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Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by relaxrolex » Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:42 am

G'day all,

We live in East Coast area (Siglap) and are looking for a Judo club for our 9 yr old boy and 6 yr old girl. Any suggestion please?

Appreciate your time! O:)

Rolex T.

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Re: Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by nakatago » Wed, 28 Jan 2015 5:56 am

relaxrolex wrote:G'day all,

We live in East Coast area (Siglap) and are looking for a Judo club for our 9 yr old boy and 6 yr old girl. Any suggestion please?

Appreciate your time! O:)

Rolex T.
Does it have to be specifically judo? Or would any other regimented martial art do?
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Re: Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by relaxrolex » Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:26 pm

nakatago wrote:
relaxrolex wrote:G'day all,

We live in East Coast area (Siglap) and are looking for a Judo club for our 9 yr old boy and 6 yr old girl. Any suggestion please?

Appreciate your time! O:)

Rolex T.
Does it have to be specifically judo? Or would any other regimented martial art do?
Hi Nakatago,

Thanks for your reply.

My boy's recently watched a Sport program talking about Judo training and got really interested in it. I used to train Judo when I was a kid too so I know how fun it is; not to mention the discipline and physical/ mental strength that the kids would benefit from doing Judo.

So yes, I am looking for Judo only. Any suggestion pls?

Cheers,
Rolex T.

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Re: Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by Aragorn2000 » Thu, 29 Jan 2015 7:48 am

Judo is a practical, efficient self-defense art, but there are some risks you may want to consider:

Most of the risks are related to incorrect throws and breakfalls:

1. The sparring partner could possibly perform a half-baked throw resulting in your child slam her head into the tatami leading to head/neck injuries or even worst, total paralysis.

2. Even if throws are perform correctly and breakfalls are engaged beautifully, enduring breakfalls every day can lead to more subtle injuries: organ damage, retinal detachment (leading to blindness) or posterior vitreous detachment (seeing flies/bubbles/floating objects in the eyes; a benign but very annoying condition; it persists for the rest of the sufferer's life).

The problem is that most Judo instructors know nothing about sports injuries. They would give very little consideration to this issue in their teaching syllabus.

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Re: Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by nakatago » Thu, 29 Jan 2015 8:35 am

Ask these guys?

Singapore Judo Federation

Yeah, it's most incomplete but they should be able to point you in the right direction.
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Re: Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by relaxrolex » Thu, 29 Jan 2015 3:49 pm

Aragorn2000 wrote:Judo is a practical, efficient self-defense art, but there are some risks you may want to consider:

Most of the risks are related to incorrect throws and breakfalls:

1. The sparring partner could possibly perform a half-baked throw resulting in your child slam her head into the tatami leading to head/neck injuries or even worst, total paralysis.

2. Even if throws are perform correctly and breakfalls are engaged beautifully, enduring breakfalls every day can lead to more subtle injuries: organ damage, retinal detachment (leading to blindness) or posterior vitreous detachment (seeing flies/bubbles/floating objects in the eyes; a benign but very annoying condition; it persists for the rest of the sufferer's life).

The problem is that most Judo instructors know nothing about sports injuries. They would give very little consideration to this issue in their teaching syllabus.
Thank you for the info.

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Re: Looking for a Judo club in the East (Siglap) for kids

Post by relaxrolex » Thu, 29 Jan 2015 3:52 pm

nakatago wrote:Ask these guys?

Singapore Judo Federation

Yeah, it's most incomplete but they should be able to point you in the right direction.
Hi Nakatago,

Thanks for the link.

I found a club called The Dojo ( or Judo at The Dojo?) at Siglap South CC.

Will go over to visit soon. Cheers.

Rolex T.

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