Bondi Womens & Kids Instructor: Phillipa Kato

 

Before I studied Brazilian Jiujitsu, I guess you could call me a couch potato!

 

I had a very unhealthy lifestyle. Hospitality will do that to you!  

 

Anyway, after seven monthstraining with the BJJ team at ROOTS I competed and won my first NSW competition. Two months later I fought and won at the Pan Pacific Championships in Melbourne.

 

By this stage, I was training six times a week, sometimes twice a day and any spare time I had I spent studying BJJ DVD’s.

 

Three months later I won again at a NSW comp, after this I received my blue belt. This meant that I was eligible to compete at the World Championships in Brazil.

 

Thanks to my mother sponsoring me (still paying that off), three others and myself went to train and compete in Rio. Believe it or not, all four of us won, we were 2003 World champions!

 

I returned the following year, thanks again to mum, and won the blue belt World Championships again.

 

I am now 36 and I am a purple belt. I have a few short-term goals and a long-term dream, or goal, if you will.

 

The short term is to return to Brazil to train and compete in all three Brazilian Jiu Jitsu World championship competitions.

 

The long-term dream is to make a name for myself so that I can teach and attract more of the female community and children into this wonderful, self-empowering sport.

 

I consider Brazilian jiu-jitsu to be the ultimate self-defence as these skills are not dependant on a person’s size or strength.

 

Women and children can defend against and/or defeat heavier and stronger opponents or aggressors through the use of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.

 

Philippa

 

Testimonials for Phillipa Kato and the Bondi Kids Dojo:

 

 

Ivan - Gym owner - Father of Damian,
12 year old Roots student:

 

"My son is a different child since doing BJJ. He is so much more confident! BJJ has given him a life tool that I know he will always have".

 

ivan@spincity.com.au

 
Study Brazilian JiuJitsu technique with Phillipa Kato and the Bondi Kids ROOTS BJJ team
Study Brazilian Jiu Jitsu technique with Phillipa Kato and the Bondi Kids ROOTS BJJ team
Study Brazilian Ju Jitsu technique with Phillipa Kato and the Bondi Kids ROOTS BJJ team

Bondi Kids Dojo Details

 

Instructor: Phillipa Kato

Address: ROOTS HQ 42 Spring St. Bondi Junction, Sydney

Phone: 0415 873 033

Email: phillipa@brazilianjiujitsu.com.au

 

Bondi Kids Dojo Class Times

 

Mon: 4.15pm - 5.15pm

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Wed: 4.15pm - 5.15pm

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Did you Know... That Brazilian Jiu Jitsu comes from Japan??

 

Well kind of... Brazilian JiuJitsu is based on a modified version of the traditional Japanese Jujutsu called "jiu-do" which is based on the idea of the soft overcoming the hard. In other words, a smaller, weaker person using leverage and proper technique can defend themselves against a bigger, stronger assailant.

 

The art began when Mitsuyo Maeda, a master of Japanese ju jitsu and judo / Jiu-do, which was the changing of jujutsu training methods to a non-lethal degree and also where Helio Gracie got the word "jiu" from.

 

Maeda immigrated to Brazil where he taught his system to Carlos Gracie, who passed it on to his younger brother Helio. The brothers trained many of their sons, who now carry on the family tradition today.

 

The Gracie family continued to develop the system throughout the 20th century, often fighting vale tudo matches (precursors to modern MMA or Mixed Martial Arts), during which it gained its focus on ground fighting and refined its techniques.

 

You should ALWAYS check the lineage of your Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Teacher and make sure that they have trained with the Gracie family been trained by someone who has studied with the Gracie family.

 

Paulo Guimaraes studied under Jorge Pereira who studied directly with the Gracie family. Paulo has also been World Champion in Brazilian JiuJitsu.

 

Remember that when you study at a ROOTS Brazilian JiuJitsu Dojo you are training with champions!

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