Event Results

World Kata Championships May 25/26 2010 Budapest

Event Results

Hi everybody – Gord Okamura and I went to the World Kata Championships in Budapest on May 25 and 26. Overall, we placed 9th in Katame no Kata and 8th in Goshinjutsu – about where we’ve placed for the last two World Championships in Paris (2008 – 8th place) and Malta (2009 – 7th place) – so that gives us four top 10 finishes in the World Championships to date. Other Canadian teams were 16th in Nage no Kata (John Morris and Stephen Duran from BC), 21st in Kime no Kata (Roger Beauchesne and Julius Bute from Quebec); 21st in Ju no Kata (Diane Hardy and Daniel Ferland from Quebec); and 20th in Goshinjutsu (Roger and Julius again).

But wait, there’s more – I’ve been looking at the numbers some more, and the above results really don’t tell all the story.

The tournament was much bigger this year. In both the Paris and Malta tournaments, countries could send a maximum of two teams per Kata. This year, there was no limit. While some countries (Japan, Spain) still sent only one team per Kata (largely the same teams each time), other countries (France, Italy, Portugal) sent very large teams – Italy in particular sent multiple teams in each Kata. Italy’s program obviously has a great deal of depth, as they had a number of medal winners and teams in the finals.

For comparison – in Malta there were a total of 14 Goshinjutsu teams – in Budapest there were 26. In Malta there were 18 Katame Teams – in Budapest there were 32 – so in each case the number of teams had nearly doubled. As with the previous tournaments, teams were divided into two pools, with the top 3 in each pool advancing to the finals. In the previous tournaments, the smaller number of teams resulted in a “tough” pool (where usually two of the previous medal winners (Japan, Italy, Spain) were), and an “easier” pool, which generally had one medal winner (in both Paris and Malta, we were in the “tough” pool!).

In this tournament, because of the depth of the teams there was no “easy” pool – both sides of the draw were equally difficult. In our pool, we had the eventual Gold and Silver medalists Japan and Italy, Spain (who had won Silver in Malta and Bronze in Paris, but did not medal this year(!)) and previous finalists Germany and Belgium. The other pool had very strong teams from Iran (this year’s Bronze medalists), Italy (previous medallists in Paris and Malta), Brazil and Portugal. The caliber of these teams was very high – so high that Spain did not medal. That we were able to maintain our relative standing in light of the increased numbers is good.

But the Katame scores also tell something interesting. As before, there were 5 judges, with the top and bottom scores being discarded. Our scores were very encouraging. One judge (not Canadian, don’t know from where) gave us first place – our score was higher than Gold medal Japan’s score, including from this judge and all the others. As well, another judge had us tied with Silver medalists Italy. Sadly, our top score was discarded, and the remaining scores were in the 8-9 range – and there we wound up.

In our Goshinjutsu Pool, we had the eventual Silver and Bronze medalists (both from Italy) as well as previous finalists Portugal and France. Our Goshinjutsu scores placed us 6th in our pool, 8th overall. We had a Canadian Judge who gave us a score higher than the Silver medalists Italy - but as it was our high score, it also was sadly discarded.

As noted, the level of competition was very high – many finalists from Malta and Paris did not advance to the finals in all of the Katas, and previous medalists did not win. The other notable points: Goshinjutsu – Spain (Bronze medalists in Paris and Malta) made a major mistake on one of the techniques, and so did not advance from their pool to the final. Japan (Gold medalists) made a major mistake in the final – on the first Gun technique (Shomen Tsuke) the Japanese Tori dropped the Gun! They still won…..

Kime no Kata – There were two Italian teams in the final – and during the final, last year’s Bronze medalists were doing very well until Uke forgot a technique! He remembered the correct technique before he went too far, and so still did it – but that mistake likely cost that team a medal. The other Italian Team won Bronze.

Just goes to show that even the big guns can make mistakes.

There were cameras set up and filming of the katas was ongoing, but so far I haven't seen anything posted on any websites except for a few private videos on YouTube. However, the IJF had several photographers around, and have posted pictures on the IJF website (www.ijf.org, where this photo is from)– here’s a picture of us from our Goshinjutsu!

We had a great trip to Budapest – very pretty city, lots to see, great beer!

Kelly Palmer

2010 Senior Nationals Championships Results - Day Two

  • Katame-no-kata Kelly Palmer/Gord Okamura - gold
  • Goshin Jutsu Gord Okamura/Kelly Palmer - silver
  • Ju-no-kata Jennifer Parker/Raquel Austin - 4th

Masters:

  • -73kg under 55yrs Brad Farrow - silver
  • -73kg under 45yrs Tim Takahashi - silver

Team Competition:

  • Team Alberta - GOLD!!
  • Sarah Purschke -63kg
  • Erin Venables +63kg
  • Stefane Truong -66kg
  • Dean Coslovi -81kg
  • Robert Edward +81kg

2010 Senior Nationals Championships Results - Day One

  • Laurie Wiltshire - gold
  • Erin Venebles - silver
  • Robert Edward - bronze
  • Simon Breau - bronze
  • Nicole Tsukishima - 5th

Results from Pacific International Seniors Tournament

Steveston, BC January 16-2010

Females :

  • -52kg : Nicole Tsukishima, 3rd
  • -57kg : Laurie Wiltshire, 1st
  • -57kg : Meryl-Lyn Semograd, 3rd
  • -63kg : Sarah Purschke, 3rd

Males :

  • -55kg : Clarence Wong, 1st (3)
  • -60kg : Lukasz Krol, 2nd
  • -66kg : Thomas Okamura, 3rd
  • -66kg : Andrew Spearman, 3rd
  • -73kg : Kevin Tamikado, 2nd
  • -73kg : Matthew Fabes, 3rd
  • -90kg : Simon Breau, 1st
  • -100kg : Robert Edward, 1st

U of A Invitational 2009 Results

Click here to view the results from this tournament.


Rendezvous - Montreal October 17 and 18th, 2009

Congratulations to the following athletes who each placed second at Rendezvous in Montreal: Robert Edward (90 Kilos), Laurie Wiltshire (52 Kilos), Serge Zamotine (66 Kilos), Scott Edward (100 Kilos).


2009 Fukuda Invitational Kata Championship, San Jose California, October 17 2009

Congratulations to Jennifer Parker and Raquel Austin who won a Silver medal in Ju No Kata! Read the article.


World Judo Kata Championships, Malta, October 17 and 18th 2009

Kelly Palmer and Gord Okamura placed 7th in the World in Katame no Kata at the first IJF World Championships. Kelly writes:

This was the first World Kata Championships, held on the island nation of Malta. Last year the IJF held a test event (the IJF Kata World Cup) in Paris, and this event was run in an identical fashion. Overall, we placed 7th - up one place from Paris where we placed 8th. As with Paris, the teams could only compete in one Kata each. Each Kata was divided into two pools, with the top three in each pool advancing to the final - we were #4 in our pool, and higher than the remaining teams in the other pool (so the top 6 teams went to the finals - we were #7. Ouch...). In our pool were Spain (the eventual Silver medalist) and Italy (Bronze). They were teams #1 and #2 advancing, with Germany (who were slightly ahead of us in Paris) being the third team.

However, I got a look at the score sheets - there were 5 judges. One judge had us in second place, and the next two had us about even with third place. This left the Spanish Judge and German judge, who gave their marks to Spain and Germany respectively....

While we were disappointed to be so close to the finals and not get there, we improved over Paris - and I guess being #7 in the world is a good place to start!

In Malta, all of the medalists were Japan (Gold in each) with Spain and Italy getting all the silver and bronzes (save one - in Nage no Kata, the Paris Gold medalist from Romania had to settle for Bronze) - and in almost all cases, it was the same teams winning in Malta that had medaled in Paris. We also noted that scores generally were tighter and lower than Paris - while our score in Malta was lower than our Paris score, the same was true for all teams (including Japan) - so I think a direction had gone out to mark tighter.

As with the Paris tournament, each of Japan, Spain and Italy devoted tremendous resources to international Kata – each of these countries has large teams which include coaches, managers and trainers – the budget of all other countries combined may not reach theirs!

Saw some great Kata (the Kime no Kata this year was especially good), toured around Malta (very pretty) and drank lots of Maltese beer (Cisk brand - not bad!). Once again we learned a huge amount, and look forward to sharing our experiences with Judo Alberta!


Quebec Open Montreal October 10-11, 2009

Congratulations to Laurie Wiltshire who took Gold (52 Kilos)


2009 Junior Nationals Results

Click here to view results from the Junior Nationals.


Senior National Results, Sherbrooke 2009

Gord Okamura and Kelly Palmer:
Nage no Kata - Gold
Katame no Kata - Gold
Ju no Kata - Silver
Kime no Kata - Silver
Goshinjutsu - 4th

Seniors:
Gold: Scott Edward -100kg, Laurie Wiltshire -52kg
Silver: Nicole Tsukishima -52kg
Bronze: Jarrod Milko -81kg, Ben Noji +100kg
Serge Zamontione -66kg

Veterans:
Gold: Brad Farrow -73kg
Silver: Jennifer Parker -63kg.


IJF Kata World Cup Paris Results

Click here to view results from the 2008 Kata World Cup Paris.


Hatashita 2008

Click here to view results from the 2008 Hatashita tournament.


U of A Tournament Results (Nov 8, 2008)

Click here to view results from the 2008 U of A tournament.


2008 Quebec Open Results

Scott Edward – Silver -100 kg Seniors
Mitchell Lachapelle – Silver -46kg U15
Tim Takahashi (Masters) – Silver Light Wt Masters Division
Branden Lloyd – Bronze -55kg U17
Sarah Purschke - 5th -63kg U20
Brynley Takahashi - 5th -52kg U20
Simon Breau - 5th -90kg Seniors
Darren Elcock - 5th -38kg U15
Stefane Truong – 7th -66kg U20

2008 Senda Cup Results

Click here to view results from the 2008 Senda Cup tournament.


2008 Results from Rendez-vous

Laurie Wiltshire, -52kg - Silver
Scott Edward -100kg - Silver
Serge Zamotine -60 kg Bronze
Nicole Tsukishima -48kg, 5th
Robert Edward -90kg, 5th
Simon Breau -90kg, 7th


2008 Junior Nationals Judo Championships

July 5-6, 2008 - Toronto, Ontario

Gold & Best IJF Junior Female
- Nicole Tsukishima (-48kg)

Gold
- Serge Zamotine (-60kg)

Silver
- Tim Roesler (-73kg)

Bronze
- Jessica Kalyan (-63kg)
- Branden Lloyd (-51kg)
- Genghis Barranda (-60kg)

5th Place Finish
- Luke Bendkowski (-81kg)
- Meryl-lyn Semograde (-57kg)
- Denys Phaneuf (-60kg)
- Nick Karl (-55kg)
- Kayla Thompson (-48kg)


2008 Senior Nationals Judo Championships

May 24 & 25th, 2008 - Quebec City, Quebec

Gold
52kg female - Laurie Wiltshire
100kg male - Scott Edward

Silver
60kg male - Serge Zamotine
81kg male - Tyler Boras
90kg male - Robert Edward

5th Place Finish (lost bronze medal match)
48kg - Nicole Tsukishima
73kg - Joao Alhanati


Preliminary Results from the National Kata Competition in Quebec City May 23, 2008

Gord Okamura & Kelly Palmer
1st Place in KATAME-NO-KATA
2nd place in NAGE-NO-KATA
3rd place in JU-NO-KATA*
3rd place (tie) in GOSHIN-JITSU

*1st and 2nd place went to the female competitors which means Gord & Kelly were actually first in the men's division. This 'could' make them eligible to attend the Pan Am Games in 2009. This will be confirmed with Judo Canada.


2008 Katsuta Kup Results

Click here to view results from the 2008 Katsuta Kup tournament.


2008 Alberta Winter Games Results

Click here to view additional results from the 2008 Winter Games.


2008 Alberta Winter Games Gold Medalists, Zones 1, 2, 3, 4 - Jan. 7, 2008

Click here to view the results from the 2008 Winter Games, Zones 1, 2, 3, and 4.


2008 Alberta Winter Games Results - Dec. 8, 2007

Click here to view the results from the 2008 Winter Games, Zones 5, 6, 7, and 8.


2007 Senior US Open Results

Congratulations to the Judo Alberta athletes who competed in a very strong showing at the Senior US Open in Gwinnett, Georgia October 20 & 21. Out of seven fighters, four medals were won! Two gold, one silver and one bronze. Here are the results:

Serge Zamotine 2nd (-60kg) 3 wins, 1 loss
Stefan Truong - 1 loss (-66kg)
Joao Alhanati - 1 loss (-73kg)
Tyler Boras 3rd (-81kg) 5 wins, 1 loss
Bobby Edwards - 1 loss (-90kg)
Keith Morgan 1st (-100kg) 5 wins
Laurie Wiltshire 1st (-52kg) 4 wins


2007 Quebec Open Results

Judo Alberta athletes faired well at the 31st International Quebec Open in Montreal October 6 & 7. There were 328 competitors on the first day; 282 on the second.

Here are the results:

Nicole Tsukishima IJF Women -48kg Gold
Branden Lloyd Juvenile Male -45kg Bronze
Serge Zamotine IJF Men -60kg Bronze
Nicole Tsukishma Sr Women -48kg Silver
Laurie Wiltshire Sr Women -57kg Bronze
Robert Edward Sr Men -90kg Gold
Ben Borger Sr Men +100kg Bronze


Keith Morgan wins Silver at Pan Am Games July 20, 2007

Keith Morgan (Ishi Yama Judo Club-Calgary) won a Silver medal at the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro Friday, July 20th.

"It was a pretty good day and I was happy with how I fought", Morgan said. "I had a 'kind' draw and beat Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic both by ippon on my way to the final".

Morgan, who fought a tough fight with a Cuban in the final match, lost by a koka in the last 3 seconds before going to overtime. While Morgan must hold the number one position in Canada to attend the next Olympic games, the Silver medal division adds to his chances of accomplishing that that goal.


Tournament Results


USJA Junior Nationals Results July 22 & 23, 2006

Congratulations to Justin Schmaltz (-90kg) on winning Silver and Stefane Truong (-66) on winning Bronze this past weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.