Kids Martial Arts; South Eastern Vertmont

**Bugeisha** · Posted On: 3/29/2011 11:34pm

Ah, yeah, that's a ways away from me. I'm not very familiar with that area. I'll ask around and see if anything comes up as reputable.

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 3/30/2011 9:26am

Thanks. So far not impressed with the schools I have contacted.

**Joz** · Posted On: 3/30/2011 11:57am

Originally Posted by Omega

I was told south eastern Vermont, near Spring Field I believe.

It would be about an hour from springfield to Upper Valley Judo,

Keene Is maybe a little closer and there is a Judo club there, the website is down but the contact details are.

Ken Durand
578 West Street
Keene, NH 03431
Phone: 617-923-0966
email: kdurand@gis.net

**Joz** · Posted On: 3/30/2011 12:00pm

Originally Posted by Omega

Thanks. So far not impressed with the schools I have contacted.

Thats generally the story up here in VT and it seems to be worse in the south of the state...

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 3/30/2011 12:24pm

Yes, the "instructor" I called didn't seem to want to talk to me although I was sending him a potential student.

**Bugeisha** · Posted On: 4/06/2011 9:03pm

I asked my instructor today. He recommends Ron Treem, who teaches at White River Budokan. Their site is at: http://www.budokai.us/ They're about 1/2 hour out of Springfield.

***Omega Supreme*** · Posted On: 4/06/2011 10:37pm

Looks pretty good. I will talk to the parents tomorrow.

**Joz** · Posted On: 8/31/2011 9:02pm

This may be long settled but I just saw that Upper valley Judo is holding a couple of classes a week in Claremont NH which is just across the river from Springfield.

I will be down there working at the prison this weekend and I may try to drop in and practice, I'll let you know what I find if I do...

http://www.uppervalleyjudo.org/

**ranger joe** · Posted On: 9/01/2011 6:15am

Omega:

I took Bluewave TKD at a few different schools in VT when I lived up north in the 90's. Bluewave was and I think still is big in the area. Very kid friendly. They taught Olympic style TKD and as was mentioned they compete a lot in the north-east. They are, or at least were when I was there very traditional but spend a lot of time in the pads kicking each other. I enjoyed my in TKD and other than the lack of punching or guarding the face (typical TKD) it was a great experience. Just my .02. I do know one of the instructors (5 or 6th degree) in the area if your interested.