November 17,
2006
President: Tim
Schultheis
VP: Chuck
Clark
Secretary: Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer: Frank Oliveri
Editor: Kei
Narimatsu
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Contents:
Editorial – Editorial responses
Analysis – Yasuhiro Yamashita
LOCAL NEWS
USA JUDO NEWS
USA Judo
Introduces “Club Spotlight”
2006
European Open Judo Championships – opportunity for competition
2007 Armed
Forces Judo Team Looking for Applicants
National
Training Site – North Miami
Finnish Open
– Kristen Allan, Valerie Gotay, Sayaka Matsumoto, Carrie Chandler, Rhonda
Rousey – All place winners
Aaron Cohen
places fifth
Serving Our Country
Something to Think About – Blue Ribbon “Who I
Am Makes a Difference”
Upcoming Events
USA Judo Life Members
EDITORIAL – Happy Thanksgiving
if I do not have a chance to wish you this next week. May the blessing
you enjoy this holiday season be many.
EDITORIAL RESPONSE:
In response to “A Pittance of Time” these are some of the responses
I received. Overwhelmingly positive but for one. All comments were
received with their names attached but for one.
Great
Video….Scott L. Thanks!!
Thank you Kei for such a lovely email. You are sooo
right! It is because of the young men and women who have fought all these
wars that we have such freedom in this country of ours... We take our
freedom so much for granted... Wake of
Good one, Kei,
Brian D.
This
is a great piece, Kei. I've not heard of Terry Kelly but he is
obviously a very passionate, caring person. Under separate cover I'm
sending you an email that looks good to me. Hope you like the idea.
Dick
& BA Q.
Thank you, that was very
inspirational.
My father served in WWII as
did my uncle, his brother. My uncle was a B24 pilot and was shot down three
times and rescued three times by the French underground. They both were in
Grandfathers (and
Grandmothers), fathers (and mothers) and sons (and daughters) should all
respect this as should everyone.
Again, thanks
Fritz M.
hello,
interesting
video you sent with the JUDO news letter! I thought it was for judo news! but
to comment on the video it would have been complete if…..
I say we
stick to Judo news..thanks
AND YOUR POINT
IS…? EDITOR
Corrections: Steve Bell is originally from
Analysis -- Yasuhiro Yamashita
by Lance Wicks
I have recently been re-reading Yamashita-Sensei's
"Fighting Spirit" book. In one of the appendix pages is a list of all
the wins in his 203 fight winning streak in international contest. I was
curious to know what techniques were on the list and what percentages they were
used, so I punched the data into Excel and this is what I found.
|
Techniques Used by
Yamashita |
||
|
Technique |
Number |
Percentage |
|
Yoko Shiho Gatame |
45 |
27.95% |
|
Uchi Mata |
35 |
21.74% |
|
Combination |
23 |
14.29% |
|
Okuri Eri Jime |
19 |
11.80% |
|
Kuzure Kesa Gatame |
11 |
6.83% |
|
Osoto Gari |
9 |
5.59% |
|
Ouchi Gari |
6 |
3.73% |
|
Ude Gatame |
3 |
1.86% |
|
Kami Shiho Gatame |
2 |
1.24% |
|
Tate Shiho Gatame |
2 |
1.24% |
|
Kesa Gatame |
2 |
1.24% |
|
Kosoto Gari |
1 |
0.62% |
|
Osoto Guruma |
1 |
0.62% |
|
OUK |
1 |
0.62% |
|
N-KJG |
1 |
0.62% |
|
Total |
161 |
100% |
The
table above shows clearly that his highest scoring techniques is Yoko Shiho
Gatame, followed by Uchi Mata and then combinations. The definition of
combination is a pain as it covers so much, but the data was limited. The next
two highest scoring techniques were Ne-Waza techniques and the famous O Soto
Gari only comes in at position six on the table. We can probably assume that
many of the combinations involved O Soto Gari and Uchi Mata.
There are 161 recorded scores, from a winning streak of 203
matches. 42 were won without a deciding score. This would put refereeing
decisions squarely at position number two on the list.
A brief inspection of these results can tell us that having
a strong Ne-Waza and a strong Tachi-Waza technique is essential. As players we
also need to be able to demonstrate to referees that we were the superior
player when scores are tied.
As a coach or player, we could decide that we should focus
on standing and groundwork. Ensuring that players are positive and are able to
influence the referee is vital. To this end, players should practise
influencing the referee's decisions in just the same way as they would any
other Judo skill.
LOCAL NEWS
Complete coverage of
these articles available at the USA Judo website. Click on the link http://www.usjudo.org/ and click on the What's New page to see all the
recent news items. The items listed below may or may not be linked already.
To get further information on any of these stories, it is better to go to the
USA Judo website.
USA Judo is
pleased to announce a new program in which the club who registers the most USA
Judo primary athletes during each month will be featured on www.usjudo.org as the
“Spotlight Club” of the month on the front page of the Web Site.
An excellent opportunity
for clubs to increase their reach and broadcast their achievements to a wider
audience, the Club Spotlight will be include not only information about the
club itself, but will include a feature article.
This new
program begins with members who register during the month of November.
Be sure to
visit www.usjudo.org
in December to read about the Spotlight Club of the Month!
2006
European Open Judo Championships
The European Open Judo Championships will be held Dec. 9 in
Athletes interested in competing should contact Mary Ann
Relich at maryann.relich@usajudo.us
immediately.
2007
Armed Forces Judo Team Looking for Applicants
The Armed
Forces Sports Office has once again approved the participation of an Armed
Forces Judo Team in the 4th World Military Championships to be held
in
a.
Athletes must have competed in one "A+, A, or B" level competition
b.
Athletes must be nationally ranked in the top 10 of their respective weight
class
c.
Athletes must finish in the top 50% of their weight class at a "C"
level competition
Interested
athletes must immediately
notify the team's head coach, Major (P) Hector R. Morales-Negron, in
order to receive training and competition recommendations in
preparation for the 2007 Armed Forces Judo Camp. Experienced judoka
service members that currently do not meet the minimum
standards for an invitation to camp due to operational
requirements still have time to acquire the points needed for an
invitation. For more information please contact:
The Head Coach,
MAJ(P) Hector R. Morales-Negron at Armyjudo6@aol.com or the Marine Corps Sports
Director, Mr. Steve Dinote at steven.dinote@usmc.mil
City of
The North Miami
City Council voted in a meeting last night to approve the development of a new
training site in
Following the
approval of this contract with the four NGBs, the City of
“It has taken a
little over a year to finalize this agreement with the City of
Already, there
is a strong contingent of young athletes competing as part of the North Miami
USA Judo National Training Site program and the approval of City Council will
enable these athletes to have a permanent elite-level facility.
The North Miami
USA Judo National Training Site is led by Head Coaches German Velazco, a
2000 Olympian from
Prado and
Velazco, who coached the 2006 Junior World Team in October, were both in
attendance during the meeting along with Rodriguez and North Miami athletes Bobby
Lee (Coral Springs, Fla. / 73kg), Jeanette Rodriguez (Coral Springs,
Fla. / 48kg), Ronnie Talledo (Coral Springs, Fla. / 60kg), Angelica
Delgado (Miami, Fla. / 57kg), Franchesca Durand (Coral Springs, Fla. / 52kg) and
Jean-Pierre Durand (Coral Springs, Fla. / 60kg).
“This is
definitely great news,” said Prado. “We’re looking forward to the building
opening and we’re just going to keep working hard and hopefully we’ll continue
to see more great results in the next year.”
Athletes from
the
(
Allan, a
23-year-old who began competing in the sport four years ago, made her first
major foray onto the European Tour earlier this year and won three matches in a
row to compete in the final in Vantaa.
In the first
round, Allan choked former Junior U.S. Open Champion Aneta Mozden (CAN) to
win by ippon (instant win). Allan then threw Roberta Piano (ITA),
a fifth-place finisher at the Rome World Cup, for ippon with a drop seoi nage
(dropping shoulder throw).
In the
semifinal, Allan took an early lead… more>
|
( Gotay turned
33 on Sunday in a sport where the average age of women with a #1 ranking in
the United States is 20-years-old. The day before, Gotay finished fifth
at the Swedish Open in Boras and spent her birthday trying to find quality
sushi in a Swedish town and watching more judo. The next day, Gotay and
her U.S. teammates started a three-day international training camp before
embarking on the six-hour bus trip and 12-hour boat ride needed to get to
Vantaa. Once in
Finland, Gotay won each of her first three matches quickly, ending all of
them by ippon (instant win) in less than 90 seconds, to advance to the final
against Nina Koivumaki (FIN) who finished fifth at this year’s
European Championships and second at the Tallinn World Cup in March. Gotay’s final
against Koivumaki went longer than the total of her previous three, but she
sealed the win with a koka (smallest points) in the five-minute match. Sayaka
Matsumoto (El Cerrito, Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute) won the United States’ other medal for
the day… 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 –
J WHO YOU ARE MAKES A
DIFFERENCE! J
I have been contemplating an
idea. If you are familiar with the book Chicken Soup for the Soul,
you may have read a story about blue ribbons. It goes like this:
A teacher in New York decided
to honor each of her seniors in high school by telling them the difference they
each made. Using a process developed by Helice Bridges of Del Mar, California,
she called each student to the front of the class, one at a time. First she
told them how the student made a difference to her and the class. Then she
presented each of them with a blue ribbon imprinted with gold letters which
read, "Who I Am Makes a Difference."
Afterwards the teacher
decided to do a class project to see what kind of impact recognition would have
on a community. She gave each of the students three I more ribbons and
instructed them to go out and spread this acknowledgment ceremony. Then they
were to follow up on the results, see who honored whom and report back to the
class in about a week.
One of the boys in the class
went to a junior executive in a nearby company and honored him for helping him
with his career planning. He gave him a blue ribbon and put it on his shirt.
Then he gave him two extra ribbons, and said, "We're doing a class project
on recognition, and we'd like you to go out, find somebody to honor, give them
a blue ribbon, then give them the extra blue ribbon so they can acknowledge a
third person to keep this acknowledgment ceremony going. Then please report
back to me and tell me what happened."
Later that day the junior
executive went in to see his boss, who had been noted, by the way, as being
kind of a grouchy fellow. He sat his boss down and he told him that he deeply
admired him for being a creative genius.
The
boss seemed very surprised. The junior executive asked him if he would accept
the gift of the blue ribbon and would he give him permission to put it on him.
His surprised boss said, "Well, sure."
The junior executive took the
blue ribbon and placed it right on his boss's jacket above his heart. As he
gave him the last extra ribbon, he said, "Would you do me a favor? Would
you take this extra ribbon and pass it on by honoring somebody else? The young
boy who first gave me the ribbons is doing a project in school and we want to
keep this recognition ceremony going and find out how it affects people."
That night the boss came home
to his 14-year-old son and sat him down. He said, "The most
incredible thing happened to me today. I was in my office and one of the junior
executives came in and told me he admired me and gave me a blue ribbon for
being a creative genius.
Imagine.
He thinks I'm a creative genius. Then he put this blue ribbon that says 'Who I
Am Makes A Difference' on my jacket above my heart. He gave me an extra ribbon
and asked me to find somebody else to honor. As I was driving home tonight, I
started thinking about whom I would honor with this ribbon and I thought about
you. I want to honor you.
"My Days are really
hectic and when I come home I don't pay a lot of attention to you. Sometimes I
scream at you for not getting good enough grades in school and for your bedroom
being a mess, but somehow tonight, I just wanted to sit here and well, just let
you know that you do make a difference to me. Besides your mother, you are the
most important person in my life. You're a great kid and I love you!"
The startled boy started to
sob and sob, and he couldn't stop crying.
His whole body shook. He looked
up at his father and said through his tears, "I was planning on committing
suicide tomorrow, Dad, because I didn't think you loved me. Now I don't need
to."
-Chicken Soup for the Soul
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.
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
Yorkville,
IL
Contact Brett
Wolf
azumah4@yahoo.com
Dec
2
Santa’s Shiai Fond du Lac, WI
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
Dec
9 IJI Meeting Board of Directors Meeting Tohkon Judo
Academy –
Chicago
To be held 1 hour before the IJI
Coaches Certification Clinic
Dec
26 – 30 Gurnee
Judo Holiday Camp featuring Carrie Chandler
Gurnee, IL
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 San Jose, CA
-
Referee Examination Site
Feb
17 4th Annual Pedro's Challenge Judo
Tournament Wakefield, MA
Contact Jim Pedro at jimmypedro@zebramats.com
or 978-973-6238
USA Judo E-Level Senior Event and Referee Examination
Site
Mar
2-4 Midwestern Championships Illinois
-
Referee Examination Site
Mar
10 New York Open, New York City
Mar
24-26 MS/HS/Collegiate National Championships – Miami, FL
Apr
1-2 Liberty Bell – Philadelphia, PA
-
Referee Examination Site
Apr
7-8 Northglenn – Denver, CO
Apr
20-21 Senior Nationals – Miami, FL
May
29-30 Am-Can Challenge – Buffalo, NY
Jul 7 – 8 Junior Olympics –
Jul
2007 USJA Junior Nationals – Indianapolis, IN
Jul
14-15 USJF Junior Nationals – Ypsilanti, MI
Aug
4-5 USA Judo Junior Open – Ft Lauderdale, FL
Sep
2007 Ladder and Fall Classic
Sep/Oct
2007 USA Judo Senior Open
Nov
2007
Continental Crown – Seattle, WA
-
Referee Examination Site
Nov
2007
Dallas Invitational – Dallas, TX
-
Referee Examination Site
LIFE
MEMBERSHIPS INFORMATION – USA JUDO
For more information on Life
Membership in USA Judo, please contact USA Judo and click on “LIFE
MEMBERSHIP”
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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
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(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
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(MN)
387 36
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