KIDO MINGARA JUDO ACADEMY

93 Old Maitland Road, Kangy Angy / Tuggerah N.S.W. Australia 2258 Phone: (02) 4362-1743 www.kidomingarajudo.com.au Email: acciarip@hotmail.com. KI-DO - The path to inner strength

KIDO-NEWS-82Easter

March 2014

Coaches+Panel: Director -Pete Acciari, C.Dawson C + T Acciari, Junior assistant - G. Zimmerman, M. Vojnikovich, N. Needham

Month Date Event TBC Venue Remarks MAR 8-9 QLD International Open MAR 23 STATE TITLE 1st NSW selection Snr + Jnr APR 6 Shoalhaven Open 2nd NSW Jnr selection APR 9 Wed JUDO Easter break Raffle draw + end of training APR 11-18 AIS CAMP Elite training Canberra APR 22 Tue Extra JUDO training 7pm session for the keen ones APR 27 Hunter tournament Cardiff, Jnrs. orange belt +^ APR 26-27 OCEANIA OJU NZ Auckland, C. Hain APR 28 Mon JUDO START 3x/pwk Mon/Wed, Fr @ Kido training. MAY 3-4 STATE SQUAD CAMP TBC MAY 25 Jnr Tournament @SHINSEI Blacktown JUNE 7-9 NATIONALS TITLE Wollongong JUNE 29 Sun Tuggerah BUNNINGS Players Assistance Fundraiser BBQ. JULY 6 SNR Masters + KYU Grade SOP JULY 20 JNR Illawara Championship Kembla grange JULY 27 Club + Regional TEAMS TBC-SOP AUG 3 Jnr Tournament U/12, U/15 Penrith AUG 9-10 Southern Cross Open Melbourne VIC AUG 10 SNR Masters + KYU Grade SOP AUG 17 Monster leaque Budokan AUG 24 OJU KATA Chmpionship JNC [Sport centre] AUG 30-31 NSW- Sydney International Open Sydney SEPT 14 TBC Clinic NCAS TBC KIDO SEPT 21 Central Coast Championship Erina Note - FOR ALL THE INTERNATIONAL EVENTS REFER TO IJF CALENDAR. The JFA NSW rego include a
minor sport insurance cover, It is highly recommend to obtain private health cover. JFA REGISTRATION - Judo NSW Individual Memberships for juniors and seniors has increased effective from 1 January 2014. The new annual fees are: Seniors - $120, Juniors (U16 yrs) - $80pa.

A big thanks must go to our SPONSOR Mingara Recreation Club and the SUPPORTERS of our Elite Development program who donate $200 pa to this successful initiative that assists all our competition players a fair bit. 1st x New Lambton Family Chiropractic 4952 9559, 36 Bridges Rd. New LAMBTON, 2305 www.chiropracticnewlanbton.com Dr.Helen + Dr.Jeremy Villani 7th x Central Coast Veterinary Pet Imaging Centre, 4353 0200 N. Wyong +Wyoming www.centralcoastvet.com.au Dr. Tammy & Dr. Chad Acciari.

Our last Bunnings Fundraising Sausage Sizzle in January was an all-round success. It was well organized by Jay Naidoo, had good weather and the luring BBQ smells attracted a steady stream of customers. It was good to see many of our club families volunteer that dont benefit directly as yet, but as members just wanted to help out. As a result, this year the KJA [Kido Judo Academy Parent & Support Assistance Association] has already been able to assist club members for Illawarra camp, the ACT, QLD + NSW TITLES comps and training in JAPAN + EUROPE. ___________________________________________________________________________ KIDO MINGARA JUDO started this season collecting a string of 4 SILVER and 3 BRONZE medals from the ACT INTERNATIONAL OPEN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS. As a parting gestures, YASUE FUJITA coached our players at the ACT. We appreciate her support and were privileged to have been coached by her for the past 10 months. She has now returned to JPN to take up a position as High school PE teacher and we wish her all the best in her new challenge Summary: Silver Jnr Women u/20 Caroline HAIN Silver Snr Boy U/14 Daniel VILLANI Silver Cadet u/17 Angelina YOKOYAMA Silver Jnr Boy Harrison LAMBLEY 2x Bronze Jnr + Snr MEN Liam YOKOYAMA Bronze Snr Girl U/14 Kasiea NAIDOO The ACT International Open Championships, was hotly contested since it is a important National Points tournaments for the players that are seeking selection for this years International events; including the OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP held in April this year in New Zealand. Caroline Hain in the 48kg Jnr Women u/20 category showed both her groundwork and strong command of submission techniques are winning her bouts. It was apparent that she had difficulties adapting to the new rules and ran up several penalties which cost her dearly. Eventually Caroline was stopped in the finals and settled for the SILVER. Daniel Villani had a good series of bouts winning all his preliminaries with a variety of throws. In the finals he couldnt keep his seoi nage [shoulder throw] tight and didnt get a score from a lightning fast take back counter. What let him down on the day was his normally strong uchimata [inner thigh] throws which needed a tighter commitment. In the final, with seconds to go Daniel seized control with a belt grip and a great throwing attempt, but picked up a penalty which decided his SILVER placing. Angelina Yokoyama tipped the scales above her normal 52kg therefore played up in the heavier 57kg Cadet division. I dont know how she does it but with only little training preparation she still was still able to assert herself for the SILVER. Harrison Lambley showed great balance while moving his opponent into a top scoring foot sweep position. He moved up to the finals with ease but then collected several penalties from loose and hasty shoulder throw attempts. These unfortunately relegated him to the 4th SILVER for KIDO on the day.

For Liam Yokoyama, the HSC year lay-off presented a challenge to regain his fitness, timing and 66kg weight category; a challenge which he met head on by training from the start of this year hard in Japan. He only narrowly lost a key bout by a penalty but secured the 8 points with his BRONZE medal in the Jnr u/20 Men. This puts him in the running for Oceania selection, only needing to come up with a good result in the Queensland International Open. He also entered the Senior Men age category and did a mighty job by securing a second BRONZE. Liam will embark on a serious and most intense training program in Europe irrespective of the outcome to expand his natural talent and regain his previous ranking + form. Kasiea Naidoo had a mixed day running hot and cold in some bouts in her 52kg divisions. She couldnt get her sasae [footsweeps] and counters going on the day although her groundwork was solid. This and a bit of bad luck cost her dearly and having to settle for a BRONZE.. Danny Vojnicovich although winning his bout by wazari, [ point]; Danny withdrew due to injury, which prevented him from claiming his otherwise wellearned 3rd place. Elyshia Jackson, at 11yr old, had a hard challenge coming up into the u/14 Snr Girl division. As the youngest in the division, she took the contest up to the older players. She was so close to throwing her opponent, with a few technical throw adjustments, lowering the entry and heaps of training she will score next time around. For Bryce Leckie this was the first time at this level. The bouts were not only confidence builders but also gave him valuable experience. All players are well on track to be selected on the State team and training hard for this years Nationals to be held in June in Wollongong. I was told that our TMC, Mirsad had a BBQ for all fanilies that was enjoyed by all. Bryce attended a training session by Jeremy Liggett from the Jason Morris Judo Center, NY, USA. He passed on some techniques which work for him to our players in class. He especially liked the same/side grip version of Taiotoshi, [made famous + signature throw by Mike Swain]
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TECHNICAL TESTING HIGH ACHIEVEMENT shield performances will be measured again this year. It includes 5 [modified] TESTS: RUN, CHIN-UP, BEEP TEST, PUSH-UP + THROWS. We test throughout the year, setting a base in January.
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The JFA MEMBERSHIP CARD must be shown if visiting a club. We had a recent visitor that falsely stated being a current member of a club and JFA. Since this cannot be verified online and when checking subsequently with NSW Judo, we have been advised that in case of injury the club is responsible. __________________________________________________________________________ CD comp coverage of events are made by Garry Zimmerman and Sue with his new gear in a very professional way. A copy is available for a $2 donation to the club. We held a very PRODUCTIVE Video REVIEW after the ACT with the recordings, which covered most of the bouts and were extremely helpful feedback to the players and coaches. There is nothing better FOR THE PLAYERS THAN TO VIEW THEMSELVES IN ACTION and prepare in this way. The reviews will/can

be conducted on every Kata {1st Mon of the month} if we have had an event or Judo cd/clip of interest.
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BIRTHDAY CAKE - Have a look at the attached photo. That IS A Birthday cake! It can only be made by someone with a big judo heart and is fit for Jigarro KANO. [WHO IS THAT?] Every bit was edible but enjoyed by one of our players ? Who? turned 10
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Coaching comments. Most would have noticed that we have altered our recruitment criteria to min. age to 8yr. I recommend Gymnastic or trampolining for those too young in preparation for Judo. Since most youngsters wish to reach a level of competency in the acquired skills beyond a social level; we have found that it was most difficult for new students to learn these complex skills of Judo to their true potential with only1 lesson p/week, + therefor recommend 2x pwk. New youngsters - About every 5-6 years KIDO has gone through a developmental phase focusing on our younger group of prospective talent. It wasnt long ago when we had only ONE u/11 player and look at the group now. We can be pleased with the progress by the club youngsters, for they are hardworking and most at regularly weekly training. Although many of the kids are at various levels, the coaches will encourage those ready and keen to enter minor tournaments to reach their potential and for those that are competitive into one of the State selections as a training platform. [Entering a selection allows them to train on the NSW squad in Sydney on Saturdays
which is focused on Judo fitness. The squad for juniors is held every year in the lead up to the Nationals and includes many players. Of course this requires parental car-pool involvement.] After training 6 weeks with the squad, which is a mix of players also

of varying levels, most players tend to step up a level or two in their judo. We have good role-models in our present crop of contest players who dont miss many lessons, take them all serious, dont talk + pay attention to detail. Seniors -many of our older players are living + training overseas which fosters their development and gaining valuable experience. After returning and reuniting early next year; we finally can look ahead to having the critical number of welltrained top randori partners that will increase and attract others. KIDO will adjust its randori program to suit, which works in well this year in preparing more seniors in the interim. To develop a group of player up to a high competitive standard makes the commitment in time, energy and club resources of the supporting families + coaches all worthwhile. Coaching at Events. The C/Panel appoints our coaches for each event. Since I cant attend all comps and other coaches have key duties [referee/TMC/video] we at times rely on some of our top players. Several like Caroline HAIN, Liam YOKOYAMA + Neeson NAIDOO, on their return, can become NCAS accredited and have the experience from helping out in the past. In fact it is great to see that ALL the players [+ Parents] seem to enjoy in helping each other in their preparation and warm up at every competition. Extended training - The Seniors wishing extra - have Saturday NSW squad +/or add a club visit. But most are in the gym on the three free Judo days. NOTE training is 3x pwk [Mo, Wed, Fr] starting after the Easter break.in the run up to the Nationals.
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OVERSEAS TRAINING update: Some of our top players have left to train overseas- NEESON NAIDOO - JAPAN. CAROLINE HAIN + LUCKY YOKOYAMA- in JPN and LIAM YOKOYAMA - in Europe and also competing in major junior and senior competitions. KIDO will keep you up to date with their progress: By Bryan Needham, At the conclusion of the Queensland Open, Caroline Hain, as well as Lucklot and Liam Yokoyama left Brisbane for training overseas. The two girls will spend 3 months in Itabashi, Tokyo in a family home stay and will be training at a 4th generation family judo dojo that has produced a number of Japanese national team members and current sub junior and junior regional and national talents. The girls will be training 5 evenings a week with the junior development team that is currently training for the upcoming junior competition season, along with the senior class. When not training both girls are enjoying the opportunity to explore the local sights and culture and are working out in a local gymnasium on their strength and fitness program. Caroline to gain some muscle mass and Lucklot to reduce back down to the more suitable 52kg division. Liam Yokoyama will be spending the remainder of the year overseas. He starts out his journey staying and training at the Welsh institute of sport in Cardiff Wales under Welsh national coach Craig Ewers. Over the weekend Liam travelled with the Welsh junior team to Coimbra Portugal to compete in the EJU junior European cup. In the 66kg draw Liam was placed in pool B and in the first round faced a player from the Netherlands Timo Kern who he threw for yuko and progressed to the second round. Here he faced a local Portuguese player, David Reis, this match went to full time without either player able to score and the match was decided in favour of the Portuguese by 2 penalties to one. After speaking over the internet with Liam and the Welsh coach, Liam expressed his annoyance with his performance under the new rules and Craig made the observation that Liam was the better player but looked to be playing a little too casual and lacked the intensity needed to put his opponent under pressure and force the referees to penalise his opponent. Liam is now in Naples Italy where he will stay for four weeks with Sandro Piccirillo, who gave a coaching course at KIDO last year, training with the Italian cadet and junior national team. Although a reserve for Oceania, he unfortunately had to decline the last second offer to compete in NZ this year. He is in Italy looking at competing in Lignano, on April 26-27. The competition has a 3 day training camp attached which would be of great benefit for Liam in the long term. [Bryan Needham has the difficult job of coordinating/managing Liams travel+ comp itinerary What would he do without the internet] ______________________________________________________________________ KIDO training seems to be infectious: RUNNING on our hill has side benefits with Harrison and Daniel clocking great times at their school cross-country. Chin-ups have turned into a contest extended to many of our youngsters, who are recording some impressive scores. _______________________________________________________________________________ GAP YEAR JUDO SCHOLARSHIP. The BBR + JFA NSW are partnering a Project aimed at talented + committed high school Judoka students and providing a high performance pathway + overseas training opportunity in JPN from 3-12 months. The intention is to have 15-20 judoka competing for NSW by 2020 that have spent from 3 to12 months in Japan; with future generations of Judoka following suit. THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PLAYERS THAT ARE COMMITTED AND HAVE HIGH POTENTIAL IS GREAT. We will talk about this in the club and how it could impact + apply to some of our talented and committed Junior Judoka now and over the next years. How to best prepare for meeting a criteria set very high and comprehensive.

Funding would be across multiple channels and varies on length of stay; involving Clubs [flight cost], BBR + Judo NSW + Athlete [spending money]. Even if you feel that you are not at this level or age at this time, but wish to take on this challenge in the future you need to include it and your actions in your forward plan. Note, the Senseis in Japan supporting this program advised, that people who have
tattoos will not be accepted into the Judo Clubs, so your application will be rejected.

KIDO have been suggesting this type of program for many years....... starting with our 1980s annual JUDO EXCHANGE with Tanabe City and sending players overseas for up to 1 year [Germany + Japan]. Only look at the initiatives our Kido players, families, coaches and supporters have worked on since 2013. The Academy has sent supporting letters to Exchange programs and JFA, outlining our players program to gain sanction + support for them while train overseas. Although we went up many blind alleys, a way was found with everyones help it is finally on its way. How much easier would it be with a program already in place that the club can get behind + support . All we then need is mature representative level players that have or are prepared [without tattoos] to adapt and take on the challenge. ________________________________________________________________ GRADINGs are made available in approximately yearly intervals, however to choose to be graded is a personal choice and not a requirement. In addition to regulations set by the JFA Inc. Grading Policy Procedures, any grading at Kido for juniors o/10, require attendance in the 6 months preceding of a min number of 20+ training sessions. To be graded you must be a current JFA member and prior to the Grading being recorded with the JFA + lodge the fee. Cailie RAINER-BADIOR had her first and a most successful grading to Yellow-orange black-tip. Congratulations and I am sure it is one of many more to come.
_____________________________________________________________________________________ KATA. In Vadim we have a dedicated competent KATA Instructor-- Training at KIDO is on 1ST Monday of ea month 6 - 7 .. followed by our normal class. Due to his input it is absolutely wonderful to see KIDO players after many years again on the KATA podium.

__________________________________________________________________________ WELCOME to NEW MEMBERS . A group of very TALENTED new young players., Gemma, Alex LIBERTO, Chris KROGH, Cole PATTULO, re surfaced between uni study time, Mathew ANDREW, Snr Orange who was trained well by Cliff, and after many year absence Mark COULTON, Snr brown + one of our originals is coming back after Easter. SALE: Patches $4 + $6ea. Kido PATCHES are required on gi (wear on back, L. chest
and sleeve]. We are proud to see our players as ambassadors of Kido in tracksuit, Tshirts and on the mat displaying our patch locally and overseas. NEW Kido Shirts [green/gold] embroidered- $30. MMA GRAPLING DUMMY - $190

Wyongs KIDO Mingara JUDO Academy brought back 8 medals (2 Gold, 3 Silver + 3 Bronze) from the QLD International OPEN Championship held in Brisbane. The event enjoyed participants from every State and as far afield as Belgium, Vanuatu + Japan. For the Australian competitors it is the final + thus most important National Points selection tournament for players that are seeking inclusion in the 2014 Oceania Continental Union Championships to be

held in N. Zealand, 26-26 April. The OJU event is a World Championship selection
event.

Caroline HAIN Young Women u/21, 48kgSilver Senior Women, 48kg Bronze Liam YOKOYAMA Young Men u/21, 66kg Silver Senior Men, 66kg Bronze Daniel VILLANI u/15 Snr Boy, 40kg GOLD Kasiea NAIDOO u/15 Snr Girl, over 50kg Bronze Angelina YOKOYAMA Cadet u/18, 57kg unplaced Elyshia JACKSON u/15 Snr Girl, 48kg unplaced Vadim BUTOV SAPAROV KATA GOLD + Silver Although many of our players found themselves in uncharted waters competing in new weight and age divisions, they handled them extremely well, attested by these results. 12 year old Daniel VILLANI as one of the youngest in his u/15 Junior Boy category; had 3 very strong and convincing full point IPPON wins to get to the finals. Here Daniel met up with the N. Zealander that had some good winning bouts on the other side of the draw. Daniel soon worked out his weakness throwing him for wazari and smoothly transitioning into a strong ground control for the ippon, full point win and the Gold. Caroline Hain competed in both the u/21 and Senior Women age divisions and managed a strong showing in both against some seasoned opponents. The Snr Women Bronze medals didnt reflect her great performance and how close she really got to a win against the current National champion narrowly losing in overtime. In both divisions she used her submission techniques to maximum affect. In the u/20 she ended in the finals with the same Qld putting her under pressure to the end, but again losing by a minor score for the SILVER. Caroline is confident the gap will be narrowed with her training preparation in Japan for the next event, which she has embarked on. Liam YOKOYAMA had flown in from training in JAPAN to contest the u/66kg, u/20 Young Men and Senior Men division. He relied on his natural ability and solid Judo skills by winning with quality thows in his lead up bouts to the u/20 final. Liam was only stopped in the finals in extra time by losing by penalty and settling for Silver. In the Snr Men he found his draw studded with former champions. He started well in his first bout by defeating the reigning National title holder then two more NSW opponents by full point ippon scores. Liam impressed by again powering through with his fast ashi [foot] techniques that opened opponents for his big throws. His only loss was in the semis to 4x Oceania Championships and London Olympian, Ivos Dos Santos, VIC. the eventual winner. This wforced him into the repechage round, where Liam secured his Bronze by defeating a Zenbu player with a solid throw to gained vital National points. In preparation for the Nationals in June, and to make up for his HSC year lay off, Liam has left for England + Portugal to continue his solid training program and be in top form. Kasiea NAIDOO was unfortunate that her division was combined with two heavier players into an over 50kg div. It was further unsettling since she has improved her transition to groundwork and taken on new specific skills that she had confidence in. She convincingly won the match against the 52kg player but

could not cope with the two bigger and heavier girls, still managing a Bronze in the 52kg U/15 Girls. Angelina YOKOYAMA was unplaced in both Jnr Women +Cadets. She played in one weight group heavier than her ideal and considering was unable to assert herself, although fighting well was over matched in physical size. She has joined Caroline in Japan to improve some technical skills. Elyshia JACKSON at only 12 in the u/15 Snr Girl, knew it was going to be a challenge since she only had a sporadic training preparation. Nevertheless she attacked fearlessly but couldnt get traction against her more mature opponents who were all much taller, stronger and experienced. With her good attitude and stepped up training she will make inroads during the year. The Monday KATA classes at KIDO conducted by Vadim BUTOV over the past 2 years are really showing results. Vadim with his training partner Anvar SAPAROV from Kazakhstan represented their clubs with distinction executing two splendid KATAs. Nage no Kata, 15 throws executed to the left + right GOLD Katame no Kata, 15 groundwork +submission skills SILVER Two medals against a very strong field of black belt contestants. The coaches find it often takes quite some time to work oneself back up into medal contention after changing age groups, but all players gave their best. With these results and their previously accumulated selection points Lucky Yokoyama + Caroline Hain were selected to compete in this years OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP in April. __________________________________________________________________________
By Garry Zimmerman, The New Years in once again a full calendar of events for our Judoka. The first event is the ACT International Open held in Canberra. A total of 8 players took part and there were some great results. The new year brings with it the question as to how players will fair in the 1st event after a long break. One of the factors to be considered is when players step up to the next age/weight division as it can a real learning curve at such a young age. Our players did very well with7 medals. In all it was great result and there were a few cobwebs blown away by the ferocity of the competition. The 2nd event of the years was the QLD Open where the event was held in a great college hall at Ormiston. The venue was light and airy and 3 mats were provided. Once again there were a number of standout performance, albeit with less players from our club due to age restrictions. Once again Daniel Villani swept all before him, his last match against a New Zealand boy that had not encountered before. Daniel kept his distance until he could see the style and direction of his opponents attack. The best performance of the day was from Caroline Hain in the Gold Medal match against Chloe Rayner, Caroline's arch nemesis. The match was played hard and Caroline changed tactics with her grips which had Chloe on the back foot. The match went well into Golden Score and Chloe took it by a minor score. In a different field, Vadim Butov and Anvar Saparov competed in the Kata competition and came away with Gold in the Nage No Kata and Silver in the Katame No Kata. A great result for our club and as our Kata classes begin in the future, we are fortunate to save someone such as Vadim who is prepared to provide lessons for those who have a need to know kata for grading purposes. We have said farewell to 3 of our senior players who have ventured overseas for training and competition. Liam Yokoyama has travelled to Europe to train and compete for 1 year. Caroline Han and Angelina Yokoyama have travelled to Japan for 2.5 months to have intensive training with Suzuki Sensei. We will be interested to see what this extra training brings to them and how they are able to apply that learning in both the dojo and competition. We wish them all the very best and look forward to hearing stories of training until the point of collapse. That is how hard they train in Japan and it is indicative as to why the

Japanese are at the top of the Judo "tree". We have seen when Yasue was here how much more technically skilled the Japanese are. Let's hope Caroline and Lucky can bring some of that home with them.

_______________________________________________________________________________ NTID the National Talent ID scholarship program under the direction of TOSHI NAKAMURA will continue in 2014. Those aged 16-20 have the opportunity to try out and get tested [with 9 Sydney training sessions planned] and is a top opportunity to see what is required in fitness and skill to be selected to train at the AIS in Canberra. The aim of the annual nationwide search is to identify and develop 20 of the best young judoka for future Olympics. Any sport at the higher levels needs focused planning well ahead, to not find that you missed a chance worth training and aiming for. Kido had 4 players selected since its inception, with at least 1 every year on the program. 2014 Caroline HAIN.