The Olympic year is upon us and now you can experience one of the Olympic Games’ most fascinating sports alongside fellow newcomers as British Judo’s Adult Beginners Course (ABC) returns for 2012 in February. ABC offers you the opportunity to have a fun-fuelled, new experience while you receive expert tuition and become familiar with judo’s highly-motivating and rewarding non-competitive grading scheme. You’ll see your fitness levels; balance, coordination and flexibility develop in a no-pressure environment. The course is launched at Haltemprice Judo Club on Thursday 2nd February 8-9pm British Judo’s motto is ‘Judo for All’ as the sport can be practiced by all ages and official weight categories for senior judo players (known as judoka) who choose to enter competitions goes from -48kg to +78kg for women and -60kg to +100kg for men. The sport, which emanates from Japan, is steeped in tradition and promotes values such as honour and respect with participants bowing to show respect to everyone on the mat. No prior experience of judo or any sport is required; you can bring a family member, a friend or make new ones along the way as you practice the sport over the 10-week course and acquire all the skills…

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