Thunder Bay Judo Dojo

Thank you to all those who participated in our event tonight and to all those who generously donated to the Red Cross to help fund their work in Japan to help the tsunami victims. You raised $745. Thank you also to sensei Pat for organizing the whole thing. And thank you to senseis Sandra Greaves and Mario Rodrigue of the Tokage Budokan for their support in the form of kata demonstrations and member participation.

This past weekend we had 12 people go through a fairly intensive coaching course. Thanks to Andrej Sadej, the sport director of Judo Canada.for being kind enough to run the course for us and thanks to all the participants for a great exchange of ideas.

The course was geared at delivering a program to kids under 13 years old using a fairly flexible approach. It also allowed instructors from different dojos to trade teaching methods and games which made the weekend even more interesting than expected.

Here are the pictures of all the participants with the instructor.

Here is a list of upcoming tournaments:

There are 6 tournaments coming up in the US:

    Saturday January 22nd, in St. Paul

    Saturday January 29th, in Milwaulkee

    Sunday February 20th in Two Harbors (3 hour drive)

    Saturday April 9th in Dubuque Iowa (10 hour drive)

    Saturday April 16th in Fond du Lac Wisconsin

    Saturday May 7th (?) In Eagen Minnesota (6 hour drive)

In Manitoba:

    February 26th, Inner City in Winnipeg (9 hour drive)

    March 12th, Provincial Championships (10 hour drive)

    March 26th, Balmoral Open (9 ½ hour drive)

    April 9th, Eastern Manitoba Open (location to be determined)

We will be supporting the Two Harbors tournament.

October was (sorry for not posting earlier) Ashi-Waza month.

These include O-Soto-Gari, O-Uchi-Gari, De-Ashi-Barai, Harai-Tsurikomi-Ashi, etc.

Here is a good video on O-Soto-Gari

They're a lot fun and can be used either as a technique on their own or as an opening for a more spectacular throw.

They are also the the most efficient but hardest to master techniques. Timing is critical. Here is a nice video on foot sweeps.

This month is Koshi Waza month! That's hip techniques of all kinds. So here are a few video examples for you.

Toshihiko Koga's Creative Version of Sode Tsuri Komi Goshi

Jigoro Kano's Uki Goshi

A very technical review of Hane Goshi

pt nippon's Harai Goshi

Enjoy!

Summer judo is done until September. Please come and visit us at the registration on September 8th!

Have a great summer!

Here is a video of Yamashita's Yoko Shiho Gatame that is worth seeing. It includes the hold in detail and a couple of entries from a throw.

Video

There is a women's judo camp in Toronto on Augus 14 and 15th being organized by Tami Dacks at Royal St George's College.

The complete flyer is in the "Interesting Documents" page. but here is the summary.

Come on out and learn how to fight like a girl !!

Aug 14 and 15, 2010

9 :30 am to 3:30 pm each day

Jacqui Lloyd 3rd Dan

Instructor - Budokwai JC England

Katy Bryant 1st Dan

Tami Dacks 1st Dan

Our third annual camp for girls and women of all ages, ranks, skill and fitness levels.

Preregistration price : $40 for one day or $60 for both days

Price at the door: $45.00 for one day or $70.00 for both days

Location: Royal St. George's College

120 Howland Ave

Toronto On, Canada

M5R 3B5

Contact : Tami Dacks (Organizer) tdacks@gmail.com

Or call 416-565-0282 for information or registration.

Site coordinator : David Miller 6th Dan

This is a sanctioned Judo Ontario pointable event

Why stop doing judo now? There will be summer judo on Wednesday nights from 6:30 to 8 pm. We will be doing kata, randori, technical reivew and anyting else that seems like a good idea at the time or that someone wants to do.

So come and join the gang and see what we can do.

Annual General Meeting

The AGM will be held after the last official class of the season on Wednesday May 26th. There are some constitutional adjustments and the election for all the board positions. Get to know what is going on in the management of the club and maybe get involved!

The constitutional changes are described in the "Interesting Documents" page and are posted in the club.

Road Clean-up

The road clean-up will be on May 29th at 10am starting with a meeting at Vance Chapman school parking lot. There is a document in the "Interesting Documents" for your information.

Annual Bar-B-Que

Sensei Sven is kind enough to host the annual Bar-B-Que at his house on May 29th at 2 pm. The address is 295 Copenhagen Road. It's always a great time so come and enjoy!