February 2, 2007
President: Tim
Schultheis
VP: Chuck
Clark
Secretary: Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer: Frank Oliveri
Editor: Kei
Narimatsu
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Contents:
Editorial – Wisconsin Judo Hall of Fame
LOCAL NEWS
From the President
From Chief Referee – Carlos Diaz and Jaime Casanova to attend Midwestern
Championships
Team
European Tour Open Selections
British Open
Training Camp Photo Gallery
Serving Our Country
Something to Think About – The English
Language
Upcoming
Events
EDITORIAL –
The Wisconsin Judo Hall of
Fame: On January 27th, Wisconsin Judo, Inc. hosted a dinner to
honor two giants of
The Hall of Fame was the brain
child of Brett, Jim Peterson, Mark Frankel, John and
Cindy Peterson and others whose vision was to bring Judo families closer
together, to recognize
excellence
in their senseis, to make Judo better for
everyone. While there will be no permanent home for those honored, at
least not right now, the honorees will be featured in the Wisconsin Judo
website with photos and a bio on each, telling a story of dedication, a love of
Judo that oft times transcended family and friends. Congratulations to
both Neal and Ron for this honor – so well deserved.
Brett Wood-Taylor, Neal Rosenburg, Jim Peterson
Photo by Cindy Peterson
Correction: Dr Ashida received his 9th Dan from USJF, not the Kodokan. The editor regrets the error.
LOCAL NEWS
From the IJI President:
We are finalizing our
preparations for the Sunday, February 18, 2007 Illinois State Open Judo
Championships (see attached flyer). Please consider supporting this
event. In addition to athletes, coaches and referees participating on
competition day, we welcome any volunteers for setting up the contest areas and
technical tables the night before, February 17th, at the
To All
Fr Kei Narimatsu,
Chief Referee, Midwestern Championships
Re: Midwestern Championships – March 2nd
– 4th –
Carlos Diaz and Jaime
Casanova
This
year, the Midwestern Championships, Illinois Judo and USA Judo is proud to
announce that Mr Carlos Diaz,
Refereeing Director for the Pan American Judo Union and Referee Commissioner to
the IJF will be our special guest lecture and Honorary Chief Referee for these
Championships. Mr Diaz will discuss in detail
the most up to date IJF rules and interpretations, especially the Dynamic Edge
Rule. We are also working closely with USA Judo to use the new CARE or
Computer Aided REplay system for these
Championship, which we hope will be beta tested here.
Also,
we may be equally privileged to have in attendance, Mr
Jaime Casanova, President of the Pan American Judo Union. Mr Casanova brings a unique perspective to Judo in the PJU
which he will elaborate on as it pertains to athletes, referees and coaches
within the PJU.
The
clinic will be held on
March
2nd at the Ramada Inn –
March 3rd from 9:00am to 1:30pm at the Hinkston
Park Field House in
This
is a level E Senior point event AND a level D Junior point event. The
Midwestern will be a Candidate National Referee Test site for Regional Referees
AND a credit and evaluation site for National Referees and higher.
For
further information, please contact Kei Narimatsu at knarimatsu@microlamps.com or by cell phone at
1-630-207-0822.
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.
I am attaching the entire
In another story, there is a
very strong possibility of a US team going to Cuba for the Jose Ramon Rodriquez
(MEN) and the Golden Judoguis (WOMEN) Championships
in Havana, Cuba in April/May with a training camp to follow. This would
mark the first time a
Team
USA Sweeps Women’s Divisions at British Open
Americans
take seven medals on second day
After a successful first day
at the British Open in
The four gold medals,
combined with a silver and two bronzes, made this
event the most successful day at a European event for a U.S. Team since the 1984
Austrian Open when the
Jeanette Rodriguez (48kg)
and Franchesca
Durand (52kg), both of
(
Among the
Senior National Champions Jeanette
Rodriguez (Coral Springs, Fla. / North Miami USA Judo National Training Site /
48kg) and Carrie Chandler (Glenville, N.Y. / NYAC / Jason Morris Judo
Center / 52kg) also will be among the Americans to watch on Sunday… more>
Rousey Wins British Open; Team USA Takes Four Medals in Day
1
Ronda Rousey
(
Rousey reeled threw her first two matches with little
problem, winning both by ippon (instant win) to
advance to the semifinal against Sarah Clark (GBR).
The last time the two met, Rousey was a 17-year-old at the Athens Olympic Games.
The youngest athlete in the judo competition, Rousey
picked up a win over
Although the two haven’t
fought since, both rapidly ascended the world rankings. Rousey, now 19, is the fourth-ranked athlete in the world
while
The match was one of the
best battles in the women’s division all day as both players fought
strategically and neither was able to produce a score sending the match into
Golden Score (overtime).
The back-and-forth attacks
continued for just over a minute before Rousey threw
British Open Day 1 Early
Results
Ronda Rousey, Jeremy Liggett and
Justin Flores are among the athletes fighting tonight for medals at the
British Open in
Open
Day 1 Preview, Photos and Draw Sheets
As the British Open, a USA Judo B-Level Tournament kicks off on Saturday, 19
Americans will compete against a field of more than 130 athletes in the first
day’s divisions in London.
Among the highlights, expect one of the hottest matches of the day to be Ronda
Rousey (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / Pedro’s Judo
Center), the #4-ranked athlete in the world at 63kg vs. #6 Sarah Clark
(GBR) in a likely semifinal.
Former World Team member at 66kg, Justin Flores (
The Jose Ramon Rodriguez
(Men) and Golden Judoguis (Women) Championships, both
USA Judo Senior B-Level events will be held in
The event will be followed
by a training camp that would increase the time of the trip so that it would be
April 24 – May 5, 2007.
Competition divisions will include all Olympic weight divisions,
plus Open.
USA Judo has been advised there is a service available that will help
enable us to get
USA Judo is now working to determine projected costs associated with this trip.
Athletes ranked as a “C Level” or higher on the current USA Judo Senior Elite
National Roster are asked to contact Jim Hrbek at judolym@aol.com and Jhonny Prado, chata29@aol.com, by Midnight
Feb. 8 if they have ANY interest in making a trip to
European Tour Open
Selections
Athletes ranked lower than
#5 on the USA Judo Senior Elite National Roster dated Dec. 4, 2006 may request
to compete in the remaining European Tour events by contacting Eddie Liddie at eddie.liddie@usajudo.us.
British Open Training Camp Photo Gallery
Following the British Open,
many members of the U.S. Team, including the USA Judo Elite U-23 Team, stayed
in Great Britain for a two-day training camp at the Dartford
Judo Center, a British regional training site, along with teams from Scotland
and Canada. Among the coaches at the camp were Neil Adams, 1981 World Champion and
two-time Olympic medalist; Jimmy Pedro,
U-23 Head Coach and 1999 World Champion; Jason
Morris, 2008 Olympic Head Coach nominee and 1992 Olympic silver
medalist; and Eddie Liddie,
USA Judo Director of Athlete Performance and 1984 Olympic bronze
medalist. Click here to view photos.
Boulder Judo Training Center Head Coach Position
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 English Language
Do You Think English is Easy?
1. The bandage was wound around the wound.
2. The farm was used to produce produce.
3. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more
refuse.
4. We must polish the Polish furniture.
5. He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the
desert.
7. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was
time to present the present
8. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9. When shot at, the dove dove into
the bushes.
10. I
did not object to the object.
11. The
insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12. There
was a row among the oarsmen about how to row
13. They
were too close to the door to close it.
14. The
buck does funny things when the does are present.
15. A
seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16. To
help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17. The
wind was too strong to wind the sail
18. Upon
seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19. I
had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20. How
can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
Let's
face it - English is a crazy language.
§
There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in
hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
§
English muffins weren't invented in
§
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads,
which aren't sweet, are meat.
§
We take English for granted but if we explore its
paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square
and a guinea pig is neither from
§
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and
hammers don't ham?
§
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of
booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese.
So one moose, 2 meese?
One index, 2 indices?
§
Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend?
§
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but
one of them, what do you call it?
§
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
§
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what
does a humanitarian eat?
§
Sometimes I think all the
English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
§
In what language do people recite at a play and play at
a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and
feet that smell?
§
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a
wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
§
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in
which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form
by filling it out and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
§
English was invented by people, not computers,
and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not
a race at all That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but
when the lights are out, they are invisible.
§
Why doesn't "Buick" rhyme with
"quick"
You
lovers of the English language might enjoy this. here
is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any
other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
§
It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the
top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
§
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
§
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP
for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
§
We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room,
polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers
and clean UP the kitchen.
§
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.
§
At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and
think UP excuses.
§
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is
special.
§
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it
is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at
night.
§
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP! To
be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the
dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of
the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it,
you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take
UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a
hundred or more.
§
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When
the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
§
When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things
UP. When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.
§
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP,
for now my time is UP, so........... it is time
to shut UP.....!
Oh . One more
thing:
What is the first thing you do in the morning &
the last thing you do at night? U-P?
UPCOMING EVENTS - 2006
Please note the following events on the horizon for
2007 dates
Feb
10 Sensei
Memorial
Feb.
11 Kids Snow Throw, Southside Dojo LTD,
Ron Blake RonBlake@chartermi.net for more information
www.SouthsideDojo.com
Feb
18 Illinois State Open Judo Championships
Yorkville IL
Contact Chuck Clark:
(630)553-5741 clarkmail4@comcast.net
Tim Schultheis (847)244-7847
Feb
17 4th Annual Pedro's Challenge Judo Tournament
Contact Jim Pedro at jimmypedro@zebramats.com
or 978-973-6238
Feb 23-25 KATA CERTIFICATION AND KATA
CLINIC
Contact Sensei Eiko Shepherd 618
– 875 – 2558 Home
618 - 875 – 1617 Fax: 618 - 781 - 5157
E-Mail : eikojudo@apci.net
Mar
2-4 Midwestern Championships Illinois
-
Referee EXAMINATION Site
SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE LECTURER – MR CARLOS DIAZ, PJU REFEREE DIRECTOR
SPECIAL GUEST – MR JAIME CASANOVA, PRESIDENT PANAMERICAN JUDO UNION
Contact Irwin
Cohen rwin76@aol.com
Mar
3
Contact Bob Harvey 601-924-3421
Dojo
601-334-6448 Cell e-mail: Mississippijudo@aol.com
Mar
10
Contact Dr Mel Applebaum MiddieMD@aol.com
Mar
24-26 MS/HS/Collegiate National
Championships –
Contact: Sherrie Phillips
Mar
31-Apr 1
Apr
7-8
Apr
20-21 Senior Nationals –
May 19 N-S Tournament
Glen Carbon,
IL
NEW!!!
Contact Quentin
Thompson
618-476-1976
H
qthom2@juno.com
Eiko
Shepherd
618-781-5157 Cell eikojudo@apci.net
May 29-30
Am-Can Challenge –
Jul
7-8 USJA Junior Nationals –
Jul
14-15 USJF Junior Nationals –
Jul 21 – 22 Junior
Olympics –
Jul
28-29
Sep
2007 Ladder and Fall Classic –
-
Referee EVALUATION Site
Oct
20-21
Nov. 2-4 3rd Annual "All Women's Championship," Kalamazoo, Michigan
NEW
Jr.
Sr. and Master competition (Kata, Shiai)
, Referee, Coaches, Kata Clinics
Contact Deborah L. Fergus at defrgs6@cs.com or 269 208 1068
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