When you begin your club, you will be more successful in
recruiting and keeping students if you can provide them
organized information about judo, your club and your
expectations. Thanks to Jeff Miller of Acadian Judo Club,
we have some unbelievably helpful resources for you.
The Junior Handbook is a 45-page guide
that explains everything from terms used in judo to
the rules of the dojo to judo ranks. I think any
instructor could modify this for use in his or her
dojo.
Senior handbook (click here) - Of
course, Coach Miller, who could organize a train wreck
in fifteen minutes flat, ALSO has a senior handbook.
Need to keep track of promotion points?
Click here for record sheets - It's all
here - class attendance, clinics, hula dancing (okay,
I made that last one up).
Calendar for your dojo for the year? Click
here for an example.
Life skills demonstration - This is an
amazingly cool idea. For each rank, Acadian Judo
Instructor Jeff Miller requires a "life skill" to be
demonstrated, such as courtesy, cooperation, personal
responsibility. Leave this. You'll love it. I did.
Life Skills evaluation - is a form
completed by the teacher or parent that recommends a
young person for promotion based on having
demonstrated the required life skills. Click here for
any of the forms for Anger Management, Cooperation, Courtesy, Integrity, Initiative, Leadership , Problem Solving, Responsibility or Service .
Knowledge requirements for rank - You
can't just be courteous, cooperative and responsible.
You have to know some judo to get promoted at Acadian,
too. (Are you liking these guys yet?)
And, now, a word from our sponsors - - don't forget the USJA Membership
application form!
Wait! There's more. Click here to go to page two of Jeff
Miller and Acadian Judo's Amazing Resources for Everything!