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ILLINOIS JUDO NEWSLETTER – IPPON!!!
July 12, 2008
President:
Tim Schultheis
VP:
Chuck
Clark
Secretary:
Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer:
Frank Oliveri
Editor:
Kei Narimatsu
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Contents:
EDITORIAL –
Local News
USA JUDO
NEWS
Upcoming Events
USA Judo Life Members
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EDITORIAL –
As a follow up to someone you should meet, Patrick Connolly is
the son of Andy and Edie Connelly of Texas. Andy is a PJU referee and
Edie is a National referee. Both have contributed to judo significantly
in Texas, the national scene as well as raising a son who might one day
following in the footsteps of his parents and himself become a referee. Thank you Andy, Edie and especially Patrick for your service to this
country and your insight into leadership.
LOCAL NEWS
Hi Judo
Friends,
This is just a reminder for the July
20th Sensei Sasaki`s clinic at the Emerson Family YMCA. The guest
clinician is 1988 Olympic gold medalist, Hikaru Sasaki.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Eiko Saito Shepherd
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.
Register Now for the
2008 USA Judo Board of Directors Elections
USA Judo is pleased to make available the 2008 USA Judo National Assembly voters registration forms. Please take a look at these forms
and, depending on which category you will be voting in, download it and mail it
or fax it to the National Office.
In order to register and
be able to cast a vote at the September 25, 2008 National Assembly you must be
a current member in good standing of USA Judo. You may only vote in 1 (one)
category at the elections. Your registration form must reach the National
office by Tuesday, August 26. All registered voters will be listed on USA Judo
Web site (www.usjudo.org)
starting August 11... more>
Frank Payne Fullerton –
Obituary
Frank Payne Fullerton, 83, passed away at Providence Hospital on June 25, 2008
in El Paso, Texas. The son of John Carr Fullerton and Lelia
May Payne Fullerton, he was born September 2, 1924 in Orange, Virginia. He
received his Bachelor's Degree from Washington University in St. Louis,
Missouri, and his law degree from Southern Methodist University. He worked as
an attorney for the International Water and Boundary Commission. A World War II
Veteran, he served in the U.S. Army in the China-Burma-India theater
and later served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Fullerton, the Pan American Judo
Union Sports Director, was a seventh-degree black belt and international
referee. He was the first president of USA Judo, a member of the US Olympic
Committee Board of Directors and a delegate to the International Judo
Federation. Fullerton received many honors for his work in the sport of judo,
including his receipt of the John Osako, Henry Stone
and Adrea Bregman Memorial
Awards and recognition as the Black Belt Magazine Man of the Year. Fullerton
was named the 1976 Texas Man of the Year and inducted into the PJU Hall of Fame
in 2006. Earlier that year, he received the New York Athletic Club's Lifetime
Achievement Award. Fullerton is preceded in death by his wife, Katharine Harvey
Fullerton; brothers, John and Raymond Fullerton; sister, Dorothy Gentry. He is
survived by his step-son, Charles Mattox of San Antonio, Texas. He is also
survived by his nieces and nephews, Lelia May Muncy (Rick) of Marshall, Virginia, W.L. Gentry (Debbie) of
Louisa, Virginia, John C. Fullerton, III (Beth) of Salado, Texas, Raymond A.
Fullerton, Jr. of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia F. Simpson (Pres) of
Fresno, California, Patty Ann Backus (W.A.) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, Thomas
Gentry of Unionville, Virginia, George Fullerton (Mary) of Jacksonville,
Florida, and David Fullerton (Kathy) of Morrow, Georgia. In lieu of flowers
donations may be made to the Frank Fullerton Memorial Fund, U.S.A Judo, Inc., 1
Olympic Plaza, Suite 505, Colorado Springs, CO 80909, or a charity of your
choice. Visitation will be held from 12 - 2 pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008 at
Sunset Funeral Home-West, Chapel of Peace. Graveside Service will be held at
2:30 pm, Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Restlawn Memorial
Park Cemetery. Please visit our online register book at www.sunsetfuneralhomes.net.
Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Homes-West.
It's Not Too Late to Fight at Disney World!
Late Registration
Deadline Extended to July 7
USA Judo is pleased to announce that the late entry postmark deadline for the
USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships has been extended until July 7
for both the domestic and international divisions.
Junior athletes (born 1989-2002) can avoid the walk-up registration lines by
postmarking their entries by July 7. The tournament will be held July
25-27 at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, WALT DISNEY WORLD® Resort.
Athletes who have already registered for at least one division in the domestic
tournament will receive a $10
discount for every additional division
entered.
With more pre-registered athletes for this year's Junior Olympics than any JO's
in recent history, the 2008 Junior Olympics at Walt Disney World will be one
you and your family won't want to miss!
Click
here to download the entry packet and submit
your entry today!
JO's Is Last Chance to Qualify for Junior World
Trials
The 2008 Junior Olympics will be the
last opportunity for IJF-Junior (19 and under) athletes to qualify for the 2008
Junior World Trials. Athletes ranked in the top four in IJF-Junior
Olympic weight divisions on the National Roster at the conclusion of the Junior
Olympics will receive invitations to the 2008 Junior World Trials,
August 30 in Spokane, Wash.
Winners of the Trials will be named to the team that will compete at the 2008
Junior World Championships, Oct. 23-26 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Click
here for more information on the Junior
World Trials.
2008 USA Judo Junior
Olympics at Disney World: An Event for the Whole Family!
Something to Think About – The Carrot, The Egg and a
Cup of Coffee
A carrot, an egg, and a cup of
coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.
A young woman went to her
mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her.
She did not know how she was
going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting
and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her mother took her to the
kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon
the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she
placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit
and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she
turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl.
She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee
out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me
what you see."
"Carrots, eggs, and
coffee," she replied.
Her mother brought her closer
and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The
mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off
the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.
Finally, the mother asked the
daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The daughter then asked, "What does it
mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each
of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each
reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However,
after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The
egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior,
but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The
ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling
water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" she
asked her daughter.
When adversity knocks on your
door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I
the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become
soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a
malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit,
but after a death, a breakup, a financial
hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my
shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff
spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean?
The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the
pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are
like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the
situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their
greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity?
Are you a carrot, an egg or a
coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness
to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you
human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don't
necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything
that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a
forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past
failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were
crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end,
you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
You might want to send this
message to those people who mean something to you (I JUST DID); to those who
have touched your life in one way or another; to those who make you smile when
you really need it; to those who make you see the brighter side of things when
you are really down; to those whose friendship you appreciate; to those who are
so meaningful in your life.
If you don't send it, you will
just miss out on the opportunity to brighten someone's day with this
message! May we all be COFFEE!
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 (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
Jul 7 – 16
Carrie Chandler/Nick DelPopolo 2008 Summer
Camp – Yorkville IL
Contact Bob Corwin at 630-553-7228
or Email at judocorwin@sbcglobal.net
Jul 18 –
20 2008 Junior US Open Judo
Championships – Ft Lauderdale FL
Contact
Gerry Navarro gerrynavarro@aol.com
The
complete entry package can be obtained at: http://judonationals.net/
Jul
20 SASAKI
Clinic – Emerson Family YMCA – St Louis MO
Contact
Eiko Saito
Shepherd
eikojudo@wisperhome.com
Sensei
Sasaki is a 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
Jul 25 - 27 2008 USA Judo Junior
Olympics Judo Championships – Orlando FL
Contact
Sherrie Phillips tel 719.491.9682 fax
719.487.0989 sportsconsult@aol.com
Aug 30 Fall
Classic National
Championships
Spokane, WA
USA
Judo Senior D Level Point Tournament
Contact:
Sherrie Phillips 719.491.9682 sportsconsult@aol.com
Aug 31
Ladder Tournament
Spokane WA
Contact Sherrie Phillips
719.491.9682 sportsconsult@aol.com
Please
note that the Junior World Trials may be held at the Fall Classic/Ladder.
Sept
25-26 13th Rock and Roll Capital
of the World Judo Tournament – Lodi, OH
Contact Mike Mooney 440-646-9900
http://www.chutobujudo.com/
mmooney@academycomm.com
Joe
Schmidt (330)
273-1573 schmidtjudo@verizon.net
Sept 26 -
28 US Open Judo
Championships
Colorado Springs CO
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE
Contact Sherrie Phillips tel. 719.491.9682
Fax: 719.487.0989 sportsconsult@aol.com
Oct
18
San Sedai
Dojo Judo
Tournament Madison
IN
Contact Deborah Crawford 1-502-268-5289
OCT
18 2008
Badger Open
Fond
du Lac, WI
sponsored by WI Judo Inc
Contact
Michael Blakeslee mblakesl@mcb-us.com
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
Dec
6 2008
Santa Shiai
Fond du Lac, WI
Contact
Michael Blakeslee mblakesl@mcb-us.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 Weer
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.