With the current heat warning in place, allied to low attendance last Saturday, we have decided to cancel this Saturday’s session.
We hope to return for our final Saturday session on Saturday 20 August. Help will be needed after this session to move the mats from the Infant school to the Junior school – if anyone has a van they can make available it would be greatly appreciated.
Evening sessions will resume from Tuesday 6 September.
As you are aware, an extreme heat warning has been issued for England and Wales for Monday and Tuesday, with temperatures possible peaking at 41C. (It’s already 24C writing this at 10am…).
Whilst it looks as if Portsmouth avoids the worst of the heat, we have decided to err on the side of caution and will take a relaxed approach to training on Tuesday 19 July.
Both classes will study the first set of Ju No Kata, a demonstration of gentleness and yielding that illustrates one of the key principles of Judo. The full video is available to study above, but you will see from the first set that the jacket is not gripped. We are happy therefore for people to train in just a t shirt if they think they will be more comfortable. Please bring water to training.
Hopefully Thursday’s session will return to normal.
