Bushido Judo School of Durham had it's grand opening of it's new Dojo on the corners of 6th and, Main Street in Burlington, NC.
Sensei Darian Stokes (4th degree black belt) runs the Judo classes and, teams up with Jose Luna to instruct the Full Contact classes.
Luna is a black belt in TKD and, has Muay Thai training, with kick boxing experience.
Check out our youtube page for Judo and, Full Contact sparring videos from our old location last year.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BushidoJudoSchool#p/u/4/tH9srijm6bU
Check out www.bushidojudoschool.com for more info. on classes, rates, etc.
Pay us a visit as well. It's the building with the glass front, right beside the brick home on the corner. Easily accessible from main street.
Here are some clips from recent Judo classes at our Burlington school.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKFtp4VilFo&playnext_from=TL&videos=wVfKEH_ajH0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfiZpcM4NS8&playnext_from=TL&videos=6ZmP22zjB00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKGzS9MxT3M
This is a video of a recent full-contact class featuring some local high school wrestlers. It's grainy, but the action is solid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrnsFnJO9bM&feature=channel
Here is a clip of Sensei Vincent from the Durham school performing a great footsweep at the recent Bushido Challenge in Oxford, NC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtB2RANJpfo&playnext_from=TL&videos=AOxlpVAe6d4
You may also notice that we have a floor raised off the main floor. It's a platform on top of tires and, the tires make falling much easier on the body than the typical mat on concrete found at most schools. They absorb the force of the throw, or takedown.
Our previous school had 2 inch think Dollumur mats on concrete, which were great, but the absorbtion barrier of the tires is outstanding.
We are going to get some flexi-roll, or other roll-out type mats to put on top of the platform in the future, which should give us one of the most safe and, comfortable mats to fall on.