Merseyside Judo Association

17/06/2026

Our new Universal Judo Academies Rashguards and Grappling shorts!! On sale soon!!

14/06/2026

ONLY 2 WEEKS AWAY GUYS!!

OPEN MAT RANDORI RAISING FUNDS FOR MILITARY VETERANS VIA THE ROYAL MARINES CHARITY.

£10 ENTRY
28TH JUNE
0900 - 1100AM

ALL DONATIONS / ENTRY FEES VIA JUST GIVING LINK.

🇬🇧 ARMED FORCES DAY RANDORI – UNIVERSAL JUDO ACADEMIES, WALLASEY 🇬🇧

Join us for our annual friendly, community-driven randori session as we come together to celebrate Armed Forces Day through the positivity, discipline, and camaraderie of martial arts.

Open to all judoka and martial artists who want to train, connect, and support a fantastic cause — whether you’re coming to get rounds in, support the community, or simply be part of something positive, everyone is welcome.

📍 Universal Judo Academies – Wallasey
📅 Sunday 28th June
⏰ 09:00 – 11:00 AM
💷 £10 entry per person

Every penny raised will go directly to the Royal Marines Charity via our JustGiving page, helping support serving and former Royal Marines and their families.

Support the cause here:
JustGiving donation page
https://www.justgiving.com/page/uja-armedforcesday

Learn more:
🇬🇧 Armed Forces Day UK
⚓ Royal Marines Charity https://www.rma-trmc.org?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Train hard. Support others. Celebrate community. 🇬🇧🥋

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09/06/2026

TechnicalTuesday

One of the fundamental positional techniques from last night.

The Switch / Short Switch

Enables you to escape a side ride within a short amount of space, low strength requirement. Highly efficient and maintains contact throughout.

When drilling make sure the top partner (uke) is in side ride position rather than a cross body or he gets nutted as seen here.

Less of an issue in competition. Fairly unfortunate in class. But you do you....its a bold strategy, lets see if it pays off.

This is a very very old technique going back to 18th century Lancashire Catch Wrestling and heavily adopted into uk freestyle and then Olympic wrestling.

Enjoy.

07/06/2026

🥋☀️ NO GI SUMMER HAS BEGUN! ☀️🥋

For the months of June, July and August, our students will be taking part in No Gi Summer at Universal Judo Academies.

During this period, classes will be conducted without the traditional judo uniform, helping students experience a broader and more complete judo education. At Universal Judo Academies, we believe that judo should not be limited to the ideal conditions of sport judo alone.

A true judoka should be able to adapt their skills to a variety of environments and situations. To truly "Know your Judo Well", you must be exposed to a myriad of conditions and learn to adapt appropriately. No Gi training develops adaptability, awareness, grip-fighting alternatives, body control and practical application beyond the traditional jacket.

Our holistic approach ensures that students gain a deeper understanding of judo as a martial art, self-defence system and grappling discipline, not simply as a sport.

We look forward to seeing everyone on the mats this summer! 💪

🌐 Website: https://universaljudo.bmaba.club/
📅 Classes & Free Trial: https://universaljudo.bmaba.club/classes-at-universal-judo-academies/

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02/06/2026

KNOW YOUR JUDO WELL SERIES....

Im gonna start throwing up videos now and again of techniques that we don't see in Olympic Judo and therefore, the average Judo player will most likely not have practiced.

The problem is, that once conditioned into a framework over a generation or two, many ideas and techniques can be forgotten and then become alien to a style.

If your instructor says there are no leglocks, hip locks, spine locks, shin or forearm locks, facelocks, wrist locks, striking, weapons or nerve holds and strikes in Judo then there is a few possibilities....

A) They are aware but trying to cover up a lack of knowledge

B) They're trying to sell you something

C) (Most Commonly) Don't know Judo

This isn't hidden information. There's plenty of books and resources out there.

If you'd like to KNOW YOUR JUDO WELL come down for a free trial lesson and experience Universal Judo for yourself

Https://www.Universaljudo.co.uk

This video was from a Hip Lock session. This particular technique forces a hip lock, a lateral knee lock and calf crush whilst also punishing the external Femural nerve (dead leg spot).

Enjoy!!

01/06/2026

🇬🇧 ARMED FORCES DAY RANDORI – UNIVERSAL JUDO ACADEMIES, WALLASEY 🇬🇧

Join us for our annual friendly, community-driven randori session as we come together to celebrate Armed Forces Day through the positivity, discipline, and camaraderie of martial arts.

Open to all judoka and martial artists who want to train, connect, and support a fantastic cause — whether you’re coming to get rounds in, support the community, or simply be part of something positive, everyone is welcome.

📍 Universal Judo Academies – Wallasey
📅 Sunday 28th June
⏰ 09:00 – 11:00 AM
💷 £10 entry per person

Every penny raised will go directly to the Royal Marines Charity via our JustGiving page, helping support serving and former Royal Marines and their families.

Support the cause here:
JustGiving donation page
https://www.justgiving.com/page/uja-armedforcesday

Learn more:
🇬🇧 Armed Forces Day UK
⚓ Royal Marines Charity https://www.rma-trmc.org?utm_source=chatgpt.com

Train hard. Support others. Celebrate community. 🇬🇧🥋

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01/06/2026

Whats happened in 2026 AT Merseyside Judo Association so far? January - May

Well...our clubs have had a fantastic start to 2026 and its only looking up from here.

The Dog Pit

Jimmy Durkin captured and defended the FCC - Full Contact Contender Featherweight Championship

Patrick Durkin Junior made his MMA debut

Plenty of other students made their amateur debuts in various disciplines.

Wirral Tennis Centre & West Kirby Concourse Judo club

Recruited Robin Schinning to assist in saturday morning classes at West Kirby Concourse. Bringing a wealth of knowledge of community and SEN support for Students.

Universal Judo Academies

Hosted Paralympic, World & European Judo Champion Dan Powell PT in February for an incredible Masterclass.

In April, they held an award winning knife defence workshop. Which was incredibly well received and regarded by the local martial arts community. More to come over the summer.

Please keep following for up coming events.

31/05/2026

🥋 A huge well done to everyone at Universal Judo Academies after a gruelling grading session at the Wallasey Dojo!

UNIVERSAL JUDO ACADEMIES GRADING MAY 26

We’re proud to see so many students promoted after putting in the hard work, commitment and determination on the mats. Every grade earned represents hours of training, resilience and progress — fantastic effort from all involved.

Congratulations to everyone who attended: those who graded, those who stepped up for the hard training session, and those who came to support their teammates. That team spirit is what makes our dojo special 👏

The next grading will be in December, so there’s plenty of time to sharpen techniques, improve fitness and keep progressing. Back to work — let’s keep building! 💪🥋

Interested in training with us or giving judo a try?

Visit:

https://universaljudo.bmaba.club/
Https://universaljudo.co.uk
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24/05/2026