JudoCanadaWestern CanadaRegional Technical Support Officer Bi-Weekly Update:

Tuesday February 23, 2010

This newsletter purpose is to provide updated information to the coaches on JudoCanadaand 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 ProvincesonbehalfofJudoCanada.Whether the update is distributed to clubsunder yourjurisdiction, isat the discretion of your Provincial Associations. I appreciated the chance to impact development of judo inWestern Canadaand thank you for your support.  Do not hesitate to contact me with any further questions.

A)LTDM

Ten Thousand Hours & Ten Years:http://blog.betterjudo.com/ten-thousand-hours-and-ten-years/

B)JudoCanadaUpdate

World Cup Austria (Men)

5^thNicholas Tritton

7^thSasha Mehmedovic

9^thFrazer Will

World Cup Budapest (Woman)

2^ndJoliane Melancon

3^rdKelita Zupancic

5^thAmy Cotton

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=185

German Grand Prix, Germany

3^rdKelita Zupancic

5^thFrazer Will, Star City, SK

5^thCatherine Roberge

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=186

C)Technical Corner

NOTE: JudoCanadadoes not control the content of the Websites linked below.

Neil Adams: Seoi-nage/Tai-O-toshi/O-soto-gari

Techniques, as  demonstrated by Neil Adams are for advanced judoka.  You notice that most of his demonstrations of seoi nage and tai otoshi are on an uke moving backwards.  To execute these throwing techniques in such fashion, a judoka must be able to generate the necessary power.

Please take10 minutesto look at this video by Neil Adam's former World Champion. He talks about three techniques (seoi-nage, tai-otoshi and o-soto-gari). Please pay attention to his talking about three important fundatmental areas to develop any throw:

Hands

Body Position

Feet Position

Note:He also talks about about the importance of head direction and balance

If you focus on these three ideas you and your athletes can improve uchi-komi, movement patterns and throwing in a very short time.

Technical:

http://www.judovision.org/?p=6017

Action:

http://www.judovision.org/?p=1716

http://www.judovision.org/?p=1722

http://www.judovision.org/?p=1721

D)Judo Canada Up Coming Events

National Senior, Kata & Veterans ChampionshipsMay 15-16, 2010

*National Senior CampMay 17-19, 2010

Youth National ChampionshipsJuly 2-4, 2010

*Youth Nationals Training CampJuly 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: JudoCanadadoes not control the content of the Websites linked below.

2010 New York Open, October 16, 2010

http://www.newyorkopenjudo.com/

FOR INSPIRATION: a few clips from the 2009 New York Open:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vwpf2retS0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX7moCy_fHg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq3MF4hY42w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgP2jZ7H900&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ4Vah1kKUM&feature=related

• 1 week following the 2010 Quebec Open in Montreal

F)Sport Science

Strength & Conditioning:

Power Point Presentation from the UK:

http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/technical/documents/StuartYule.pdf

• This is a good presentation to give coaches and athletes ideas on how to develop a programfor athletes in their T2T T2C and T2W development stages

G)Western Canada Calendar of Major Events 2009/10

Competitions

*EdmontonInternationalMarch 19-21, 2010

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

EdmontonInternational TrainingMarch 21, 2010

Western Canada Summer Camps:

Peace Gardens, ManitobaAugust 08-14, 2010

Saskatchewan Summer CampAugust 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: JudoCanadadoes 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

Part 3:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMpn0jTiThk

Alan Sakai Carries Olympic Tourch:

Alan Sakai was slated to pick up the torch where Railway turns into Granville Avenue in Richmond, near Thompson Community Centre. Sakai represented Canada in Judo in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but he’s much more than an Olympian in Richmond. Sakai is president of the Steveston Judo Club, a longtime soccer coach and a born-and-raised member of the Steveson community.

“I have all these little communities in Richmond that I’m honoured to represent,” Sakai said.

Sakai, 54, has been working as an educator in Richmond for more than 30 years, first as a teacher at Brighouse Elementary, and now as principal at Hamilton Elementary. Earlier Tuesday he took his entire school to watch the torch relay in nearby Queensborough.

“Some of the kids I taught now have kids of their own in my school,” he said. “I’ve seen a lot in Richmond.”

Of his own Olympic experience, Sakai, who was 17 at the time, said political interference detracted from what should have been a thrilling time.

“It was the Olympics where the Israeli athletes were abducted and killed, and that kind of ruined the experience,” he said. “But it’s an important piece of Olympic history.”

Note:There were many other judoka across Canada who experienced the honour of the Olympic Torch bearer. In British Columbia alone beside Alan Sakai they were:   Mr. Jim Kojima - former president of Judo Canada; Mr. Marko Chiaramonte - World Judo Vice Champion of hearing impaired judoka; Mr Hermann Mauthner  - judo teacher from Invermere and Mrs. Abby Lloyd from Powell River.