March 15, 2007
President: Tim
Schultheis
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Editor: Kei
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Contents:
Editorial – Thoughts on the Shiai’s
LOCAL NEWS
USJA Junior Nationals Entry Package
Allan Coage – Olympic Bronze Medalist dies
In Memory of Simon Hicks
Athletes needed for Junior Pan Ams
Middle School, High School and Collegiate Nationals Overflow Hotel
2007 Pan American Circuit Events
Teen achieves an American Judo First – Kayla Harrison – OH
Coaching
Announcement – Professional Coaching Certification
Aaron Cohen and Tareje Williams-Murray Win
Win Trip to
2008 Pan Am Championships
High School Athletes needed for TEAM
Stevens Defeats Japanese National Champion at
Midwestern Championship Results and Preview
Kata Judge’s Clinic and National Judges Certification Examination
Athletes needed for Pan Am Junior and Juvenile Teams
Serving Our Country
Something to Think About – Professor
Yamashita Goes to
Upcoming
Events
EDITORIAL –
Thoughts on shiais
The
LOCAL NEWS
2000
Years, The History of jIU jITSU - KODOKAN JUDO - AMERICAN JUDO by Dr Dennis Helm. Contributing also Drew Wickham,
Henry Armetta, Dr Paul Armetta, and Professor Sumiyuki Kotani, 10th
Dan. This book is a work, 30 years in the making. It is a
compendium of the early history of Judo (Jiu-Jitsu) and the development of Judo
as it influenced human behavior, Japanese civilization, and even American and
World History. Judoists, competitors, teachers and students would benefit
reading and having this book in their library. To order, please go to the
following website. For more information, please contact Dr Dennis
Helm: Tel: 1-815-654-7817 or email him at PANDA30256@aol.com
http://www.pandasplace.org/Judo.html
USJA Junior Nationals Entry Package
Can
you please post the USJA Junior National Entry Package?
2007
USJA Junior National Championships
Indianapolis,
IN
July
6 – 8, 2007
Also,
we have the 2nd Annual USJA Junior Development Camp on July 9 -10,
2007. Information about the camp is inside the entry package. Jimmy
Pedro, Aaron Cohen, Jim Pedro Sr. and AnnMaria DeMars are camp instructors
Thanks,
Jim
One of American Judo's
Judo greats is gone – Allan Coage
Allan Coage, age 63, died
Tuesday, March 6th, of a heart attack. Alan's distinguished Judo career
included 5 US National Championships, two Pan American Games Gold Medals, 1967
and 1975 and a 1976 Olympic Bronze Medal.
Allan also enjoyed a
succesful career as a proffesional wrestler. In the WWF, he feuded with Bret
Hart and Hulk Hogan in headline matches. He did not wrestle in recent years.
Funeral arrangements are
pending and services expected to take place next week.
More information can be gotten at the following website:
Source: http://www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publi...icle_3224.shtml http://www.wrestling-news.com/artman/publish/article_3224.shtml
Thank you to
USJA and California Judo for this breaking news.
USA Judo
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.
In Memory of Simon Hicks, IJF
Official Videographer
SEOUL
(IJF) - Simon Hicks, award-winning film, TV and theatre director and designer
and IJF Official Videographer passed away on March 7, 2007 after fighting a
heroic 18-month battle with a brain tumor.
Simon was the founder and
director of a specialist film company, Fighting Films established in 1988,
which creates the world’s most highly acclaimed Judo films covering 4 Olympic
Games and 9 World Championships to date. Simon also put together a series of
technical films with some of the top players in the world, including Neil
Adams, Karen Briggs, Toshihiko Koga and Ki-Young Jeon. He most recently
completed the IJF Coaching Series, three multi-language DVDs commissioned by
the International Judo Federation.
Simon was an outstanding Judo Coach in London, who along with his first
wife Margaret Hicks, established Wandsworth Lightening, formerly Ernest Bevin
Judo Club. It produced a number of successful senior international players
including Winston Gordon, 2004 Athens Olympic Games semi-finalist and European
Bronze medallist in 2006… more>
Athletes
Needed for Junior Pan Ams
Athletes are
still needed for two slots on the U.S. Team that will compete at the Pan Am
Junior and Juvenile Championships, April 11-14 in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic.
The Pan Am
Juniors is one of the highest caliber tournaments for athletes under the age of
20 in North and South America.
If you or one of
your athletes is a 78kg female born between 1988 and 1990 (inclusive) or a male
over 90kg born in either 1991 or 1992 and would like to compete as part of the
U.S. Pan Am Junior Team, please contact Jim Hrbek at jrjudotrip@aol.com as soon
as possible.
If the two team
slots are not filled by the USA Judo High School National Championships, March
24 in Miami, team coaches also will be looking for talented players during the
event.
Middle
School, High School and Collegiate National Championships Overflow Hotel
The Wyndham Miami Airport
has been selected as the overflow hotel for the Middle School, High School and
Collegiate National Championships, March 24-25 in Miami, Fla.
To make your reservation,
call 305.870.8141 and ask for the Judo Group Rate of $139 per night.
2007 Pan
American Circuit Events
Athletes are advised that
the following are the events presently scheduled for this year’s Pan American
Circuit. Each of these events are pointable as D-Level Tournaments Not
Listed with three points for a gold medal, two for a silver and one for a
bronze.
Please remember that many of
these events have secondary tournaments. Only the events listed will be
pointable although athletes are encouraged to enter additional events, if
available, to maximize the competition opportunities.
June 6 – 11
El Salvador
Copas Juan Vargas y Yanira Vigil
June 14 – 16
Dominican Republic
XIV Copa FEDOJUDO
June 21 – 25
Venezuela
Copa Internacional Simon
Bolivar
2007 Am-Can
International Judo Challenge
This year’s Am Can
International Judo Challenge will be held May 26-27 in Amherst, N.Y. For
more information, visit www.amcanjudo.org.
U.S. Olympic
Committee Announces Date for the 14th Annual F.L.A.M.E. Program
The United States Olympic Committee
(USOC) announced today that the14th annual F.L.A.M.E. (Finding
Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere) program will take place at the U.S.
Olympic Complex in Colorado Springs, August 2-5, 2007.
For the past 13 years, the
USOC, in partnership with its dedicated Olympic sponsors, has empowered
minority students with this one-of-a-kind experience.
The F.L.A.M.E. program was
developed to help educate, encourage and demonstrate to minority youth that any
goal is attainable through commitment and perseverance. The young men and
women selected to participate have already demonstrated the pursuit of
excellence within their own communities through achievements in academics,
sport, leadership and community service.
Once in the F.L.A.M.E.
program, they will be exposed to the ideals and values of the Olympic Movement,
thereby furthering their personal and professional development.
“The F.L.A.M.E. program
provides an excellent platform for sharing the Olympic Ideals and Values with
minority youth from throughout the country as they learn about the diverse
backgrounds of their fellow participants,” said USOC Chief Executive Officer
Jim Scherr. “We are grateful to our sponsors (Tyson, Hilton Family of Hotels
and Visa) for their continued support of the development of America’s future
leaders.”
During the four-day program
in August, F.L.A.M.E. participants will live like Olympic hopefuls, but without
the rigorous training. They will reside in the Olympic Training Center
dormitory, eat at the Athlete Dining Hall and have opportunities to interact
with athletes throughout each day. The itinerary includes motivational
speakers (Olympians, Paralympians, educators and business executives),
networking and financial responsibility workshops, interactive sport
demonstrations, field trips to local attractions and information on how to
apply for the USOC College Internship Program.
For many, the F.L.A.M.E.
experience is life-changing. F.L.A.M.E alumnus and Olympian, Ivan Lee (fencing,
2004), was first exposed to the sport of fencing at the Peter Westbrook
Foundation in Brooklyn, New York, when he followed his cousin to a training
practice. But it was through his experience at the F.L.A.M.E. program in
1996 that Lee realized any goal is attainable through following the Olympic
Ideals of persistence, vision, focus, discipline and commitment. He is
currently working in New York and training for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
“Through F.L.A.M.E., I
learned that even a young African-American from Brooklyn can become an Olympian
in the sport of fencing. The F.L.A.M.E. program has opened many doors for
me and I hope to give back to the program as a presenter in 2007,” said
Lee.
Previous speakers at the
F.L.A.M.E. program have included the late five-time Olympian and two-time
silver medalist Willye White (1956, ’60, ’64, ’68, ‘72); the legendary
10,000 meter gold medalist Billy Mills (1960); two-time gold medalist in
taekwondo Steven Lopez (2000, ’04); Paralympic track & field bronze
medalist April Holmes (2004) and many more. Presenters for the
2007 session will be announced in the coming weeks.
How to Apply
Qualified applicants must be between
the ages of 18-21 and be entering their sophomore or junior year in college in
fall 2007. Additionally, they must have a minimum college grade point
average (GPA) of 2.75. Applications are available online at
www.usolympicteams.com/flame or by calling the F.L.A.M.E. Committee at
719-866-4604. The application deadline is May 18, 2007, and selection
announcements will be made no later than June 30, 2007.
Teen achieves an American judo first
Oxford Press
Oxford, Ohio
Middletown martial artist Kayla Harrison, 16, drew world recognition earlier
this month by becoming the first American judo fighter ever to win the Junior
Ladies Belgium Open….
USA Judo Coach Certification and
Education Announcement from Director Pat Burris
Earning the designation of Professional Judo Coach is
a rewarding experience. During the process of becoming certified, you
will gain knowledge and experience which will be valuable to you and to your
athletes. USA Judo Coach Certifications signify exceptional competence
and credibility and identify you as a professional instructor. You
are a part of a distinguished group of coaches certified by the United States
Olympic Committees NGB, USA Judo.
We have taken steps to make
maintaining your certification easier; you are no longer required to attend a
clinic each year to keep your certification active. As a Professional
Coach, you have a responsibility to continuously improve your knowledge and
experience through annual continuing education as is the standard in other
professions. We encourage you to challenge yourself to excel
to higher levels of certification.
The leadership of USA Judo has
taken steps to move this organization into a more professional mode in line
with the directive of the United States Olympic Committee. While change
is often difficult, the Coaches Certification and Education Program has
accepted the challenge given to us by our leaders and by the USOC and we will
move this program forward… more>
Aaron Cohen and Williams-Murray
Win the New York Open
(New York City, N.Y.) – Two
U.S. athletes were among the gold medal winners at the New York Open on
Saturday.
This year’s tournament
included 154 players from more than 20 nations fighting for gold at the New
York Athletic Club as well as the $1,000 prize given to the winner of each
division
Taraje Williams-Murray
(Bronx, N.Y. / NYAC / Spartak Sports Club) announced his return to the 60kg division by winning his first
tournament at the lightest weight after fighting 66kg for the past year.
An Athens Olympian,
Williams-Murray looked good in his first foray back in the division, defeating
2007 Belgian Open Champion Sergio Pessoa Jr. (CAN) after a first-round
bye and then earning another win in the quarter-finals over two-time Canadian
Champion Gonzalo Ibanez.
Williams-Murray’s semifinal
match went down to the last seconds as he threw Marek Krecielewski (POL) for
ippon (instant win) at the buzzer.
In the final,
Williams-Murray fought last year’s New York Open Champion Ronnie Talledo
(PER / Coral Springs, Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai), throwing Talledo with a kata
guruma (fireman’s carry) for ippon.
Aaron Cohen (Buffalo
Grove, Ill. / NYAC / Cohen’s Judo) won
his second New York Open title at 81kg. After winning his first three
matches by ippon, Cohen and Harry St. Leger (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Starrett Judo)
battled back and forth before Cohen took St. Leger to the ground and pinned
him to win the match… more>
Win a Trip to Miami for the 2008 Pan American
Championships... For you, a Friend and your Sensei!
As a registered member of
USA Judo, you may be the winner of a trip for as many four people to the 2008
Pan American Championships, May 8-11 in Miami, Fla.
This event will be the final
opportunity for countries in the Pan American region to qualify their athletes
for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and your chance to see Team USA compete
against some of the best athletes in the world!
Here is how the program
works:
If you are a registered
member of USA Judo by December 1, 2007 you will be entered into a drawing to
win a trip for yourself and a guest to fly on United Airlines (you must fly
from a city service by United Airlines) to attend the Pan Am
Championships… more>
High School
Athletes Needed for Team USA vs. Japan Match
USA Judo is pleased to be
playing host to a seven member delegation of the Japan All-Stars. The All-Stars
will meet Team USA in a dual match slated to take place on March 25 immediately
following the Collegiate Nationals at Florida International University in
Miami, Fla.
Athletes are needed in the
following divisions: boys’ 73kg, 81kg, 90kg and +100kg and girls’ 48kg, 57kg
and 70kg.
Anyone interested in
competing must be currently enrolled in high school. Please contact Jim
Hrbek, USA Judo Chairman of Junior Athlete Performance, at judolym@aol.com if you would
like to be considered for the team by MARCH 10. Athlete selections will
be based on the IJF-Junior rosters dated March 5. Only one athlete will
be chosen per weight division.
Stevens Defeats Japanese National Champion at Warsaw World
Cup
Travis
Stevens (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris
Judo Center / 81kg) won
matches against two high-level international players at the Warsaw Super World
Cup on Sunday.
With
Stevens’ first-round match against reigning Japanese National Champion Shota
Kawahara (JPN) tied at a koka a piece, Stevens clinched the win when he
threw Kawahara for a yuko in the closing seconds of the match… more>
(Colorado
Springs, Colo.) – The Midwest Judo Championships, a USA Judo Senior E-Level
Point Tournament were held Saturday at the Hinkston Park Field House in
Waukegan, Ill.
With six
past National Champions in attendance as well as many top-five players, the
event included many fights that may be revised at both next weekend’s New York
Open and the Senior Nationals in April.
Three-time
World Cup medalist Ryan Reser (Security, Colo. / USA Judo National Training
Site / 73kg) arrived back in the United States from a Super World Cup and
training camp in Hamburg, Germany just in time to catch a night in his own bed
in Colorado Springs before flying out to Chicago on Friday morning.
Reser went
undefeated in the division until he met RJ Cohen (Buffalo Grove, Ill. /
Cohen’s Judo), a three-time National medalist… more>
Midwestern Championships Preview
More
than 100 senior elite athletes are expected to compete in the black belt
divisions on Saturday at the Midwestern Championships in Chicago, Ill.
Below
is a breakdown of some of the athletes who will be vying for a run at the
podium:
Men’s 60kg
Fifteen-year-old
Miguel Ballesteros (Miami, Fla. / USA Judo National Trianing Site at North
Miami) established himself as one of the best athletes in either the junior
or senior divisions when he placed fifth at the U.S. Open in September.
Ballesteros, who won his last event at the Dallas Invitational in November,
will be challenged by Jeff Sato (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National
Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) who won the San Jose Buddhist
Sensei Memorial three weeks ago.
Men’s 66kg
Seeding
often leaves 2006 Senior Nationals silver medalist Nate Torra (El Cerrito
Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute) and fifth-place finisher Josh
O’Neil (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the
Olympic Training Center) on opposite sides of the draw at major events… more>
Flores Beats Three-Time European Champion, Places Fifth at
Warsaw World Cup
(Colorado
Springs, Colo.) – After a two-year back from European events, 2005 World Team
member Justin Flores (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at
the Jason Morris Judo Center / San Shi) closed out the winter leg of the
this year’s Tour with a fifth-place finish in the 66kg division on Saturday at
the Warsaw World Cup in Poland.
Flores held
three-time European Champion Elchin Ismaylov (AZE) scoreless in his
opening match and winning by a waza-ari (half-point)… more>
Kata Judge's Clinic and National Judges Certification
Examination
On April 19, the Kata Operational Committee and appointed
national kata judges will conduct a judge’s clinic and national judges
certification and examination from 4-8 p.m. at Pharmed Arena on the Florida
International University campus.
Athletes
Needed for Pan Am Junior and Juvenile Teams
Athletes
are needed in the following divisions to compete at the 2007 Pan American
Junior and Juvenile Championships, April 11-14 in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic:
- Girls 78kg (Born 1988-1990)
- Boys +100kg (Born 1988-1990)
- Boys +90kg (Born 1991-1992)
Athletes
seeking to be considered for team slots must have competed in either a Junior
National event or in a senior black-belt division during the past two years.
Please
contact Jim Hrbek, Chair of Junior Athlete Performance, with your name, weight
division and a history of competition results at jrjudotrip@aol.com.
Olympic Bronze Medalist Allen Coage Passes Away
One of the United States’
greatest judo players, Allen Coage, died on Tuesday in Calgary, Canada
after being taken to Rockyview Hospital with chest pains.
Coage became the second U.S.
athlete, and the first African-American, to win an Olympic medal in the sport
of judo when he earned a bronze in the +95kg division at the 1976 Olympic Games
in Montreal.
A six-time National Champion
and two-time Pan American Games Champion, Coage later became a World Wrestling
Federation celebrity in the late 1980s as “Bad News Brown.”
A New York native, Coage
trained at Cranford Judo and Karate Center in New Jersey under Sensei Yoshisada
Yonezuka who later coached the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Teams… more>
SERVING OUR COUNTRY
PVT Luke Jacobsen – Milwaukee,
WI
LTJG Donny Newsome, Gurnee,
IL
LT Nick Oldfield, Navy, Virginia – home
base
Mike Preditus,
IL
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 article is a bit long but very
interesting. KN
Thought you might
find this interesting. I did. Got from a former club member who
moved to Florida.
Drew
Hawk,
Thanks I read every word. Interesting that William howard Taft (heaviest of all
presidents) practiced judo with Roosevelt. My great grandpa was his head chef
at the White House, I wonder if my grandpa ever was asked to practice judo??
Chris
Just a few idle
thoughts:
The martial arts
used to be much more devastating than they are today. The reason for this
is mass communication. The arts used to be secret and there were no movies
and few written records for one to study, so any move that you had was a total
surprise to your opponent! It was a great honor to be selected to be
trained as a warrior, just as it was a great honor for one to serve an
apprenticeship with a master craftsman. Communication and easy travel
have slightly diluted the effectiveness of the martial arts the same is true of
craftsmanship. I found this bit of Judo history;
http://ejmas.com/jcs/jcsart_svinth1_1000.htm
Enjoy,
Hawk
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.
2007 dates
Mar
10 New York Open, New York City –
Contact Dr Mel Applebaum
MiddieMD@aol.com
Mar
24-26 MS/HS/Collegiate National Championships – Miami, FL
-
Referee EVALUATION Site
Contact: Sherrie Phillips
March31-April
1 WELCOME MAT OPEN
Fond du Lac,
Wi.
Contact Brett Wood-Taylor welcomemat@charter.net or Michael Blakeslee mcbreply@mcb-us.com
Information
available www.judofdl.com
and tournament package available http://www.judofdl.com/open2007
Mar 31-Apr 1 Liberty Bell – Philadelphia,
PA
-
Referee EXAMINATION Site
Apr
7-8 Northglenn – Denver, CO -
Referee CREDIT Site
Apr 14 Konjo Dojo St Louis
Spring
Championships
Fenton, MO
Contact: Randy Pierce
636-464-6487 eve or 636-343-2481 days
Blackbelt6thdan@aol.com
Apr 15 RULES CLINIC –
Chicago, IL NEW!!!
Contact Mary Gail Ford mgford@comcast.net
1-847-776-7233
Tohkon Judo Academy 1-773-784-7766
Apr
20-21 Senior Nationals – Miami, Fl
-
Referee EVALUATION Site
May 19 N-S Tournament
Glen Carbon, IL
Contact Quentin
Thompson
618-476-1976
H
qthom2@juno.com
Eiko
Shepherd
618-781-5157 Cell eikojudo@apci.net
May 20 ILLINOIS JUDO JUNIOR WORKOUT
O’Fallon, IL World
Martial Arts
School
Contact Eiko
Shepherd
618-781-5157 Cell eikojudo@apci.net
Brett Wolf
773-230-6070 azumah4@yahoo.com
May 29-30 Am-Can
Challenge – Buffalo,
NY-
Referee EXAMINATION Site
Jul
7-8 USJA Junior Nationals – Indianapolis, IN
-
Referee CREDIT Site –
Jul
14-15 USJF Junior Nationals – Ypsilanti, MI
-
Referee CREDIT Site
Jul 21 – 22 Junior Olympics – San
Antonio, TX
-
Referee EVALUATION Site –
Jul
28-29 USA Judo Junior Open – Ft Lauderdale, FL
-
Referee EVALUATION Site
Sep
2007 Ladder and Fall Classic –
-
Referee EVALUATION Site
Oct
20-21 USA Judo Senior Open
-
Referee EVALUATION Site
Nov. 2-4 3rd Annual "All Women's Championship," Kalamazoo, Michigan
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 – 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”
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
Illinois. You can start a membership for $75 minimum start payment and
$25 per payment thereafter until completed. You can pay by cash, check or
credit card. For more information, please contact www.usjudo.org
and select “LIFE MEMBERSHIP” Let’s do our share in Illinois. Thanks.