coaches and classes

Class/Training Program

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
					11:15-12:15 Kids (Dawn Santos)	Advanced 11am-12pm
17:30-19:30 Advanced (Kristof Frankowski)	17:30-19:15 Women - Beginners & Advanced (Randall Jones)	17:30-19:30 Advanced (Ron & Randall)	17:30-19:30 Beginners (John Moen)		15:30-17:00 Warrior Training (SUJC Warriors)	No-gi submission wrestling 12pm-2pm

Bold text indicates judo-specific training. These sessions are held in the martial arts room (dojo) in the H.K. Ward Gymnasium at the University of Sydney (see below for directions). Please remember to be punctual.

Notes on Classes:

Kids' Classes are run by Dawn Santos, and are open to children between 6 and 12 years of age. Click here for more information.

MONDAY Classes

are instructed by Kristof Frankowski. These classes consist of a hard warm-up accompanied with many of Kristof's trademark squats, tachi waza/ standing technique, randori/sparring, newaza/ ground technique and newaza/ ground sparring. Kristof brings many years of international competition experience to the table and the keen student will always learn something useful in this class.

TUESDAY Classes for women only and are run by Randall Jones on Tuesday evenings. The program for first semester can be downloaded here.

WEDNESDAY Classes are run by our VP and Club Captain Ron Cheung with assistance from Randall Jones and Martin Doyle. Classes consist of warm-ups, moving onto newaza/ground technique, newaza randori , tachi waza technique and finishing with tachi waza randori.

THURSDAY Classes are beginner classes and are run by John Moen. We strongly encourage new white belts to attend this class first before attending any of the more advanced classes.

Saturday class or Warrior training is an informal randori session for all players. Club champions from the last fifty years are often in attendance, and it is a good opportunity for players of all levels and ages to interact. Players should warm up individually beforehand to allow commencement by 3:45pm.

Sunday classes consist of judo from 11am - 12 pm. This hour will be focused more on refining technique for competition and is geared towards those who are interested in competing in the future. Expect lots of competition style drills and focus on aspects of judo competition such as gripping, transitions to the ground, and competition strategies. Then from 12-2pm is a no-gi submission wrestling session in conjunction with the free-style wrestlers and jiu-jitsuka. The Sunday judo session will be cancelled on some weekends mainly because this is the day that tournaments usually happen (you will be given prior notice), but the no-gi session is always on.

 

Location (or how to get to H.K. Ward Gymnasium):

The location of H.K. Ward is shown on this map of Sydney University, at grid reference G7.

If you are coming from the city (e.g. Central Station) by bus, catch one of the Parramatta Rd buses (412, 413, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 461, 483), and get off at Ross Street, which is the next stop after the Footbridge Theatre. Turn left into the university, walk past the gatehouse, and then bear right. Walk all the way around the right-hand side of No.2 Oval. This will bring you left of and up to the entrance of H.K. Ward - a rectangular brown-brick building.

Coaches:

	John Buckley is a 5th-dan black belt and a Level 2 NCAS coach. From 1966-68, he was the U93 kg national champion and an international representative. He is a former state and national coach, and former president of Judo NSW. He has been coaching for SUJC since 1998, and is always to be seen giving vigorous encouragement from the edge of the competition mat.
	Kristof Frankowski is a 4th-dan black belt and Level 3 NCAS coach. He has represented Poland, New Zealand and Australia in international competition, including gold medals at the 1994 World Masters Games (where he also won silver in two open divisions) and 1998 and 2000 Asia Pacific Masters Games. In the 2005 World Masters in Canada, he achieved a silver medal in the U100 division and won bronze in the open competition.
	Randall Jones is a 1st-dan black belt and Level 1 NCAS coach with more than 45 years' experience. In particular, since the 1970s he has been instrumental in the development of women's judo at SUJC. He is the photographer behind most of the pictures on this site.
	Dawn Santos is a 2nd-dan black belt and Level 2 NCAS coach. She is a former Australian representative and has fourteen years' coaching experience, in particular with primary and high school students.
	John Moen is a 1st-kyu judoka and Level 1 NCAS coach. He is a state player in the U66 kg class, and has been closely involved with the running of SUJC for a number of years.