Help: Judo! ....(Schools/clubs: Located in Tennessee?)

[ShadowDancer]

Can anyone please tell me of any Judo clubs/schools located in Tennessee, specificly Nashville? I would really appreciate anyone's help on this, or if you can tell me any web sites to help find one/some.

thank you,

Katerina.

[tufrthanu]

Well, shadow I looked in the yellow pages for your area and didn's see anything thats specifically judo. But I did see a ton of karate schools which if there are traditional might also teach judo as part of the curriculum. There were also several Jujitsu, AIkido and sport grappling schools that you can check out. Also there were some schools that were general in name like Mitchells Martial Arts that could possibly teach judo. You should check online and see if there are any Judo websites that list dojo's.

[ShadowDancer]

Thank you tufrthanu.

I don't have access to the resources I would like, so I appreciate your help. As I have oppurtunity, I will seek out more info.

-Katerina.

[AngryMatt]

If you can't find a judo school, definitely hit up the jujitsu dojos. You won't work as many throws, but you will work plenty of solid self-defense stuff. I don't know if you are in it for sport or for self-defense, but getting your basic grappling stuff is essential and then after awhile you can mix in a striking art in case you find yourself in a position where you are against someone who has a solid base (ex: a former high school or college wrestler)

[rb]

http://www.judoinfo.com/contacts/browse.php?Country=United%20States

some judo clubs in the US. Also try the judo federations, net searches and yellowpages.

[ShadowDancer]

I am actually right now looking for a friend of mine who is coming to town for a few days in May. He is a champion Judo Martial Artist, and training for the olympics. He has been in America for several months and misses training with other Judoists, so I hoped to find somewhere we could go for a day or so. He has told me that he is interested in a Judo school/club specificly, not Jui Jitsu or any other style for the time.

I however, will soon be looking for martial arts schools for myself again, and am excited for that prospect. My thanks to all of you who've replied to this. I will use that information for my research

-Katerina

[pittbullJudoka]

Shadowdancer I don't know if you would be willing to drive to Knoxville but I can give to an excelant grappling school to go to. Look at Extremekarate.info they aren't judo.But they have the resources your friend may need they are affiliated with Mr. Gene LaBell and Gokor so they could probably help your freind out.

[Bama Crimson]

I am near Chattanooga. In Chat if your friend is willing to go that far, Chu's Martial Arts (In Hixson, part of Chat) has a pretty solid Judo school.

As pointed out, you could also go to Knoxville (but if you can't tell from my name I have plenty of reason to HATE Knoxville.) I don't know if Knoxville or Chatt is closer to Nashvegas.

[SevenStar]

the state tournament is held in clarksville, just outside of nashville. Also, there is a national level bjj tourney held there yearly. that tourney is held by ed clay, and he has a bjj school in nashville. look up the nashville mixed martial arts academy.

If you don't mind the drive to clarksville (about 45 min, if I remember right) then you can check out ft. campbell judo.