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ILLINOIS JUDO NEWSLETTER – IPPON!!!

March 6, 2008

President:              Tim Schultheis
VP:                          Chuck Clark
Secretary:              Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer:              Frank Oliveri
Editor:                    Kei Narimatsu

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Illinois Judo Newsletter – IPPON!! is the voice of Illinois Judo, sent whenever convenient to members of Illinois Judo and other interested parties. All articles and content are the opinion of the editor unless otherwise noted and do not reflect the opinion of Illinois Judo, its officers or members.  Information is gathered from various sources expressly sent for distribution.  Contents may contain inaccurate information.  If anyone can correct any inaccuracies, they will be published as soon as possible.  Information presented will be of a general nature only and will not promote any national organization except USJI/USA Judo or any of its state governing bodies.  Tournament and clinic notifications will be made for all organizations and will be guaranteed posted if sent to the editor in electronic format ONLY and in a timely manner.  Illinois Judo will make every effort to respect your privacy and never sell, trade, or otherwise abuse the privilege of serving you via this e-mail newsletter.

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Contents:

EDITORIAL – Why didn’t I think of that? 

Local News

            Senior National Training Camp – Tohkon Judo Academy

USA JUDO NEWS  

            Early Registration Deadline – March 10th for Senior Nationals

            Watch World and Olympic Medalists from Brazil on New York Open Webcast 

New York Open to Be Webcast Live on March 9

2008 Ocean State International Day 1 Results

Warsaw and Prague World Cup Day 2 Results

Singapore to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010

Prague and Warsaw World Cup Day 1 Results

Kata Clinic and National Judges Certification Examination

Youth and Scholastic Championships to be Important Factor in 2010 Youth Olympic Games
Senior Nationals Overflow Hotel Available Monday, March 3rd

Liberty Bell Classic Hotel Reservations Deadline Extended

Junior U.S. Open Hotel Information

 Something to Think About –            

Upcoming Events

USA Judo Life Members

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EDITORIAL – WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THAT?


In the why didn’t I think of that, here is a happy ending to the Judo career of our 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt.  He brought Judo to the United States, he practiced with top ranked Judo teachers from Japan and was promoted to Brown Belt. Coincidently, I even went to Roosevelt High School in Chicago.  We were known, reverently as the Rough Riders.  Though his Judo history was never a matter of record there, everyone in Judo knew that the President was a Judoka.  So thank you, USJA for the recognition and thank you to Mr Criblez for allowing me to add this to this newsletter. 

 

http://mysite.verizon.net/resptwx6/roosevelt.htm  

USJA Honors Theodore Roosevelt with Black Belt

James Webb, President, (left) and Gary Goltz, Chief Operating Officer, (right) of the USJA present Jim Bruns, President of the TRA, (center) with an honorary judo gi and black belt for President Theodore Roosevelt at a special ceremony held at Sagamore Hill in Cove Neck, NY on Saturday, November 17th

by David J. Criblez

The United States Judo Association (USJA) posthumously presented 26th President Theodore Roosevelt with an honorary black belt for embracing the sport of Judo at a special ceremony at Sagamore Hill in Cove Neck on Saturday, November 17th. TR admired judo’s ability to build character, promote confidence and teach fair play and sportsmanship. 

He also invited Jigoro Kano, founder of Judo to dispatch one of his high-ranking, top disciples, Yoshiaki Yamashita to come and set up a Dojo in the White House.The USJA made Roosevelt an 8th Degree Black Belt, an honor usually bestowed on those who have been doing Judo over 50 years and occasionally on those of distinguished leadership who have bought Judo into the international limelight. “As a little boy growing up I remember seeing a picture of the postcard that Roosevelt sent to Yamashita in our Kodokan book. 

I always wondered why Roosevelt was never made a black belt,” said Gary Goltz, USJA Chief Operating Officer. “When I became the COO of the USJA, I asked our board of director’s to honor Roosevelt with an 8th Dan and they unanimously approved it. In the spirit of President Roosevelt, I really felt this honor suited such a robust and innovative leader who set the course to make America a great world power and today, leader of the free world. He embraced Japan just as it was becoming a modern country and when Judo was invented. We now have a President who is one rank higher than Russian President Vladimir Putin who’s a 7th Degree Black Belt!”

Goltz along with James Webb, USJA President, presented Jim Bruns, President of the Theodore Roosevelt Association (TRA) a judo gi with a presidential seal and black belt plus a framed award featuring a red and white paneled belt (which is given to high ranking black belts) and certificate. 

“On behalf of the TRA, I want to thank the United States Judo Association for an honor that is so long overdue.” Said Bruns. “TR was a man who was bigger than life in everything he did. He died in 1919 and at his funeral they said it was good that death took him in his sleep because if he was awake it would have been one hell of fight. That’s the kind of man he was. TR is to the only president to have a Medal of Honor, a Nobel Peace Price, and now an 8th Degree Black Belt.”

Jim Webb's Letter, (in the frame)

This Roosevelt quotation is on every USJA Membership card

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

Read more about Professor Yamashita

Read more the Theodore Roosevelt Association

Hear Gary Goltz in a BBC Interview on the Presidents

 

LOCAL NEWS

To all Judoka,

Just a reminder that we are having our second Senior National Training Camp this week. We have over 40 people on the mat each day at the last camp. Everybody was working hard getting ready for the Nationals in Virginia.  Please let your students know about this camp and encourage them to participate. It’s good for all of us.

Doug Tono


USA JUDO NEWS

Complete coverage of these articles are available at the USA Judo website at http://www.usjudo.org/.  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.

 

Early Registration Deadline: March 10

Register NOW for the USA Judo Senior, Masters and Kata National Championships! 

Athletes who postmark their registrations by March 10 receive a discounted rate.

Click here to download the entry packet for the final tournament before the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo!

 

Watch World and Olympic Medalists from Brazil on New York Open Webcast 

New York Open to Be Webcast Live for FREE on March 9

 

Judo fans around the world will have the opportunity to watch the New York Open, a B-Level tournament for international players, live from the New York Athletic Club on March 9.

 

This year’s competition will include nearly all of the top men in the U.S. as well as teams from Brazil, Canada and nearly 20 other nations which are scheduled to participate.

Among the seven-person Brazilian team are reigning World Champion Luciano Correa (100kg), 2007 World bronze medalist Joao Schlittler (+100kg) and 2004 Olympic medalist Leandro Guilheiro (73kg).

 

The Webcast is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. EST.  Log on to www.usjudo.org to watch bronze and gold medal finals!

 

“During the past two years, we’ve had a lot of positive feedback from our Webcasts of the New York Open and are very excited to present this fabulous tournament live for the first time ever,” said USA Judo CEO Jose H. Rodriguez.  “As our athletes are preparing for Beijing, we expect to see many great matches between U.S. players and other great countries, including World medalists from Beijing.”

 

Athletes scheduled to compete in this weekend’s tournament include:

 

60kg

 

66kg

 

73kg

 

81kg

 

90kg

 

100kg

 

+100kg

 

New York Open to Be Webcast Live on March 9

Judo fans around the world will have the opportunity to watch the New York Open, a B-Level tournament for international players, live from the New York Athletic Club on March 9.

This year’s competition will include nearly all of the top men in the U.S. as well as teams from Brazil, Canada and nearly 20 other nations which are scheduled to participate.

The Webcast is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. EST.  Log on to www.usjudo.org to watch bronze and gold medal finals… more>

 

2008 Ocean State International Day 1 Results

The Ocean State International was held March 1-2 in West Warwick, R.I. as a junior point tournament for the first time ever… more>

 

Warsaw and Prague World Cup Day 2 Results

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Athens Olympian Nikki Kubes (Fort Worth, Texas / Fort Worth Judo) returned to major international competition in the 78kg division for the first time since 2006 at the Warsaw World Cup in Poland on Sunday.

 

Kubes led in her opening round match against 2007 Pan Am Games medalist Marylise Levesque (CAN) by a waza-ari (half-point), but lost by ippon (instant win) with a minute and a half remaining in the match… more> 

 

Singapore to host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010

Singapore will host the 1st Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2010. The result was unveiled by IOC President Jacques Rogge at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.  Singapore beat Moscow in the final by 53 votes to 44… more>

 

Prague and Warsaw World Cup Day 1 Results

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – In the final weekend of the first leg of the European Tour, none of the three U.S. players who competed at the Prague and Warsaw World Cups on Saturday won a match.

 

Fighting up from the 52kg division where she holds the #1 ranking in the United States, Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) competed in the 57kg division in Warsaw, Poland… more>

 

Kata Clinic and National Judges Certification Examination

The 2008 Katak Clinic and National Judges Certification Examination will be conducted by the Kata Operational Committee and appointed national kata judges from 4 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. 

For more information, visit http://www.usjudo.org/documents/2008KataClinic.pdf.

Youth and Scholastic Championships to be Important Factor in 2010 Youth Olympic Games
The USA Judo Youth and Scholastic National Championships will be held March 29-30 at the University of Wisconsin – Stout in Menomonie, Wis.  This year, not only have younger age groups been added, but it is also an important factor in the future of junior athletes as it is one of four junior domestic point events and a key factor for athletes looking to compete at the Junior World and Pan American Infantile Championships this fall.  A great deal will be at stake as 10 junior elite points will be on the line for athletes competing in Intermediate, Juvenile and IJF-Junior divisions. 
“Presently, registration has surpassed our expectations.  I believe we will have numbers not seen before due to the interest the 2010 Youth Olympic Games has created” says Jose H. Rodriguez, USA Judo CEO.

More than 500 athletes, ranging in age from 5-years-old to collegiate athletes are expected to compete in this new premier event.

The Youth Olympics are announced as coming to Singapore in 2008.

In the future, the Youth and Scholastic National Judo Championships will be included in the selection process for the Youth Olympic Games.  USA Judo leadership is presently starting the process that will determine who will be chosen for the U.S. team and may look back at this and other tournaments and incorporate these results in future selection. 

The International Olympic Committee recently announced that the first ever Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Singapore.  It was a close race between Singapore and Moscow.  This will open the doors for many small, young cities to be a part of the Olympic movement since they may not be able to host the Olympic Games. 

These Games will be a great addition to the international competition opportunities that already exist for young athletes.  The IOC’s aim with creating these G

ames is to educate young athletes and celebrate the cultures of the world as well as promote Olympic values.


To register for the 2008 Youth and Scholastic National Championships, click here.

Senior Nationals Overflow Hotel Available Monday, March 3rd
The tournament host hotel for the USA Judo Senior, Masters and Kata National Championships in Virginia Beach has been filled. 
The overflow hotel for the Senior Nationals will be the Quality Inn Pavilion:
716 21st St., Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Rooms are $99 and can be reserved by calling 757.422.3617.  Don’t forget to request the USA Judo rate.  
The Quality Inn is within walking distance to the tournament site, Virginia Beach Convention Center, as well as the host hotel, the Doubletree.
The Senior Nationals will be held April 11-12 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. USA Judo meetings held from April 9-10 at the Doubletree Hotel.
Featuring seniors, masters and kata divisions, this year’s event will be the final selection tournament for athletes looking to qualify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo, June 13-14 in Las Vegas, Nev.
For more information about the USA Judo Senior, Masters and Kata National Championships, please contact Sherrie Phillips, USA Judo Manager of Event Administration, at sportsconsult@aol.com.
To register for the event, visit http://www.usjudo.org/documents/2008SeniorNationalsEntryPacket.pdf. 
Please remember, rooms will not be available for booking until Monday March 3rd.

Liberty Bell Classic Hotel Reservations Deadline Extended

The hotel headquarters for the Liberty Bell Classic, a USA Judo Senior E-Level Point Tournament being held April 5-6 in Philadelphia, has extended its deadline from March 2 to March 9 to reserve your rooms.  Call 215.638.8300 to reserve your room at the Radisson.  Click here to view the entry packet.

 

Junior U.S. Open Hotel Information

For the Junior U.S. Open, we encourage everyone to make reservations at the Headquarters Hotel as soon as possible.

Tournament Headquarters:
Fort Lauderdale Grand Hotel and Yacht Club, Fort Lauderdale Beach, Florida.
Rooms are limited. CALL 1-866-380-1110

Or, visit the Headquarters Hotel's Web site: www.FortLauderdaleGrande.com

Select the dates of your stay and enter in the Group/Convention code:  "judo"
The complete entry package can be obtained at: http://judonationals.net/

 

Something to Think About –
 
UPCOMING EVENTS - 2008
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.

2008 dates
 

Mar 6 - 8         Senior Training Camp – Chicago, IL

                        Contact Doug Tono 773 784-7766 or e-mail to dtjudo@tohkon.com

 

Mar 8               March Illinois Judo Open Work-out                         Gurnee, IL

                        Contact:  Tim Schultheis (847)244-7847           Email: tschulth@warpnet.net   www.illinoisjudo.org

Mar 9              New York Open         New York, NY
                        Contact:  Dr Mel Appelbaum    MiddieMD@aol.com
                        Senior Level B event

Mar 16           2008 Illinois State Open Championships  Yorkville, IL       

                       Contact: Chuck Clark  (630)553-5741   Email:  clarkmail4@comcast.net

 

Mar 27 – 29   Senior Training Camp – Chicago, IL
                       Contact Doug Tono 773 784-7766 or e-mail to dtjudo@tohkon.com

Mar 29-30      The US Scholatic Championships     Menomonee WI – Chippewa Valley
                       Contact            Jim Peterson jpeterson230@wi.rr.com

Apr 5 – 6         21st Liberty Bell Judo Classic  Philadelphia PA
                        Contact Lou Moyermann          Home (215) 698-1289 Email LMoyerman@aol.com
                        National Referee Test Site

Apr 26             Welcome Mat Open Fond du Lac WI

                        Contact Brett Wood-Taylor welcomemat@charter.net  Information available www.judofdl.com

 

May 3              24th Annual N-S Open Judo Tournament     Glen Carbon IL

                        Contact            Quentin Thompson       618-476-1976 H         qthom2@juno.com

                                                Eiko Shepherd              618-781-5157 Cell      eikojudo@apci.net

                       

Jul 18 – 20       2008 Junior US Open Judo Championships – Ft Lauderdale            NEW!!

                        Contact Gerry Navarro  gerrynavarro@aol.com

                        The complete entry package can be obtained at:  http://judonationals.net/


Nov 6 - 8        4th All Women’s Championship    Kalamazoo, MI

                        Contact:  Deborah Fergus email:  defrgs6@cs.com        www.southsidedojo.com

 

Nov 8              Gurnee Veterans' Day Judo Tournament    Lindenhurst, IL
                        Contact:  Tim Schultheis (847)244-7847           Email: tschulth@warpnet.net     www.gurneejudoclub.com

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.