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Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Santa Clarita, CA - Classes meet on Mondays and Thursdays, 7-9pm, at North Oaks Park, 27824 N. Camp Plenty Rd., Canyon Country. [Cross streets: Nadal and Whites Canyon. entrance is driveway next to Canyon High School on Nadal Rd.] Sensei: George Kirby, 10th dan and Marc Tucker, 5th dan. This is the ONLY DOJO IN THE UNITED STATES where both sensei were taught directly by the late Professor Jack "Sanzo" Seki! 

Black Belt Magazine selected Prof. Kirby for it's 2007 Hall of Fame Instructor of the Year Award!

Please feel free to visit our class as often as you wish, watch it in operation, and feel free to ask any questions! You may also E-mail Prof. Kirby for information. 

On-line registration registration for the  2008 session begins  May 13, 2008,, at 8am.   Mail-in registration starts May 19, and cannot be postmarked earlier than May 17. Open [walk-in] registration starts May27 and continues through the second week of class, at the City of Santa Clarita's Park, Recreation & Community Service Dept. Aquatic Center, 20850 Centre Pointe Dr., Santa Clarita, 91350. Registration forms can also be picked up in class. If you wish to register online get a customer # and password on the City of Santa Clarita's website at www.santa-clarita.com/cityhall/parks/registration/. Students may register up through second week of class.
    Next Monday & Thursday night "official" 9-week Monday session and 9-week Thursday session, starts the week of May 16, 2008 
    Fee: $50 for 9-week Monday night session or 9-week Thursday night session,  or $90 for Monday& Thursday  together [18 classes]. There is also a $20 materials fee payable the first night of class. Minimum age is 10.  
    Call 661 250-3700 or E-mail Prof. Kirby for info. A fairly accurate map [but not to scale] to the dojo is below.

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Start Date:

Time:

Fee:

Status:*

Age:

1364.301

Monday, 6/16

7-9pm

$50* 

6/14 openings

10-Adult

1364.302

Thurs, 6/19

7-9pm

$50*

5/14 openings

10-Adult

1364.303

Mon/Thurs, 6/16

7-9pm

$90*
* plus $20 materials fee

0/6 openings

*as of 6/12/08

10-Adult

For new students, the instructional sequence is designed to get you to Shichikyu, 7th kyu [Yellow Belt] or Rokukyu, 6th kyu [Green Belt]. This first nine week session is designed to introduce you to the art, teach a number of basic simple skills and some techniques, so that you will pass the Yellow Belt exam on the 9th-10th week and remain in the program.
    By the end of the first nine weeks you will be able to:
 [1] demonstrate the following blocks, hits, hits and kicks with reasonable proficiency:

  • Various single blocks [shiho no tatake]
  • Cross-blocking [juji]
  • Striking techniques [te tatake/uchi waza]
  • Kicks [geri waza]

[2] demonstrate the following releases with some proficiency:

  • forearm nerve attack for double shirt grab [ude shioku waza]
  • twist releases [hineri waza]
  • headlock release [hiji tatake]
  • choke release [atama maki]

[3] demonstrate the following ju-jitsu techniques with some proficiency:

  • foot strike & lift [ashi tatake] for rear bearhug
  • hand throw [te nage] for shirt grab
  • wristlock takedown [tekubi shimi waza] for shirt grab
  • outside sweeping rear throw [osoto gari] for a hit
  • shoulderlock rear takedown [ude guruma ushiro] for a handshake

[4] be able to demonstrate basic break falls successfully:

  • side fall [yoko ukemi] to ground only - no rollover
  • back fall [ushiro ukemi] to ground only - no rollover
  • forward roll fall [mae ukemi] to ground only - no rollover

The first 4-5 weeks of the class are the most challenging because you are learning many different new things. Please be patient with yourself. The class is not physically difficult. It's important that you believe you will succeed. Everyone in the class believes in you and wants you to succeed. Around weeks 5-6 you will see tremendous growth in yourself as many of the techniques you've been taught start to work well. By the end of first nine-week session you will also have a judo gi [now you look like a real jujitsuka] and you will have joined the American Ju-Jitsu Association [annual fee of $20 for AJA membership], which makes it possible for you to receive promotions and wear your promotional obi [colored belt] in class!

By the end of the second nine-week session you should have developed sufficient skills to pass the 6th kyu [Green Belt] exam. You will be able to:
 [1] demonstrate the following techniques with reasonable proficiency:

  • Basic Hip Throw [koshi nage]
  • Basic Drop Throw [tai-otoshi]  
  • Basic Hand Throw [te-nage]
  • Wristlock Takedown [tekubi shimi waza]
  • Left & Right Blocks [te no tatake]
  • Cross-blocking    [juji]
  • Striking Techniques [te tatake]
  • 1-2 Nerve Techniques [shioku waza]

[2] demonstrate self-defense techniques for the following attacks:

  • hits
  • shirt or lapel grabs
  • bodygrabs [waistgrabs & bearhugs]
  • headlocks
  • front choke

[3] demonstrate the following falls, getting back up into a ready position [tachi waza]:

  • Forward Roll Fall [mae ukemi]
  • Side Fall [yoko ukemi]
  • Backard Roll Fall [ushiro ukemi]

By the end of the second nine weeks you will also learn additional techniques, become acquainted with the philosophy of Ju-Jitsu, the formalities of the art and the dojo, and become more aware of your capabilities as you develop your self-confidence in the art and as an individual.

 

Current News [June, 2008] from the Santa Clarita Dojo

RECENT PROMOTIONS: WOW!!

Congratulations to the following students on their promotions  in the Spring,’08 Session:

Jaime Arviso—6th kyu –Green Belt

Paul Duarte— 6th kyu—Green Belt

Engene Kim—6th kyu—Green Belt

Joung-Woo Kim—6th kyu—Green Belt

Manny Onsing—6th kyu—Green Belt

Chris Macabitas—5th kyu—Blue Belt

Stark Howell -- 3rd kyu -- Brown Belt Green Stripe

Byron Davis — 2nd kyu — Brown Belt Black Stripe

Keep up the great work!

THANKS TO TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS

Thanks to all ten students who participated at the AJA Western Region Tournament on May 31, at College of the Canyons. There were 40 competitors from 7 dojo. Byron Davis took 1st place in the Brown Belt division. Chris Macabitas took 1st in the Beginner Division and Paul Duarte took 2nd in the Beginner’s Division. All three participants received promotions to the next belt grade [see above]. Thanks also to parents who brought their kids to the tournament and Glenda Perl for serving as timekeeper.

CONGRATULATIONS PROF. KIRBY

Prof. George Kirby, our head sensei, was inducted into the Black Belt Magazine as the Outstanding Instructor for 2007. This is a once-in-a-lifetime award and is the most prestigious in the martial arts community. This is indeed an honor that he will have to continue to live up to. What is sensei’s goal for 2008? Continue to train the best students in the world.

 

 

Santa Clarita Dojo Tournament Winners
AJA Western Region Tournament, November 18, 2006

Six of nine students from the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo walked off with trophies at the American Ju-Jitsu Associations Western Region Championship Tournament, held at the Hughes Community Center, Claremont, CA, on November18, 2006. The six trophy-winners, who competed against 45 competitors from other schools throughout southern California, were Steven Castorena [1st Place Black Belt div.], Peter Brown [2nd Place Brown belt - 1st-3rd kyu div], Vicente Cordero [1st Place Sr. Purple Belt 4th kyu div.], Byron Davis [2nd Place Sr. Purple Belt  - 4th kyu div.], Stark Powell [1st Place Sr. Green Belt  - 6th kyu div.], and Camilla Lucero [2nd Place, Yellow Belt 7th kyu div.]. In addition, Vicente Cordero and Byron Davis were promoted to Purple Belt by the tournament judges and Stark Howell was promoted to Blue Belt. Other tournament participants were Glenda Perl, Connor Howell, and Gabriel Lucero.

Santa Clarita Dojo Tournament Winners
AJA Western Region Tournament, April 22, 2006

Six students from the Santa Clarita dojo participated in the American Ju-Jitsu Association's 2006 Regional Freestyle Kata Tournament. ALL SIX PARTICIPANTS PLACED!! Front row division winners: Brian Sincomb 2nd-black belt, Vicente Cordero 1st-beginners, Byron Davis 1st-green belt, Kevin Lundby -purple belt. Back row division winners: William Sulowski 2nd-brown belt, Glenda Perl 3rd brown belt. Sensei Kirby is next to William & Sensei Tucker is next to Glenda. Also promoted, upon tournament official recommendations: Vicente Cordero to green belt, Byron Davis to green belt with yellow stripe, and Kevin Lundby to senior purple belt.

 

 

 

The tournament also had a black belt division. All places were taken by Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Blackbelts. From Kirby's right: Steven Castorena - 1st, Brian Sincomb - 2nd, Ron Sekulich - 3rd.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Feb. 19, 2006: West Hills Tournament Winners
Three students from the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Santa Clarita, participated in a Freestyle Kata Ju-Jitsu Tournament Sunday, February 19, at the Kenshokan Martial Arts Academy in West Hills California. With only 2 days notice of the competition and absolutely no practice, Denny de los Reyes captured 2nd place in the Black Belt division, Glenda Perl took 2nd place in the Senior Brown Belt division, and Vicente Cordero, a white belt, whos only been in the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu class for 6 weeks, took 2nd place in the Senior White Belt division. All three winners also were surprised to learn that they also won the 3rd place team trophy from a field of 30 competitors.
    L to R: Gregory Poretz [sensei of Kenshokan Academy & host of tournament], Denny de los Reyes [2nd place black belt div], Glenda Perl [2nd place brown belt div], and Vicente Cordero 2nd place white belt div]

 

 

AJA 2005 Western Region Tournament Winners
    Five of six students from the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Santa Clarita,  won trophies at the American Ju-Jitsu Associations Western Region Championship Tournament, at the Hughes Community Center, Claremont, CA, on Nov. 19, 2006. The five trophy-winners, who competed against 45 competitors from other schools throughout southern California, were Brian Sincomb [1st place Black Belt division], William Sulowski [2nd place Brown Belt division], Glenda Perl [3rd place Purple Belt division], Tim Andre [2nd place Senior Green Belt division] and Marissa Singerman [2nd place Junior Green Belt division]. Glenda Perl was also promoted to 3rd kyu Brown Belt by the the tournament judges and Tim Andre was promoted to 5th kyu Green/Yellow belt.
    Thanks to all of you for your exceptional effort!
    Front [L to R]: William Sulowski, Glenda Perl, Marissa Singerman
    Back [L to R]: Brian Sincomb, Marc Kolodziejczyk, George Kirby, Tim Andre 

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Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Dojo, Studio City, CA - Mark Jordan , Sensei. Located at the Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA. Contact Mark for specific dojo location & other information.

 

 

 

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The sensei & dojo listed below are done so as a matter of courtesy. You should be aware that none of these dojo or sensei are under the direct control and/or supervision of either the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Yudanshakai or Professor George Kirby and therefore neither the Budoshin Ju-Jitsu Yudanshakai or Professor George Kirby can be responsible for any actions that occur in the dojo or by the sensei listed below.

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