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Posted: 16/06/10
Grading Results - Here are the results from last weekend's gradings for Archway members:

• Visar Bekteshi - Yellow	• Jim Nurick - Yellow
• Ade Bile-Kale - Yellow II	• Tristan Thorne - Yellow II
• Arin Okoye - Yellow II	• Conor Griffin - Yellow III
• Obi Nwaneri - Yellow III	• Andy Ross - Orange I
• Emilia Rulkowska - Orange I	• Johnny Rothfield - Green
• William Crowley - Green	• Lukasz Bujanski - Green
• Daniel Grasso - Purple	• Alex Dotsch - Purple
• Ben Rancic - Purple	• Nick Radford - Dark Blue
• Desmond Bali - Dark Blue

 
Posted: 28/03/10
Easter Closing - The club will be closed for the Easter weekend. There will be no session on Good Friday (2nd April) or Easter Sunday (4th April).
 
Posted: 28/03/10
Grading Results - Here are the results from the grading at the weekend for Archway members:

• Miriama Grznarova - Yellow	• Allan Jones - Yellow
• Emilia Rulkowska - Yellow I	• Richard Smith - Yellow I
• Andy Ross - Yellow I	• Giuliano Potera - Yellow I
• Thamanna Hoque - Yellow III	• Rebekka Neuber - Orange
• Miriam Frerichs - Orange	• William Crowley - Orange
• Bill Awere - Orange	• Andy Dawkins - Orange I
• Kwang Moon - Orange I	• Lukasz Bujanski - Orange II
• Jana Catalan - Green	• Gabriel Cooke - Green
• Daniel Sackey - Purple	• Maciej Moczynski - Light Blue

 
Posted: 11/03/10
Archway Jitsu club - TJF Randori Nationals Champions 2010 - On the 6th and 7th of March the Jitsu Foundation held its annual Randori Nationals in Telford, attended by nearly a thousand jitsuka from clubs all over the country. The Archway team secured 13 medals in the competition, for a combined total of 43 points - more than any other club. UCL were Second with a total of 40 Points. Archway were therefore declared the overall champions of the competition and Sensei Mat Philliips received the club shield on behalf of the club. This is an outstanding achievement - Not just the first time that Archway have won this prestigious award, but the first time any non-university club has won it!
 
Individual results as follows:
Maciej Moczynski - Gold in purple belt male lightweight randori
Ben Rancic - Gold in green belt male heavyweight randori
Desmond Bali - Gold in light-blue belt male middleweight randori
Marcelo Bayas - Silver in brown belt male middleweight groundfighting
Desmond Bali - Silver in light-blue belt male middleweight groundfighting
Rebekka Neuber - Silver in yellow belt female middleweight groundfighting
Will Crowley - Silver in yellow belt male heavyweight groundfighting
Emilia Rulkowska - Silver in novice female lightweight groundfighting
Nick Radford - Silver in light-blue belt male lightweight randori
Bill Awere - Silver in yellow belt male lightweight groundfighting
Andy Dawkins - Bronze in yellow belt male middleweight groundfighting
Daniel Grasso - Bronze in green belt male middleweight randori
Luke Walker - Bronze in novice male lightweight groundfighting
Obi Nwaneri - 4th in novice male heavyweight groundfighting
Levi Thorne - 4th in Orange belt male heavyweight groundfighting
Miriama Grznarova - 4th in novice female lightweight groundfighting
Conor Griffin- 4th in novice male middleweight groundfighting
 
Posted: 14/12/09
Special offer - Free training for beginners in January - We are pleased to announce that for the whole of January 2010, beginners at the club will be able to train for free. To take up this offer, simply pick up a free training flyer from the furnival building or print one out from here, and present it to the instructor when you come along for your first session in January.
 
Posted: 14/12/09
Christmas Closing - The club will be closed for two weeks over the christmas period. The last session of the year will be wedesday 23rd December. The first session of 2010 will be wednesday 6th January.
 
Posted: 14/12/09
Grading Results - Here are the results from the grading at the weekend for Archway members:

• Miriam Frerichs - Yellow	• Rebekka Neuber - Yellow
• Newara Ramadan - Yellow	• Robert Lewis - Yellow
• Leon Ip - Yellow	• Bill Awere - Yellow I
• Sarah Charsley - Yellow I	• Lukasz Bujanski - Yellow I
• Yonas Mogos - Yellow II	• Andrew Dawkins - Yellow II
• Jana Catalan - Orange	• Adrien Toupet - Orange II
• Gabriel Cooke - Orange II	• Colin Dempsey - Green
• Dernel Polydore - Light Blue

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who also train at Archway:
• Michael Myskiewicz (Highbury) - Yellow I

 
Posted: 14/12/09
Brown Belt Grading Results - The bi-annual national brown belt grading was held in london on saturday, with two candidates from Archway Jitsu club attempting their brown grading. The grading was a very high standard and we are pleased to announce the following results for Archway jitsuka:
• Marcelo Bayas - Brown
• Jakub Juszczyk - Brown

 
Posted: 17/11/09
Nationals Results - The 2009 Jitsu Foundation Atemi nationals was held last weekend in Telford, and the team from Archway did very well, with more than half the team progressing through to the finals of their respective competitions, some of whom brought back medals. Congratulations go to Dernel Polydore for Silver medal in the purple belt category, Desmond Bali for 4th place in the light blue category, Adrien Toupet for reaching the yellow belt final, Maciej Moczynski for reaching the purple belt final, Marcelo Bayas and Will Kervick for reaching the final of the dark blue belt category, Marcelo securing the BUSA bronze medal in the process.
 
Posted: 16/10/09
Grading Results - Here are the results from the autumn grading for Archway members:
• William Crowley - Yellow
• Aldmir Coku - Yellow I
• Jana Catalan - Yellow I
• Darrren Gale - Yellow I
• Kwang Moon - Yellow I
• Adrien Toupet - Yellow I
• Jonny Rothfield - Orange

 
Posted: 05/09/09
Jitsuka of the Year - Congratulations to Maciej Moczynski who was awarded the trophy for Jitsuka of the year 2009 at last weekends 5 year anniversary session. This recognises Maciej's outstanding commitment to the club and his acievements this year including medals at nationals and attaining his purple belt in record time.
 
Posted: 28/07/09
National Awards Success - The national Jitsu Foundation awards were presented on saturday at the annual summer ball in Manchester. All the second dan black belts and above in the foundation voted for jitsu club of the year and jitsu instructor of the year. There was double success for Archway, as the club was voted runner up for club of the year, and Archway instructor Mat Phillips was voted 3rd place for instructor of the year. This is a fantastic achievement for the club, given that there are 100 jitsu foundation clubs in the country and 200 instructors.
 
Posted: 28/07/09
Shodan Grading Results - A big congratulations to sensei Rosie Smith from Archway, who achieved her 1st dan black belt at the annual jitsu foundation dan grading in Manchester on Saturday. Congratulations also go to sensei Seye Bolade from our sister club of Hackney, who also achieved his black belt and was awarded top dan in the grading.
 
Posted: 15/06/09
Grading Results - Here are the results from the summer grading for Archway members:
• Gabriel Cooke - Yellow I
• Sylvester Moruc - Orange
• Radek Jaworski - Orange III
• Robert Terry - Green
• Maciej Moczynski - Purple
• Desmond Bali - Light Blue

 
Posted: 24/04/09
Women's Self Defence Course - We are now able to announce the date of our next free self defence seminar for women on the 17th May 2pm-4:30pm. This course is aimed at women with little or no martial arts experience, and women of all ages are welcome to attend. See Here for details.
 
Posted: 30/03/09
Easter Closing - The club will be closed for the Easter weekend. There will be no session on Good Friday (10th April) or Easter Sunday (12th April).
 
Posted: 30/03/09
Grading Results - Here are the results from the grading on saturday for Archway members:

• Ashley Moodelly - Yellow	• Sylvester Moruc - Yellow I
• Teague Stubbingon - Yellow I	• Ben Turner - Yellow I
• Pascal Rassaby - Yellow II	• Jonny Rothfield - Yellow II
• Robert Terry - Orange	• Daniel Grasso - Green
• Maciej Moczynski - Green	• Daniel Sackey - Green
• Leon Louis - Purple	• Saeid Zabeti - Purple
• William Kervick - Dark Blue	• Jakub Juszczyk - Dark Blue

 
Posted: 03/03/09
Nationals Results - The Jitsu Foundation Randori nationals competition was held at the weekend at the international centre, Telford. The team from Archway did exceptionally well, winning an impressive haul of medals. Overall, Archway finished in 3rd place with 37 points, narrowly beaten by Kings with 39 points and UCL with 41 points. Congratulations to all on an outstanding performance.
 
Here is the full run-down of medal winners for Archway:
• Maciej Moczynski - gold in orange belt middleweight male groundfighting
• Saeid Zabeti - gold in green belt middleweight male randori
• Leon Louis - gold in green belt middleweight male groundfighting
• Leon Louis - silver in green belt middleweight male randori
• Ben Turner - silver in white belt middleweight male groundfighting
• Desmond Bali - silver in purple belt heavyweight male belt randori
• Nick Radford - silver in light blue lightweight male groundfighting
• Joe Thompson - bronze in light blue lightweight male randori
• Mariya Topchiy - bronze in white belt lightweight female groundfighting
• Ning Li - bronze in green belt lightweight female groundfighting
• Marcelo Bayas - bronze in dark blue lightweight male randori
• Saeid Zabeti - bronze in green belt middleweight male groundfighting
 
Posted: 16/12/08
Christmas Closing - The club will be closed for two weeks over the Christmas period. The last session of the year will be on sunday 21st December. Sessions will resume as normal on wednesday 7th January 2009
 
Posted: 16/12/08
Grading Results - Here are the results from the grading on saturday for Archway members:

• Diego Canciani - Yellow	• Dnieper Cruz - Yellow
• Robert Terry - Yellow	• Ben Nkomu - Yellow
• Jack Light - Yellow	• Yasser Peerun - Yellow
• Rishi Kalra - Yellow	• Josh Conroy - Yellow II
• Maciej Moczynski - Orange I	• Daniel Sackey - Orange I
• Alex Dotsch - Green	• Ali Abubakar - Green
• Desmond Bali - Purple

 
Posted: 25/11/08
Nationals Results - The 2008 Jitsu Foundation Atemi nationals was held this weekend, and the team from Archway did very well, narrowly missing out on medals in several hotly-contested categories. Congratulations go to Maciej Moczynski for reaching the final of the Yellow belt category, Desmond Bali for reaching the green belt final, Nick Radford for reaching the light blue belt final and Rosie Smith for reaching the final of the brown belt category.
 
Posted: 31/10/08
Senior Instructor Promotion - Congratulations go to sensei Mat Phillips on being awarded his senior primary qualification at the regional course last weekend. This promotion recognises his contribution to jujitsu in the london region over the last couple of years.
 
Posted: 23/10/08
Women's Self Defence Course - Archway Jiu-Jitsu club is hosting a free self defence seminar for women. This course is aimed at beginners and non-members, and women of all ages are welcome to attend. See Here for details.
 
Posted: 30/09/08
Beginners Packs - This week we are re-launching our beginners packs for new members. This beefed-up beginners pack will include a number of Jitsu goodies including a club membership card, guidebook, flyers, calendar, jitsu badge and syllabus CDRom. This pack will be given FREE to all new club members once insurance is paid for.
 
Posted: 28/09/08
Grading Results - Here are the results from the london grading yesterday for Archway members:

• Maciej Moczynski - Yellow III	• Janusz Chyrowska - Orange
• Ada Chyrowska - Orange	• Colin Dempsey - Orange
• Daniel Grasso - Orange I	• Leon Louis - Green
• Ning Li - Green	• Desmond Bali - Green
• Saeid Zabeti - Green	• Anthony Walker - Purple
• Nick Radford - Light Blue	• William Kervick - Light Blue
• Marcelo Bayas - Dark Blue

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who also train at Archway:
• Tom Reed (Highbury) - Yellow

 
Posted: 16/09/08
License Fees - Annual license and insurance fees are being increased by the Jitsu Foundation to £25 for adults and £15 for juniors. This is the first increase in fees for 5 years, and will take effect from October 1st.
 
Posted: 07/09/08
Session Cards - from this week we are now able to offer the facility to pay for sessions in advance to anyone who wishes to do so. Session cards can be bought for £36 for adults or £18 for under-18s and can be used in lieu of payment for any ten sessions. i.e. buying a session card gets you ten sessions for the price of nine. Cash will still be accepted from anyone who wishes to continue paying for each session individually.
 
Posted: 26/08/08
Jitsuka of the Year - Congratulations to Rory Behrman who was awarded the trophy for Jitsuka of the year 2008 at this weekends anniversary session. This follows an outstanding year of Jitsu and tremendous achievement in gaining his dark blue belt.
 
Posted: 26/06/08
Brown Belt Grading Results - well done to Liam O'Halloran from our sister club of City who graded to 1st Kyu (brown belt) at the brown belt grading last weekend.
 
Posted: 26/06/08
Grading Results - Here are the results from the london summer grading over the weekend for Archway members:

• Ada Chyrowska - Yellow	• Janusz Chyrowska - Yellow
• Yi Jie Wang- Yellow	• Haydar Guler - Orange I
• Desmond Bali - Orange II	• Alex Dotsch - Orange III
• Eduardo De Falco - Green	• Jean-Charles Wadja - Green
• Yasmine Messaoudi - Purple	• Jakub Juszczyk - Light Blue
• Rory Behrman - Dark Blue

 
Additional results for students from other clubs who have also trained regularly at Archway recently:
• Elena Yaklych (Kings) - Green
• Lanre Ibatoya (Kings) - Green

 
Posted: 17/05/08
New Jiu-Jitsu books - Dave Walker, 3rd dan and former director of the Jitsu Foundation has written 3 new books on Jiu-Jitsu. These three volumes are based on the TJF syllabus and cover in book one - yellow to green belt, book two - purple to dark blue belt and book 3 - brown and black belt. Anyone wishing to purchase one or all of these books, they are currently available on amazon for about £12.
Volume 1: Yellow-Green
Volume 2: Purple-Dark Blue
Volume 3: Brown-Black

 
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.