Our Philosophy
Most people in the UK see judo as an Olympic combat sport and at Comberton Judo Club we very much focus on competitive judo with athletes at every level participating. That said we recognise that judo as a combat sport, or attack and defence, was considered the first level of learning by the sports founder, Jigoro Kano. He believed that judo was both physical education and education or life, he believed the first level of understanding was that of attacks and defence, the second level was about understanding one role or place in society and the upper level was about individuals understanding how they could best give back too or support society. At Comberton judo club judo is more than a sport, it's an education for life.
Our Background
Comberton judo club was founded in 1985 and had a short closure in 1998/99. There are several coaches at the club and a committee that administers the club. The club has many players who come along just for fun and some that compete at a regional level; and national level, only players who want to compete and are suitable for competitions will be selected and older/more-experienced players will get a yearly competition plan.
Previous funding from sport England includes;
Comberton Judo Club was awarded £5000 in April 2006 from Awards for All to purchase a new mat area 10 X 10m in size. These have since been replaced and we have a permanent mat area of 10 x 18m, this is currently the only permanent dojo in Cambridgeshire.
In May 2007 Comberton Judo Club was awarded the bronze clubmark awarded, this award demonstrates to parents, schools and organisations that the club is run in a safe and efficient manner. This award lasts for three years and the club decided not to renew it in 2010.
In 2012 Comberton Judo Club was awarded £5546 from Sport England - this money was used to qualify a new group of coaches and therefore the club now has 12 coaches.
Why Judo? Click here for our guide and reasons for doing judo!
Our coaches
Comberton judo club has a large number of coaches, most of whom coach for free. We pride ourselves in providing a high quality sporting environment, continuous professional development for our coaches and a variety of judo experiences for our members. You can see more information on each of our coaches by clicking the "Coaches" tab at the top.
All of our coaches are volunteers except in the role of delivering DiSE.
Our committee
We have a committee of 5-6 members who cover a variety of roles (Chair, Treasurer, secretary etc) and provide a sounding board for our coaches when decisions are being made.
Our Athletes
We have members ranging from 4yo beginners, to adult beginners, from recreational judo players, to people who enjoy Kata (the formal demonstrations) and athletes who compete nationally and internationally. This includes a group of full-time athletes who train 20hrs per week. For more information on these athletes please click here.
Club Rules
In order for the club to run smoothly there are set of rules that are common in most judo clubs, there can be found here.
Safeguarding
At Comberton judo club we take safeguarding very seriously. All of our coaches have in-date DBS checks, first aid and have completed the BJA's safeguarding courses. We also have a club welfare officer - Felicity Clarke. Our safeguarding policy can be found here.
GDPR
This new data protection law will be in place from May 2018. Comberton Judo club take data protection seriously. For more information on our use of data please use this link.
Club documents
For club documents such as the constitution, our safeguarding policy and other useful documents please click here.
Most people in the UK see judo as an Olympic combat sport and at Comberton Judo Club we very much focus on competitive judo with athletes at every level participating. That said we recognise that judo as a combat sport, or attack and defence, was considered the first level of learning by the sports founder, Jigoro Kano. He believed that judo was both physical education and education or life, he believed the first level of understanding was that of attacks and defence, the second level was about understanding one role or place in society and the upper level was about individuals understanding how they could best give back too or support society. At Comberton judo club judo is more than a sport, it's an education for life.
Our Background
Comberton judo club was founded in 1985 and had a short closure in 1998/99. There are several coaches at the club and a committee that administers the club. The club has many players who come along just for fun and some that compete at a regional level; and national level, only players who want to compete and are suitable for competitions will be selected and older/more-experienced players will get a yearly competition plan.
Previous funding from sport England includes;
Comberton Judo Club was awarded £5000 in April 2006 from Awards for All to purchase a new mat area 10 X 10m in size. These have since been replaced and we have a permanent mat area of 10 x 18m, this is currently the only permanent dojo in Cambridgeshire.
In May 2007 Comberton Judo Club was awarded the bronze clubmark awarded, this award demonstrates to parents, schools and organisations that the club is run in a safe and efficient manner. This award lasts for three years and the club decided not to renew it in 2010.
In 2012 Comberton Judo Club was awarded £5546 from Sport England - this money was used to qualify a new group of coaches and therefore the club now has 12 coaches.
Why Judo? Click here for our guide and reasons for doing judo!
Our coaches
Comberton judo club has a large number of coaches, most of whom coach for free. We pride ourselves in providing a high quality sporting environment, continuous professional development for our coaches and a variety of judo experiences for our members. You can see more information on each of our coaches by clicking the "Coaches" tab at the top.
All of our coaches are volunteers except in the role of delivering DiSE.
Our committee
We have a committee of 5-6 members who cover a variety of roles (Chair, Treasurer, secretary etc) and provide a sounding board for our coaches when decisions are being made.
Our Athletes
We have members ranging from 4yo beginners, to adult beginners, from recreational judo players, to people who enjoy Kata (the formal demonstrations) and athletes who compete nationally and internationally. This includes a group of full-time athletes who train 20hrs per week. For more information on these athletes please click here.
Club Rules
In order for the club to run smoothly there are set of rules that are common in most judo clubs, there can be found here.
Safeguarding
At Comberton judo club we take safeguarding very seriously. All of our coaches have in-date DBS checks, first aid and have completed the BJA's safeguarding courses. We also have a club welfare officer - Felicity Clarke. Our safeguarding policy can be found here.
GDPR
This new data protection law will be in place from May 2018. Comberton Judo club take data protection seriously. For more information on our use of data please use this link.
Club documents
For club documents such as the constitution, our safeguarding policy and other useful documents please click here.