atemi nationals

This is the first National event of the Jitsu calendar. All clubs are invited to take part in this 2 day event, with training, competitions and an exclusive social venue on Saturday evening.


Held in November, the Atemi Nationals are at the heart of what we do, beginners can compete in a safe and controlled environment, whilst the Sunday sees a fantastic display of skill by all instructors in the open competition.


The competition is compliemented by 2 mornings of instruction from the Foundation most senior teachers.


This event gets bigger each year. Speak to your club instructor and committee to ensure you book your places early.


The competitions are now BUCS endorsed (For BUCS results and article on the event click here) , so if you are at a university club, your AU may be happy to provide additional support.


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Atemi Nationals - Nov 2006 Report & Results


This year was our biggest year ever in the history of the Jitsu Foundation, we had 963 students attending from 90 university & town clubs. Two full days of martial arts action, training under the Foundations most senior instructors, promotional awards and a fantastic demonstration of the by the international junior demo teams.


Open Competition Results

  1. Paul Burden  Jacobs Wells
  2. Dave Yates  Leeds
  3. John Martinez  University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Grades Competition Results


Novice Category

  1. Georgia Brooks  University of Brighton
  2. Miles Riley  University of Wolverhampton
  3. Ben Cooper  University of Nottingham

Yellow Belt Category

  1. Adam Slawson  Northumbira University
  2. Jack Crease  University of Sheffield
  3. Ian Bradley  Queen Mary University of London

Orange Belt Category

  1. Mikhail Vishnyakov  University of Bristol
  2. Nicholas Milillo  Leeds
  3. Alexander Pimto  Leeds

Green Belt Category

  1. Nicola Richardson  University of Bath
  2. Yangshan Xiong  Manchester Metropolitan University
  3. Honor Baldry  Leeds

Purple Belt Category

  1. Sam Dunn  Bournemouth Town
  2. Susan Lower  Imperial College London
  3. Gemma Regan  Archway

Light Blue Belt Category

  1. Frederic Stains  Napier University
  2. Ary Dias  Kings College London
  3. Keith Newman  Brunel University

Dark Blue Belt Category

  1. Oliur Rahman  University of Westminster
  2. Robert Lecomber  University of Plymouth
  3. Rosanna Smith  City of London

Brown Belt Category

  1. Oliver Strother  University of Nottingham
  2. Bevis Man  Goldsmith University of London
  3. Marianne Jacobsen  University of London Union

Club Shield

  1. Leeds
  2. University of Nottingham


Atemi Nationals - Nov 2005 Report & Results


This year was our biggest year ever in the history of the Jitsu Foundation, we had 870 students attending from over 79 university & town clubs. Two full days of martial arts action, training under the Foundations most senior instructors, a Dan grading, promotional awards and a fantastic demonstration of the Nage-no-kata by Eric Lau, Irfan Badakshi, Mark Brown & Daniel Banks.


Open Competition Results

  1. Eric Lau  Aston University
  2. Dan Banks  University of Plymouth
  3. Nigel Price  Kings College London

Grades Competition Results


Novice Category

  1. Dean Wong  Liverpool John Moores University
  2. Richard Wong  University College London
  3. Steve Crump  University of Plymouth

Yellow Belt Category

  1. Jamie Campbell  University of Brighton
  2. Alex McEntyre  University of Oxford
  3. Nikesh Dattani  Kings College London

Orange Belt Category

  1. Natalie Lockyer  University of Reading
  2. Thomas Lyttelton  University of Bristol
  3. Simon Alstrop  Loughborough University

Green Belt Category

  1. Thea Morgan  University College London
  2. Frederic Stains  Napier University
  3. Richard Howells  Bridgenorth Town

Purple Belt Category

  1. Suzannah Merchant  University of Oxford
  2. Keith Newman  Brunel University
  3. Lewis Vanhisbergh  University of Nottingham

Light Blue Belt Category

  1. Aytekin Can  University of Westminster
  2. William Willshere  University of Plymouth
  3. Yella Martin  Moorgate Town

Dark Blue Belt Category

  1. Bevis Man  University College London
  2. Johann Foo  Imperial College London
  3. Andreas Stylianou  University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Brown Belt Category

  1. Simon Curry  University of Huddersfield
  2. Liam Cadman  University College London
  3. Ranjan Guha  Manchester Metropolitan University

Club Shield

  1. University College London
  2. Jointly University of Oxford & University of Plymouth