Competition question.

[SeanMcShaft]

Ok this will be my first post on this board, so I'll try not to make a fool of myself. Been studying in martial arts for about 3 years now and receintly had to move away from my dojo :( . Yeah I'm pretty bummed about it. There's a few dojo's in my area but no JuJitsu, Aikido, Judo, or Aikijujitsu. A pretty good looking Shotokan Karate place just up the street. Anyway I've not been able to train in about 3 weeks and I'm going through major withdrawls. I hope to start trainging within the next 2 weeks but in the meantime I though maybe if there were any competitions/ demonstrations in the area I could go watch for the day/weekend. But when I started looking for information on the net about competitions I met with somewhat limited success. Seems the few sites I could find only listed competitions in their particular style. I'm not so hung up on style as I may have earlier sounded, I respect all paths to "The Way" and want to learn as much as I can. So finally I get to the point. Does anyone know of any good websites I can visit, phone numbers I can call, mailing lists I can get on that just cover Martial Arts competitions/ demonstrations in general, without being style specific. Your help is greatly appriciated.

Ryan
Yoshitsune Waza JuJitsu.

[AndrewSimonsen]

I think this thread would be better suited for the competition forum. I live in Virginia and will let you know about any competitions I hear about.

[Mekugi]

Did you try checking out the various Jujutsu federations and groups?

Jujutsu America, The United States Jujutsu Federation, Danzan Ryu clubs are just a few you can search for.

Maybe you should look into Judo, there might be a club near you.

-Russ


Does anyone know of any good websites I can visit, phone numbers I can call, mailing lists I can get on that just cover Martial Arts competitions/ demonstrations in general, without being style specific. Your help is greatly appriciated.

Ryan
Yoshitsune Waza JuJitsu.

[JiuJitsuRabbit]

Yeah I'm pretty bummed about it. There's a few dojo's in my area but no JuJitsu, Aikido, Judo, or Aikijujitsu. [/QUOTE]

http://www.odu.edu/educ/education/aikido.html

They also do a community out reach program for people who do not want to join the school.

I hear nothing but good things about odus aikido and jujitsu programs.

I personally train at www.linxxacademy.com This week end we have a kick boxxing demo, by some guy who is started the association in the USA. I personally do not care as I only do BJJ, but you may want to sign up for it.

[starkjudo]

From usjudo.org:

Tidewater Judo Club
301 Beach Haven Dr.
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Contact: Michael Storm, Jr.
757.481.5042

[moogong]

International Hapkido & Martial Arts University
52 Mercury Blvd.
23669 Hampton
Virginia
USA
Commercial School
Dojang Master: Grandmaster J.B.Lee 9th Dan
Class Schedule: M-F 10am-12pm, 2pm-9pm/Sat 10-12

Contact Person: Daniel McCullar
Phone: 757-223-4125
Fax:
e-mail: danielmccullar@aol.com

www.hapkidokarate.com

[starkjudo]

Virginia Beach Judo
Scores Plaza, 5476 Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 127
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
PH.:757-490-6906 FAX: 757-490-6907


Norfolk School of Judo & Ju-Jitsu
2438 Ingleside Rd.
Norfolk, VA 23513
PH.:757-858-1631