Our instructors
Ewoud van Dulken
Born in Amsterdam and raised in Amstelveen. After swimming, gymnastics, soccer and diving I came into contact with the sport of judo. I started judo at the age of 10 and became a black belt judo in just under 6 years.
Tijdens mijn eigen judolessen ben ik gaan assisteren om zo de mede leerlingen en mijn leraar te kunnen helpen met de lesstof. Het was echt iets voor mij! Dit heeft mij doen besluiten om mij te gaan specialiseren als sportleraar op het CIOS te Haarlem. Tijdens deze zeer brede opleiding ben ik 2e en 3e dan (zwarte band) geworden en daarnaast heb ik ook mijn ‘lesgeefbevoegdheden’ (Judoleraar A en B) gehaald.
Tijdens mijn opleiding ben ik in vele landen geweest waaronder Japan, Zuid-Afrika, Frankrijk, Duitsland, Tsjechië, België, Polen, Denemarken, Noorwegen, Finland en Zweden. Ik ben bevoorrecht dat ik hier kon proeven van de judocultuur en de wedstrijdsport.
Jay van Andel
By now, 15 years of experience as a judoka with teacher Ewoud van Dulken.
I started practising judo at an early age; I was five years old. We did this in the local gymnasium where we also had our PE lessons with school.
Judo was my first experience with sports besides swimming. At the age of eight, I started playing tennis besides judo. In this, I was driven by the wins. It soon turned out that I bit into winning every match I played. In both judo matches and tennis competitions, I often won prizes. To make it to the top, I had to make a choice, judo or tennis. I chose tennis at the high level and not without success.
Meanwhile, the sport of judo kept gnawing at me, I would sometimes just go and watch the class or join in once in a while. I just couldn't let it go.
While studying at CIOS, I had the opportunity to do an internship at the judo school. It totally got my enthusiasme back again which led to weekly training and teaching my own classes.
Quitting judo I can't, it's just my nature.
Jay van Andel
By now, 15 years of experience as a judoka with teacher Ewoud van Dulken.
I started practising judo at an early age; I was five years old. We did this in the local gymnasium where we also had our PE lessons with school.
Judo was my first experience with sports besides swimming. At the age of eight, I started playing tennis besides judo. In this, I was driven by the wins. It soon turned out that I bit into winning every match I played. In both judo matches and tennis competitions, I often won prizes. To make it to the top, I had to make a choice, judo or tennis. I chose tennis at the high level and not without success.
Meanwhile, the sport of judo kept gnawing at me, I would sometimes just go and watch the class or join in once in a while. I just couldn't let it go.
While studying at CIOS, I had the opportunity to do an internship at the judo school. It totally got my enthusiasme back again which led to weekly training and teaching my own classes.
Quitting judo I can't, it's just my nature.
SOPHIE COURANT
Als meisje van 9 ben ik ooit begonnen met judo bij BOS-sport en heb dit toen zo’n 2,5 jaar gedaan. Wedstrijdjes waren niks voor mij maar nieuwe banden halen wel!
Ik was dan ook snel bij de blauwe band waarna ik stopte en 9 jaar niks aan judo had gedaan.
In mijn 2e jaar van mijn opleiding aan het CIOS in Haarlem kwam ik mijn oude judoleraar weer tegen die daar docent was en raakte daardoor weer verbonden met de sport. Ik heb op het CIOS en op mijn stage echt de passie voor lesgeven ontdekt. Ik vind het erg leuk om andere manieren van lesgeven te onderzoeken zoals bijvoorbeeld met nieuwe spelletjes.
De laatste 2 jaar heb ik geweldige judo-ervaringen op mogen doen in Japan en heb ik mijn 1e en 2e dan (zwarte band) behaald na 5,5 jaar judo-ervaring met daarbij een diploma voor judoleraar A en straks ook B.
Motivation of Master Ewoud
Judo is a sport for everyone, even if you don't have that much to spend. Don't have any martial arts experience? Are you afraid of falling Judo is for boys and girls from 3 years old. Also for (starting) adults. Our motivation is to get as many Amstelveners as possible in touch with themselves and the unique sport, judo.
It starts the moment you put on your judo suit, tie your belt and step onto the mat. Learn to fall and rely on yourself. Build self-confidence and resilience. Judo school Amstelveen offers judo as a sport, but it is more than a sport. It is a life lesson. During structural judo lessons at one of the elementary school in Amstelveen, children learn social skills, respect for each other, discipline, cooperation and perseverance at an early age.
Judo, Physiotherapy,
personal training & Fitness
During my studies, I took "fitness" as an additional specialization. Here I specialized in physiology, training theory and writing training schedules. After my internships at major gyms and agencies, I also focused on 'personal training'. Not with an eye on bodybuilding, but on sport-specific training and rehabilitation training. From 2007 to 2021, I worked in physical therapy and began to specialize on NAH (Non Congenital Brain Injury). The results and progression of the clients made the work fun. It made me realize that every improvement offers an improved quality of life. That's what makes the work so valuable. Striving for more, striving for perfection. Achieving perfection is often impossible, yet striving for better or striving for the best achievable is certainly possible. I have experienced it myself through many hours of training and throwing myself wholeheartedly into the things I do. In 2018 I earned the title "personal trainer of the year" and I prolonged this title both in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
“Strong, Persevering, Balanced, Patient and Fanatical!“
