31st January

Well, its the last day of Jan and Ive been working closely with my web designer today to hopefully get the WJO website updated. 

I have just got in after a hard training session tonight; striking drills followed by throws, grappling and ground work. Its all good to learn and practice but vey physically demanding. Jado Kuin Do has so much depth to it, im so happy i decided to dedicated my life to perfecting the beautiful art-form of Jado Kuin Do. 

Jake Ogden   

Grading weekend

Last week I was been really busy organising and sorting the gradings for Saturday which all went very smoothly. Well done to all of those who graded over the weekend, the standards were really good. A special well done to Nathan Stuart Robbins and Lewis Harrison for passing the very much coverted Black Belt grading; excellent,  keep up the good work. The journey really begins for you guys from here! Tomorow and the rest of the week will be taken up with preparing for East Northants and South Northants and Bucks gradings next weekend. Its great to see so many dedictaed people to Jado Kuin Do. 
Jake Ogden

Leadership

If your actions inspire others to dream more,
learn more, do more and become more,
you are a leader.

 Jake  Ogden 

Getting ready for grading

Monday morning, feeling good and ready for another good week. Excellent 4th Dan training session on saturday with my senior grades; now for the final preparation for this weekends gradings.  Good luck everyone!
Jake Ogden

Tuesday and Wednesday classes

I have had a great week so far. Classes on Tuesday were packed to the rafters; 60 kids and 62 adults fantastic numbers. Tonight i have had an awesome class. My Bugbrooke class has grown  a club of 2 kids and 2 adults to 15 kids and 14 adults in 5 weeks. Things are looking really good and my students are getting the result sthey want.  I feel so happy i do a job that serves the greater good and bring myself and students pure satisfaction.

Jake

I feel good, but still aching after a heavy training session last night: 1 hour of weights, 2 hours of forms and 2 hours of heavy sparring with an excellent martial artist and good friend Steve Jando. I like to vary my training as there are so many aspect to Jado Kuin Do. It truly is a practical versatile, modern day martial art; and i intend to make it as widely available to all that want to learn such a beautiful art-form.


Jake Ogden 

Jado Kuin Do delivered as a national qualification

Wednesday was a fantastic day for jado Kuin Do. After spending the best part of 15yrs of my life lecturing, managing and running sports science departments and delivering at some of the most prestigious sports institutes in the country; I decided to write a complete Sports science course in martial arts. I finished creating this course about 2 years ago and had been in negotiation with Moulton College for the last 12 months. We had our final meeting today and I received the final go ahead to run and deliver the Btec 1st diploma & Btec National Diploma in Martial Arts Sports Science at Moulton college for students aged between 16-18yrs old (a course I have personally designed and developed) . This qualification is worth 4 x A levels at grade A-C. Allowing students entry to University. I have written the course and this makes us the first college and organisation to do this in Britain. If all goes well we will mirror this course across a multitude of colleges across the country. The art the will be studying is JADO KUIN DO! If all goes well this course could be used all over the country! Fingers crossed. Jake Ogden 

Excellent class & Technical Grading Syllabus

I had an excellent class last night and all students were working hard from my little under 4yrs all the way through to my senior students well done.  

I am just in the midst finishing the Technical Grading Syllabus (TGS). This is basically a more in depth version of the normal students syllabus but with special emphasis on the technicalities and full anatomy of a given technique and also highlighting exactly how should be performed. This is designed specifically for grading examiners and instructors to give them a more in-depth insight as to exactly what they should be delivering and assessing. This will improve teaching standards and quality across the board. Hopefully I will have this finished by the end of the week and be available for instructors by the beginning of next week.

Master Jake Ogden 

A proud man

I have really enjoyed this week and especially this weekend. Business deals during the week reference to the advancement of the WJO have all gone according to plan and we are receiving gaining interest daily from the media and fellow martial arts groups expressing interest in our products and methodology. 

This weekend has been really productive in terms of training and student development. Black belt training today was awesome; I'm increasingly impressed with the dedication and tenacity of our more senior Jado practitioners.  It truly makes me feel electric when all the students are on form and performing to their optimum. I feel very proud to be president of the WJO with such loyal and dedicated students. 

Jake Ogden 

This week

Hi folks , this week has been a good week for me and indeed the WJO. I have secured a date for the WJO national championships for 2011. They will be held on 14th May at Daventry Leisure Centre so make sure that you all get into training ready for the big day. I have training for 3 hours this morning starting at 10.30. Ill start with an hour of basics and warm ups followed by an hour of sparring with one of my oldest but toughest sparring partners. This is imperative to keep the timing and speed of my defensive and offensive moves tight. After that an hour of breathing techniques and stretching to finish off with, a great start to the weekend.

Jake Ogden