Rick's Japanese house Part 2 (well more of a correction)

Please allow me to correct an error in regards of a previous posting of Rick's new house in Japan...here is the description from the man himself.

"x samurai house

note small door entrance to stop people with large swords from entering

in the middle of kyoto

will be fully renovated by beginning of april

call and see me if your pasing by

rick"

Invitation to a Judo International Tournament

Here is a link to the PDF file click me

Invitation to a Judo International Tournament

"Judo International Tournament Jose Ramon Rodríguez and Judogui Dorado "

at Cienfuegos City in Cuba.

Sir I salute you and the members associated of your Judo club.

Cuba as member of Judo International Federation

and Sunlight Tours S.A on behalf of Cuban Federation of Judo

are organising this traditional Tournament in Cienfuegos City, Cuba

These events will be at April 21 to April 25, 2010 with the objectives:

1. Develop and improve the skills of Ours Judokas

1. To develop the clubs and teams interchanging (Sporty and human values)

mainly between the countries.

2. To facilitate the understanding between our countries and peoples

3. To facilitate the enjoying of beautiful places of our country (beaches,

landscapes, etc)

It has a length of 5 days.

You can suggest us yours ideas about,

it could help us to get better in our plan.

If you are motivating to participate in this International Tournament you can write to

the e-mail jen04_bci@yahoo.ca and we will email you more information

about accommodation, travel arrangements, cost, etc.

As Well Sunlight Tours S.A on behalf of Cuban Federation of Judo

has organized a Weekly Judo Training Program (Male and Female)

with Cuban National Team in Havana City, Cuba or with a Local Team in Varadero Beach,

this last manner the Judokas can enjoy the beach and many Sporty Optionals. We also can

adjust our training Program according your needs.

Our Company Sunlight Tour is a Canadian Travel Agency which operates

Sporty Tourism Market in Cuba, Bahamas and Panama by the last 30 years.

We are in Cuba long time ago..

Cienfuegos City is well known at the world

We will thank your presence in this Tournament.

Best regards.

Jorge Estevez

Sunlight Tour S.A

phone: 53 45 523142

Might not be judo...but still a good read

Hakuho Dominates Sumo 2009

Hakuho, the sumo grand champion, faced a heated challenge from fellow grand champion and fellow Mongolian national, Asashoryu, in the final sumo bout of 2009. There was back and forth in this "epic battle" (as the Japan Times put it) but it ended the way 85 other bouts did for Hakuho in 2009. With Hakuho victorious.

Hakuho ended the year with a record 86 wins out of 90 possible, passing the previously considered untouchable mark set by Asashoryu of 84 wins, several years back. With six fifteen match tournaments spread out over the year, he won two with perfect records, won another at 14-1 and in the remaining three, forced a playoff. While he lost those playoffs, he established a constant. Each tournament would end with Hakuho in the thick of it, having a chance to win it on the final day. Furthermore, he won his bout on the final day all six times (playoff bout not counted). Since each such final bout was a showdown with fellow grand champion and closest rival, Asashoryu, he further established his dominance of the sumo world. Even more amazing, this came in a sport which has no off season. As soon as a tournament finishes, one begins training for the next. With no rest, no off time, he stayed fresh and gained strength as the year unfolded.

When asked about setting a record, he responded that that had always mattered more to the media than to him. He offered up the sumo "party line" that he was only interested in each win, one at a time. Still, he couldn`t help but smile a little (for a sumo wrestler, this is tantamount to a wild celebration). After all, everyone was gunning for him from January on and only four got him all year. This is a statistic worthy of Tiger Woods or Michael Jordan
at their prime.

For me, more than the records, more than the championships, I was impressed by the way he wrestled. The fluidity of his sumo, so far removed from the caricature of sumo often seen in the West, reminded viewers that sumo is indeed a martial art, as much as judo, tai chi, karate, and others. Sumo, when done well, is a thing of true aesthetic beauty. His overarm throw, somewhat reminiscent of a judo move, in the final bout of 2009, was a fitting close out to a year for a man who showed just how glorious sumo can be.

Summing up the year and expressing his goal for the next, Hakuho just gave one word. "Gambaru" which means "try harder" or "do one`s best" or "make an strenuous effort". Watch out everyone else!

The Japanese color commentator ended the final sumo broadcast of 2009 with words of praise for Hakuho and a lament for the lack of pretenders to his throne (especially Japanese ones). 2009 was another year without a tournament win for a Japanese wrestler. All six tournament titles in fact were taken by Mongolians. I find it hard to imagine that 2010 will be much different.

Link to the orignal post http://thesop.org/sports/2009/11/29/hakuho-dominates-sumo-2009

Judo on TV

Judo will feature again in "Olympic Show: All In The Games" (episode 6) on Sky Sports, this will play on at the following times:

25/11/2009, 20:00, SKY Sport 1

26/11/2009, 23:30, SKY Sport 1

27/11/2009, 15:00, SKY Sport 3

27/11/2009, 22:30, SKY Sport 2

International Judo Federation: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to share $200,000 prize money

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which takes place on 20-21 November, in the United Arab Emirates, features 126 (87 male and 36 female) judoka from 36 nations. There will be a record prize money event: US$ 200.000.

Medallists will share exact the same amount of money as in IJF Grand Slams, instead of the Grand Prix standard of US$ 100.000: in Abu Dhabi the podium offers US$ 150.000, being US$ 5.000 to the gold, US$ 3.000 for silver and US$ 1.500 for each of the 14 weight divisions.

Another US$ 50.000 were added to promote the beautiful judo. The judoka who wins the last three contests by ippon will be eligible to share US$ 20.000 (all the one who do this will share this prize) and US$ 30.000 will be given to the best ranked athlete in each category after the Grand Prix.

Top international judoka, including world and Olympic champions, confirmed their participation such as world champion and world ranking leader Georgiy Zantaraya (UKR, 60kg), Ludwing Pasicher (AUT, 60kg, Olympic and world medallist and 3rd in the WRL), Rishod Sobirov (UZB, 60kg, Olympic medallist and 5th in the WRL), Dirk Van Tichelt (BEL, 73kg, world medallist and 2nd in the WRL), Flavio Canto (BRA, Olympic medallist), Guillaume Elmont (NED, 81kg, world champion), Hesham Mesbah (EGY, 90, Olympic and world medallist), Ramadan Darwish (EGY, 100kg, world medallist and 3rd in the WRL), Abdulo Tangriev (UZB, +100kg, Olympic and world medallist), Ilse Heylen (BEL, 52kg, olympic medallist), Giulia Quintavale (ITA, 57kg, Olympic champion), Gevrise Emane (FRA, 63kg, world medallist), Sabrina Filzmozer (AUT, world medallist), Anett Meszaros (HUN, 70kg, world medallist), Celine Lebrun (FRA, 78kg, world and olympic medallist and WRL leader), Esther San Miguel (78kg, ESP, world medallist) and Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR, 78kg, world medallist and 3rd in the WRL).

To see the orignal article go to http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=33755

Sensi Rick's ninja hide out house!

Check out Sensi Rick's house...something out of a martial arts movie! It's in kyoto and he believes he will fully re-innovate it by April!

Is this even allowed?

So I saw this email in my inbox the other day and I think I might as well post it to see what other judokas think.

A little bird told us that both Graeme Spinks and Mike Kelly from Australia were not allowed to compete in the recently world champs in Samoa, due to them being "too old".

The boss wonders, if this is even legal? Also this doesn't really help the reputation of the sport that we love as some of the veteran judokas are barred (not even sure why they were labeled as old either).

Sensi Rick was a bit upset in regards of this, however fear not follow Uni Judo members, we did calm him down by preforming the ultimate sacrifice (visiting his shop and buying something!)

2009 Championship

New Zealand did very well, might of not won the most medals but check out the following results.

Under 60KG Men
BRONKHORST, Lee came second
GRAY, Nicholas was 7th

Under 66 KG Men
KIRBY, Kurt was 5th

Under 73 KG Men
CALDER, Lee was 5th
LEAT, Adrian was 7th
CHOI, Sean was 7th

Under 81 KG Men
CALDER, Neil was 5th
PAVLINIC, Ivica was 5th

Under 90 KG Men
BURN, Calum Was 2nd
BROMAN, Jonathan was 3rd
PAVLINIC, Tin was 5th

Under 100 KG Men
KOSTER, Jason was 3rd

As for the women, NZ also impressed

Under 48 KG Women

ROBERTSON, Helen was 3rd

Our very own Jacky Fong was 5th

Under 57 KG Women

MOCEYAWA, Ana was 2nd


Under 63 KG Women

SPINKS, Naomi was 5th


Under 70 KG Women

De VILLIERS, Moira was 3rd

WIKI, Shanice was 7th

Under 78 Women

APAAPA, Charlene was 2nd



China and Australia dominated with 5 gold medals each

How Sensi Rick is going to enter the dojo from now on...

He saw some old HEROS fight and decided that he should enter the dojo Akiyama style

Mongolia had Five Champions in Judo World Cup

Mongolia grabbed a total of 27 medals such as five gold, six silver, and 16 bronze medals at the Chinggis Khan Judo World Cup. The Judo World Cup took place in Central Palace of Sport, Ulaanbaatar on October 31st and November 1st, 2009.
There were 128 judo wrestlers from 13 countries such as Mongolia, South Korea, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Germany, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Russia, Spain and Poland engaged at the tournament.

Results
Country overall:
1. South Korea with seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals
2. Mongolia with five gold, six silver and 16 bronze medals
3. Ukraine with two gold, two silver and four bronze medals
4. Germany with one silver and two bronze medals
5. Japan with one silver and one bronze medals
6. Poland with one silver medal
7. Kazakhstan with one silver medal
8. Czech with one bronze medal
9. Uzbekistan one bronze medal

On October 31st, the tournament was held under three men’s categories (60kg, 66kg and 73kg) and four women’s categories (48kg, 52kg, 57kg and 63kg) and Mongolia’s wrestlers received five gold, four silver and nine bronze medals during that day.
Mongolian Judo Wrestler and World Judo Champion, Kh.Tsagaanbaatar, grabbed gold medal, Sergiy Drebot (Ukraine) received silver medal, B.Khishigbayar and Hevorg Hevorgyan (Ukraine) took bronze medals in men 66 kg’s category.
Ch.Boldbaatar won gold medal, G.Boldbaatar took silver medal, O.Chinbat and D.Tomorkhuleg received bronze medals in men’s 60kg’s category. Gui-Man Ban (South Korea), won gold medal, Piotr Kurkiewicz (Poland), received silver medal, O.Bold-erdene and S.Nyam-Ochir (Mongolia) took bronze medals in men 73kg’s category.
Jung-Yeon Chung (South Korea) was awarded with gold medal, M.Urantsetseg (Mongolia) took silver medal, E.Nomin and B.Uranchimeg (Mongolia) received bronze medals in women 48kg’s event.
M.Bundmaa (Mongolia), won gold medal, B.Bat-Erdene (Mongolia) received silver medal, Keum-Mai Choi (South Korea) and Lucie Chytra (Czech) took bronze medals in women 52kg’s event.
Ts.Tserennadmid (Mongolia), garnered gold medal, D.Sumya (Mongolia), took silver medal, T.Battogs (Mongolia) and Jan-Di Kim (South Korea) received bronze medals in women 57kg’s event.
Ts.Monkhzaya (Mongolia), was rewarded gold medal, Da-Woon Joung (South Korea), took silver medal, Svetlana Chepurina (Ukraine) and S.Enkhzaya (Mongolia) received bronze medals in women 63kg’s event.
On November 1st, the event under four men’s categories (81kg, 90kg, -100kg and +100kg) and three women’s categories (70kg, -78kg and +78kg) took place at the central palace of sport.

Written by Kh.Ganchimeg

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