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ILLINOIS JUDO NEWSLETTER – IPPON!!!
June 5, 2009
President:
Tim Schultheis
VP:
Chuck Clark
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Mary Gail Ford
Treasurer:
Frank Oliveri
Editor:
Kei Narimatsu
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Contents:
EDITORIAL –
TRUST
Referee Corner – FALSE
ATTACK
Local News
Something to Think About
– Treasure All That You Possess
Upcoming Events
USA Judo Life Members
USA Judo News
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EDITORIAL – TRUST
Trust is a word that
can have many meanings. In this context, trust may be defined as a belief
in the faith, character, and honesty of a person bestowed from one individual
to another. Trust in people to get the job done, to come through in
a pinch, to be reliable is often an elusive trait because it also entails
priorities which may or may not be the same as yours. How many times have
you depended on some one to get a job done only to be
disappointed because it was not, or it was completed poorly? Probably too many to count. This leads many to feel
that doing the job yourself is the best way because then you know the job will
get done and get done perfectly. Trust in people depends on the
relationship and expectation that each has of the other. If an
expectation is low, then a result will be low. But if an expectation is high,
then the outcome and expectation can be high just as easily. Trust in
this situation is dependability.
More importantly
however, trust is a sacred bond between two people. It can be fleeting or
it can be lifelong. It is earned, not given. It
is hard to achieve, but easily lost. I believe it is the ultimate in
relationships. It is a man (or woman’s) word. It is character
I believe that TRUST is
doing the right thing all the time. Trust is consistency. Trust is
honesty and integrity. Trust is saying what you do and doing what you
say. Trust is protecting those who cannot protect themselves.
Trust is also power,
authority and accountability. Each of these trusts can be wisely used or
squandered. When used wisely, trust brings honor and respect to the
individual. If misguided, there is derision and contempt, hate and
ridicule, and sometimes, unfortunately, pain and suffering.
As teachers and
coaches (sempai’s) of Judo, kohai’s
(students) look up to you to guide their development, to develop technical
skills of competition, to teach life’s lessons of discipline, philosophy and
character. As with any teacher, they trust you in all aspects of their
Judo experience. They trust you at the dojo(practice
hall) and at shiai’s (tournaments). They trust
what you say and often, even come to believe what you say as TRUTH
itself.
But with trust comes
great responsibility. Parents, in particular, trust you to manage
yourself and other instructors as responsible adults, to treat each child with
the same love and respect that they themselves would give. You are,
simply put, surrogate parents. This is a trust that is sacred and
inviolate. And fortunately, 99.99% of the time, this is true. In
the course of more that several decades of associating with “judo” people, I
have met few I would not entrust my children with. Most are hard working
sensei’s who volunteer generously with time and money to your child’s judo
education. They give their life and soul to ensuring that your child is
practicing in a safe and protected environment. They would give of
themselves in the same way you would for your own child. The teachers
and instructors of your local dojo are often just as dedicated to the health
and welfare of your child as their school teachers are during the day.
A child has perfect
trust. Let us never forget that. It is incumbent upon all of us as
adults, parents and sensei’s alike, to protect that
perfect trust and to never ever misplace that sacred bond between the innocence
of a child and the wisdom of adults. To do less would be dishonest.
To do more, praiseworthy. Let us all be
guided by a moral compass that never waivers – in other words – be
TRUSTWORTHY.
Referee Corner
What is a false attack?
This is an elusive definition because distinctions have to be made between
false attacks, defense and failed attacks.
In the USA Judo Referee
Commission 2009 Rule Changes and Interpretational Adjustments, it states under
Article 27,
The referee will be more vigilant in the
enforcement of false attacks including diving at the legs without a clear
attempt at a throw, drop seoi-nage without a clear
attempt at a throw or similar false attacks. These are mitigated of
course by the opponent’s obvious defense. A true failed attack is not a
false attack.
So let’s begin dissecting
this definition so that the coach and player and referee have a better
understanding of why this rule came into being and how to avoid getting
penalized. False attacks are in the rules because players have been known
to attempt an action that looks like a throw, but in reality shows no intent to
throw. In essence, it is an action to prevent getting countered.
Simple to state, sometimes difficult to
interpret.
False attacks are
generally observed at the advance levels only. Beginners do not know how
to do a false attacks. Unsuccessful attacks by
beginners are generally inept attacks. Also, failed attacks are not false
attacks. So if a players attempts a throw but
because of the opponents skillful avoidance of the attack or counter attack,
the original tori may “bail out” of the throw by
letting go of the grip and falling down. It looks like a false attack but
is not.
A true false attack is
where there is no intent to throw. A player will make an attempt at a
throw, say seoi-nage (shoulder throw) and immediately
let go with their hands, and fall forward into a prone position. Tori going to
their knees while still facing uke is a false
attack (no off balancing). In a tomoe-nage
(stomach throw), tori with straight legs and straight
arms and just falling backwards (instead of underneath their opponent) would be
a false attack. In morote gari (scooping throw), diving at the opponents leg may
result in a penalty, instead of stepping in and scooping up the legs.
There is no kuzushi(pulling),
no tsukuri (fitting in) and certainly no kake (finishing of the throw). There is a lack of
commitment on the part of tori to throw.
In a good attack, there is always a chance that tori
could be countered and thrown. This brief description of false attack
must be seen and interpreted in the context of a competitive situation.
Many techniques just cannot be duplicated by demonstration but by action
only. Observing real competitive matches and video tapes are the best
ways to learn the differences between false, failed and defended attacks.
OTHER or LOCAL NEWS:
Jessica Irons named to Cadet World Judo Team
15 year old Jessica Irons got an
unexpected call from Boston late Tuesday night with some surprising news.
5x National Champion and long distance coach Carrie Chandler had just
received an official call from USA Judo requesting Jessica represent the United
States at the first ever Cadet World Championships. The Cadet Worlds is a
championships for athletes under the age of 17.
Jessica is currently ranked #1 in the United States in the 15-16 year old
52kg (114lb) division. Jessica is ranked #1 with a point total of 35
points. 35 points is more than any athlete male or female in the United
States in any 15-16 year old division.
The Cadet Worlds will be held August 6th-9th in Budapest, Hungary and is also a
direct qualifier for the first ever "Youth Olympic Games" which will
be held in Singapore in summer of 2010. The International Judo Federation
has announced that invitations will be extended to athletes at the Cadet World
Championships who win a medal in any weight division.
"The harder Jessie works, the better she does, the better she does the
more opportunity's she creates for herself." Chandler
continued. "Now she is at the point where she has a chance to become
a Junior World Champion, and all of her hard work and determination have
created that opportunity."
Jessica is a homegrown product of the Yorkville Judo Club located on Beaver
street. Jessica studies under renowned Coach and owner Bob Corwin. Irons attends Yorkville High school and classes end for the
summer on June 16th. June 17th Corwin is sending her to Boston to spend
her entire summer vacation training at Pedro's Judo Center which is a USA Judo
National Training site with some of the best athletes and coaches in the United
States.
Ed Note: Ms
Chandler is a regular guest instructor at Yorkville Judo Club. In no
small part, the success of this program can be directly attributed to her
efforts along with those of Nick Delpopolo along with
Bob Corwin and the other instructors of Yorkville Judo Club.
Statement by USA Judo to Our Members
USA Judo regrets to have learned of
an incident which happened during an
unauthorized international trip of judo junior athletes.
USA Judo wants to make it clear to
the general membership that this trip to Dominican Republic by junior athletes
was NOT approved nor sanctioned by USA Judo. Further, the coach/chaperone
involved in the incident was suspended by USA Judo for a two years period
(September 24, 2007-September 23, 2009). USA Judo Ethics Committee is now
recommending an indefinite suspension of this
individual.
The sanctioning and support of this international trip
violated the Olympic
and Amateur Sports Act, which grants authority to sanction participation of U.S. amateur
athletes in such an event only to the recognized National Governing Body
of the sport. USA Judo will soon be announcing actions relating to this
violation.
Jose H. Rodriguez
CEO/Executive Director
Illinois Judo Player Black Belt
Promotion
On May 25th at the 8th Annual Wolf
Judo Tournament, Illinois Judo, Director of Junior Development, Brett Wolf,
promoted Robby Schultheis of the Gurnee Judo Club to
the rank of Shodan. Sensei Wolf eloquently
listed Robby's many judo competition accomplishments, including two Junior
Pan-American medals and gold medals at over 20 U.S. junior national, four
Illinois state, one high school and two middle school championships. He
praised Robby for already giving back to judo by serving as a local referee for
several years and his long-time community service coaching judo and providing
clinics to visually impaired athletes through the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports
Association (GLASA).
Robby commented afterwards, "it
was a great honor for me to be promoted by Brett Wolf at his tournament, and I
am very grateful for all that Illinois judo has done for me."
Robby turned 17 years-old last month
and enters his senior year at Warren Township High School. A
highly-ranked varsity wrestler, Robby is a member of his high school's National
Honor Society, choir, and an office holder in the Astronomy Club. He has
begun his college search. In the meantime, he considers his promotion to Shodan just the beginning of a life-long, rewarding journey
in judo of competition, coaching, refereeing and community service.
Wolf Junior Tournament:
Trey Fowler, recipient of the Dick
Fukuyama Inspiration Award, annually given to the outstanding Judo player of
the competition. Also in the photo from l to
r: Brett Wolf, proud father Donnie Fowler, Trey, Kei Narimatsu,
and Irwin Cohen
Alex Campos was the recipient of the
Tom Watanabe Best Technique Award. Also pictured from l to r: Kei Narimatsu ,
Alex, and proud father Andre Campos
Tohkon Classic XIV
To All Judo Friends,
The Tohkon
Classic XIV registration packet is now available on line on the Tohkon website (www.tohkon.com).
You can use the link below to go directly to the registration packet as well. http://www.tohkon.com/events/tcxivreg.pdf
Our tournament will be on Saturday,
June 6th, 2009. Please note we have a NEW LOCATION for the
tournament, The University of Chicago’ Henry Crown Field House in Chicago’s
Hyde Park area.
If you have any questions, you can
send me an e-mail. All of us at Tohkon look
forward to seeing you there!
Sincerely,
Douglas Tono
President & Tournament Director
Something to Think About – TREASURE ALL THAT YOU POSSESS
A
blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet.
He
held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.'
There were only a few coins in the hat.
A man was walking by.
He took a few coins from
his pocket and dropped them into the hat.
He then took the sign,
turned it around, and wrote some words.
He put the sign back so
that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up.
A lot more people were
giving money to the blind boy.
That afternoon the man
who had changed the sign came to see how things were.
The boy recognized his
footsteps and asked,
'Were you the one who
changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'
The man said, 'I only wrote the truth.
I said what you said, but in a different way.'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind.
But the first sign
simply said the boy was blind.
The second sign told
people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?
Moral of the Story:
Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think
differently and positively.
Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love
with no regrets.
When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons
to smile.
Face your past without regret.
Handle your present with
confidence.
Prepare for the future without fear.
Keep the faith and drop
the fear.
Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and
reconstruction,
of discarding evil and developing goodness....
In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the
ticket of a good conscience.'
The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling...
And even more beautiful is knowing that you are the reason behind it !!!
UPCOMING EVENTS – 2009
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.
2009 dates
May 23 VIII
Wolf Junior Tournament
Chicago IL
Contact Brett Wolf azumah4@yahoo.com
May 23-24 Am Can
International Judo Challenge
Buffalo, NY
Contact http://www.amcanjudo.org/
Jun
14 USA Judo National Presidents Cup
Championships Gwinnett County, Ga.
Contact Alyssa Johnson johnsona@usajudo.us
http://www.judo.teamusa.org/event/event/928
Jun 20-21 USJA Junior National
Championships San Diego,
Calif.
Jul 11-12 USJF Junior National
Championships
San Francisco, Calif.
Jul 18-19 2009
International Blind Sports Association World Youth and Student Championships
Colorado
Springs, CO
Contact: Heidi Moore judoheidi@comcast.net
Jul 24-26 USA Judo National
Junior Olympic Championships Orlando,
Fla.
Contact: Alyssa Johnson johnsona@usajudo.us
Aug 1-2 Junior
US Open Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Contact: Gerry Navarro GerryNavarro@aol.com http://www.judonationals.net/
Sept 25-27 USA
Judo Senior Open Championships San Jose CA
Nov 7 Gurnee Veterans Day Tournament -- Gurnee, IL
Contact Tim Schultheis (847)244-7847 annetims@comcast.net http://judo.usoc.org/event/event/1157
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.
USA JUDO NEWS:
Complete coverage of 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.
Former World Champion Jimmy Pedro
Named 2009 World Team Coach
|
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Ten years
after becoming just the second U.S. man to win a World Judo Championship, USA
Judo is pleased to announce that Jimmy Pedro (Wakefield, Mass.) will serve as the head coach of the 2009 World Team. |
Lightweight
Divisions Added to 2009 Junior World Championships
USA Judo has recently been advised that the women's 44kg and men's 55kg
divisions will be contested for the first time at the 2009 Junior World
Championships, Oct. 22-25 in Athens, Greece.
These divisions will be contested as part of the 2009 Junior World Trials, July
25 during the USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships. For more
information on the 2009 Junior Olympics, visit http://judo.teamusa.org/event/event/1579.
Complete selection criteria for the 2009 Junior World Championships can be
found at http://judo.teamusa.org/content/index/843.