Jul 5, 2017
Alberta was well represented at the 2017 Pan American Cadet Championships in Cancun, Mexico! Congratulations to:
Joel Demaere 2nd 60kg (3-1)
Cecilia Medilo 3rd 48kg (3-1)
Emma Tesanovic 5th 44kg (1-2)
Kiera Westlake 7th 52kg (1-2)
Annabelle Darlow NC +70kg
All results from the event can be found at http://www.judoinside.com/event/11792/2017_Pan_American_U18_Championships_Cancun
Jun 20, 2017
Judo Alberta is now accepting bids for the 2018 Judo Alberta Provincial Championships. If you are interested in hosting, please provide a bid application to the Judo Alberta office in electronic form (via email c/o Nate MacLellan, Executive Director, judo@judoalberta.com) no later than Friday July 14, 2017. To be included is the following information:
• Club information for bidding club
• Venue information (must have a minimum 3 mat areas plus a warmup area)
• Seating capacity
• Number of people available to volunteer and assist in running event
• A list of previous events that your club has hosted
• Dates interested in hosting (Recommended dates are February 3rd or February 10th, 2018)
• Host hotel information
• Any additional information that might be helpful for the Executive Committee to make an informed decision
If you require any additional information, please contact the Judo Alberta office at 780-427-8379.
Kind Regards,
Nate MacLellan
Executive Director – Judo Alberta
Jun 7, 2017
U14, U16, U18, U21, seniors, Masters
Canada Winter Games Athletes: Judo Alberta would like to see all Canada Winter Games eligible athletes at this training. (athletes born 2001 to 2004)
Tokugawa Judo Club
9647 62nd Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta
19:00-21:00 Technique/Randori
9:00-10:00 Physical Training & Drilling
10:00-11:00 Break
11:00-13:00 Technique & Randori
Ewan Beaton HP Judo Alberta Coach
Phone: (403) 892-6099
E-mail: ewan@judoalberta.com
Jun 1, 2017
Judo Alberta was well represented at the 3rd Annual Judo Canada Awards and Recognition presentation in conjunction with the Judo Canada Nationals banquet.
The Awards and Recognition Committee’s mandate is to recognize the contribution of our volunteers and athletes at all levels who meet the gold standard of commitment to our sport and are crucial to the development and advancement of Judo in Canada.
(Outstanding Shiai Volunteer Award)
Mark Hicks started judo at 10 years old in Manitoba and to this day he is still involved in the sport. He has been running the St. Albert Tokai Judo Society for the last 27 years. Using his professional management skills, he became actively involved in a community based organization that covers multiple cities in Alberta. Each year, the organization runs five regional tournaments with the intent of introducing our younger judoka to competition. It also helps prepare parents and volunteers to run the tournaments.
Mark has provided continuous leadership and direction to his group in all aspects of its operation since the early 2000’s. In 2006, they created the Edmonton International Judo Championship. Their organization worked diligently and their efforts have resulted in what is now a very-well run tournament in Canada. This event has grown from a regional base to one with international reach. In 2017, there were 925 competitors registered to compete.
(Outstanding Board & National Committee Contribution Award)
Garry Yamashita is the President and Technical Director of the Hiro’s Judo Club. He has been in judo for 47 years and currently holds the rank of rokudan. His original sensei was Mr. Oye from Manitoba. He came to Alberta in 1981 and was a provincial team member for many years before becoming a provincial coach.
Garry is a member of the National Grading and Kata Commission for Judo Canada. He is also a member of the sub-team that revised the National Grading Syllabus this past year. He is a nationally certified kaya judge and active as a kata judge provincially, inter-provincially, and at the national championships.
Garry is also a member of the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) Committee for Judo Canada. His role is to help deliver the Competition Development Course and review and revise the NCCP policies as required. Garry has been certified as an NCCP Learning Facilitator and is currently working on becoming certified as an NCCP Coach Evaluator.
(Most Outstanding Referee Contribution Award)
Brian is a member of the Judo Canada Referee Committee since 2016. Since then, he has played a rolein many international competitions such as:
– Member of the Commission during the National Championship in Calgary on May 2016
– Member of the Commission and examiner for Nat A and B referee examination at Pacific International, Richmond BC, March 4-5th, 2017
– Referee at the Abierto Pan-American Open in Santiago, Chili, on March 17-19th, 2017
– Member of the Commission at the National Championships 2017 in Calgary Alberta, May 25-28, 2017/
(Most Outstanding U16 Female Athlete of the Year)
– 2017 U18 Invitational Judo Championship (3rd)
– 2017 Invitational Judo Championship (3rd)
– 2016 U18 Ontario Open (2nd)
– 2016 U18 Quebec Open (3rd)
(Most Outstanding U18 Female Athlete of the Year)
– 1st in points U18 (Feb 2017)
– U18 Invitational Judo Championship (1st)
– National Championship Elite 8 (2nd)
– Ontario Open 2016 (1st)
– Quebec Open 2016 (1st)
– 2016 U18 Canadian Open Judo Championships (2nd)
(Most Outstanding U18 Male Athlete of the Year)
– 1st in points U18 (Feb 2017)
– 2017 Saskatchewan Open (1st)
– U18 Invitational Judo Championships (2nd)
– 2016 Ontario Open (1st)
– 2016 U21 Quebec Open (3rd)
Jun 1, 2017
The 2017 Canadian Open Judo Championships were once again a tremendous success. A special thank you to Judo Canada, the Local Organizing Committee and all of the volunteers who dedicated their time into making this event world class.
Congratulations to Team Alberta on an amazing performance. The hard work and dedication by both coaches and athletes throughout the year payed off as Alberta collected a combined 51 medals setting a new provincial record!
Here are all of the results from the weekend:
Nage No Kata U21
Nage No Kata
Kime No Kata
Katame No Kata
Ju No Kata
Goshin Jutsu
U18/Veteran
U16/U21
Seniors
May 28, 2017
Judo Alberta and Judo Canada are pleased to welcome the City of Calgary Mayor Mr. Naheed Nenshi with an honorary black belt.
Thank you to the City of Calgary and Mr. Mayor Nenshi for your support in hosting the 2017 Canadian Open Judo Championships!
May 26, 2017
The 2017 Canadian Open Judo Championships are underway at the Calgary Olympic Oval!
You can catch all of the action live at http://www.judocanada.tv/
All the results can be found at http://www.judocanada.tv/resultatsresults/
May 18, 2017
Hello Judo Alberta Members,
I am happy to announce that Judo Alberta has agreed to terms to hire Laurie Wiltshire to take on the role of assistant HP Coach. Laurie’s key focus will be continuing her hard work developing a high performance training group in the Calgary area, traveling to Edmonton for regional training and assisting at several Judo Alberta trips and events from now until August!
Laurie acted as the Judo Alberta Interim High Performance coach in 2014-15. Her expertise and experience will be a great addition to the association and we are happy to have her back!
Sincerely,
Judo Alberta Coaching Staff
To learn more about Laurie please click here to view here bio.
May 8, 2017
The “Dojo Instructor” course provides the participant with knowledge to instruct technical, physical, and mental aspects of judo and, via completion of an ON-LINE learning module, basic nutrition. The course prepares the participant to be a club instructor responsible for providing judokas with the basic physical literacy skills with emphasis on children under the age of 14; and judo skills as described in the Judo Canada syllabus; and to introduce young judoka to competition.
• Minimum age of 18.
• Minimum rank of Brown belt with a working knowledge of the judo techniques included in the Judo Canada Kyu syllabus.
• Complete the on-line “Nutrition for Judo Coaches” E-learning module.
• A letter of recommendation from the sensei stating that the participant meets the technical requirements.
• Trained DA
• Sterling Backcheck – for details see: http://sterlingbackcheck.ca/cac_ace The Backcheck is required only if the length of time between the check done for the DA was done more than 3 years earlier.
June 16, 2017 9:00 am – 6:30 pm
June 17, 2017 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
June 18, 2017 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Airdrie Judo Club, Plainsman Arena, 320 Centre Avenue East, Airdrie, AB
Go to www.coach.ca and select the Workshop Calendar and enter June; Alberta; and Judo to find the course to register. You will have to login to the Locker to register, so have your NCCP # and password available along with credit card information.
May 5, 2017
The Judo Alberta Coaching Committee would like to congratulate the following athletes who have been granted athlete funding. Funding is based on performance and results, commitment to training, participation in National or International events and financial need. These athletes applied for the first round of elite athlete funding for “costs incurred from” events participated in from December 2016 to April 2017. The next round of funding will be announced in August 2017 for competitions and training camps participated in between April 22 2017 – August 30, 2017.
* Athletes received funding from the Judo Alberta CWG program for the Sportif, Scoland competition
https://judoalberta.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/athlete-expense-form.pdf
Athletes that have received funding this round must fill out an athlete expense claim form attach their invoices from competitions/ training camp and sends into Garry Yamashita to receive their funding. gee_why2@yahoo.com
Thank you
Judo Alberta coaching staff
To view the Athlete Expense Form please click here.
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