Fees and Payments
Our fees for 2023 are:
8 years and under:
$600 per year OR
$250 for a trial term and $150 per term after that.
9-15 years of age:
$700 per year OR
$300 for a trial term and $175 per term after that.
16 years and over:
$850 per year OR
$350 for a trial term and $200 per term after that.
Our fees include 12 months of membership with Judo Queensland, a quality judogi, 40 weeks of mat fees and gradings with Judo Australia's serialised grading certificates.
Yes, we prefer not to handle cash so scheduled deposits to our bank account can be organised or, alternatively, you can set up a direct debit schedule with EziDebit.
Instalments are recommended to be $30 per fortnight for Tiny Tots, $35 per fortnight for Juniors and $42.50 per fortnight for Seniors.
Yes, we are a registered FairPlay Activity Provider. You can apply for a voucher here.
We will do a pro-rata fee schedule for your child after that.
We do offer casual fees for visiting Judo Queensland (or other Judo Australia) members.
Tiny Tots: $10 per class
Juniors: $15 per class
Seniors: $20 per class
We do not charge visiting dan grades who would like to train with us.
All members of the public are offered 3 free trial classes. Just call or drop in to see if you like it before joining. We have judogis and belts for loan.
Our members receive a quality judogi on completing their membership. This is included in your annual fees.
If you would like to buy an additional judogi, we sell Matsuru judogis and KuSakura judogis.
If you are after something different, Essimo Australia, Rusty Sports, Dojo Mats and KuSakura Oceania are all Australian owned suppliers that we happily recommend.
Questions about judo that we get a lot
It is never too late to start judo. If you think you are not fit enough, the good news is that you can and will get fit from doing judo.
For older players, we encourage you to keep your own pace and not try to keep up with anyone else.
The physical and mental benefits will come fast!
Judo is a great sport for kids!
There are studies, including this example, which cite judo as the safest of all contact sports for kids .
As kids become teens, there is research that suggests it is even more effective. Matsumoto and Konno (in The relationship between adolescents' participation in judo, quality of life, and life satisfaction. Res J Budo 38: 13–26, 2005.) reported a positive correlation between judo participation and both life satisfaction and quality of life in adolescents in the USA.
Classifying judo as a high-intensity weight-bearing sport, Andreoli et al. (read it here) showed that judo athletes exhibited higher appendicular muscle mass than normative controls and greater bone mineral density values than karate athletes, water polo athletes, and a control group.
Judo develops multiple modes of fitness: strength (dynamic and isometric), cardiovascular, power, flexibility, mobility, balance and speed.
Judo players are the 'specialist generalists' in the athletic world; pretty good measures on all modes of fitness without being particularly world-beating in any one mode.
Add in emotional and cognitive benefits of judo and you'll soon see that Jigoro Kano developed a complete educational system.
Some of our members train in BJJ and Muay Thai but that's not a service we offer.
Four of our coaches are Nationally certified SAMBO coaches and SAMBO is an excellent sport to try as well.
If you are interested in SAMBO, see Sebastian, Xavier, Sanyi or Francis and we can get you started with our sister club, Cairns SAMBO Club.
All sports are dangerous if played dangerously.
In judo, using techniques and methods refined over more than 100 years, we take many measures to mitigate against injury.
We have a very low injury rate at Cairns Judo Club and our coaches value the safety of the member above all other things.
Of course. Judo is a great recreational activity as well as an Olympic sport.
Techniques can be refined in randori and kata as well as shiai (competition).
Age, injury, ability or disability should not be obstacles to your progress in judo.
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Cairns Judo Club was founded in 2020 to promote and safeguard Kodokan Judo in the Cairns region.