Dynamic Balance for Life is an innovative program developed for older adults to avoid a fall if possible, and to learn to land safely in the event of a fall!
The next Introductory Program for older participantscommences on 2 October 2025 - register here
The next Train-the-Trainer Program for Judo Coaches is in Sydney on 6 & 7 September 2025 - register here
and Train-the-Trainer Program for Judo Coaches and Allied Health Professionals in Adelaide is on 27 & 28 September - register here
Dynamic Balance for LifeTM and related programs are also delivered by the followign organisations:
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Organisation
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Location
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Contact
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South Australia
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Pasargad Judo Club
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Unit 3/54b Dorene St,
St Marys SA 5042
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0405 241 875
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Aikido Adelaide
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200 Belair Rd,
Hawthorn, SA 5062
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0404 342303
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Helping Hand
Parafield Gardens Wellbeing Centre
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422 Salisbury Highway,
Parafield Gardens SA 5107
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1300 444 663
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Helping Hand
Golden Grove Wellbeing Centre
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1000 The Golden Way,
Golden Grove SA 5125
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1300 444 663
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AgeWell Motion - Safe Falling
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Semaphore SA 5019
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Dr Agathe Daria Jadczak
0466 508 405
agewellmotion@safefalling.com.au
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Interstate
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Resilience Judo Club
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86 Buckley St,
Melbourne VIC 3011
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Mick McMahon
info@ResilienceTrainingCentre.com
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Uni WA Judo Club
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Goldsworthy Rd, Claremont WA 6010
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info@judouwa.com.au
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Renegade Cudal
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4 Naylor St,
Cudal NSW 2864
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Greg Wiltshire
0488 563 333
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International
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Harlow Judo Club
(Landing on your Feet)
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Fold Croft, Harlow,
CM20 1SR, UK
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+44 07976 955 905
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Adelaide University Judo Club (AUJC) collaborated with Adelaide University's G-TRAC Centre, to do an ethics-approved Pilot Study in late 2021. The study showed that this Introductory program developed by Adelaide University Judo Club is safe and feasible for older adults. The results of the study were published in April 2023 in The Journal of Frailty and Ageing.
The Introductory program is delivered at AUJC several times a year, by experienced judo coaches who have been acredited in the course. Each session is 60 minutes, once per week. Each session is a combination of low intensity strength and balance work combined with learning to land safely from a fall and get up and down from the floor confidently. Class sizes are limited and enrollments are confirmed on a first-come basis. You can send us an Expression of Interest for the next Introductory programs if you wish to participate. Please download, fill-in and email to admin@aujudo.com.
Judo Australia, the peak body for judo in Australia, is a proud partner of Dynamic Balance!
AUJC participated in the inaugural International Consensus Conference on Safe Falling for the Elderly through Judo, held in Tokyo in November 2023. The International Judo Federation (IJF) published a Consensus Statement in July 2024, a copy can be downloaded below. We also participated in the 2nd International Consensus Conference on Safe Falling for the Elderly in Tokyo in December 2024.
In 2024, AUJC in partnership with the University of Adelaide research team were supported by a grant from The Hospital Research Foundation to run a larger clinical trial over 2 years on the effectiveness of the Program, as well as to upskill health professionals with no expereince in judo in delivery of the Dynamic Balance for Life program to older adults. Recruitment for this study is now open. Download the Study Flyers for details.
