August
31, 2006
President:
Tim Schultheis
VP: Chuck
Clark
Secretary:
Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer:
Frank Oliveri
Editor:
Kei
Narimatsu
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Contents:
Editorial – From
the President – Tim Schultheis
Editorial Replies
All Women’s Championship date change
Serving Our Country
Something
to Think About – SALADS - really
Upcoming
Events
From the President:
Our 16 Aug IJI meeting was a
great success. Please see 60822
Chuck
Mary Gail Ford,
Secretary. Again, everyone knows Mary Gail from the
Frank Oliveri,
Treasurer. Frank is another long-term Illinois Judo player
and attained his national referee certification several years ago. His
coach has been Kei Narimatsu from the Tenri Dojo. He works out there as
well as the Gurnee Judo Club and teaches at Northeastern University in the
city. Frank is a C.P.A. (Certified Public Accountant), licensed in our
state since 1985. He has begun work already in reestablishing our
not-for-profit status and will be involved in numerous fund raising initiatives
for IJI.
We also established highly
respected delegates from most of our Districts:
District 1 (Cook County, minus
Chicago city limits):
Jim Colgan
Drew Wickam
District 2 (Lake, McHenry, Kane,
DuPage, and Will)
Itaru Yoshinaga
Don Bordeau
District 3 (I-80 North)
Dennis Helm
John Guzman
District 4 (I-80 South
TO BE DETERMINED
District 5 (Chicago city limits)
Scott Goldstein
Brett Wolf
As IJI President, I appointed
several committee chairs: Promotion Chair/Jim Colgan, Membership
Chair/Mary Gail Ford, Illinois State Championship Tournament Chair/Chuck Clark,
IJI Homepage Chair/Don Bordeau, and Junior Development Chair/Brett Wolf.
We are eager to establish our
delegates from District 4 (I-80 South) and a third voting delegate from
Districts 1, 2, 3 & 5. We are holding our next IJI meeting at noon, 16 Sep 06, again
at Luigi's House (Restaurant), 778 North Route 59, Aurora, IL
(630)375-6400. We will also be holding an IJI meetings on 15 Oct (Wolf
Tournament) and 12 Nov (Gurnee Veteran's Day Tournament) at times to be
determined.
There are several initiatives
that IJI is pursuing:
First, we are creating
an IJI Homepage to post general Illinois Judo info. In addition, we are
researching teleconference methods for holding routine IJI meetings or
committee workshops. We hope that this enhances
communication.
Second, we are planning a Feb
07, Illinois
State Championship. We are soliciting bids from any IJI club to host this
tournament. We will split the net profit between IJI and the hosting
club. The IJI Board will ensure full support in conducting this
tournament--tech tables, referees, medical, etc. If interested, please
contact Chuck Clark (630)768-6009 by 15 Oct. After 15 Oct, we
will open the bidding to organizations outside of IJI.
Third, we will design a
series of open workouts--randori intensive--but also instructional. The
IJI open workouts will rotate between participating IJI clubs. It will be
a great opportunity to play and coach with other high-quality clubs. We
will likely ask for a $5 donation per player with that donation going directly
to IJI, a not-for-profit organization.
In summary, we think that we
have a terrific pool of talented judo players, referees, coaches and
parents. We are excited to see what we can accomplish together.
Tim Schultheis, IJI President
EDITORIAL
REPLIES:
Fantastic
commentary on the bow. If our elders do not take a stand, and the Seniors do
not teach the Juniors, the traditions and rich culture of our Judo world
will be forever lost. You see it happening all over our society, things like
pulling out a chair for a woman guest, opening doors for others, Simple acts of
courtesy and respect for others. We in Judo have always held ourselves to a
higher level. I sincerely hope that we continue to do so in the future.
Thanks Kei.
Respectfully,
Jim Dunning (AZ)
ED NOTE: Jim is Bill
Dunning’s son. Bill died a number of years ago, but I look at Bill as one
of my referee sempai’s. He did understand respect and the sempai-kokai
relationship. As a true teacher, he wanted me to excel and push,
sometimes mercilessly to improve and be better than what I thought I could
do. When he taught me everything he could, he encouraged me to learn from
others in the referee community. By Jim’s comments, it is apparent that
he taught Judo the way it was meant to be taught.
Excellent
article on the Bow (Rei). I just wish more instructors/coaches
would make sure their students observed this very special practice of
respect, appreciation and humbleness. Maybe we are just getting old
- but I don't think so - especially in our very special sport. Thanks
Susan Oles
(PA)
Kei,
I like your
editoral on the bowing. It’s a tradition of the sport that makes it unique to
other sports. I might be mistaken but I believe you have the kneeing bow
wrong. To go into seiza one needs to go down on their left knee first then the
right.
Tom Sheehan (MI)
ED Note:
Tom, you are absolutely right about the kneeling down left leg
first. The rest should be right. It is tough to reconstruct
something that is done second nature, while traveling and at 12 midnight.
Sorry about that. J
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"All Women's Championship" Date
change The date for the Coaches Clinic at the "All Women's
Championship" have been changed due to a conflict with Dr. AnnMaria
DeMars schedule. It will be a 2 part clinic starting Friday evening
5pm, to 9pm 11/03/2006 at the Southside Dojo, 7840 Portage Rd. Portage, Mi.
49022. On Saturday the coaches will take part in coaching the competitors
without coaches. After the competition there will be a review and Coaches
Certification, at the venue. Just a reminder that AnnMaria will
be certifying coaches, USJA, USJI and USJF. There will be no coaches clinic
Sunday. USA
Judo News
Athletes in
the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Out-of-Competition Testing Pool are advised that
the deadline to submit your Athlete Location Forms is Sept. 1. All
athletes who are ranked in the top five on the senior elite national roster,
dated July 6, are entered into the Out-of-Competition Testing Pool. |
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SERVING OUR COUNTRY
PVT Luke Jacobsen – Milwaukee,
WI
LTJG Donny Newsome, Gurnee,
IL
LT Nick Oldfield, Navy, Virginia – home base
William Hendrickson, MN – basic – Camp Pendelton,
CA
Mike Preditus,
IL
SGT Dennis Pruitt,
IRAQ
Dan Smith, Dickson,
TN
Please let me know other Judo families who have loved ones serving in our
military: rank, branch of service and where they are serving.
Thanks.
Something to Think
About
– SALADS
NBC Dateline did a documentary on
cut-up lettuce and spinach packaged in plastic bags. They took us through the
whole process and talked about how the Ecoli bacteria is now showing up in the
salad mix in bags. They don't know yet how the Ecoli got in, but they do know
that deaths and serious sicknesses are occurring in many states. One woman told
about how her child was near death from the lettuce and was sick for a long
time. They warned us not to buy any bag salads until they find out from the
investigation what is causing this contamination. The Dole Company has recalled
their bags. See the links below.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536902
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/salad.asp
UPCOMING
EVENTS - 2006
Please note the following events on the horizon for Illinois and the
Midwest. Communication and download information can be gotten directly
through this email by attachments or by going to www.judofdl.com (Brett
Wood Taylor Welcome Mat Judo). OR www.judocalendar.com (Jim
Carmer). Either site is a wealth of information on Judo events.
Both have more events listed than I have, so visit their sites often.
Thanks.
Sept 1 –
3 USA Judo National Ladder and Fall Classic Harlingen, TX
Contact Ms Sherri Phillips sportsconsult@aol.com
1-719-491-9682
Sept 16 Land
of Lakes Tournament Walker Field House, Hamline University, St
Paul, MN NEW!!!
Contact: Gary
Foster gfoster@visi.com
Sep 23 11th
ANNIVERSARY OF “THE ROCK & ROLL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD” JUDO TOURNAMENT
Solon, OH
Contact Mike
Mooney
mmooney@academycomm.com
SEE ATTACHMENT: TOURNAME2006.doc
Sep 30 Loras College
Judo Tournament
Dubuque, IA
Contact Terry Smith
Oct 7
America’s Cup Judo
Championship Whitestown, IN (near
Indianapolis)
Contact Jim Branson
765) 215-7107
jcbranson@comcast.net
SEE ATTACHMENT: 2006 America’s Cup-final.pdf
Oct 7 – 8 2006 Juyukai East
Coast Judo Championship
Newark NJ
Contact
Sensei Y. Yonezuka www.cranfordjkc.com
1-908-276-3544
Oct
15 5th
Annual Wolf Junior Tournament Chicago, IL (MAI)
Contact Brett
Wolf
azumah4@yahoo.com
Yarina Birnbaum 773-348-8641/ philya@ameritech.net
/Fax:773-442-1550
Oct 15 2006
Great Lakes Open Judo Championships Ypsilanti, MI NEW!!!
Contact Neil
Simon NJSimon@aol.com
Dave Wertheimer Dave.Werthiemer@farmington.k12.mi.us
Oct 20-21 2006 US Open
Miami, FL
Contact
Ms Sherri Phillips sportsconsult@aol.com
1-719-491-9682
Oct 28-29 Badger Open Judo
Tournament Fond du Lac, WI
Contact Brett
Wood-Taylor
welcomemat@charter.net
Tournament package available online August 15, 21006
Nov 4 –
5 2nd Annual All Women’s
Championships Kalamazoo, MI
Contact
Deborah Fergus DeFrgs6@cs.com
http://www.southsidedojo.com/womens
See Corrected Flyer
Nov
12 Gurnee Veteran's
Day Judo Tournament
Grayslake,
IL
Contact Tim Schultheis tschulth@warpnet.net
or flyer available www.gurneejudoclub.com
Dec
2
Santa’s Shiai Fond du Lac, WI
Contact Brett
Wood-Taylor welcomemat@charter.net
LIFE
MEMBERSHIPS INFORMATION – USA JUDO
For
more information on Life Membership in USA Judo, please contact USA Judo and
click on “LIFE MEMBERSHIP”
Nat’l Order Name
030
1 Henry
Okamura(deceased)
041
2 Kei
Narimatsu
065
3 James
Colgan
122
4
Richard Fukuyama(deceased)
125
5
Joanne Barthold(deceased)
139
6
George Stanich
148
7 Mary
Gail Ford
161
8 Kevin
Narimatsu
162
9 Scott
Narimatsu (CA)
164
10 Byung Chul Cho
167
11 Yung Kim
177
12 Kyu Yoon
181
13 John Bek
189
14 Quentin Thompson
201
15 Michiyuki Sasa
216
16 George Weers
271
17 Susan McConnell
289 18
William Jaconetti
291
19 Jean S Narimatsu
292
20 Susan Narimatsu
324
21 Timothy Tremaine
342
22 Stephen Bergren
349
23 Timothy Canty
355 24
Tim Schultheis
358
25 Bradford Lee
(NV)
363
26 Frank Oliveri
364
27 Michael Ogata
(FL)
370
28 Jeanette J
Narimatsu
371
29 Julie K
Narimatsu
374 30
Joe Kajita (CA)
378
31 Eiko Shepherd
381
32 Bill
Dunning(deceased)
382
33 Yasko Odagiri
383
34 Wren Odagiri
385
35 Cary Yamanaka
(MN)
387 36
Don Bordeau
There are currently only 34 Life
Members in