Contact

Pacific Kodokan Dojo

963 Herd Rd.

Maple Bay, BC

V9L 5W9

250-508-6667 text preferred

pacifickodokandojo@gmail.com

Program Session Costs

Single Drop-In Class

Participate in any Judo & Jiu Jitsu session without a membership. Course descriptions below.

$10

Single Drop-In Class

Participate in our morning yoga session without a membership. Inquire about day of the week/times. Course descriptions below.

$10

Single Drop-In Class

Participate in our Women's Self Defence Course. Course Descriptions below.

$10

10 Session Judo & Jiu-Jitsu Punch Pass

1 Punch per session. Must be used within 60 days of purchase. Course descriptions below.

$150

1 Month Unlimited Membership

Unlimited Judo & Jiu Jitsu & morning yoga classes for one month from date of purchase. Course descriptions below.

$140

6 Month Unlimited Membership

Unlimited Judo & Jiu Jitsu & morning yoga classes for six months from date of purchase. Course descriptions below.

$750

Annual Unlimited Membership

Enjoy unlimited Judo & Jiu Jitsu & morning yoga classes for an entire year from date of purchase. Course descriptions below.

$1400

Meet the Team

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Director

Steve Michaluk BSc, MSc, DMD, RYT-500, RTC(c), NCCP-lv2, IKO-lv1

Started judo practice at 10 years old and enjoyed success medalling provincially, nationally and across the USA. Judo Canada certified coach. 10 years Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practice. Special interests in incorporation of evidence based approaches to measuring success in sport, applying sport psychology for best outcomes on and off the mats, and utilizing yoga asana, meditation and ayurvedic medicine as adjunct modalities for improving individual self esteem and overall health and wellbeing for the betterment of that individual and the community.

High Performance Coach

John Keirstead NCCP 2

Started Judo at 6 years old and competed nationally at 15 (earning bronze) returned to Judo after a 30 year hiatus to earn Shodan at 50 years old. Also holds a blue belt in Royce Gracie BJJ and Carlson Gracie BJJ.

I am a strong believer in the moral aspect of Judo and other martial arts which instills students with useful life skills and good character. NCCP trained level 2 and working at earning full coaching accreditation at the provincial level. Enjoy the competitive aspect of Judo and BJJ as it tests one’s skills, fitness and mental strength. It also shows what one might need to work on.

Been a volunteer Judo instructor for several years now and I love the fact that it is truly inclusive. All participants get better with time if they work at it and develop toward the judo that is most suited to them. It is very satisfying to see those that thought they would never be all that good, succeeding at very high levels now.

Recent judo highlight was returning to Nationals 40 years later competing as a master in Newaza and Standard Judo categories and earning silver in each.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Head Coach

Ron Hudson

Ron Hudson - Brazilian jiu-jitsu Head Coach
Starting BJJ in 2006, Ron received his BJJ black belt under Dave Rothwell through Pacific Top Team. Pacific Kodokan is a Pacific Top team school, so we carry our BJJ linegage proudly which runs directly to our students. Ron has found success competing at various belt colors and levels in both gi and no gi, and has coached many junior and adult athletes to success at various levels. Ron is also an enthusiastic student in Judo and is currently a blue belt who actively participates in our Judo classes here at PK. When he's not training or teaching at PK, you can find Ron spending time with his wife, kids and dogs, or often in a cold plunge, sauna or the outdoors.

Assistant Coach

Annika Michaluk DA (Dojo Assistant)

Started judo practice at 6 years old and has enjoyed success medalling provincially and nationally. 10 years of Judo practice is complemented by 5 years of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practice in both Royce Gracie and Carlson Gracie schools. She travels with the JudoBC provincial team across the province and across the country from September to June for competition, and manages to keep her grade point well above average. She is grateful for Judo culture and for all the great relationships she has made at home, across the province and across the country. In her spare time she can be found at her art desk at home, working art one of many art pieces and projects in several different styles.

Further Considerations & Class Descriptions for Youth Participants

We will be running kids (under 12yo) classes on Tuesday and Thursday from 545 - 640pm:

- Show up at 540, get changed into judogi uniform or show up dressed.

- The class will start at 545, if you show up late just quietly enter and join the class.

- The class will run until 640.

- There is also an optional ‘high performance’ class on saturdays from 1100 to 100 for those that are interested, included as part of monthly fee:

- these kids and teens are in the competitive provincial and interprovincial streams.

- requires greater focus and more concentration and more effort than regular class, however all members are absolutely welcome.

Class composition for kids includes:

- yoga asana for kids to improve overall fitness to adequately prepare your child for judo training.

- learning how to carefully fall to the ground with special techniques (ukemi in Japanese).

- formal judo training, which at a young age is limited to careful throwing techniques (tache-waza in Japanese) and restraint/pins/holddown techniques on the floor (ne-waza in Japanese).

- various fun judo games, british bulldog and the like.

- yoga meditation for kids to improve concentration and focus.

It’s a busy 45mins! John and I have been in judo for decades and teaching and coaching for years, and have all the required certifications from Judo Canada for teaching and coaching your kids. I also have RYT 200/500 certifications for the yoga and meditation piece. We have enjoyed great benefits from formal judo training as kids, teens and continue to as adults. We call it ‘judo life’. Please google Jigoro Kano for more information on the history of judo as a practice and way of life. It is our goal to convey these practices to your kids in a fun, stress free, yet formal environment.

Our class fee schedule has been developed to be competitive with other martial arts offerings in the valley:

registration to JudoBC/year: ~$90

club judo uniform: $100

1 person/month: $140

2 people same family/month: $240

3 people same family/month:$300

4 people same family/month: $320

punch cards: please enquire. for extenuating family circumstances or responsibilities to school or other sports.

we will take payment by email transfer at pacifickodokandojo@gmail.com on the first of every month, or the first class of every month.

Further Considerations & Class Descriptions for Teen/Adult Participants.

We will be running adult class on Tuesday and Thursday from 630 - 830pm. the formal class ends between 830pm, at which point we do whatever we like, extra training, more fighting, more throwing or just hang out. or go home. On saturdays between 11 - 1pm we do a high performance session for the competitive stream fighters. Anyone is welcome to join in, and put in the full effort to keep morale up and work as hard as everyone else.

Class composition is:

- Yoga asana at the beginning to warm up and short yoga meditation at the end to cool down.

- Formal judo training; throws, hold downs, chokes, arm locks.

- We incorporate all kinds of Jiu Jitsu ground work and grappling as it applies to the Judo practice.

- Randori fighting.

Adult class should be fun, invigorating and intense. It can be any one of these things, or all of them, you take your practice to your own level. Adult class should also be considerate of the fact that we are adults and injury can put us out of work, so we take care of each other with good technique, and a solid yoga practice to increase strength, flexibility and agility.

Our class fee schedule has been developed to be competitive with other martial arts offerings in the valley:

registration to JudoBC/year: ~$90

Club judo uniform: $100

1 person/mth: $140

2 people same family/month: $240

3 people same family/month:$300

4 people same family/month: $320

10 session punch pass: $150

we will take payment by email transfer for now at pacifickodokandojo@gmail.com on the first of every month.

Jiu Jitsu Training

Jiu Jitsu in Japanese means the ‘the gentle art/technique’.
Traditional Jiu Jitsu practice involves demonstrating and executing competitive and self- defence maneuvers against an opponent. This includes limited throwing of the opponent, disabling and disarming the adversary, pins, chokes and joint locks.
The technical practice of Jiu Jitsu involves repetition of the various maneuvers from a standing position or ground position.
Jiu Jitsu training at our dojo will be undertaken primarily as an adjunctive practice that will be complementary to the Judo practice. There will be opportunities for advanced Jiu Jitsu trainings.
There are certain Jiu Jitsu techniques that are not taught, as they cannot be used during sanctioned judo tournaments, and can be considered as somewhat risky in a practice setting.
Developing core strength is integral to the sport. This is achieved through physical literacy training. Physical literacy is the ability to express one’s thoughts and intentions as physical movement of the body in three dimensions, as well as interacting with other actors in three dimensions. Our goal is safety via physical literacy. As physical literacy increases, participant safety increases. Literacy is constantly assessed by instructors, determining competency and informing the participants ability to advance. There are two modalities that will be used to achieve these goals. Primarily, yoga asana (postures) will be used to address physical literacy by developing core strength, and at the same time will increase the envelope of function of the body to match the total range of motion of body. Secondarily, gymnastic tumbling will be used to enhance the coordination required to safely navigate and accommodate various training maneuvers.
Teen and adult attendance is encouraged.
Technical trainings and skill assessment is done in accord with a syllabus and curriculum published by the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation.

Yoga Sessions

Yoga in sanskrit means ‘to yoke/bind’ or ‘to cause union’. This is a specific reference to binding the mind and body together as one.
Yoga, or union, is achieved through yoga asana (postures), ayurveda (study of life processes in the body) and meditation (creating a single point of focus for the mind).
Yoga as a concept and as a field of study is wide ranging. In practice, and as it pertains to our life inside and outside of the Dojo, we will be focusing on kinesiology, basic body functionality as appropriate for the attending audience, and meditation as a form of relaxation.
Our Yoga program is also embedded in our martial arts program, so participants will enjoy the benefit of both at the same time.
We have morning yoga sessions on Wednesday and Friday from 7 am - 8am.
- we are focusing on very basic yoga asana for a novice or beginner, or an intermediate practitioner that is returning to practice after some absence.
- intensity will vary from session to session.
- our yoga practice is a holistic practice that involves yoga asana, ayurvedic consideration and consultation, meditation/dhyana (mantra and single point focus) and pranayama breath work.

Judo Training

Judo in Japanese means ‘the gentle way’.
Traditional Judo practice involves demonstrating and executing competitive and self defence maneuvers against an opponent. This includes throwing opponents from a standing position and pins, chokes and arm locks from an inferior ground position.
All of the techniques and a lot of the language that describes the practice is taught in Japanese.
The technical practice of Judo involves repetition of the various maneuvers from a standing position or ground position.
There is also a practice in Judo of what is called ukemi - waza. this means ‘to receive’, in this case it means to receive a throw. This enables tori (the thrower) to reliably and safely throw uki (the receiver), without discomfort or injury.
Developing core strength is integral to the sport. This is achieved through physical literacy training. Physical literacy is the ability to express one’s thoughts and intentions as physical movement of the body in three dimensions, as well as interacting with other actors in three dimensions. Our goal is safety via physical literacy. As physical literacy increases, participant safety increases. Literacy is constantly assessed by instructors, determining competency and informing the participants ability to advance. There are two modalities that will be used to achieve these goals. Primarily, yoga asana (postures) will be used to address physical literacy by developing core strength, and at the same time will increase the envelope of function of the body to match the total range of motion of body. Secondarily, gymnastic tumbling will be used to enhance the coordination required to safely navigate and accommodate various training maneuvers.
Teen and adult attendance is encouraged.
Technical trainings and skill assessment is done in accord with a syllabus and curriculum published by JudoBC and Judo Canada.

Combining Judo, Jiu Jitsu and Yoga

This practice was developed by Jigoro Kano, and brought into practice in Japan in 1882.
Dojo in Japanese means ‘to pursue, in a place’.
Historically, Judo and Jiu Jitsu were considered as the same. Traditionally, the practices together may be considered as Jūjutsu.
For certain historical and geographical reasons there were technically divergent schools of thought as to utility and practicality of the Jūjutsu schools of martial arts in the mid 19th century. For these reasons, evolution occurred, and the result was the practice of Judo and the practice of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Contemporary practice and competition in both of these martial arts has demonstrated a convergence of these styles of combat training.
It is the purpose of our Dojo to begin to bring these practices back together for practical and competitive reasons; our students will be among the first to truly be cross trained in Judo and Jiu Jitsu.
There have been some attempts to incorporate Yoga programming into BJJ. There have been no such efforts in the Judo world. We will attempt to be trendsetting in this effort of integrating yoga into regular Judo training.

Women's Self Defence Course

Our instructors have taken a Judo Canada accredited program that has certified them to provide a course specializing in Women's Self Defence. The material covered in the course is wide ranging. With some commitment and repetition it will provide a solid foundation for protection, self defence and self preservation. It is important to recognize and realize that one does not have to become a competitive, or even a recreational 'martial artist' to benefit from this course and instil the confidence required for mastery of basic and intermediate self defence techniques. Aggressive and combative people are surprised by even marginal self defence skills.

Further to the Judo Canada program, this course follows the evidence based recommendations, precepts and lessons in the adjacent text 'Transforming Trauma with Jiu - Jitsu' that are required to deliver a trauma informed program. Admission for this course will be $10 per person. Please inquire about dates/times.

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Rental Space for Birthdays/Small Gatherings or Activities Requiring Active Space

There is availability during week and weekend.
Please inquire after specific uses for approval considerations.
Inquire for cost and availability.
soft martial arts floor.
garage doors can be opened.
washrooms.
food allowed.
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Contact

Pacific Kodokan Dojo

963 Herd Rd.

Maple Bay, BC

V9L 5W9

250-508-6667 text preferred

pacifickodokandojo@gmail.com