We encourage all levels of participation from the recreational player to the competitor.
Our mission as a Judo program is to impart to our students not only the physical skills of Judo, but its philosophy and traditions. Many students seek us out for self-defense training, and that is definitely one of the things Judo provides--not just through concrete skills, but through increased confidence and awareness.
We try to introduce students to Judo as a lifetime pursuit, a skilled art requiring infinite perfecting. By introducing traditional Judo etiquette and teaching the Japanese names of the techniques we also introduce our members to the sports cultural roots.
Our coaches always include philosophical explanations for the traditions and ethics. For many of us, a Judo Dojo is a place of stability and community, where people watch out for you, in and out of the practice hall.
For more information about Judo at Columbia email Connie Halporn at chalporn@pipeline.com, or call Frank Colonnese (718) 522-6120.
A sport of unarmed combat derived from jujitsu and intended to train the body and the mind. This course will emphasize physical conditioning, building of cardiorespiratory endurance and the techniques applied in judo. The class will also include flexibility exercises and some applications of judo as self-defense.
Instructor Time Location Fee Frank Colonnese, 5th Dan Mondays 8-10pm Aerobics Room 3 $95 The course will begin on September 22, 2008. Current Dodge Physical Fitness Center membership is required. Registration will continue throughout the semester, space permitting, in room 336 Dodge Fitness Center, Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. See here for detailed registration information. For more information call 212-854-3439.
Section Instructor Time Location 004 Yoichiro Matsumura, 8th Dan Mon/Wed 10:00-10:50am Aerobics Room 3 012 Yoichiro Matsumura, 8th Dan Mon/Wed 11:00-11:50am Aerobics Room 3
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