30pm–9pm
Friday: 7pm–9pm

Directions

The Club in Action

  • Club member Liam demonstrates techniques in a gauntlet
  • Instructor Gesa Brinkmann demonstrates a throw
  • Training at our 10th anniversary session
  • Instructor Gesa Brinkmann demonstrates a technique
  • Grades demonstrate techniques they've learnt
  • Grades and novices practise techniques while instructors observe
  • Grades and instructors at the 10th anniversary session
  • A scene from our 10th anniversary session
  • An orange belt demonstrating an armlock in a circle
  • Novices being taught a wristlock
  • Novices can train in light clothing until they own their own gi.
  • Members often have to demonstrate what they have learned that session in front of other Jitsuka

Videos of techniques

  • Sensei Mat Phillips demonstrates an ashi-guruma throw followed by a rare immobilisation technique
  • Techniques being demonstrated and taught at the City Jitsu 10th anniversary session
  • Kata-juji-jime, the half-cross strangle
  • An o-goshi (major hip) throw into yoko-shiho-gatame, the side four quarters hold
  • Kata-gatame, the shoulder hold
  • Ude-garami, the forearm entanglement, used in groundwork
  • Ko-tsuri-komi-goshi, the minor lifting drawing hip throw
  • O-tsuri-komi-goshi, the major lifting, drawing hip throw
  • Ko-tomoe-seoi-nage, the small circle shoulder throw
  • Irimi-nage, the entering body throw
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