WELCOME
Welcome to Newton Judo
Club on-line! Here you can learn about Judo and Newton Judo Club.
You can view our schedule, find the cost of classes, get directions
to the dojo, see our instructors and contact us on-line! If
you're not in the Boston Metro area, see Massachusetts Judo Club
Directory below.
Key benefits of Newton Judo Club
- Great
instructors and one of the smallest instructor/student ratios
around. More individual attention and enhanced learning
- Easy access -
near major routes and public transportation
- We have one
of the largest and most open workout spaces in the Northeast
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Organization
We
are a non-profit community based athletic organization serving the
greater Boston area from the young first graders to senior citizens,
both men and women are equally involved in Newton Judo Club classes.
Our
purpose is to bring the joy and power of Judo available
to participants in their everyday life, at Judo practice, course and
competition.
Judo as a
Sport
Judo is principally a sport for
competition, similar to wrestling. Judo is an Olympic sport, and was
first introduced at 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo. Judo is competed
internationally, by both men and women. In the United States, some
of the well known competitors are Mike Swain, who won a Silver medal
at 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea – Jason Morris, who won a Silver
medal in the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain – Jim Pedro of
Danvers, Massachusetts who won a a bronze medal in the 1996
Olympics in Atlanta. He won six
matches at the 1999 World Championships and is only the third
American in history to win a judo world title.
Location
We are located in
Newton Center, Massachusetts, minutes from Boston MA. We serve
people from all over greater Boston Metro area. Towns near us are:
Ashland, Belmont, Boston, Cambridge, Concord, Dedham, Framingham,
Hopkinton, Lexington, Natick, Needham, Waltham, Wellesley, Wayland,
Weston and Watertown among many other New England towns and cities.#
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