Coach Spen appointed Head of Kudo England

Coach Spen appointed Head of Kudo England
25 Jul

🥋Mark “Spen” Spencer is the new Head of Kudo England.🥋

I have a wealth of experience building a national martial arts federation (English Mixed Martial Arts Association) and has had international success leading English and UK teams.

Spen also assisted Mal @gkadojo as the UK Kudo vice president with his fantastic work to grow Kudo across England, Scotland and Ireland.

I will be reaching out to the English Kudo community over the next couple of weeks, I have the full support of Jukucho Osada @kenichi.osada.7 and @daidojukuhq, this is a great time to England Kudo as I will be looking towards building a national squad to compete international next year.

Our 2 year plan is to field a competitive English Team in Japan at the 2027 World Championship (ages 12 to 65 years old).

We will also be looking at inclusive programs to show not only the physical benefits but also the mental benefits for everyone.

We will be actively looking to partner English governing bodies and programs to find ways of helping all of the communities of England.

Feel free to DM @kudoenglandfed for more information or email join@kudoengland.co.uk

Next Weekend Session booked!

Next Weekend Session booked!
14 Feb

We have booked in the next weekend training session for 16th March.  See below for the full details:

Sunday the 16th March 2025

This is a Yorkshire Kudo training session open to all clubs and affiliations.

13:00 – 15:00 – Kudo training
15:00 – 16:00 – BJJ/grappling open mat

In the Kudo section we will be splitting the session in to 2 :-

13:00 – 14:00 – Kihon, Ido and Pad rounds (suitable for beginners)

14:00 – 15:00 – Drills and Sparring (more suited to people with experience in a Martial Art)

If you just want to come down and try the first section you’re more than welcome, all sparring will be controlled.

Between 15:00 – 16:00 we will be running a BJJ open mat. This can be used to drill or get some rolling in with new people.

16:30 – Coffee and doughnuts at Dunkin Donuts

Cost is ÂŁ5 for one or all the sessions and it will held at our normal training place which is Planet Fitness, Bradford.