Jado Kuin Do

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Has anyone heard of, or done, the martial art Jado Kuin Do?

The official website is: http://www.wjo.org.uk/

It appears to have started up in my local area, and is something I may look into as Im looking at improving my overall fitness levels, getting more self confidence and learning a good self defensive martial art.

Any thoughts or opinions on this would be most welcome.
 
I have never heard of it, but reading that website it seems as though it was created by Master Jake D. Ogden. He has done the usual of combining a bunch of martial arts and renaming it something of his own.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but you have no way of seeing how successful this art has been in the past as it appears to be something very new. It could prove to be very good, but also could be a Mcdojo.

Go and give it a try is the only advice I can offer you :)
 
As far as I can tell though, Jado Kuin Do has been going for around 12 years now. Just seems strange that there's very little about it on the 'tinterweb. And seeing as Ive never done a martial art before,at all, I wont have anything to compare it to it terms of its effectiveness etc.
 
In martial arts terms 12 years is very green, it doesn't seem to show on that website what experience the creator has in martial arts. Just that he has been doing it 25 years.

If you are unsure find a different place to train, there are plenty around. Just depends what you are after.
 
Master Jake Ogden was born in Northampton, England. At the age of eight Jake took up Martial Arts in the form of Judo under Steph Carter which he studied for 2 years along side playing rugby.

At the age of twelve Jake began to learn Kung Fu (Lee Chuan Fa) after being inspired by Bruce Lee’s famous “Enter the Dragon” film.

By the age of sixteen, Jake was studying martial arts 7 days a week along side playing rugby for Northampton Saints U19s, where he was selected for the England U16s rugby Union team (4 x caps). He then signed a professional rugby contract with Super League high flyers Salford Reds. At this point Jake moved to Manchester as a professional rugby league player. Jake kept up his martial arts training which helped him stay flexible, coordinated, disciplined and fit which complimented his rugby immensely. Whilst in Manchester Jake trained at the famous Phoenix Boxing Gym which has produced boxers such as Ricky Hatton, Carl Thompson and Ainsley Bingham.

After 4 yrs of living in Manchester Jake’s rugby bought him back to Northampton where he signed a contract for Northampton Saints RUFC in 1996. In 1997 Jake retired from playing rugby through injury and concentrated on his martial arts full-time. He turned to Kickboxing this time and was coached by Morris Young. Jake also went to train under Mic Fowles and then Jim Bacon for a short amount of time.

Jake also holds a 1st Dan Black Belt in Karate; he has studied studied Thai boxing under Master Ronnie Green, Lau Gar Kung Fu, Wado-Ryu Karate, Aikido, WTF Taekwondo, ITF Taekwondo and Tang Soo Do .

In 1998 Jake started a Boxercise, keep fit and self defence class which became an instant success with 60+ students. Jake has not looked back since. He is the founder and chief instructor of the WORLD JADO KUIN DO ORGANISATION and now has a wide network of clubs throughout the United Kingdom and abroad.

Jake is a senior committee member of the Martial Arts Guild, a member of the I.B.O.B. (International Board of Black belts), a master instructor for Boxercise and a health, fitness and martial arts columnist for two leading magazines. He conducts master classes at martial arts centers, sports science institutes and fitness seminars and conventions around Great Britain, Europe and the USA.

Jake Ogden is also a qualified college lecturer and graduated from university in Sports Science & Management. He lectures throughout Great Britain, Europe and the USA in personal fitness training and exercise physiology and Speed Agility and Quickness.

Jake Ogden’s CV
# Judo Area Champion
# LCF Kung Fu Area Champion
# All England Finalist 100 meters (sprint)
# All England Finalist Triple Jump
# England Rugby Union Team (4 caps)
# Salford Reds RLFC professional rugby player
# Northampton Saints RUFC professional rugby player
# Midlands Kickboxing Champion
# WKA British Kickboxing Champion
# BKFA Area Inter-clubs Champion
# BKFA British Kung Fu Champion
# CIMAC Super League Champion
# BEKO English Karate Champion
# AMA International Karate Champion
# WJO International Kickboxing Champion
# WUMA British Kickboxing Champion
# Member of the WUMA British Kickboxing Team
# Coach of the WJO British Kickboxing Team
# Senior Lecturer in Personal Fitness Training
# Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology
# Senior Boxercise Instructor/Lecturer
# Member of the I.B.O.B
# Member of the Martial Arts Guild

Seems like hes pretty experianced to me :)

Im after the following:

1. Way to get my 33yr old body into shape again
2. Lose some weight
3. Tone up
4. Gain some self confidence
5. Learn some practical, useful self-defence techniques
 
There are a lot of martial arts clubs similar to Jado Kuin Do, set up by experienced (and sometimes inexperienced) martial artists who have their own philosophy they want to teach. Some are good, some are bad.
As mentioned before you should just go down there and check it out. I never recommend any specific type of art to a beginner who hasnt had any practice. The best advice is always get yourself down to the club and experience it 1st hand. Try out a few different clubs in your area that offer different arts, you get some exposure and a feel for it, then you can decide what you like.
For points 1-4 I think this club would really help you out, but the website doesnt go into detail about the techniques. From what I can gather it is very similar to kickboxing, particularly in the competitions and sparring.
 
I went down to the club on Monday evening :)

The main man Jake was actually there, so I got to speak at some length with him. And all I can say is, what a top bloke!! He is such an easy guy to chat to, no bulls*** and was totally upfront and honest with me. Explained what Jado Kuin Do was about, why he set it up, its ethics etc etc.

Was allowed to sit in and watch the session, and was very impressed. It was a group session as they had all done there gradings the previous weekend, and it involved a lot of footwork (attacking and retreating techniques), some boxing combos and also some kicking, finishing up with self defence techniques as well.

Everyone in the class was very welcoming and made me feel very comfortable, so I will be going back next Monday for my first class to get a proper taster of it myself :)
 
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