Judo Canada Western Canada Regional Technical Support Officer Bi-Weekly Update:

Wednesday February 10, 2010

This newsletter purpose is to provide updated information to the coaches on Judo Canada and the World of judo. If you would like to have club coaches from your province on a mailing list, pleasemail tometheiremail address:beaton_judocan@yahoo.ca

The bi-weekly update is a servicethatI willprovideto the Western ProvincesonbehalfofJudo Canada.Whether the update is distributed to clubsunder yourjurisdiction, isat the discretion of your Provincial Associations. I appreciated the chance to impact development of judo in Western Canada and thank you for your support.  Do not hesitate to contact me with any further questions.

A)2010 Pacific International Recap

It is important that Western Canada supports Judo Canada domestic point competitions in efforts to develop judo and judoka in Western Canada. It is VERY important that Judo in Western Canada grows in strength and we as a region are producing a high quality of athletes that can perform at the national and international level.  It is the responsibility of the provinces, judo clubs and coaches in Western Canada to encourage their athletes to compete and to improve.As of today, competitions in Western Canada do not provide enough of competitive depth, to benefit our athletes in terms of their National Ranking and consequently their development.

Pacific International National Team Point Statistics:

5 weight divisionswere awarded 100% national team domestic points; these division had 8 or more athletes per division allowing the medal winners in the competition to score the maximum number of points.

1st Place 15 points

2^ndPlace 10 points

3^rdPlace 7 points

6 weight divisionswere awarded 80% national team domestic points; these division had 4-7 athletes per division allowing the medal winners in the competition to score a maximum of 80% of the points.

1st Place 12 points

2^ndPlace 8 points

3^rdPlace 5.6 points

3 weight divisionsdid not have enough athletes to be awarded any national team points; these division had less than 4 athletes per division – athletes who won medals in these weight division score 0 national team points.

If Western Canada is to improve our quality of competitive judo it is important that all weight division have 8 or more athletes participating in domestic point competitions to ensure 100% of national team points. These competitions are a way to help our younger athletes gain national level experience, national team ranking points, World Junior Selection points and points for athletes assistances grants. If we want athletes from Eastern Canada to travel to Western Canada for domestic events it is important to provide events that will give their athletes and opportunity to score full points. It does not matter that there was no Japanese team at the Pacific International this year – our competitions need to be strong based on the Canadian quality and quantity.

I encourage all provinces, judo clubs and coaches to support the2010 Edmonton Internationalwith all your athletes.All U20/U17 athletes who are brown and black belts need to compete in the senior divisions. It is very important for the young athletes to gain experience against stronger opponents.

Note:It is also important to support the training camps following the major  Western Canada competitions!

Western Canada Post Competitions Trainings 2009-10 season:

2009 University of Manitoba Open:    75 athletes on the mat for training

2010 Pacific International:                   50 athletes on the mat for training

2010 Sask Open:                                   125 athletes on the mat for training

2010 Edmonton International:             TBD

B)Judo Canada Update

2010 Rendez Vous Canada: CANCELLED

Judo Canada unfortunately has cancelled the 2010 Rendez Vous Competition due to lack of Canadian and international participation over the past two yearsas well as over-saturation of the International Judo Federation calendar of events.

DOPING CONTROL: National Championships

Each participant in the Senior and Youth National Championships is subject toDOPING CONTROLaccording to regulations by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. Athletes and coaches must be familiar with these regulations. You can access the CCES Policy at:www.cces.ca.If you have no access to the Internet, you can call the CCES info line at+1 800-672-7775.Judo Canada personnel are not authorized to advice on specific antidoping regulations.

Belgian Open Men Belgian Open Women :

1^st90kg Alexendre Emond

3^{rd (}Junior)Maude-Helene Benoit

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=182

Sofia, Bulgaria World Cup:

5^thJoliane Melancon

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=181

2010 Paris Grand Slam Reports

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=183

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=184

2010 Junior World Championships Criteria Amendment:

With current change in quota for participation at the Junior World Championships (I.E. 2 per category), Judo Canada will make the current change to their selection criteria for the 2010 Junior World selection policy:

SELECTION TOURNAMENT

Junior National championships 2010 (July 2010)

Prior to the 2010 Junior National Championships, athletes will be ranked according to Judo Canada’s point system (NT Policy 3).Only for 55kg & 44kg the best results from the Senior Nationals 2010 will be considered rank no 1.

If the winner of the Junior National Championships is also ranked first in Judo

Canada’s point system (NT Policy 3) he/she will be selected for the 2010 Junior World Championships.

If the winner of the 2010 Junior National Championships is not ranked first in points, then there will be a one match fight-off that same day between the winner of the 2009 Junior National Championships and the athlete ranked first in points. The winner of this match will secure the selection.

Special circumstances:

An athlete who has a D standard or higher, but who does not win the selection could be added to the team. A request must be sent to the High Performance committee of Judo Canada within 10 days following the Junior National Championships. (Funding will be evaluated by the High Performance Committee as per available budget)

C)Technical Corner

NOTE: Judo Canada does not control the content of the Websites linked below.

Sankaku-Jime:

Technical:

Pascal Tayot (France):

http://www.alljudo.net/video-de-judo-416.html

Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki (Japan):

http://www.alljudo.net/video-de-judo-834.html

Action:

http://www.alljudo.net/video-de-judo-131.html

http://www.alljudo.net/video-de-judo-986.html

D)Judo Canada Up Coming Events

National Senior Championships        May 15-16, 2010

*National Senior Camp                         May 17-19, 2010

Youth National Championships         July 2-4, 2010

*Youth Nationals Training Camp        July 5-8, 2010

*Important Note:The Senior National Training Camp and Youth National Training camp are important events in theeligibility criteriafor the selection on any athletes attempting to make the 2010 World Junior Championship Team. Last year a number of national Youth Champions did not have the opportunity to participate at the 2009 World Championships because they did not attend the training camp following the senior nationals.

E)Video Clips

NOTE: Judo Canada does not control the content of the Websites linked below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZe1xtorhS4&feature=related

F)Sport Science

Warm-up Games:

Human Kinetics Books: 101 Warm-up & Cool Down Games

http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/101-fun-warm-up-and-cool-down-games

101Judo Games DVD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub4-YrEGmgg

G)Western Canada Calendar of Major Events 2009/10

Competitions

* Edmonton International                      March 19-21, 2010

http://www.edmontonjudo.com/packages/2010/Edmonton_International_2010_Invitation.v20091213.pdf

Edmonton International Training        March 21, 2010

Western Canada Summer Camps:

Peace Gardens, Manitoba                   August 08-14, 2010

Saskatchewan Summer Camp           August 08-14, 2010

http://www.judosask.ca/events/SummerCampNotice.pdf

It is important that the Western Province Support all the Major Western Canadian Competitions to help develop judo in Canada.

Judo Canada Domestic Point Competitions:

These are important competitions for national team points,Junior World Selectionranking points andU20 / U18 Judo Canada Carding.It is important that every senior men and senior woman’s weight division have a minimum 8 athletes per division enabling athletes to score the maximum points allowed in the National Team Program.

Trainings following events:It is important to support the trainings following the competitions in efforts to develop high performance athletes in Western Canada. There are only a few times in the year when there are the adequate number ofstrong judokaon the mat together in a high performance environment that is conducive todevelopment of a high level competitive skills.

Note:If there are major competition and camps you would like to add to the list of events please provide the information to my email address:

beaton_judocan@yahoo.ca

H)Interest:

NOTE: Judo Canada does not control the content of the Websites linked below.

Japanese Game Show: Koga & Shinohara

Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl0wiypXXLs

Part 2:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQxKOCmhuDY