Bushido Academy

Wishing all the Father's of Bushido Academy a wonderful Father's Day.
Enjoy your day with family.
🙏❤️

Saturday August 10th Teens and Adults BJJ grading.
Warm up
Demonstration of techniques
Sparring rounds 12 X 5mins
Congratulations everyone on your promotions today well deserved.
Osu
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Cubs and Kids Karate grading Fri 2nd August
Congratulations 👏
Great work by everyone on the night.
Osu
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Hi Everyone
With a lot of competitions on, some people away, and some sick before the mid-year holidays we pushed the karate grading to a further date after the school holidays.
We did mention this a few weeks ago but to make sure everyone is aware - the date is
Friday night 2nd August 5.30pm to 7.30pm Kids Karate grading.
NO teens/adults class that night.
However, our teens are welcome to come along and help with the grading and join in some of the sparring rounds.
Not all gradings result in a new belt; but many will move onto a new level. For some, it will be an assessment of where you are at and what needs improvement or the fact you are doing just fine and the next grading will be your turn for promotion.
Promotions are not an attendance award. It is something that is earned.
Earned with consistent effort, improvement in technique and skills, improvement in a level of fitness, and most importantly a positive attitude.
We will have the end of year grading sorted out soon once we have the competition calendar dates for Karate and BJJ at hand from the organisers. It will be likely late Nov to early Dec.
Well done to all of our karate students for a successful first half of the year.
To the students that competed a few weeks ago in the Karate Chikara one match competition - congratulations and a fantastic job done on the day.
Kind regards
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Congratulations to all of our BJJ Cubs and Kids with their successful end of term gradings.
Well deserved stripes and belts👏

To our team of kids who took part in the recent Savage grappling round robin competition - great work everyone 👏 noticeable improvement since the last event. Good to see some new students stepping out of the comfort zone and having a go - well done 👍

Well done to Matt, Sean and Noah (Mt.Gambier) some great matches by the guys on the day.

We now fix the mistakes and get prepared for the Australian Championships next month.

Osu Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Some great work by our kids at the recent Chikara One match karate competition.

Well done to all of our students and to all of the competitors on the day.
A big thank you to Shihan Judd and his team for another successful event.
Osu 🙏👊

See everyone back on the mats tonight

Wednesday
Cubs and Kids Karate 5.30pm
Teens and Adults Karate 6.30pm

Thursday
Morning BJJ 6.00am
Cubs and Kids BJJ 5.30pm
Teens and Adults BJJ 6.30pm

Friday
Cubs and Kids Karate 5.30pm
Teens and Adults Karate 6.30pm

Saturday morning
Cubs and Kids BJJ 9.00am
Teens and Adults BJJ 10.00am

Coaches Jolyon and Brenda 🙏

Just a friendly reminder that there are
NO classes today Monday June 10th.
The Dojo is closed for the King's Birthday public holiday.

We resume all classes Tuesday June 11th
6.00am BJJ morning class
5.00pm BJJ Cubs class
5.30pm BJJ Kids class
6.30pn BJJ Teens/Adults class

Thank you 🙏
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Congratulations to Max and Milos with their results at Grappling industries comp 🥇👏👊

Happy Mother's Day to all the awesome mums out there.
Thank you for everything you do 🙏💖

Hi Everyone

Just a reminder the Dojo will be closed this Thursday April 25th for ANZAC Day.

There will be NO morning or evening classes this day - whilst we pay our respects to the Service men and women of our armed forces.

Friday night we will run a combined Karate/BJJ class for Cubs 5pm, KIds 5.30pm, Teens and Adults 6.30-7.30pm
* all BJJ students are welcome and we will be doing BJJ drills and rolls for these classes.

Saturday morning BJJ classes as per normal times.

See you on the mats

Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

ANZAC Day April 25th
Lest we forget
To all the service men and women
Thank you one and all for your service

Last weekend we travelled out Diamond creek for a Savage grappling competition.
Duncs competed in the Gi and Nogi heavyweight blue belt division.
Some good matches and some of the recent training paid off with some good match practice.
Round robin events are excellent for making tweeks to your preparation, strategy, and techniques.
Well done Matt keep up the good work.
Osu Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Hi everyone

As of Monday, we are back to the normal timetable.
Cubs 5.00pm
Kids 5.30pm
Teens/Adults 6.30pm
Mon to Fri Karate and BJJ

Sat morning BJJ
Cubs/kids 9.00am and Teens/Adults 10.00am

The only addition is two new classes - morning BJJ at 6.00am Tues and Thurs for 50mins

Starts this Tuesday and is available to all students as part of their normal membership.
It is geared towards new people looking to start BJJ or existing students finding that some evening classes are hard to get to.
This gives them an option to fit in a session that fits their schedule better.

We had run this before the lockdown period and started to build but the lockdown finished that off. With some recent inquiries and us wanting to reboot this, it is now all GO!

Too busy, Don't have time etc etc
We are all busy in reality
It's about making time and being the change you want to see. Realising the extra effort will pay off in the long run.

See you all on the mats this week.
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Hi Everyone

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter break - if going away please stay safe out on the roads.

The Dojo will be closed Fri - Mon for Easter holidays.

Classes will resume on Tuesday 2nd April and run all through the school holidays.

Cubs and Kids for the school holidays (two weeks) will be combined at 5.30pm
Start of Term 3 classes will resume to our normal times.

If kids have friends over during the holiday they are welcome to "bring a training buddy" along for classes.

From our family to yours - Happy Easter

Regards
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Oceania kids BJJ championship's 2024

Our team was made up of the following legends -
Jack Dolheguy
Viktor Veljkovic 🥇
Milos Mandic 🥈
Max King 🥈
Erik Veljkovic 🥉
Jacob Derbyshire 🥉
Artan Sarukhani🥉

Congratulations to these young guys who gave it their all today.
Sometimes you can come up short beaten by a better competitor.
Sometimes you can make some mistakes and your opponent capitalises on it.
Sometimes you are not feeling a 100% or get into your own head and the negativity robs your energy tanks.
Either way we do our best on the day, get better at the controllable and try to worry less about the uncontrollable.
If losses today hurt - good!
It means it means something to you and you care.

So, lick your wounds and turn up to class and fix the mistakes and be better prepared for next time. That is the controllable you can control.
Turn up be consistent, be coachable, be willing to step up, be a good teammate, be the change you want to see.

Great work today, as Coaches we are proud of your efforts today.

Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Sunday early morning grappling at Springers Leisure Centre.
Australian submission grappling competition today - round robin Gi and Nogi.
Young Milosh 6yrs had no one in his division and bumped up into the 8-9yrs bracket.
Most kids were nearly 9yrs or 9+ and a higher belt.
To his credit he had a good crack today and managed a bronze in Gi 🥉and some better matches in Nogi but came 4th.
His second comp for the year.
A good experience of more mat time before the Oceania kids comp in a few weeks.
Good work Milosh proud of your efforts today and stepping up 👊👏

No power, hot day, big storms, We train.
Make yourself accountable.
Be there for your team mates.
We help each other out by being a contribution to the team.
Your development also helps others not just yourself.
If you are coachable, respond well to constructive criticism, have a good attitude, help others, be a good training partner, disciplined, consistent.
This has a flow on effect on everyone, it lifts a team. It creates a culture of positivity and a can do attitude.
Be the change you want to see and by doing so you may just inspire and help others too.
Osu Coach 🙏👊

Our Kids BJJ classes are building up nicely.
Great work kids keep up the good work 👏👍

Cubs BJJ 5.00pm
Kids BJJ 5.30pm
Tues and Thurs nights

Cubs/Kids BJJ 9.00am Sat morning

Feb 6th Grappling Industries Melbourne
We had a couple of our young guns having a go - Milosh and Max
Both fought really well.
Just getting beaten in the gold medal matches in their division.🥈🥈
Well done boys great work on the day.
Pretty cool Shark medals too 😎
Coach Jolyon and Brenda 🙏👊

Happy Australia Day
No classes today - enjoy your day with friends and family.

Normal classes on Saturday morning
Cubs and Kids BJJ 9.00am
Teens and Adults BJJ 10.00am

See you on the mats

EOY grading day 2023
Osu 👏👊🙏

Savage grappling round robin competition Dec 3rd at Monash University.
Our team made up from the following -
Jack, Milosh, Eric, Harvey, Viktor, Erik, Youssef, Jacob and Ben.
🥈🥈🥈🥈
🥉🥉🥉🥉
Plenty of good stuff shown on the day and plenty of stuff that needs work back at the Dojo. Lots of spirit and heart shown on the mats - We win or we learn.
Congratulations to everyone who competed on the day and to Daniel and his team putting another good day on for the competitors.

We look forward to more comps in 2024.
👏👊🙏
Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Good Morning Everyone

The last few dates for 2023

December
Fri 1st Kids Karate EOY grading
Cubs and Kids 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm ALL Karate students should attend
* no adult class this night

Sat 2nd Teen and Adults EOY Gradings
BJJ 10.00 am - 11.30 am
Karate 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

Sun 3rd Kids, Teens, and Adults BJJ Round Robin competition
Savage Grappling at Monash University. Entry via smoothcomp (create an account if not already done, Club Bushido Academy and Affiliate Born to Roll)
https://smoothcomp.com/en/event/10434 follow the link

Tues 5th & Thurs 7th Cubs/Kids BJJ Grading during classes
* stripes will be handed out this night to the successful students

Wed 13th Presentation night and dinner - 6.00 - 8.00 pm
Pastaciutta 1015-1017 Centre Rd Bentleigh East
ALL students and family are welcome.
Certificates and new belts will be presented and EOY awards Karate & BJJ
*approx dinner 6.00-7.30pm and presentations 7.30-8.00pm
Brenda will have forms tonight so we can get an idea of the numbers for the restaurant.

Tues 19th Last classes for the year
BJJ - Mega roll to finish off the year

Kind regards

Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Busy few weeks!!
Dojo renovations
Chikara one match
MAFO one match
Mt Gambier affiliate Black belt grading, BJJ grading and BJJ seminar

Thankfully we have a great team and students willing to step up and take part in coaching duties whilst we are away coaching ourselves.
A strong culture, work ethic and positive attitude develops a strong team.

Thank you to Coaches Steve and Jason for Sat morning BJJ classes.
Thank you to Sempai Kyle and Lily for their helping coach the kids at yesterday's MAFO.

Greatly appreciated 🙏
Osu Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Last Karate competition for the year.

MAFO one match at FAFC in Glenroy.
Our team was made up of:
Boys - Maxim Raphael Ivan Aaryan
Girls - Angelica Alma Aarna Zoe

Unfortunately only the boys were able to be matched up. How it goes with lots on at this time of the year.

Sometimes the matches do not go your way and yesterday was one of those days. Sometimes beaten by a better opponent, sometimes by our own effort or mistakes.
Either way we win or learn, and yesterday lessons were learnt. We go back to the Dojo and work harder and make a better version of ourselves. Not just at Karate or BJJ but as a person, developing some resilience and grit.
A strong character that doesn't give up or quit.

Proud of of all of our students for getting out there and stepping out of their comfort zone.
This is how we grow and develop.

Thank you to Shihan's Maria and Peter and their team for hosting another event 🙏

Thank you to Sempai Kyle and Lily for their assistance on the day whilst we were in Mt Gambier coaching, greatly appreciated 🙏

Osu Coaches Jolyon and Brenda

Nov 12th Chikara One Match
Congratulations to our team made up of
Jack 🏆🏆
Milosh🏆
Annabelle🥈
Angelica🏆
Brady 🥈
Leon🏆
Great effort by all the students - super proud of everyone's work rate on the day. Having the courage to step out onto the mats for a full contact match is a big step for these young kids. They stepped up and took it all in their stride and did a great job.

Congratulations to you all.
Osu Coach Jolyon 🙏👊👏