Judo Canada Western Canada Regional Technical Support Officer Update:      

Wednesday April 14, 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, please mail to me their email address: beaton_judocan@yahoo.ca

The bi-weekly update is a service that I will provide to the Western Provinces and Territories on behalf of Judo Canada. Whether the update is distributed to clubs under your jurisdiction, is at the discretion of your Provincial/Territorial 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)   BOOK REVIEW:

THE PYJAMA GAME: A journey into Judo

Author: Mark Law

The first full dramatic account of the origins and development of judo and behind-the-scenes view of the modern international tournament circuit.

Approaching his 50th birthday, Mark Law decides to take up judo and his initial interest becomes an obsession, then a book. The result is a fascinating journey in which he unravels this most opaque of sports with humour, verve and style. Part travelogue, part history, part chronicle of midlife discovery, The Pyjama Game is an illuminating exposition of an enigmatic and marginal sport.
James Corbett, The Observer

http://www.thepyjamagame.com/index.html

"I came to suspect that, even in sporting terms, this was an extraordinary world. And I had landed in the middle of it."- Mark Law

"Anyone who struggles to believe that judo builds character might find it easier to accept that judo certainly reveals it."- Mark Law

"Judo has been designed not around strength but around technique. A competitor may be strong but he'll be flattened as soon as he comes up against any opponent who has superior technique.”- Mark Law

B)   Judo Canada Update

Pan-Am Judo Championships:

1^st Nicholas Tritton 73kg (ON)

1^st Kelita Zupanic 70kg (ON)

3^rd Joliane Melancon 57kg (QC)

3^rd Catherine Roberge 78kg (QC)

3^rd Alexandre Edmond 90kg (QC)

3^rd Youseff Youseff 55kg (ON)

5^th Frazer Will 60kg (SK)

5^th Kalem Kachur 81kg (SK)

5^th Scott Edward 100kg (AB)

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=190

http://www.judocanada.org/english/news.asp?CodeN=191

• Canadian Athletes provinces indicate the location the athletes started judo (province of origin) 

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2010 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Selection policy update

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

2010 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Selection policy update

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 2010 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)

Mandatory camps:

1) 2010 Senior National Championships camp (Jonquière, May 17-19, 2010)

2) 2010 Junior National Championships camp (Lethbridge, July 5-8, 2010)

2010 World Championships Selection Update

Tournement Michel Beauvais, Saint Gratien, France           March 27-28, 2010

     TEAM SASKATCHEWAN

U17 63kg1^st Emily Schaan

U17 48kg 1^st Alex Poliakiwski

U20|SR 52kg 2nd Jordan Poliakiwski

U20|SR 73kg 3rd Kendal McArthur

U20|SR 60kg 3rd Warren Seib

U20|SR 63kg 3rd Nicole Dyck

U20|SR 66kg 5th Andrew Yuen

TEAM ALBERTA

U17 73kg 1^st Ian Cambell

U17 60kg 3^rd Colton Hall

U17 52kg 3^rd Kayla Thompson

U20|SR 60kg 2^nd Brandon Lloyd

U20|SR 90kg 2^nd Simon Breau

U20|SR 66kg 9^th Thomas Okamura 

Judo Alberta’s high performance coach Fatira Merah orgianized a training tour in France for some of the young athletes from Alberta and Saskatchewan. The judo competition which the team participated in was a perfect level event for the Canadian athletes pitting them against some strong French second division athletes and provincial/regional athletes from around Paris.  The Alberta/Saskatchewan team was in France for 10 days with the athletes training at the French Institue of Judo, the ACBB Judo Club and at the US Orleans judo club. It was a very educational trip for all athletes and it was very interesting to observe some of the training programs of the judo clubs.

C)   Technical Corner

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

            Sankaku-Jime:

http://www.judo-snijders.nl/video-judo-technieken/verwurging-judo-choke/Sankaku-Jime%201.html

D)   Judo Canada Up Coming Events

National Senior, Kata & Veterans 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 the eligibility criteria for 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.

Mehmedovic (CAN) vs Rudawiec (POL)

http://www.judo-snijders.nl/video-judo-wedstrijd-internationaal/2010-vienna-world-cup-men/Sasha%20Mehmedovic%20(CAN)%20-%20Ignacy%20Rudawiec%20(POL)%20[-66kg].html

Germany Grand Prix Highlights

http://www.judovision.org/?p=6694

http://www.judovision.org/?p=6695

F)   Sport Science

Nick Broad: Nutritional Tips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5q3ks6XKyg&feature=related

G)   Western Canada Calendar of Major Events 2009/10

H)   Interest:

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

Modern Day Samurai: Radomir Kovačević

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vosnt23Y1JA&feature=related

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imY9j7leN9k&feature=related

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toqD-zL1MVs&feature=related

National Championships: JAPAN

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sp20100405j1.html