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TWOJ No. 50 Spring, 2007
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Welcome to The World of Judo Online! Editor's Message Issue 50!! Who would have thought that TWOJ would ever have achieved 50 issues!! Back in the early days when the magazine started as a crazy idea when I had obtained my first Apple mac computer. Having put together an A4 sheet with a single photograph and some text I thought, “Another 35 of these and I’ll have a magazine!” It probably wouldn’t have got off the ground without George Kerr’s determination to have a British Judo magazine after the last magazine had failed about 4 years earlier. The small orange magazine survived for many years and many people still tell me that they have collected many of them, but non of A4 magazines have survived very long. I’m not surpise either, the effort and enthusiasm (regardless of finance) required to keep a publication going is huge. The weeks of work that are required to complete each magazine have changed the course of my life, without any doubt. You could make a small effort to help the future of the magazine by using the subscription form at the bottom of this page and subscribing for friend. For those old enough each issue is the price of a pint of lager and lasts a lot longer. Imagine buying 4 pints over a year that’s all it costs, and each time the magazine arrives on their doorstep they will thank you. Now that the early part of the year’s tournament are over the focus is on the World Championships in Rio in September. The British team are taking part in conditioning camps and small competitions. For me now that this issue is finished I’m straight on to the next one! There is so much to tell you all, I keep thinking that stories will dry up, but always have too much to get between the covers. It’s often a critisism made of the magazine by ‘design experts’ that there is too much information, but I reckon that you need to know. Let me know what you think. Don’t forget to drop me a line to include in the letters page at:-bob@twoj.org It doesn’t have to be an epic piece, just a couple of paragraphs would suffice. Also check out my new book, details on page 32. It’s been the focus of my time for the last 18 months, tracking down medallists from the Athens 2004 Olympics and asking them for there memories and emotions. By the time you receive this issue it will be at the printers. Good reading, Bob Read more » 
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An Interview with Tony Sweeney 9th Dan |
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Tsagaanbaatar’s Trip Technique In a blur of speed he sat down pulling his opponent forwards and
throwing his feet between his opponents legs moving them outwards.
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Moscow World Cup 07 Burton had a fantastic day starting by beating
Lima POR who was leading until the last 20 seconds. Then the opportunity
for Newaza occurred and Burton quickly executed a Jigoku-jime strangle
for Ippon. Next up was the Olympic Silver medallist, Gontuk UKR
who he threw with Uranage for Waza-ari. Burton said” I’ve
watched it back on the video and it could have been Ippon, if so
I would have been in for a share of 5,000 euro!” |
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Coaching - Evolution or Revolution Peter Gardiner The Games may be the catalyst to raise the profile of coaching in the UK, but winning medals in London 2012 is only the beginning. The spinoff in the pre-Olympic build -up and post-Olympic legacy will be a raised awareness of the importance of a balanced healthy life style which includes sport, fitness and exercise. That’s where quality coaching can really make a positive impact on millions of people’s lives.. |
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Otto World Cup by Lisa McIver In a bid to stage the 2011 World Championships in Hamburg the German Judo Bund were determined to put on an excellent World Cup. The event was extremely well managed with the organising committee taking its responsibilities very seriously. The result for the public was a highly efficient tournament the smoothness of which belied the hard work that had taken place behind the scenes. With 443 competitors from 54 nations competing over the two days it promised to one of the best tournaments of the year. On the first day there were a number of the top competitors fighting in the lighter weight categories (-48, -52, -57, -63, -60, -66 and -73kg). These included the current World Champion Yanet Bermoy from Cuba and the Chinese Olympic Bronze medallist Feng Gao. The home favourite in the women’s event was the current -57kg Olympic Champion and World Silver medallist, Yvonne Boenisch. In the men’s event Japan’s triple Olympic Champion, Tadahiro Nomura, was starting his campaign to try to win a fourth Olympic Gold medal. Other fighters of note were Masato Uchishiba of Japan, the 2004 Olympic Champion and Brazil’s World Champion, Joao Derly. For the full story subscribe to The World of Judo... Click here »
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BELGRADE Europeans 2007 By Danny Hicks
The cause was not helped with the absence,
to injury, of multiple World medallist Karina Bryant and defending
European Champion Craig Fallon. But even so, to slip from second
place in the 2006 medal table to joint seventeenth this year, was
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Boobydoo By Antoinette Gissane
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Interview with John O'Brien
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Hayle Academy The Headmaster Edward Yeats-Brown sees Hayle
Academy attracting boys who like judo, or sports, or who are just
high in energy levels and find sitting still all day in a classroom
too much of a challenge. At Hayle Academy the curriculum will be
covered in the early part of the day and then in the afternoon the
boys will be in the dojo learning judo. Other sports will be offered
through links with the town’s clubs – rugby, football,
tennis, cricket and outdoor pursuits. From an educational point
of view the Academy is offering boys the chance to benefit from
small numbers and thus have lots of teacher attention and care. |
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Judo: It Saved A Life by John Amtmann
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Athens 2004 Olympic Games |
MEN -60kg Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) -66kg Masato Uchishiba (JPN) -73kg Won Hee Lee (KOR) -81kg Ilias Iliadis (GRE) -90kg Zurab Zviadauri (GEO) -100kg Ihar Makarau (BLR) +100kg Keiji Suzuki (JPN) WOMEN -48kg Ryoko Tani (JPN) -52kg Dongmei Xian (CHN) -57kg Yvonne Boenisch (GER) -63kg Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN) -70kg Masae Ueno (JPN) -78kg Noriko Anno (JPN) +78kg Maki Tsukada (JPN) |
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