Saskia Brothers is coupling ballet and martial arts so delightfully well that she is catching the eye of those who matter in both fields. The Castle Hill girl, 14, took silver in the Nationals, and gold at the NSW, Queensland and the Gold Coast championships in her...
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Newcastle lord mayor Nuatali Nelmes shows her judo style
Newcastle City Council meetings have quite a lot in common with martial arts. Political operators do their best to take down an opponent and there’s a constant readiness to attack or switch to self-defence mode. Sometimes it feels like council debates could easily...
Fight for the right to Judo: Lexi Hamilton
Getting on a plane for my first overseas trip was absolutely nerve-wracking alone, but I knew that it would be a great experience. I flew to Sydney to meet up with some of the Australian judo team, then on to Santiago, Chile, with an Auckland stop-over to pick up the...
Brother and sister Bernhard and Bianca Tandean to compete at 2017 Sydney International judo competition
Rydalmere siblings Bernhard and Bianca Tandean tread a fine line in their sibling bond. The pair are 2017 national champions in the kata discipline of judo with Bernhard, 14, throwing his sister as part of competitions. Kata involves demonstrations of various...
UNSW judo club coach Kylie Koening selected as Australian Commonwealth Games coach.
UNSW Judo Club coach Kylie Koenig would love to be competing for Australia, but the next best thing is being a coach of the Australian team. The former Australian women’s under-48kg representative retired from the sport two years ago, but has since been working as a...
Sutherland Judo Club’s Sophie Weaver graded to yellow belt
Sophie Weaver may only be little, but she has a heart bigger than most. Sophie, 7, has ocular albinism and 20 per cent vision. But that didn’t stop Sophie from being brave enough to give judo a go with the Sutherland Judo Club. Not only that, but earlier this month...
Sutherland Judo Club’s Sophie Weaver graded to yellow belt
Sophie Weaver may only be little, but she has a heart bigger than most. Sophie, 7, has ocular albinism and 20 per cent vision. But that didn’t stop Sophie from being brave enough to give judo a go with the Sutherland Judo Club. Not only that, but earlier this...