Yves Klein's Judo Académie de Paris was briefly recreated at Tate Modern as part of UBS Openings at The Long Weekend 2009: Do it yourself - The House of Fairy Tales

Saturday 23rd May & Sunday 24th May 2009, 12 - 6pm

Press Release & Schedule

The Everyday Press, in association with the British Judo Association and The Budokwai, presents the Judo Académie de Paris, technical director Yves Klein, Kodokan 4th dan black belt, as part of The House of Fairy Tales.

In 1954 the young artist Yves Klein returned from two years studying judo in Japan and opened his own grand judo club in Paris. On Saturday 23rd and Sunday 24th May art and judo will once more come together at Tate Modern.

In a giant marquee by the riverside on the North side of Tate Modern there will be a full sized judo mat where for two days anyone can experience the martial art and Olympic sport that was Yves Klein’s first love and inspiration.

The British Judo Association and The Budokwai (Europe’s oldest judo club, where Klein trained when in London) will be running demonstrations of kata and randori, contest judo, open sessions for children and adults, master classes led by Olympic silver medallist Ray Stevens and World Masters medallist Danny Murphy and trial sessions for anyone who would like to join in.

Yves Klein's book The Foundations of Judo, translated by artist Ian Whittlesea and published by The Everyday Press, will be available in the Tate bookshop.

The House of Fairy Tales is a non profit production company, set up in 2007 by artists Gavin Turk and Deborah Curtis to produce large and small scale, national and local events celebrating and promoting creative education. They work with an expanding network of visual artists, theatre performers, musicians, as well as creative mathematicians, inventors, engineers and scientists to help equip the next generation with the imagination needed for their future on the planet. They work in public spaces and in partnership with other institutions in order to reach a wide range of groups, cultures and abilities.

Schedule

Saturday 23 May:

12.00 - 13.00
KANO Session
Invitational Session
Ages 5 - 7 Years

13.00 - 14.00
SENIOR OPEN SESSION - 1st kyu and above
Coach - Danny Murphy

14.00 - 15.00
JUNIOR OPEN RANDORI SESSION
Open to all - come and try judo

15.00 - 15.45
KATA DEMONSTRATION
Organised by Dennis and Tina Penfold

15.45 - 16.30
CADET LEVEL TRAINING SESSION
Coach - Bill Taylor

16.30 - 18.00
OPEN RANDORI SESSION
Open to all - come and try judo

Sunday 24 May:

12.00 - 13.00
SENIOR MASTERCLASS - 1st dan and above
Coach - Ray Stevens
Olympic Silver Medallist

13.00 - 14.30
JUNIOR OPEN RANDORI SESSION
Open to all - come and try judo

14.30 - 15.30
KATA DEMONSTRATION
Organised by Dennis and Tina Penfold

15.30 - 16.30
SENIOR OPEN RANDORI SESSION

16.30 - 18.00
JUNIOR OPEN RANDORI SESSION
Open to all - come and try judo