Time for the Martial Arts New Year resolutions
As I have explained before, my martial arts journey started in the mid seventies and I am still currently walking the path, hopefully for...
Choosing the correct martial arts paths ?
I have become very pre-occupied recently with issues outside the martial arts world, issues that have given me a lot of grief over the...
The Only Girl in the Class
Why did I want to start the Women's only classes? The answer is simple. The main question I have from females wanting to start Judo. Are...
Tori and Uke, the Ying and Yang of Judo
Firstly to explain the two roles in Judo, Tori is the person performing the technique so will be the attacker, Uke is the person...
Competition Judo, exciting ?
29th April I had agreed to do one of my rare competition appearances fighting as part of a team representing the Tokei. As I am slightly...
Martial Arts Heroes
I had mentioned before how Bruce Lee had started my interest in the martial arts back in the early seventies, with the release of "Enter...
Why I started and more importantly, Why I stayed! - Nicole
I think I'm probably a rare case in terms of Judo. I have quite a unique claim to fame.... I have only ever trained at one club for my...
Too old to start Judo, try, too old to stop Judo ?
I started Judo in the mid seventies, was about 9 or 10 years old at the time. I wanted to be Bruce Lee as he was massive at the time, I...
Too old to Start?!?
If you have been cleared by your GP to engage in contact sports and general physical activity you can take up Judo. It’s very common to...
My Judo Life - Martin
While I was a mon (child) grade, and attended a judo club at university for a few terms, I only started training in judo regularly a few...
Welcome to The Misfits!
Thank you for choosing Martial Art Misfits. We are a group of practicing Judoka with a variety of grappling and Self Defense backgrounds....