USJF Development Newsletter October 2003

Table of Contents

2002-2003 USJF Award Winners

Referee of the Year
International Senior Male Athlete of the Year
International Senior Female Athlete of the Year
National Senior Male Athlete of the Year
National Senior Female Athlete of the Year
International Youth Male Athlete of the Year
International Youth Female Athlete of the Year
National Youth Male Athlete of the Year
National Youth Female Athlete of the Year
Senior Male Athlete Coach of the Year
International Senior Female Athlete Coach of the Year
International Youth Male Athlete Coach of the Year
International Youth Female Athlete Coaches of the Year
Kata Competitor of the Year
Thank You Masazumi Endoh
Don Flagg

Junior Judoka Development

Senior Judoka Development

Senior Development Training

Kata Development

Report from the 2003 USJF National Kata Conference
Konan Yudanshakai Koshiki No Kata Clinic Report

Instructor Development

Referee Development

Referee Clinic Report

USJF

Newsletter Staff

Copyright Information

2002-2003 USJF Award Winners

Referee of the Year, David Smith

Started judo at Ball State University, age 19.

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for college credit judo classes at Ball State.

Member - Ball State Judo Team.

Intercollegiate competition as an undergraduate (Ball State) and during law school (Indiana University).

Trained one (1) semester - Yeung Nam University, Kyongsan, Korea.

Active in state and national governing bodies.

USJI Subcommittee memberships - Law & Legislation; Standards.

Instructor/coach 1988 to 1998, Anderson, Indiana YMCA; Guest instructor 1999 to present.

Major Championships Refereed: Pan Am Senior Championships (2000 & 2002); World Police & Fire Games (2001); Pan Am Jr. Championships (1988, 1999, & 2001); Gnawbone Classic (2001- 2003); New York Open (2003).

International Senior Male Athlete of the Year, Chuck Jefferson

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

International Senior Female Athlete of the Year, Sayaka Matsumoto

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

National Senior Male Athlete of the Year, RJ Cohen

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

National Senior Female Athlete of the Year, Nanoushka St. Pre

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

International Youth Male Athlete of the Year, Matthew Dias

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

International Youth Female Athlete of the Year, Liz Burns

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

National Youth Male Athlete of the Year, Taraje Williams-Murray

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

National Youth Female Athlete of the Year, Marti Malloy

MAJOR COMPETITION RESULTS

Senior Male Athlete Coach of the Year, Mike Swain

International Senior Female Athlete Coach of the Year, Dr. David Matsumoto

David Matsumoto is a world-renowned judo coach and official. He holds a 6th degree black belt in judo, a Class A Coaching Certificate from USA Judo, and a Class A International Referee License from the International Judo Federation. He is the head instructor of the East Bay Judo Institute, one of the U.S.A.'s top competitive dojos, especially for women. He is the recipient of the 1999 U.S. Olympic Committe's Developmental Coach of the Year Award in Judo, the 2001 U.S. Judo Federation's Senior and Junior Female Coach of the Year Award, and an acclamation from the City and County of Honolulu, HI in 1977. Under his leadership as the Director of Development for USA Judo from 1996-2000, the U.S. claimed its first gold medal in 12 years at the 1999 World Judo Championships, and qualified a full team of athletes (14 categories) to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, one of only four countries in the world to achieve that feat. In the third year of his directorship (1999) American judo athletes stood on the medal podium at international competition a total of 124 times, an unprecedented accomplishment. His personal students have distinguished themselves by obtaining medals in national and international competition over 200 times in the past 18 years under his tutelage, including a silver medal at the 2000 International Judo Federation World Junior Judo Championships by his daughter, Sayaka. He is the author of The History and Philosophy of Kodokan Judo (Hon no Tomosha) and Judo: A Sport and a Way of Life (International Judo Federation). From http://www.davidmatsumoto.info/about_me.htm.

International Youth Male Athlete Coach of the Year, Danny Kikuchi

Rank: Godan San Jose Buddhist Judo Club, San Jose, CA Instructor Since 1976 PAAU Nor-Cal Heavyweight Champion and Grand Champion 1974 3-Time National Collegiate Heavyweight Champion 1973-75 2-Time National Collegiate Tournament Grand Champion 1973-74 U.S.World University Team Member 1975 Associate-Teacher Judo- San Jose State University Human Performance Dept. 1987-1994 Central Coast Yudanshakai Coach USJF Jr. National Team Tournament 3rd Place 1995 Coach- Jr. International Invitational, Florida 1997-2000 USJF Junior International Coach of the Year 2002 Cenco Board of Examiners Vice-President 2001-2003

International Youth Female Athlete Coaches of the Year, Jason Morris and Teri Takemoto

Kata Competitors of the Year, Mark Pasquinelly and Alan Panackia

Mark E. Pasquinelly Club Name Location: University of Toledo and Maumee Judo Club National Ranking: 1st Ju No kata, 1st Goshin Jitsu Years in Judo: 26 years
Alan J Panackia Club Name Location: University of Toledo and Farmington Judo Club National Ranking:1st JuNoKata, 1st Goshinjitsu Years in Judo: 36
MARK AND AL'S KATA COMPETITIONS Ohio Open Kata Championship 2002 1st Itsutsu No Kata 1st Goshin Jitsu 2nd Ju No Kata 1st Katame No Kata 1st Koshiki No Kata Michigan State Judo Championships 2002 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Katame No Kata 1st Koshiki No Kata 1st Ju No Kata Senior Nationals in Cleveland, Ohio 2002 1st Goshin Jitsu 2nd Ju No Kata 2nd Katame No Kata USJA Senior Cup 2002 2nd Itsutsu No Kata 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Ju No Kata 1st Katame No Kata 1st Koshiki No Kata Overall Champion Great Lakes Open Jackson,Michigan 2002 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Koshiki No Kata 1st Ju No Kata Flag City USA 2002 1st Ju No Kata 1st Koskiki No Kata Fukudo Invitational 2002 1st Ju No kata 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Koshiki No Kata 2nd Katame No Kata 2nd Nage No Kata 2nd Kime No Kata 3rd Itsutsu No Kata Men's overall Champions Bushido Kia Classic (Rochester N.Y.) 2003 2nd Ju No kata 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Katame No Kata Team overall Champions Arnold Martial Arts World Games Columbus ,Ohio 2/28/03 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Koshiki No Kata 1st Katame No Kata 2nd Itsutsu No Kata 2nd Ju No kata Michigan State Judo Championships 3/2003 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Katame No Kata 1st Koshiki No Kata 1st Ju No Kata Senior Nationals in Las Vegas 4/2003 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Ju No Kata Ohio Open Kata Championship 2003 1st Goshin Jitsu 1st Ju No Kata 1st Koshiki No Kata Tokyo World Masters Judo Championship Kata 2003 2nd Ju No kata 3rdt Goshin Jitsu 3rd Koshiki No Kata @

Thank You Masazumi Endoh

It was a pleasure to have worked with Masazumi Endoh at the 2003 Junior Nationals in Boca Rotan, Florida on July 25 through 27. The USJF really appreciates his sponsorship and donation of the fine Mitsuboshi gis to the qualified winners of each division. We also very much appreciate your generous donation you have made to the USJF from the proceeds of the sales made at the event. Thank You

Don Flagg

The USJF Tamo Kitaura Referee Development Committee is very proud in selecting Don Flagg as the first recipient of this grant. Tamo Kitaura Sensei has devoted over 50 years to the sport of Judo as a competitor, instructor, coach, manager and referee. Throughout his distinguished career, Kitaura Sensei has been instrumental in developing and mentoring students and has been an active contributor to numerous organizations which support such activities, including the Central Coast Judo Association and the United States Judo Federation.

In honor of Kitaura Sensei's lifelong dedication to and distinguished service in support of Judo throughout the United States, the Central Coast Judo Association and the United States Judo Federation has established the USJF Tamo Kitaura Referee Grant. The Grant has been established to provide financial assistance in support of the development and growth of USJF referees. The Grant is specifically aimed at USJF referees who have exhibited a degree of technical proficiency, and have been identified as candidates for further testing and certification through the PJU-C.

The proceeds from the Grant go towards defraying the costs of travel and other expenses associated with a referee's attendance at the PJU-C testing site. This grant has also been established as a tool to encourage, support and increase new referee participation. Congratulations on the excellent job at the PJU-C test sight at the Benito Juarez Tournament in Mexico City in May of 2003. We understand you had the best score among the ten candidates testing. We wish you continued success in your refereeing career.

Junior Judoka Development

Senior Judoka Development

Senior Development Training

March 8, 2003
Jerry Wee

Konan sponsored a Senior Development training session on March 8, 2003 from 12:30pm - 3:00pm. A special guest instructor, Ryota Yokoguchi, a respected Japanese collegiate player conducted the clinic. A fine clinic was provided for all twenty-four participants.

Sensei Yokoguchi, with the assistance of well-qualified support staff, covered several turnover techniques as well as several chokes, and arm bars. He provided an extensive "Japanese" collegiate warm up which was aerobically and aerobically challenging.

During his intense teaching he covered several ashi-waza drills, as well as demonstrating a dynamic uchimata. He helped the seniors understand the importance of kuzure and kuzushi in order to effect a positive kake.

During the teaching he constantly stressed the importance of maintaining a good upright posture while attacking to ensure the best quality through. His judo is very sound and provided the participating judoka an excellent model emphasizing the basics.

Kata Development

Report from the 2003 USJF National Kata Conference

Eiko Shepherd (Kata Chairperson, eikojudo@apci.net)
July 10, 2003

The Kata Development and Certification Committee is honored to report that 2003 USJF Judo Conference was held at San Francisco State University on June 11,12,and 13th, 2003. This year's kata conference instructors were Mr. Toshihiro Utsugi, 8th Dan, and Mr. Yoshiharu Enoki, 7th Dan, from the Kodokan. Also Kata Development invited a guest from Santo Domingo. Mr. Moximo Suriel is the Dominican Judo Federation Kata Chairman.

Currently, in his country Mr. Suriel is very active promoting kata . He hopes that in the near future the kata program will get bigger and include more international kata competition. Presently in his country there is one other kata instructor other than himself. He was very happy and appreciative that we invited him to the USJF Judo Conference. He said "he arrived at the conference with very little kata knowledge and was going home with a lot of knowledge".

This year's conference was a little different than last year. The participants were able to choose from three categories: Teachers Institute, Referee and Kata . On the first day 13 people practiced Nage no Kata and Goshinjitsu. On the second day 10 people were on the mat to study Katame no Kata and Kime no Kata. Twelve judoka attended Ju no Kata and Koshiki no Kata on the last day.

On the second day Fukuda Sensei came to Kime no Kata Practice. Fukuda Sensei was kind enough to give us Ju no Kata instructions on Sunday morning. Fukuda Sensei's Ju no Kata Instructions were very technical. Mr. Utsugi and Mr. Enoki's teachings were excellent and students were able to ask questions. These instructors gave informative demonstrations. Participants expressed that they will practice more katas when they go back to their dojos.

All three days on the mat were very enjoyable. For the excellent clinic they gave us during the practice, we would like to express sincere appreciation to Utsugi Sensei , Enoki Sensei and Fukuda Sensei. The Kata participants were: Kenji Osugi, Einhard Schmidt, R.J. Cantwell, Brad Burrows, John Hendricks, Wiley Dobbs, Rocky Lima, Frances Glaze, Ryan O'Connor, Maximo Suriel, Brett Layton, Sebastiaan Inthout, Eva McCatty, Russell Ogata, leslie Minot, Fran Christie, Teri Schweitzer, Vicki Trent, Sara Jobin. Eiko Shepherd. The USJF Kata Instructor Certification Test Results Einhard Schmidt: Nage no Kata Class (B) Katame no Kata Class (B) Brett Layton: Nage no Kata Class (C) Katame no Kata Class (C) Moximo Suriel: Nage no Kata Class (A) Katame no Kata Class (A)

Congratulation to Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Layton and Mr. Suriel !

Konan Yudanshakai Koshiki No Kata Clinic Report

By Anthony Owed

The Koshiki No Kata workshop on Sunday, August 24, 2003 was a very successful endeavor. There were a total of 10 people in attendance. The participants represented both Ohio and Michigan.

The workshop began with a demonstration of Koshiki No Kata, performed by Al Panackia and Mark Pasquinelly. Mark and Al were the bronze medalists in Koshiki No Kata at the 2003 world masters championships. It appears that their time spent in Japan was well worth the effort and we all benefited by what they have learned. Mark and Al explained each technique one at a time and everyone in the workshop practiced. Each pair received individual instruction from Tony Owed, Frances Glaze, Al, and Mark. We went through the entire kata in this manner within a 5 hour time frame.

The workshop was enjoyed by all. Everyone is excited for the next Koshiki No Kata clinic.

Instructor Development

Referee Development

Referee Clinic Report

Calvin Terada, Chair, Referee Committee
May 10, 2003

On May 10, 2003, the Northwest Judo Yudanshakai (NWJY) co-hosted with Washington State Judo, Inc. a referee clinic featuring Sensei George Uchida, IJF-A, and Sensei Joon Chi, IJF-A, Referee Chairman, USJF. The referee clinic took place following the Pacific Northwest High School Championships that were held at Kentwood High School in Kent, Washington.

There were a total of 26 participants that attended the referee clinic, of which there was a mixture of referees, coaches, players, and instructors. The referee clinic began with Sensei Chi introducing the participants to the new International Judo Federation (IJF) rules that were passed by the IJF Referee Commission at the World Junior Championships in Korea. Sensei Chi talked about the following topics:
1. Application of Kawazugake
2. Confirmed the use of the Golden Score system
3. Consolidation of Penalties into two groups
4. Bowing
5. Medical Procedures (including unseen injury rule)

Of the five topics covered, Sensei Chi emphasized the changes that were occurring with the medical procedures, including the unseen injury rule, since many international events are currently implementing this rule. Sensei provided the group some insight on how the new rules are being implemented in the various Continental Unions.

After much discussion regarding the application of the new rules, Sensei Uchida gave a short lecture regarding the history of the rules of judo and the role of a referee. Being the first IJF-A referee in the United States, Sensei Uchida shared many stories with the group regarding his past experiences. Following Sensei's talk, everyone was instructed to change into their judo-gis for mat-side demonstrations and a mock shiai.
On the mat, the clinic changed gears and began with a set of questions that were posed by the participants. Questions and situations were posed to both Sensei Chi and Sensei Uchida and they proceeded to provide methods and answers on how to interpret various situations. Many of the participants found this part of the session to be extremely helpful since it is a rare treat to have two very knowledgeable Senseis provide their insight on how to interpret situations from both the referee's and coach's perspectives.

Once the question/answer session ended, the clinic concluded with everyone participating in a mock shiai. As an added twist to the shiai, the referees served as the competitors, while the players and coaches found themselves in the position of the referees. All had a wonderful time trying to help those who have never refereed, as well as poke fun at seeing the referees in action.

Overall, all 26 participants found that the referee clinic was very helpful and enjoyable. With the mix of coaches, players, and referees attending this clinic, all gained an added perspective and appreciation for each other's role in the judo world.

We would like to thank Sensei Uchida and Sensei Chi for taking time out of their busy schedules to assist us in increasing the level of knowledge regarding the rules of judo, boosting the level of judo in our area, and giving the referees inspiration and confidence to reach for higher goals.

USJF

USJF VISION

Judo in every American community and school

USJF MISSION/PURPOSE

To serve and support its members in the American judo community while upholding the principles of mutual welfare and benefit

USJF STRATEGY

Create and maintain a customer service orientation Cultivate leadership at all levels of the organization Create a positive image of judo

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

" Open communications " Clarifying before speaking (making sure you understand what the person is saying and where they are coming from)

" Deal with facts (data) (Fact-based decision making) " Cooperation - all working toward the same outcome

" Decision making in the best interest of grass roots judo in the US through yudanshakais and USJF Committees - Mutual welfare and benefit

" Balanced Budget " Collaboration of activities- helping each other out

" Inclusiveness rather than exclusiveness " Integrity - doing what you say you are going to do

USJF GOALS AND SUCCESS MEASURES

Overall Goals Measures of Success Continue USJF membership growth 5% increase per year

Continue with judoka, sensei, and leadership skill proficiency

10% average increase in training Increase overall yudanshakai participation and involvement

100% participation and involvement in USJF activities from all yudanshakai

Develop a USJF brand image 5% of the population in a targeted community differentiates judo from martial arts

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