Mel Voss

Mel Voss

What is Judo?

Judo means “The Gentle Way”. “Ju” = gentleness, giving way “do” way, a principle Kodokan Judo founded by Dr. Jiroro Kano, a system of training the mind and body to act most efficiently, meaning “Gentle Way”. If we accept Jiujitsu as…

Head Coach Steve Pullen Promotion to 7th Dan

Steve Pullen, MBE, head coach of Manchester Judo Clubs, spent Friday afternoon hosting our annual Christmas do at Ippon Judo Club, and there was a surprise waiting for him.  A thank you speech from Joe Reeves led into reading a…

Judo VS Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

As you know I cross train between BJJ and Judo. First thing, stop comparing these two sports. Judo club spends most of its time on the takedown and BJJ on the ground fighting (newaza). Consequently, if you took two twins…

bucs 2015

<meta http-equiv=”X-Frame-Options” content=”DENY” /> The team who went to bucs and won a bronze and Gold 2015