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Posted: 18/03/08
Easter Closing - The club will be closed over the Easter weekend. There will be no session on Good Friday, 21st March or on Easter Sunday, 23rd March. Sessions will be back to normal on Wednesday 26th March.
 
Posted: 18/03/08
Grading Results - Here are the results from the spring grading last weekend for Archway members:

• Desmond Bali - Yellow I	• Haydar Guler - Yellow I
• Shahzann Uddin - Yellow I	• Alex Dotsch - Yellow II
• Colin Dempsey - Yellow II	• Daniel Grasso - Yellow III
• Eduardo De Falco - Orange	• Leon Louis - Orange II
• Matt Jacobs - Orange II	• Michael Phillips - Green
• Anthony Walker - Green

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who have also trained regularly at Archway recently:
• Ben Aldersley (Shoreditch) - Purple

 
Posted: 11/03/08
Nationals Results - The Jitsu foundation Randori Nationals were held on the 1st/2nd March, and The Archway Jiu-Jitsu club team did extremely well, coming away with a number of medals, as follows:
• Nage Waza Male Light Blue Belt middleweight category - Silver for Marcelo Bayas
• Nage Waza Female Brown Belt lightweight category - Silver for Rosie Smith
• Gatame Waza Male Orange Belt lightweight category - Silver for Anthony Walker
• Gatame Waza Male Yellow belt lightweight category - Bronze for Leon Louis
• Gatame Waza Male Orange Belt middleweight category - Bronze for Saeid Zabeti
• Gatame Waza Male Light Blue Belt middleweight category - Bronze for Marcelo Bayas

 
Posted: 13/12/07
Christmas Closing - The club will be closed for two weeks over Christmas. The last session will be on wednesday the 19th December. Sessions will resume on wednesday the 2nd January 2008.
 
Posted: 13/12/07
Grading Results - Here are the results from the winter grading last weekend for Archway members:

• Natasha Wood - Yellow	• Daniel Sackey - Yellow I
• Matt Jacobs - Yellow I	• Wan-Yin Tiaw - Yellow II
• Chuks Agu - Yellow II	• Eduardo De Falco - Yellow II
• Leon Louis - Yellow II	• Michael Fuller - Orange
• Saeid Zabeti - Orange	• Ashka Siwieka - Purple
• Nick Radford - Purple	• Jakub Juszczyk- Purple
• Marcelo Bayas - Light Blue

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who have also trained regularly at Archway recently:
• Ben Aldersley (Shoreditch) - Green

 
Posted: 26/11/07
Nationals Results - The 2007 Jitsu Foundation national atemi competition was held this weekend, and the team from Archway did extremely well. Particular congratulations go to Leon Louis who won the gold medal in the novice category. This is a fantastic achievement considering over 400 jitsuka were entered in this category. Further congratulations go to Natasha Wood and Wan-Yin Tiaw who reached the semi finals of the novice category, to Anthony Walker who reached the final of the orange belt category and Toby Speight who reached the final of the light blue category and achieved the bronze medal in the BUSA competition.
 
Posted: 21/10/07
More Grading Results - One additional grading result from the special midweek grading at Kings College on wednesday:
Michael Phillips - Orange I
 
Posted: 14/10/07
Junior Nationals Results - Well done to the Archway Jiu-Jitsu club under-18s who went to the Junior Atemi nationals yesterday, and came away with two trophies. Steven Brooks secured second place in the big kids purple belt category and Joe Gaskell won first place in the big kids light blue and above category. Congratulations go to both.
 
Posted: 30/09/07
Grading Results - Here are the results from the london grading yesterday for Archway members:

• Guy Kerr - Yellow	• Michael Fuller - Yellow II
• Saeid Zabeti - Yellow II	• Saad Ismail - Orange
• Anthony Walker - Orange I	• Ning Li - Orange III
• Jakub Juszczyk - Green	• Nuran Tosun - Green
• William Kervick - Purple	• Toby Speight - Light Blue
• Rory Behrman - Light Blue	• Joe Gaskell - Light Blue
• Joe Thompson - Light Blue

 
Posted: 02/09/07
Jitsuka of the Year - Congratulations go to Gemma Regan who is Archway Jiu-Jitsu club's jitsuka of the year for 06/07. Gemma has had a very successful year, after winning medals in both the Atemi and the Randori nationals, and gaining her light blue belt.
 
Posted: 22/08/07
Additional sessions - We are pleased to announce that starting on the 31st August, Archway Jitsu club is moving to three sessions a week, with an additional session every friday from 7pm to 9pm. The new weekly timetable is as follows:
• Sundays 6:00pm - 8:00pm
• Wednesdays 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• Fridays 7:00pm - 9:00pm
 
Posted: 22/08/07
New Instructor - We are pleased to announce that Sensei Rosie Smith will be joining Archway Jitsu club as an instructor on a permanent basis. Rosie has been involved in Archway jitsu club since the very first session 3 years ago and is now taking on a teaching role at the club. Rosie will be taking on responsibility for all the juniors and will be looking to grow the club in that direction.
 
Posted: 20/07/07
Shodan grading results - The Jitsu foundation black belt grading was held last weekend in Keighley, and congratulations go to Dan Ebeck from our sister club of Highbury who passed his 1st Dan (shodan) grading.
 
Posted: 28/06/07
Grading Results - Here are the results from the Summer gradings for Archway members:

• Kurt Hard - Yellow	• Vytas Staniulianis - Yellow
• Saad Ismail - Yellow I	• Arek Wilczynski - Yellow I
• Michael Phillips - Yellow I	• Ruben Barbosa - Yellow I
• Mauro Barbosa - Yellow II	• Anthony Walker - Yellow II
• Radek Jaworski - Yellow II	• Jakub Juszczyk - Orange I
• Jean-Charles Wadja - Orange I	• Nuran Tosun - Orange II
• Tara Whitaker - Green	• William Kervick - Green
• Ashka Siwieka - Green	• Nick Radford - Green
• Yasmine Messaoudi - Green	• Himanshu Gyawali - Purple
• Sufi Husain - Purple	• Stephen Brooks - Purple
• Marcelo Bayas - Purple	• Joe Gaskell - Purple

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who have also trained regularly at Archway recently:
• Jessica Kril (Southbank) - Green
• Paul Campbell (Highbury) - Purple

 
Posted: 04/04/07
Easter Closing - There will be no session on Easter Sunday (8th April) or on the following Wednesday (11th April). Sessions will be back to normal from Sunday 15th April.
 
Posted: 19/03/07
Grading Results - Here are the results from the Spring grading last saturday for Archway members:

• Jessica Thureson - Yellow	• Jean-Charles Wadja - Yellow
• Ning Li - Yellow I	• Nuran Tosun - Yellow II
• Ian Sajjad - Yellow II	• Ashka Siwieka - Orange I
• William Kervick - Orange I	• Nick Radford - Orange I
• Tara Whitaker - Orange II	• Joe Asciak - Orange II
• Toby Speight - Purple	• Kristiana Hembling - Purple
• Joe Thompson - Purple	• Gemma Regan - Light Blue

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who also train at Archway:
• Mirco Magi (Kings) - Orange I
• Paul Campbell (Highbury) - Green
 
 
Posted: 19/03/07
Nationals Results - The Jitsu foundation Randori Nationals were held on the 10th/11th March, and The Archway Jiu-Jitsu club team came away with a number of medals that placed us fourth overall in the club rankings, our highest finish ever. Here are the medal winners from Archway:
 
• Nage Waza Green Belt middleweight category - Gold for Kristiana Hembling
• Nage Waza Purple belt middleweight category - Gold for Gemma Regan
• Gatame Waza Novice lightweight category - Gold for Ning Li
• Gatame Waza Novice lightweight category - Bronze for Nuran Tosun
• Gatame Waza Green Belt middleweight category - Silver for Kristiana Hembling
• Gatame Waza Purple Belt middleweight category - Bronze for Gemma Regan

 
Posted: 22/01/07
Shodan grading results - Congratulations to Matthew Shepherd from our sister club of City Jitsu, who graded to 1st Dan (Shodan) last weekend at the first ever TJF winter black belt grading. He was also awarded the 'top dan' from the day's grading, which is a fantastic achievement.
 
Posted: 06/01/07
Change to session fees for under 18s - From the start of 2007, the session fees for under 18's are reduced from £4 per session to £2 per session to bring in line with the cost for under 16's. The cost for Adults remains unchanged at £4 per session.
 
Posted: 11/12/06
Brown Belt Grading Results - well done to Rosie Smith and Yella Martin from our sister clubs of City and Moorgate who both graded to 1st Kyu (brown belt) at the southern brown belt grading yesterday.
 
Posted: 11/12/06
Grading Results - Here are the results from the Winter grading last saturday for Archway members:

• Tara Whitaker - Yellow	• Ashka Siwieka - Yellow
• Paula Lamont - Yellow I	• Nick Radford - Yellow I
• Justin MacDonald - Yellow I	• Joe Asciak - Yellow II
• William Kervick - Yellow II	• Jack Lamont - Yellow II
• Yasmine Messaoudi - Orange	• Ania Frejlich - Orange
• Himanshu Gyawali - Green	• Stephen Brooks - Green
• Marcelo Bayas - Green	• Joe Thompson - Green
• Joe Gaskell - Green	• Sufi Husain - Green
• Yohei Morimoto - Green	• Tim Guthrie - Light Blue

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who also train at Archway:
• Sulman Ahmed (St Thomas's) - Green
 
Posted: 06/12/06
Christmas Closing - The furnival building will be closed between Christmas and new years, and so there will be no Jitsu sessions. The last session of the year will be Wednesday 20th December. The first session of the new year will be Wednesday 3rd January
 
Posted: 26/11/06
Nationals Results - Well done to everyone from Archway Jiu-Jitsu club who took part in the Atemi Nationals last weekend, especially to Yohei Morimoto for reaching the finals of the Orange belt category and for Gemma Regan for achieving bronze medal in the purple belt category.
 
Posted: 02/11/06
London Jitsu celebration - This year is the twentieth anniversary of the first Jitsu Foundation club in London. To celebrate, the region is holding a special regional course on the 2nd December, followed by a black-tie ball in the evening. All london Jitsuka and instructors, past and present, are invited to come along and take part in this momentous occasion. The course will be held 10:30am-3:30pm at the London Nautical school, Waterloo. The ball is 7pm-3:30am at the new Connaught rooms, Covent Garden. Cost for the ball and course is £49 (£42 concessions).
 
Posted: 11/09/06
Grading Results - Here are the results from the Autumn grading last weekend for Archway members:

• Yasmine Messaoudi - Yellow	• Mike McCarthy - Yellow II
• Himanshu Gyawali - Orange I	• Stephen Brooks - Orange I
• Marcelo Bayas - Orange II	• Joe Thompson - Orange II
• Joe Gaskell - Orange II	• Dominic McGinn - Green
• Kristiana Hembling - Green

 
Posted: 31/08/06
Jitsuka of the Year - The award for Archway Jitsuka of the year was presented last weekend at the club anniversary session. There were two joint winners this year - Chris Dickinson and Roja Kerr. Congratulations go to both.
 
Posted: 11/08/06
Archway Jiu-Jitsu club anniversary - Archway Jiu-Jitsu club will be celebrating two years of Jitsu in a special anniversary session on the bank holiday Sunday, 27th August from 6pm-8pm. The session will be followed by food and drink in the nearby Archway Tavern, and we will announce the winner of the 'Jitsuka of the Year' award for this year. All are welcome to join us for this special occasion.
 
Posted: 17/07/06
Shodan Grading results - Well done to Sensei Mat Phillips from Archway who graded to 1st Dan (shodan) over the weekend at the annual Jitsu Foundation Dan grading. Congratulations are also due to Paul Kirtley and Lee McDonald from our sister clubs in Moorgate and Goldsmiths who also passed their shodan.
 
Posted: 19/06/06
Grading Results - Here are the results from the Summer gradings last weekend for Archway members:

• Karen Munro - Yellow	• Sarah Bernuit - Yellow I
• Stephanie Mirailles - Yellow I	• Stephen Brooks - Yellow I
• Pascale Karanjia - Yellow I	• Joe Thompson - Yellow II
• Joe Gaskell - Yellow II	• Himanshu Gyawali - Yellow II
• Ania Frejlich - Yellow II	• Marcelo Bayas - Yellow III
• Jodi Norris - Orange I	• Yohei Morimoto - Orange I
• Kristiana Hembling - Orange II	• Tim Guthrie - Purple
• Chris Dickinson - Purple	• Rory Behrman - Purple
• Donal O'Connor - Purple

Posted: 11/04/06
Easter Closing - There will be no session this coming sunday, 16th April, as it is Easter Sunday. Sessions will be back to normal from Wednesday 19th April.
 
Posted: 23/03/06
Grading Results - Here are the results from the Spring gradings last weekend for Archway members:
• Roja Kerr - Yellow
• Jodi Norris - Yellow
• Kristiana Hembling - Yellow I
• Yohei Morimoto - Yellow I
• Paul Gasson - Yellow I
• Dominic McGinn - Orange
• Andrew Chapman - Orange II
• Chris Dickinson - Green
 
Additional results regarding students from other clubs who also train at Archway:
• Ai Ishii (UCL) - Dark Blue
 
Posted: 09/03/06
Nationals Results - Congratulations to the Archway team who took part in the Jitsu foundation national judo competition, Especially to Yohei Morimoto, who got gold in the novice heavyweight category, Chris Dickinson who got gold in the Orange belt middleweight category, Corinna Wood for 4th place in the yellow belt heavyweight category and Donal O'Connor for 4th place in the green belt middleweight category.
 
Posted: 09/03/06
Yellow and Orange Syllabus - Candidates for the Yellow and Orange belt grading can now benefit from a new Archway Jiu-Jitsu club CD-ROM containing video clips of the technical syllabus. Collect your free copy of the CD-ROM from sensei Mat.
 
Posted: 11/12/05
Grading Results - Here are the results from Archway members from the various winter gradings:
• Dominic McGinn - Yellow
• Steve Sexton - Yellow I
• Corinna Wood - Yellow I
• Chris Dickinson - Orange I
• Tim Guthrie - Green
• Rory Behrman - Green
• Donal O'Connor - Green
• Nikolai Ulmassov - Purple
 
Additional results regarding other grades who train regularly at Archway:
• Rosie Smith (City) - Dark Blue
 
Posted: 19/11/05
Archway Jitsu Mailing List - There is a new mailing list available to Archway Jitsu members. This is an open-disccussion mailing list from Yahoo Groups, and once you have joined the list, you will be able to send and receive group emails. To join the group, give your email address to Sensei Mat or alternatively, see Here.
 
Posted: 19/11/05
Nationals Results - Well done to the Archway Team who took part in the Jitsu Foundation Atemi Nationals last weekend. Everyone put in a sterling performance and did extremely well despite being horrificly hungover! Special mention goes to Chris and Rory, who both made it to the semi-finals of their categories.
 
Posted: 10/11/05
Charity Wristbands - In memory of Shihan Brian Graham who passed away this year, The Jitsu Foundation has commissioned charity wristbands in red and white - The colours of the Shihan's belt. These wristbands cost £2 each with all proceeds going to support three charities that the Shihan and his family have links with: Cancer research UK, Leeds General Infirmary ICU and the Junior Jitsu Foundation. These wristbands will be available to buy at forthcoming events including the Nationals.
 
Posted: 02/10/05
Grading Results - The London autumn grading was held on the 1st October. Congratulation go to everyone who passed, with the following results from Archway members:
• Andrew Chapman - Yellow
• Raymond Papworth-White - Yellow I
• Chris Dickinson - Yellow II
• Rory Behrman - Orange
• Richard Salmon - Orange
• Tim Guthrie - Orange I
• Mengle Zhang - Orange II
 
Following are some additional results regarding other grades who train regularly at Archway:
• Toby Speight (LMU) - Green
• Daniel To (City) - Light Blue

 
Posted: 22/09/05
Archway Jitsu Hoodies - Archway Jiu-Jitsu club hoodies are now available to buy through the club. These come in a variety of sizes and cost £15.
 
Posted: 30/08/05
Jitsuka of the Year - Congratulations to Nikolai Ulmassov who was named Jitsuka of the year 2005 at the Archway Jitsu club anniversary party.
 
Posted: 15/08/05
Archway Jiu-Jitsu club anniversary - It is almost a year since Archway Jiu-Jitsu club first opened its doors and to celebrate this, we will be holding a special FREE anniversary session on sunday the 28th August from 6pm-8pm. This will be followed by drinks and food at the Archway Tavern, where we will announce the winner of the coveted trophy for Jitsuka of the year.
 
Posted: 20/06/05
Grading Results - The London summer grading was held on the 19th June, with the following results from Archway members:
• Tim Guthrie - Yellow I
• Rory Behrman - Yellow I
• Mengle Zhang - Yellow II
• Alberto Matiussi - Orange I
• Donal O'Connor - Orange III
• Nikolai Ulmassov - Green
 
Following are some additional results regarding other grades who train regularly at Archway:
• Toby Speight (LMU) - Orange I
• Manjeet Sandhu (LMU) - Orange II
• Eamon Malik (City) - Green
• Gavan Malik (City) - Purple

 
Posted: 16/06/05
New club opening - Sensei Dan Ebeck is opening a new club in Highbury. This club will train on Tuesday evenings 8:30pm - 10pm at the Highbury Roundhouse, 71 Ronalds Road, N5 1XB (nearest station: Highbury & Islington). For more information, visit www.highburyjitsu.org.uk
 
Posted: 16/06/05
Some tragic news - It is with great sadness that we report that Shihan Brian Graham passed away yesterday following complications that set in after an operation. Shihan Graham was the head of our Jiu-Jitsu style and was responsible for bringing it to this country. He was an excellent teacher and outstanding martial artist who was highly respected by all his students. He will be sorely missed.
 
Posted: 24/04/05
New club opening - Sensei Gesa Brinkmann is starting up her own club in Shoreditch. The club will start with one session a week on Monday evenings at the Sports Centre next to Hackney Community College, Shoreditch. The first session is on Monday the 9th of May, and she would appreciate as many jitsuka as possible turning up for this session. For more information, visit www.shoreditchjitsu.org.uk
 
Posted: 26/03/05
Grading Results - The London spring grading was held on the 19th March, with the following results from Archway members:
• Robert Chilvers - Yellow I
• Amira Tharani - Yellow I
• Richard Salmon - Yellow I
• Danny Wood - Yellow I
• Donal O'Connor - Yellow I
• Joseph Popper - Yellow II
• Nikolai Ulmassov - Orange I
 
Following are some additional results regarding other grades who train regularly at Archway:
• Eamon Malik (City) - Orange I
• Gavan Malik (City) - Green
• Daniel To (City) - Purple
• Rosie Smith (City) - Light Blue

 
Posted: 07/03/05
Competition Results - This weekend saw the 2005 Jitsu Foundation national Judo competition in Birmingham. There was a good peformance from all Archway competitors and congratulations go to Richard Salmon, who secured bronze medal in the novice heavyweight category.
 
Posted: 13/01/05
Syllabus Review - The Jitsu Foundation have introduced some minor changes to the syllabus as part of their ongoing syllabus review. Changes include more ground-fighting, more Japanese terms and some adjustment of which techniques apply at which grade. The new syllabus can be obtained from the Jitsu Foundation Website.
 
Posted: 14/12/04
More Grading Results - There was more grading success this weekend when the senior grades had their chance to progress. Results as follows:
• Daniel To - Green
• Koko Amaegbe - Green
 
Posted: 07/12/04
Grading Results - Congratulations to Nikolay and Alberto for their excellent performance in last Saturday's grading. Results are as follows:
• Alberto Matiussi - Yellow
• Nikolay Ulmassov - Yellow II
 
Posted: 07/12/04   
Change to Session Times - Starting in January 2005, the session times at Archway Jiu-Jitsu club are changing to the following:
• Wednesdays 8:00pm - 10:00pm
• Sundays 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The last session of 2004 will be Monday 20th December. The first session of the new year will be Wednesday 5th January, with Sunday sessions commencing on the 9th January. There will be no Monday night sessions from January 2005 
 
Posted: 21/11/04
Nationals results - Congratulations to Koko for an incredible performance at last weekend's national atemi competition in Birmingham, where he won the silver medal in the orange belt category. This is a fantastic achievement. The london region as a whole did exceptionally well in securing nearly a dozen medals including gold, silver and bronze in the open competition.
 
Posted: 21/11/04
Future Developments - From January it is looking increasingly likely that the monday night session at Archway will be moving to wednesdays 8pm-10pm instead. This is subject to confirmation in the near future. There is also the possibility that a second weekly session will be confirmed for Sundays 6pm-8pm. Watch out for more announcements nearer the time.
 
Posted: 16/10/04
Grading results - Congratulations to everyone who went for the grading at the weekend - The standard was extremely high and most candidates passed this grading. London now has a number of new blue belts including one dark blue belt - Emily Butler.
 
Posted: 23/09/04
Feedback from the Pre-Grading - The feedback from Sensei Nicola Price from last Saturday's pre-grading was mostly positive, although there are some areas of the technical syllabus that could do with some work.
 
Posted: 19/08/04
Archway Jiu-Jitsu club to open it's doors - The inaugural session of Archway Jiu-Jitsu club will be held on 6th September from 8pm to 10pm. All grades and novices welcome for this first session.