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Trevor Smith begun training in martial arts in 1978. He soon began to travel widely to pick up new skills and techniques in Jujitsu, Judo and Karate. Trevor now hold a 9th Dan in Bendigo Ryu Jujitsu a 7th Dan in Jujitsu plus a 7th in both Judo and Karate from AJJIF. Gradings have been conducted by O-Sensie Alexi Kunin and Soke Dave Franklin from All Japan Ju Jitsu International Federation but Trevor has never aligned completely with any one organisation as he believes strongly that most groups have much to offer.
Soke Trevor Smith specialises and prefers to teach and train in modern Jujitsu methods but is still skilled and very interested in traditional Jujitsu and most other martial arts. His unique style has been developed out of the cross training in multiple martial areas and through his extensive travels to other clubs over many years. After 30 years Trevor still travels and trains in other clubs on a regular bases. Soke Trevor encourages his students to do the same and not restrict themselves.
Trevor has played key roles in national level martial arts administration and competition management. He has spent many years representing martial arts organisations on committees that administer and improve the sport. He has a 2nd Dan in Judo through the Australian Judo Federation where he did administration work for many years in relation to tracking players at all levels including Olymic representation.
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As the founder of Bendigo Ryu Jujitsu Soke Trevor Smith has been awarded a 9th Dan in Bendigo Ryu Jujitsu by his peers in Jujitsu.
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Soke Trevor Smith has been teaching martial arts since 1988. He has run clubs in Bendigo, Shepparton, Echuca, Numurhah, Cobram and Lockington.
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Trevor Smith has been instructing Martial Arts for over 25 years. His style is a combination of Ju Jitsu, Judo and Karate that has been developed for sport and self-defense. He has been strongly involved in setting up clubs in country areas and currently runs a Jujitsu club in Bendigo Victoria. Trevor is accredited by the Australian Sports Commission and has “National Coaching Accreditation Scheme” (NCAS) accreditation. The school is also a member of the Australian Jujitsu Federation.
Shihan was recently assessed for his grading within Ju Jitsu and was granted his 7th Dan to be officially presented by O-Sensei Alexy Kunin at the Melbourne Seminar.
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Trevor Smith (Soke) the head instructor for the club and the style, has been practicing Jujitsu for nearly 30 years.
Soke has recently competed in the Australian Master Judo 2009 competition and was placed second in Judo by doing a Jujitsu demonstration. The high standard was enough to convince the judges that the level of skill, while not to the Judo requirements, was so high that a medal needed to be given.
Soke teaches most of the classes in at the Bendigo Club and travels extensively to train others in high level Jujitsu.
The image shows Soke demonstrating to some of the best in Australia during a recent Victoria State training camp with over 100 attendees. Soke demonstrated a traditional and formal kata that involved a series of core Jujitsu combinations developed over many hundreds of years.
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Sōke (宗家), pronounced (soː ke), is a Japanese term that means "the head family [house]."[1] In the realm of Japanese traditional arts, it is used synonymously with the term iemoto.[2] Thus, it is often used to indicate "headmaster" (or sometimes translated as "head of the family" or even "grand master".) The English translation of sōke as "grand master" is not a literal translation but it does see use by some Japanese sources. It can mean one who is the leader of any school or the master of a style, but it is most commonly used as a highest level Japanese title, referring to the singular leader of a school or style of martial art. The term, however, is not limited to the genre of martial arts.
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Soke Trevor Smith won second place in the Australian Masters Judo Competition for 2009 doing his Jujitsu Kata in a Judo Competition. He partnered with Neville Sharpe of Bendigo Judo to produce and excellent Kata.
Soke and David Harris from the Bendigo Ryu Jujitsu club also performed a "perfect" Kata but did not place due to the style performed.
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Shihan Trevor Smith took part in the Toshiro Daigo 10th Dan in Judo at a seminar held in Melbourne in 2007. Working on Jujitsu and Judo kata. Pictured here standing near Prof. Daigo.
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