November 9, 2006
President: Tim
Schultheis
VP: Chuck
Clark
Secretary: Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer: Frank Oliveri
Editor: Kei
Narimatsu
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Contents:
Editorial – A Pittance of Time
LOCAL NEWS
NEW SITE FOR
ILLINOIS JUDO
USA JUDO NEWS
Gotay finishes Fifth at Swedish Open
Ronda Rousey Wins Gold in Sweden
Serving Our Country
Something to Think About – The Pledge of Allegiance
Upcoming Events
USA Judo Life Members
EDITORIAL –
Veteran’s Day
is this weekend. Please take two minutes to open and listen to this video
by Terry Kelly. Though set in
http://www.terry-kelly.com/pittance.htm
Corrections: Steve Bell is originally from
LOCAL NEWS
NEW SITE FOR
Illinois Judo is proud to present the new
website for the organization…you can also check out our new logo! The site is a work in progress, but plan on receiving
lots of great updates through www.illinoisjudo.org.
Some of the items you can
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New page to see all the recent news items. The items listed below may or
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stories, it is better to go to the USA Judo website.
Gotay Finishes Fifth at Sweden Open
(
Gotay, one of eight Americans to compete on
Saturday, opened her day with a win over hometown favorite and two-time 2006
World Cup medalist Maria Lindberg (SWE).
After pinning
Lindberg, Gotay won her next two matches over Marlen Hein (GER) and Ana Vicente (POR) to
advance to the semifinal against two-time World Cup medalist Corina Caprioriu (ROM).
Gotay lost the match by ippon
to Caprioriu, the eventual gold medalist, and dropped
down to the bronze medal match where she was pinned by Georgina Singleton
(GBR).
Carrie
Chandler (
Ronda Rousey Wins Gold in Sweden
(
The win is Rousey’s third European title in 2006, following gold
medals at the
Rousey made quick work of her first opponent,
throwing Marcon Bezzina
(MLT), throwing her with a sumi gaeshi (sacrifice technique) and then armbarring
her 18 seconds into the match.
In the second
match, Rousey countered an attempt at a leg throw by Isabelle
Pearson (CAN), launching Pearson onto her back for an ippon
(instant win).
Rousey ended her next two matches against Johanna
Ylinen (FIN) and Christina Marzok
(GER) on the ground, pinning both… more>
SERVING OUR COUNTRY
PVT Luke Jacobsen – Milwaukee,
WI
LTJG Donny Newsome, Gurnee,
IL
LT Nick Oldfield, Navy, Virginia – home
base
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
– The
Pledge of Allegiance
In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the
Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is
very appropriate:
"The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during
the Vietnam War. In the earl y years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us
in solitary confinement or two or three to a cell.
In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms
with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. This was, as you can imagine, a
wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of
Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home.
One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike. Mike
came from a small town near
As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to
receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs,
scarves and other items of clothing.
Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he
created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. Every
afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall
of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance.
I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day
now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most
important and meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and
discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That
evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all
of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then,
they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as
well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept.
Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the
excitement died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there
beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his
bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with
his eyes almost shut from the beating he had making another American flag.
He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He
was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to
Pledge our allegiance to our flag and country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the
sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation
and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our
honor, and our country
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
UPCOMING EVENTS - 2006
Please note the following events on the horizon for
Nov
12 Gurnee Veteran's
Day Judo Tournament
Grayslake, IL
Contact Tim Schultheis
tschulth@warpnet.net or flyer available www.gurneejudoclub.com
Nov 17 Jimmy Pedro – A Special
Judo Seminar Midway Judo Club – West St Paul, MN
Contact George Trembulak 651-778-3740 or Midway Judo Club at
651-453-0403
Nov
18
Junior Development Clinic – Open
Workout
Yorkville Judo Club
Contact Brett
Wolf
azumah4@yahoo.com
SEE FLYER in attachment –
NEW!!
Dec
2
Santa’s Shiai
Contact Brett
Wood-Taylor welcomemat@charter.net
Dec 9 Illinois Judo Coach's Certification Clinic Tohkon Judo Academy,
Chicago, IL
Contact Tim Schultheis
tschulth@warpnet.net
or (847)244-7847 SEE
FLYER in attachment – NEW!!
Dec
9 IJI Meeting Board of
To be held 1 hour before the IJI Coaches Certification Clinic
Dec
26 – 30 Gurnee
Judo Holiday Camp featuring Carrie Chandler
Contact
Tim Schultheis tschulth@warpnet.net for more information www.gurneejudoclub.com
Dec
30
Junior Development Clinic – Open
Workout
Gurnee Judo
Club
Gurnee, IL
Contact Brett
Wolf
azumah4@yahoo.com
2007 dates
Jan TBD Junior
Development Clinic – Open Workout
Tohkon Judo Academy
Chicago, IL
Contact Brett
Wolf
azumah4@yahoo.com
Feb
18 Illinois State Open Judo Championships
Yorkville IL
Contact Chuck Clark: (630)553-5741 clarkmail@sbcglobal.net
OR
Tim Schultheis (847)244-7847
Feb
Sensei Memorial
Mar
2-4 Midwestern Championships
Mar
10
Mar
24-26 MS/HS/Collegiate National Championships –
Apr
1-2
Apr
7-8
Apr
20-21 Senior Nationals –
May
29-30 Am-Can Challenge –
Jul 7 – 8 Junior
Olympics –
Jul
2007 USJA Junior Nationals –
Jul
14-15 USJF Junior Nationals –
Aug
4-5
Sep
2007 Ladder and Fall Classic
Sep/Oct
2007
Nov
2007
Continental Crown –
Nov
2007
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 (CA)
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 36 Life Members in