Prerequisites: Although no other courses are required, the judo student should be in reasonably good condition--that is no major injuries like broken bones. The student will be expected to do exercises like push-ups, sit-ups, and rolls on a mat.

Course Objectives:
-Acquire more strength, flexibility, and endurance
-Gain knowledge of how a judo competition is carried out
-Be able to conduct yourself in other dojos
-Learn how to fall, do warm-up exercises, and judo drills
-Be able to do 2 or more hold down techniques
-Be able to do at least 3 judo throws

Course Requirements:
-Long, loose clothes (like a sweat suit and a light jacket) should be worn
-For your safety:
1. always do warm up exercises
2. remove all jewelry before class (earrings, watches, bracelets, etc.)
3. wear glasses at your own discretion
4. work out in bare feet
5. If you have any special needs tell instructor after class

Method of Evaluation:
-Grades are based on attendance and participation. Participation in this course means doing exercises such as warm ups (push-ups, sit-ups, stretching), cool downs, fit-ins for throws, falls and rolls, mat crawls, throwing, watching while quietly listening to demonstrations.
-Attendance is taken by each person signing a sheet for attendance, either before or after each class.
-Just watching for the whole class does not count; the instructor will suggest modifications of the activities in case of minor injuries or illness
-Repeated lateness or the leaving class early may affect your grade. When the total time missed is an hour or more, an absence will be recorded.

-Some classes can be made up in various ways, so please do not drop the course if you are sick for a week or two. Usually students make up

classes by participating in a different class taught or staying late one or more times. There are usually 2-3 sections of judo taught each semester.

It is the students’ responsibility to arrange for class make-up and to obtain a note from the other instructor if a class has been made up. Remember to make up classes as promptly as possible, for there is a limit to how many classes a person can make up with only a week or two to go in the semester.
- Specific lists of judo vocabulary and techniques are attached. A test of this material will be given only if someone desires to earn a yellow or orange belt. A judo uniform is required to take the test.
-Grades are earned according to the following guideline:

A ---------perfect attendance with considerable effort shown
B ---------missing 1-2 classes
C ---------missing 3 classes
D ---------missing 4 classes
F ---------missing 5 or more classes

Instructor:
-Jim Secosky, 585-289-4525, 23 South Ave. Manchester, NY 14504
-You can call me Mr. Secosky, Jim, Sen Sei, Sen Sei Secosky, Sen Sei Jim
-Other people may be in class to help you learn--they should be treated with the same respect as the principal instructor of the course.
-Office hour time - 10 minutes before and after class

I am glad you are here, I cannot do judo without you!

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