The club's session timetable returns to the usual days and times from Monday 5th January. Monday 5th January: 730pm: Attitude Dance Studio: Adults and Teenagers: With Shihan Peter Smith Wednesday 7th January: 730pm: Attitude Dance Studio: Adults and Teenagers: With Sempai Emma Steven Saturday 10th January: 12pm: Litherland Sports Park: Ages 4 to 16: With Sempai Emma Steven Sunday 11th January: 12pm: Attitude Dance Studio: Ages 4 to 16: With Shihan Peter Smith

Happy New Year, everyone! First off, a massive thank you to our members, their families, and all the friends of the club. Your help and support throughout 2025 has been great! An important part of our martial arts community are the people who make sure the club is a success. There are too many to list individually. As well as club members and instructors there are others that do not come on to the mats. Parents, guardians, families and friends of our youngsters; the families

Team Photo On Wednesday 17th December Layton received his completed Green Belt (4th Kyu) certificates. The presentation was made at the Bootle Dojo, by Shihan Peter Smith. Well done and congratulations Layton! #BKJJA #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts #MartialArtsFamily #GreenBelt #Certificates #FourthKyu

Enjoy The Yuletide! The club is on a break over the Christmas season and New Year. The first session in Bootle in 2026 is Monday 5th January. The Bootle timetable then returns to normal. Mondays and Wednesdays at 730pm, Sundays at 12pm. The first session in Litherland in 2026 is Saturday 10th January. The Litherland timetable then returns to normal - Saturdays at 12pm. Enjoy the festivities . Thank you to everyone for your help and support!

Team Photo On Monday 15th December, at the Bootle Dojo, Layton took his Green Belt grading. Layton was assisted in his grading by Emma and Charlie. Shihan Peter Smith graded Layton and then presented him with his new belt after the exam. Congratulations Layton! #BKJJA #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts #MartialArtsFamily #GreenBelt

Team Photo On Saturday 6th December, the award for Student Of The Month for November was presented Shihan Peter Smith made the presentation at Litherland Sports Park. Receiving the award was Harry. Congratulations and well done Harry! #BKJJA #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts #MartialArtsFamily #StudentOfTheMonth

Christmas and New Year Training Sessions This is the timetable for sessions around the Christmas and New Year break Final Saturday junior session in Litherland Sports Park is at 12pm on 13th December Final Sunday junior session in Attitude Dance is 14th December Final Monday senior session in Attitude Dance is 15th December Final Wednnesday senior session in Attitude Dance is 15th December First Monday senior session in Attitude Dance is 730pm on 5th January First Wednesday

Team Photo The club still has a couple of awards to pass out. The awards meal, on 15th November, was a chance for those present to receive awards for their efforts and support over the past year. Some people were unable to attend the meal. The remaining awards are being presented to those that were unable to attend when Shihan Peter Smith meets them at a training session. On Sunday 23rd November, at the Bootle Dojo, Shihan Peter was pleased to present Bonnie with her 'Special

Team Photo Today (Saturday 22nd November) Harry was presented with a Junior Warrior award. The award was presented by Shihan Peter Smith at Litherland Sports Park. Max, Vicky, Ella, Jason, Lilly R and Daniel helped Harry obtain the award - Thank You! Congratulations Harry! #BKJJA #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts #MartialArtsFamily #JuniorWarrior

Annual Awards Day 2025 On Saturday 15th November, our club got together for our annual awards meal at Nicola’s Ristorante on South Road, Waterloo. This night was a special one for me personally. I had the honour of receiving my Eighth Dan. The belt is not just for my efforts, it's been achieved with help and support from coaches, training partners and students. Sensei Jane Saunders presented the Hachidan belt, and I’m deeply grateful to her and to the NAKMAS committee for the

Team Photo We had a great Saturday on 15th November with several presentations. Two were made at Litherland Sports Park, more presentations were made at the awards meal later in the day. First up was Lily, who was awarded Student of the Month for September by Shihan Peter Smith. Great job, Lily, keep it up! Next was Ella, who received the Student of the Year 2025 award, given to students who train at the sports park. Ella received the award from Shihan Peter. Huge congratulat

Team Photo On Wednesday 12 November Charlie received his completed Green Belt (4th Kyu) certificates. The presentation was made by Shihan Peter Smith. Well done and congratulations Charlie! #BKJJA #GreenBelt #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts

Team Photo On Saturday 8th November Jason received his completed Yellow Belt (6th Kyu) certificates. The presentation was made at Litherland Sports Park and the certificates were presented by Shihan Peter Smith. Congratulations and well done Jason! #BKJJA #YellowBelt #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts

Team Photo Today (Saturday 1st November) Jason was successful in obtaining his Yellow Belt (6th Kyu). Shihan Peter Smith was the examiner for the grading, which was held in Litherland Sports Park. Reuben, Harry, Vicky, Max C, Daniel and Vadim helped ensure Jason's grading went well. Shihan Peter and Sempai Emma Steven presented Jason with his new belt. Congratulations Jason! #BKJJA #YellowBelt #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts

Team Photo I am pleased to announce that Charlie successfully graded for his Green Belt (4th Kyu) on Monday, October 27th, at the Bootle Dojo. The grading was overseen by Shihan Peter Smith. A special thank you goes to Emma, Joe, Liam W, and Leyton for being Charlie's uke and ensuring the process ran smoothly Well done, Charlie! Your hard work has paid off! #BKJJA #GreenBelt #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts

Calendar There are currently two dates in November when the club is closed. Monday 3rd November and Saturday 16th November The closure affects to classes held at the Dance Studio 3A Aintree Road L20 9DL Any further updates to opening hours will be posted as soon as possible

The Junior Warrior Award Remy has received an award. The Junior Warrior Award was presented today (Sunday 19th October) at the Bootle Dojo. Shihan Peter Smith made the presentation to Remy. Thank you to Bonnie, Oliver and Caleb, who helped ensure Remy's grading was a success. Well done Remy! #BKJJA #JuniorWarrior #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts

September's Student Of The Month Today (Saturday 18th October) the Student Of The Month award was made at Litherland Sports Park. Shihan Peter Smith made the presentation. Congratulations and well done to September's Student of The Month - Jason! Good work Jason! #BKJJA #StudentOfTheMonth #September #JuJitsu #SelfDefence #MartialArts

Map and contact details for Nicola's Ristorante The Annual Awards Meal has been booked. The meal will be held in Nicola's Ristorante. It is an Italian Restaurant, the address is: 30 South Road, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 5PQ The meal is booked for Saturday 15 November 2025, arrive at 6pm, sit down at 6.30pm. Please contact me to book your place, no deposit is needed. Family and friends are welcome to the meal. It's timed for 6pm to allow children to attend. It helps if you know

Team Photo - With Fireworks Today at the Bootle Dojo (Sunday 7th September), Shihan Peter Smith proudly presented the Student of the...