Windsor Judo Club News Blog

• Trevor Collins 3rd Dan
• Roy Flower 2nd Dan
• Tony 'Doc' Stanley 2nd Dan
• Pete Skinner 1st Dan
• Yvette Fox 1st Dan 

...so congratulations to the following players!

Juniors
Elliott Jones 3rd Mon
Josh Baker 9th Mon
Lewis Baker 9th
Arif Suleiman 4th Kyu
Nigel Phillips 1st Mon
Drew Taylor 6th Mon
Abbie Taylor 8th Mon
Ruby Rae 3rd Mon
Lisa Williamson 10th Mon
Jan Cazin 8th Mon
Victor Cazin 8th Mon
Pawandip Kaur Mans 9th Mon
Arundip Singh Mans 6th Mon
Brierley Mather 9th Mon
Amarni Brookerford 1st Mon
Robert Theobald 2nd Mon
Louus Brown 7th Mon





Seniors
Katy Williams 3rd Kyu
Leslie Turner   1st Kyu
Luke Hinds  5th Kyu
Charlie Knight 4th kyu
Lucy Aldritt 1st Kyu
Paul Smith 1st Kyu

This is a guest post from Tristan Greaves of http://extricate.org/
Tristan is a qualified football and Judo referee who often pops down to practice at Windsor Judo Club - his last post here was popular enough that we dragged him back for a second one.

Golden Score was changed at the beginning of the year to three minutes for seniors. However, it can be shorter than this depending on the circumstances at domestic events: Juniors may only get two minutes, or if time is really pressured just one!
Golden Score ends if a player gets a score (either directly or as a result of their opponent being penalised). The way you don't really want it to end is if time runs out and the referee team have to make a decision (hantei).
Let's go back a step further. Don't let a contest go to Golden Score! Yes, this is a repeat of the usual 'Go for the Ippon' mantra but more contests than I would have liked went all the way to flags at the weekend. The removal of Koka has perhaps contributed to this but hopefully over time the technical base will develop and make it less likely. That said, a stalemate is a stalemate.
I do appreciate that a player may possibly let a contest go into Golden Score for strategic reasons: Their fitness may be superior to their opponents and they know that they can look a lot more 'busy' in order to appear superior, and thus gain the decision. This is rare to see though: Generally both players are equally tired.
So, you're in Golden Score (After trying REALLY hard to get an Ippon but not quite getting it, of course). You're going to keep going for that outright win, but want to have all bases covered should it go to decision. What now?
1. Remember the scoreboard is wiped. This includes penalties. More importantly, this includes the minds of the referees: Only the Golden Score time is counted if it goes to flags! You could have made five hundred more attacks in the preceding time period but it counts for nothing.
2. Valid attacks only. Just tapping your opponents legs every so often or 'flopping' will not count for anything. What is a 'valid attack' ? Definitions vary but two examples: Actual attempt at kuzushi and Tori must be putting themselves at risk to a counter.
3. Going for strangles, trying to pass the guard etc on the ground will generally NOT be counted. Securing Osaekomi will though, but it is MUCH easier to gain kinsas in the tachiwaza phase. NOTE: I'm taking this up with some senior referees – it has not been an issue for me so far (has not changed a decision…) but I want to be sure.
4. Some valid attacks count more than others. Both you and your opponent make strong Osoto Gari attacks. You are the one who gets knocked down, managing to land on your front. Your opponent's attack counts for more.
5. ATTACK FIRST. Straight from the grip. If your opponent is going for drop throws then that 'wastes' time on the ground before you can try something yourself. Do it first!
6. Combinations. Put in flurries of attacks. Don't just look busy.. actually be busy!
Just remember, if you can get a nice swift Ippon in the first 15 seconds of a judo contest, you don't have to worry about any of this…

Excellent set of gradings recently, congratuations to -

WJC was happy to welcome back Roy Inman yet again as he ran an excellent session for us on the 28th of November.

This year's Club dinner and awards evening was attended by over a hundred guests including Roy Inman, OBE and 8th Dan, Ian Rose, VI Olympic Medallist, and Mike Callan, 6th Dan,Head of Development Welsh Judo and Chairman of International Association of Judo Researchers.

It is time of year that we recognise those club members who have gone over and above the call of duty. This year the award winners where..

Armand Monthe Noussi (left) - Contest player of the year,


Lucy Alldritt - WJC Volunteer Award
 
Orlando Yanez-Vila (left)- Spirit of Judo
Joe Thorpe (left) - Presidents Award.

If you are interested in purchasing a Windsor Judo Club Hoodie, T-shirt, or Polo-neck, please let us know. A parent of one of our junior members has very kindly agreed to co-ordinate a group purchase. We'll know a bit more about prices when we know a bit more about numbers, so please mail admin@windsorjudo.co.uk with any interest.

This is a guest post from Tristan Greaves of http://extricate.org/
Tristan is a qualified football and Judo referee who often pops down to practice at Windsor Judo Club - as he writes interesting and well-though out posts, we thought you might like this one. 

On 23 and 24th Jan 2010 Windsor Judo Club will run a Technical Dan Grade Course. Instructor/Examiner is Chris Doherty. Details will follow soon...

It's that time of year again!

Windsor Judo Club hosts it's Christmas Dinner at the NCO's Mess at Combermere Barrcks Windsor,  the date is Saturday the 28th November - so put it in your diaries now.

Congratulations to Nicky Thorp who on Sunday 04^th October 2009 passed her 4^th and final Time Keepers competition, and is now a qualified Time Keeper. Nicky had to go through fire to do this last assessment as the electronic clock caught fire and was removed from the Dojo. Nicky had to work with the hand clocks, pencil and paper undaunted by this Nicky carried on as if nothing had happened.  

If anyone has photos of this please let us know :) 

We are pleased to announce that our 'No Jacket Required' class has now graduated from it's incubation period at on a Monday at Windsor Judo Club into a fully fledged independent club.   It runs from Combermere Barracks on a Tuesday & Thursday - please contact info@windsorjudo.co.uk for more details.  

Last week Trevor Collins and Nick Ward from Windsor Judo Club, entered the 
30th National Kata Competition  at High Wycombe. This was an impressively organised event  and was attended by  kata players from Holland France Sweden, Finland, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Trevor and Nick entered  won Bronze in Goshin Jitsu kata and came 5th in Juno: excellent results in an increasingly competitive field.  

Any players who would like to try kata should email info@windsorjudo.co.uk to register their interest. Dates and times of training sessions to be advised.

Coaches Roy Flower and Nick Fletcher attended their UK Coaching Certificate Level 2 exam yesterday. They were both told they had passed and they are not contentedly awaiting their certificates...

This is the wordCloud created (automaticly by Wordle) from the Windsor
Judo Club news feed, it's an excellent way of seeing at a glance the sort of things that matter to WJC. It's nice to see that not only are the overwelming majority of the terms positive, but that words like 'club', 'players', 'promoted' and 'excellent' are the words that really Stand out.

WJC's good run at awards ceremonies continues....

Some further club news:

WJC is pleased to report that Richard Taylor has qualified as a BJC timekeeper and is looking forward to a busy schedule of events over the coming months. It's always a pleasure to see players who want to give something back to the sport and Richard is an excellent example.

We're sorry to note the closure of Staines Judo Club recently due to
increased work committments of their coaches. It's always sad to see
the closure of such a long-running club and we were very greatful that
WJC was recommended to their classes for those players who wanted to
continue. We've already started to see junior players arriving and
hope to see more soon.

It is always a pleasure to report on a player receiving their 1st Dan.  This time it was Armend Monthe-Neusse was was promoted following completion of his line up.

Windsor Judo Club will be holding a Summer Barbecue at the NCO's mess of Combermere Barracks.

The Barbecue will be at 7pm Saturday 27th June, food will be served from 8pm and there is a disco booked until 2am.

Windsor Judo club has just learned that it has won £1,000 in the
monthly BJA trust raffle. More details of where the money is to be
used and the presentation should follow shortly....

WJC are pleased to report that Nicky Thorpe and Richard Taylor recently attended a Table Officials course and are well on their way to qualifying fully

A slightly late update but visiting Coach Ian Rose VI British, European and World Champion as well as double Paralympic Medallist recently gave a masterclass at WJC.

It was an excellent experience during which Ian re-enforced the Patrick Roux
coaching style, warm up routines and skill development methods. A Roy
Flower Curry Night followed the training session. :)

One of our members, Ellen Flower, is running a race for life event on the 6th of May to fight against cancer. If you would like to sponsor her, then you can find out more on her sponsor page at

http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/ellenflower

Thank you

Windsor Judo to proud to report that Robert Kolski has just returned back to the country after an extremely competitive 6th place in the -90kg category of the EUROMETROLE Master Judo Competition, which is a masters tournament held in France.

Both the world masters champion, (Christophe Lepretreand, on the right of photo) and the silver medalist( Sam Bruchon, left of photo) were in his category and he fought Bruchon - hopefully we will soon have some video to post of this.

Overall Robert came 6th and we are extremely proud of him - he is looking forward to fighting in Brussels this April.

Major site update today following the strange downtime we had over the last week - the site has had a complete redesign and, although the new one is much smaller, it will grow swiftly as we port pages from the old site across.   You'll also notice we now have a proper blog here that you can subscribe to with any feed reader (we like google reader).  

Joe

British Judo will be running in partnership with Windsor Judo Club (NHC) a judo specific SGPC course.
This course is NOT a coach revalidation event but is mandatory for all players looking to newly qualify as a coach and is ideal for those coaches still requiring this certificate or to update knowledge.

Places are strictly limited to 20 and early booking is advisable.

Cost per candidate is £20.00 and payable in advance with accompanying booking form (see attachment).
The course will start at 6.30pm (booking in from 6.0pm) and finish at approximately 9.30pm.

All details on application form, which can be found here.

As part of our continuing commitment to coach development at Windsor Judo Club four of our more junior coaches attended a well-run child protection evening in Slough last night and found it extremely useful and thought provoking.

Windsor Judo club has again booked Combermere Barracks NCO's mess again for this years Christmas meal on Saturday 29th November 2008. The meal will start at 7pm and the disco will play from approximately 9.30pm till 3am. The dinning area will be arranged with tables of 10. Dress code is, as always, lounge suit (including tie) for men. The cost for Club Members is £30.00/person with cheques to be made payable to Windsor Judo Club. Bookings through Roy ONLY, £10.00/person deposit and we must have final numbers in by 20th November. For further information phone Roy on 07875 526186.

Windsor Judo Club appeared in a wonderfully written article on the Running Sports website. You can view it at: their website.

I've finally got round to a long-overdue update of the website - there's been a lot of cleaning up and some major additions to things like the 'news' page. I've also finally got round to putting the CCPR video on the site.

The only embarrassment remaining on the site is the poor state of our theory and kata page. Any ideas how we might do about redoing it?

Thanks,

Joe

On Monday 3rd of June, Windsor Judo Cub was very lucky to be able to run a special judo session, run by the BJA regional technical officer Chris Doherty (above). Chris took all the club instructors right through the new BJA syllabus, which as many of you know, has undergone a total rewrite this year.

CCPR, the alliance of national governing bodies of sport and recreation, held its prestigious Sports Club of the Year awards ceremony in London last night. Amongst the winners of the awards, presented by sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe MP and world cup winner Jason Leonard, was Windsor Judo Club.

In association with the Foundation for Sport and the Arts (FSA) and running sports, CCPR recognises sports clubs which have made an outstanding contribution within their community. The six finalists had all shown exceptional commitment and dedication in providing opportunities to make sport inclusive and accessible for all. The winners were awarded cash prizes between £1,000 and £6,000.

In the view of the judges, Windsor Judo Club , which finished in joint third place, engages with a wide range of partners from the local police force, through its local authority, to the Household Cavalry to promote judo to all. Offering regular technique-based training with high quality coaches, Windsor provides mentoring to its members and actively works to ensure effective long term player development, regardless of ability. The club is also working to provide free judo to children in the local area.

Tim Lamb, CCPR chief executive, said:

CCPR is proud to present the Sports Club of the Year awards and to recognise community sports clubs in this way. Their volunteers devote countless hours of their time encouraging participation in sport and it?s only right that this contribution is highlighted on nights like this".

Windsor Judo Club provides a wealth of opportunities for participation and is an example to clubs right across the country. The people of Windsor are very fortunate to have such a beacon of excellence in the area.

Ross White achieved his Dan grade today! He tells it in his own words below

I arrived at the Budokwai with 70 points and was in no mood to fight as I'd never been to the Budokwai before and I'd got completely lost on the way there. My aim for the day was to win 3 fights and get the final 30 points to get my Dan grade; I wasn't interested in doing the whole line up of 5 fights as I wouldn't be able to use the extra points.

So I changed, and began warming up and calming the nerves that occur before a grading. I went out for my first fight and quite quickly he turned in for a hip technique but had lost his balance, and I managed to take him to the ground and secure a Kesa Gatame hold down for the 25 seconds.

The second fight was more interesting, I took an over shoulder belt grip and threw with O Soto Gari, but he landed on his side before his back giving me the Wazari, I then followed up into a Kesa Gatame hold down but was now out of the fighting area. We were stood up and the referee talked to the table officials as to the score, the officials arguing it had been an Ippon throw but maybe out of the area, and the referee arguing it had been a wazari throw but had been in the area. They decided to give me the Ippon.

In the 3rd fight, I again took an over shoulder belt grip and threw my opponent with O Soto Gari onto his back for an Ippon.

So I now had all the points for my Dan grade, and just had to be thrown and it was all over. But due to the small size of the dojo, I'd seen several people thrown into the walls and the floor wasn't particularly soft so I just didn't fancy it and kept on fighting.

In the 4th Fight, I again took an over shoulder belt grip and threw with O Soto Gari cleanly for Ippon.

In the final fight my opponent went for a dropping technique and left his arm sticking out. I grabbed his arm and went for a rolling Juji Gatame arm lock. The referee thought I?d been thrown by the technique and scored my opponent a Wazari for my rolling arm lock, I was so confused I relaxed my grip on his arm, and he promptly pulled it away from me. Later in the fight, he turned in for a technique and I took him to the ground and secured a Tate Shiho Gatame hold down. As he struggled, he relaxed an arm so I managed applied an Ude Garame arm lock, he submitted and I score the final ippon of the day.

Immediately afterwards I was to tired to feel happy, I'd been fighting continuously for over 10 minutes but slowly I recovered and realised I'd got my Dan grade by points and a line up.

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Windsor judo club is extremely happy to report that it has been shortlisted for the CCPR Sports Club of the Year 2008. The awards ceremony will take place on the 6th May 2008 at the Grange City Hotel, London and we hope everybody has their fingers crossed for us. For more information about the CCPR and the award, please see the CCPR website.

We are pleased to report some excellent results from this Sunday?s Grading. Ross earned 40 towards his Dan grade and Van went one better by completing his line up and gaining his 1st Dan, in a text to friends Van explained:? "Well, I had six fights, lost the first one by an unexpected score. Won the next two, then powered my way through the whole line up in just over one minute".

put updates in news....

2007 has been one of WJC's most successful years with successes and achievements coming thick and fast. Some of the year's most notable successes have been:

• The receipt of a £9,398 grant.
• New mats, crash mats and dojo improvements.
• WJC winning BJA Volunteer Club of the year.
• Trevor Collins achieving National B Referee.
• Ian Rose attending with his Olympic medals and taking a session.
• Trevor Collins winning RBWM Lifetime Achievement Award
• Roy Inman taking a session at WJC.

There is more information on most of these achievements below, and WJC would like to thank all of those who made this possible, both directly and indirectly.