Jujitsu

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• Training

  Training is open to all abilities and experience. Our sessions involve a combination of all different belts learning techniques together regardless of grade (from beginner to black belt), as well as more focused sessions geared towards learning the specific curriciulum for grading to your next belt.

  Our strong coaching team has a wealth of knowledge and over 80 years combined martial arts experience. We are privileged to include an 8th Dan, 4th Dan and 1st Dan Senseis in our team. We have coaching qualifications available to students who have reached a certain standard and have had four Assistant Coaches and two full Coaches who followed this pathway in recent years. The abundance of highly qualified teachers is something we pride ourselves on and allows for excellent, personalised jujitsu instruction.

  Archie Higgins – Head Sensei, 8th Dan, Kuro Iwa Ryu Founder and Kaicho (Master of Training)

  Ewan Villiers – Senior Sensei, 4th Dan,

  Oliver Read – Sensei, 1st Dan

• Competition

  Our style of Jujitsu is not a sport and therefore has no competitions. There aren’t any rules or point-scoring in real-life altercations, and we train for that accordingly. Our focus is instead on improving our skills and mindsets. We do, however, have a taught curriculum that allows for members to gain different coloured belts. Grading events are held throughout the term at which jujitsuka (those who practise the art) demonstrate their mastery of certain techniques and earn their next belt.

• Additional Club Information

  Socials:
  When not training, we have a great social scene with regular themed events, pres for sinners, post-training get-togethers and lots more. We often link up with other sports clubs for socials and this year we are even looking at creating an annual ball for all the martial arts clubs. Our members are all very welcoming and newcomers quickly become part of the family.

  Community Engagement:
  We aim to hold a self-defence seminar open to the public at least once a semester. These occasions are focussed on practical and real-world situations. We dispense with all the traditions of Japanese martial arts and learn the best ways to simply survive! The aim of these are to teach those without any martial arts experience, skills that will keep them safe. All these events are focussed on teaching people how to look after themselves in situations they might otherwise be vulnerable.

  Charity Fundraising:
  Every year, we have a Slamathon Event to raise money for charity. In 2022, this involved club members throwing each other for a consecutive eight hours outside the Students Union in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust. We raised over £1000 for the charity, enduring the wind and rains of March in St Andrews to do so. It was a testament to the resilience of our members and our commitment to charity work that we threw each other a total of 3635 times in some testing weather (roughly the same distance as one person being thrown off the top of Ben Nevis three times)!

  Seminars:
  The major training events we have are day or weekend long seminars. These are fun occasions where we get taught skills and techniques we often don’t have time for in our normal sessions (last seminar we had a chance to try nunchaku and bow techniques). We also host seminars for visiting senseis and the club has even held international events over the years.

• How to get involved

  Whether you are new to the sport or an experienced jujitsu practitioner, already attend the University or if you are thinking about attending, please get in touch to register your interest and find out more about our club.

  The University hosts a Sports Fayre at the beginning of each academic year during Orientation Week, giving prospective players the opportunity to talk to club members and sign up to ‘Give It A Go’ sessions.

  Please email the club to register your interest: [email protected]

  Club Membership

  All matriculated students at the University can join the Jujitsu Club.

  Please visit the Saints Sport website for a full list of club membership options, prices and information on how to purchase your membership.