Matt W.
2/13/2007 1:25pm,
Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but since I met some BS members, I figured here would do...
I just spent three weeks in Burien WA (outside of Seattle) going to the academt for CCO’s (I will start a thread on DT’s in the Armory forum for more on my experiences there). Since I had to be away from the family, and kill lots of time, I decided to do some serious hardcore training while I was there. “Ryno” (a bullshido member) put me in touch with the instructor at his club. So, long story short I ended up training there for the three weeks and thought I’d write up a quick review.
In short, I loved it there. The instructor, Aaron Fields, is a Judo BB, holds some kind of rank or certification in Sambo, and had a teaching cert in a trad JJJ (the exact ryu escapes me at the moment). The club met in a large basement, but had a sprung floor and “Olympic quality” judo mats. The atmosphere was very relaxed, with a minimum of ritual. All the students I met were knowledgeable and friendly. There was beer in the ‘fridge for after, and they threw some tunes on when we were rolling.
It was a very newaza heavy style of judo. In fact, the name “kosen” judo was thrown around a couple times, though I’m not sure if they were actually claiming that lineage or not. Training was about 2 hours long. We’d start with some warm-ups. Typical grappling stuff, like what I’d seen in wrestling and BJJ. Then we did Ukemi (falling). Which was something I hadn’t done in wrestling and BJJ. I actually found it pretty helpful. After that, it would depend. Some nights, it was straight newaza. We’d start drilling a technique, or rolling for position. We’d work some escapes, some subs, etc. And then we’d roll for subs. Other nights, we’d do a bit of stand-up first. Grip fighting, learning and practicing throws, randori with no ground work, and/or randori all the way to sub/pin. But either way, we always spent at least the last half of the class on newaza. My last night there, we even took the jackets off and did a little no-gi. I ended up attending 8 times over the three weeks (they had classes three nights a week that I was able to make, and I made it all but once, which I missed because I was hung over *g*).
I definitely would recommend this dojo. Though my previous grappling was limited, I do have some experience, and I found the grappling there to be a very tight and technical game. I learned a TON in just the three weeks I was there. I also had the chance to meet and roll with bullshido members Ryno and Oscar Goldman (they’re legit), and met Abe Frohman. Which was cool.
Here’s a link to the schools website: http://seattle-jujutsu.org
I just spent three weeks in Burien WA (outside of Seattle) going to the academt for CCO’s (I will start a thread on DT’s in the Armory forum for more on my experiences there). Since I had to be away from the family, and kill lots of time, I decided to do some serious hardcore training while I was there. “Ryno” (a bullshido member) put me in touch with the instructor at his club. So, long story short I ended up training there for the three weeks and thought I’d write up a quick review.
In short, I loved it there. The instructor, Aaron Fields, is a Judo BB, holds some kind of rank or certification in Sambo, and had a teaching cert in a trad JJJ (the exact ryu escapes me at the moment). The club met in a large basement, but had a sprung floor and “Olympic quality” judo mats. The atmosphere was very relaxed, with a minimum of ritual. All the students I met were knowledgeable and friendly. There was beer in the ‘fridge for after, and they threw some tunes on when we were rolling.
It was a very newaza heavy style of judo. In fact, the name “kosen” judo was thrown around a couple times, though I’m not sure if they were actually claiming that lineage or not. Training was about 2 hours long. We’d start with some warm-ups. Typical grappling stuff, like what I’d seen in wrestling and BJJ. Then we did Ukemi (falling). Which was something I hadn’t done in wrestling and BJJ. I actually found it pretty helpful. After that, it would depend. Some nights, it was straight newaza. We’d start drilling a technique, or rolling for position. We’d work some escapes, some subs, etc. And then we’d roll for subs. Other nights, we’d do a bit of stand-up first. Grip fighting, learning and practicing throws, randori with no ground work, and/or randori all the way to sub/pin. But either way, we always spent at least the last half of the class on newaza. My last night there, we even took the jackets off and did a little no-gi. I ended up attending 8 times over the three weeks (they had classes three nights a week that I was able to make, and I made it all but once, which I missed because I was hung over *g*).
I definitely would recommend this dojo. Though my previous grappling was limited, I do have some experience, and I found the grappling there to be a very tight and technical game. I learned a TON in just the three weeks I was there. I also had the chance to meet and roll with bullshido members Ryno and Oscar Goldman (they’re legit), and met Abe Frohman. Which was cool.
Here’s a link to the schools website: http://seattle-jujutsu.org