Judo Jax

Congrats to sensei Tonka for taking the bronze at the world master judo championships this past weekend! Also Roland went 2-2 to get 4 th place. Great job guys!

Just had another fun kids class..

Kids team photo after the clubmeet!

workout in 2 weeks in Orlando!Host/Location: Metro Orlando Judo Kai (MOJ), 4270 Aloma Avenue, Suite 132, Winter Park, FL 32792
( in the Winter Park Palms Plaza, at the USA Wrestling Southeast Regional Training Center)
Date/Time: Saturday October 13, 2012. Registration is from 11:30-12:00PM. Kids and Juniors Session 12:00-
2:00, Adults and Masters 12:30PM-2:00PM. FJI Sanction pending. More time if there is interest!
Requirements: Proof of valid membership card with USA Judo, USJF, or USJA. USA JUDO memberships will be
available for purchase at the event.
Cost: $10 (Free for registered coaches/sensei USA JUDO, USJF, or USJA…1 coach per club)
Schedule: Training will be broken into 3 groups: a) Masters & Seniors, b) Juniors ages 5-10, and c) advanced
competition oriented Juniors, ages 11-17. Masters & Seniors will focus mostly on randori training after
an adequate warm-up period( timed 3 minute rounds). The advanced Juniors group will be under
the direction of Sensei Shinjiro Sasaki. He will be running the students through competition oriented drills,
randori practice, and a mock competition. Juniors 5-10 will be given an extensive warm-up period, some basic
training exercises and drills, as well as having supervised randori sessions (tachi waza and ne waza).
Each attendee will receive a certificate of attendance, as well as a DVD containing matches from the 2011
Tokyo Grand Slam tournament and World Championships. Also, we will have competition videos playing
throughout the workout. All participants will have access to our weights and cardio training room,
which includes a climbing wall and ropes, as well as weights and cardio equipment. Crash mats
are available to perform throwing practice. I am also very pleased to announce that Dr. Jeffery Stout, from the
University of Central Florida, will briefly speak to coaches and competitors about nutritional needs
for competitive athletes. Dr. Stout is not only a Judo black belt, but is also a Fellow of the American College of
Sports Medicine, and a Fellow of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Water and sports drinks
will be made available. There is a Subway and KFC in our shopping plaza, so food is easily accessible.
Special Guest Instructor: Sensei Shinjiro Sasaki ( Sasaki Judo)
Information: Contact Doug Clark at [email protected]. www.MetroOrlandoJudo.com,
http://www.facebook.com/mojkai; 407-928-3643

The club meet will be Saturday October 13th

for the clu for the club meet...

Hey everyone , there will be a large clubmeet in Orlando Sat Oct 15. This will be an opportunity for a lot of randori for all ages. Time will be noon, and carpooling is an option. Let me know who is in...

Just found out the Orlando Judo toiurnament has been postponed by 2 weeks to Sept 15 due to hurricane concerns!

Tournament Sept 1 in Orlando! For info see www.orlandojudo.com . This should be a good one for beginners, and pretty close and affordable. We'll weigh in at the dojo next week and collect the fees, then i'll send it all in. We should have about 6 kids and 3 adults going, if someone needs a ride, let me know. Also for those belt testing see www.judojax.com for requirements.
See you on the mat!

Welcome To Orlando Judo

Robert Santiago R.I.P.
Good friend and gifted judoka and JRJ first promoted black belt died yesterday. We can not comprehend it yet, and our thoughts and prayers are with Sara, Ben and all his family.
We will miss you brother!

Hello Everyone,

I just wanted to give you a short update on the Judo camp that Sensei John, Tonka Roland and I attended in Matthews N.C at the end of June. Nadine, Yuri & Raoul were there too.

The camp was 3 full days and was set at Church just off the main road in Matthews. There were a total of 5 mats. Two in the main venue and 3 in one of two outer buildings. The third building was used for lunches and was set up at noon each day as a lunch buffet. Classes generally started at 9:00 am and ended at 5:00 p.m.

The main (principal) instructor was Shinjiro Sasaki http://sasakijudo.com/. Other judo instructors were Nick Lowe and Stan Wentz. Ne waza instructors were Rafael dos Santos http://www.rafaelrosendo.com/about.html and a Sambo specialist Igor Yakimov.

As part of his instruction Sasaki used a mix of techniques including ippon seoinage and osoto gari to demonstrate takedowns. Given his size (66kg) many of the finishing moves were not applicable to larger judoka, however he executed them with speed and precision. Sasaki also demonstrated several shime waza techniques including sode garuma, a nifty choke that starts with grabbing the inside of your opposing sleeve once you have your arms around your opponent’s neck.

Nick Lowe http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/nick-lowe/8/122/1b3, showed various techniques including ouchi gari; uchi mata and tai toshi (all modified to be applied from being positioned at a 90 degree angle to the opponent). Mr. Lowe went through the phases of competition with advice on how to get oneself onto the podium through several phases of the match.

Rafael dos Santos was one of the best instructors. His style was measured and low key. He demonstrated many ground and grappling techniques all of which were applicable to judo. At a later session, he demonstrated how to get to the ground quickly and effectively when an opponent attacks with tomoe nage or yoko tominoi

Lunch (at the venue) and dinners (at local Golden Corral) were included. However the most fun was being able to hang out with the Sensei’s and meeting judoka from around the country. There were lots of judoka from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia & Florida. The furthest away that I met was from Tennessee and Virginia. I would estimate that at the peak, there were a total of 200 judoka on all the mats.

I felt very prepared as a result of the training that we receive and it became clear to me that Sensei’s John, Tonka, Roland, & Carrie do a great job of transmitting judo knowledge to us and that for a smaller metropolitan area like Jacksonville, the judo is really good here.

I had a good time, and realized that there are limits to what I can do (i.e approximately 20 solid hours of judo in a 3 day period), but any soreness that I had was more than offset by the information I gained, and the camaraderie. It might be fun to considering taking a bigger group next year. By Michael Schenkman.