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Our History and Memories in photo and video
Site still under construction
If any of the Coaching team have early photo's they would like to share to our memory page, send them in! I have loads of space free.

Michael Jerry
The very beginning of Ju-Jitsu in South Shields

Demonstration Team

Dorothy and Karl 1982
Display team

Steve Eglitis 1982
Display Team

1984
April and September two groups passed Black belt

Karl
Probably Steve in the background

Dorothy and Steve
Our first Photo Shoot

Ed Stiltner, Dorothy, Karl
International Congress

Tom Sharkey, Karl
Tom was part of the Toronto Police Task Force, he was amazing!

Graeme Morrison
Started as young as 10

Graeme
possibly early competitions

Steve Eglitis

David Jennings
competition winners

Receiving 6th Dan
From Soke Clark in 2004

Receiving 7th Dan in 2011
The last grade to be awarded by Soke Clark before he passed away the next year.

Bolton Congress
Karl and Wesley, view from our hotel window.

David Jennings
After earning his yellow belt, with Dorothy and Steve, started at the age of 7.

Teesside early years

David Jennings, Alan Campbell
Davids first trip to the HQ in Liverpool.

David Jennings
with Steve Elliott, Mick Marriott and Jo Milburn

David Jennings
Our first International course 2004

Karl

Teesside Entourage
Snrs from Billingham club with the exception of one from Tyneside off to Pisa for the Italian Congress.

David Jennings
On the mat at the iconic H.Q.

Presentation Evening
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