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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 February 26, 2008,, at 8am.
Mail-in registration starts March 3, and cannot be postmarked earlier than March
1. Open [walk-in] registration starts March 10 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.
For new students, the
instructional sequence is designed to get you to Shichikyu, 7th kyu [Yellow
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.
[2] demonstrate the following releases with some proficiency:
[3] demonstrate the following ju-jitsu techniques with some proficiency:
[4] be able to demonstrate basic break falls successfully:
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:
[2] demonstrate self-defense techniques for the following attacks:
[3] demonstrate the following falls, getting back up into a ready position [tachi waza]:
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 [December, 2007] from the Santa Clarita Dojo RECENT PROMOTIONS: WOW!!
Congratulations to the
following students on their promotions
in
the Fall, ’07 Session:
Jan Dietrich—7th kyu Yellow Belt
Travis Stoltz—6th kyu Green Belt
Chris Macabitas—6th kyu Green Belt
Glenn Parsons—5th kyu Blue Belt
Keep up the tremendous work!
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 Santa Clarita
Dojo Tournament Winners
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
AJA 2005
Western Region Tournament
Winners
Click on the MapQuest logo below for maps & directions to any dojo on this page:
Other Budoshin Sensei or Dojo: 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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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.
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. 
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.
