Club News 2017

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Bucks Area Grading

The second grading of the year was held at Kitsune Gari in Milton Keynes, on November 12th 2017.  Specific congratulations go to Saffron, Aileen, Nicola and Berlin for outperforming Sensei expectations.

Name
New Grade
Berlin (DCHS)
5th Kyu 3 Orange
Grace (DCHS)
4th Kyu
Saffron (DCHS)
4th Kyu 1 Green
Pippa
4th Kyu 2 Green
Rachel (DCHS)
3rd Kyu
Ivy (DCHS)
3rd Kyu 1 Blue
Aileen (DCHS)
3rd Kyu 2 Blue
Audrey Liew (DCHS)
3rd Kyu (ratified Senior grade)
Lucca Gabella
3rd Kyu
Gemma Toerien Howie
3rd Kyu
Nicola Cleary (DCHS)
2nd Kyu



Oxford Course

The September Oxford Course came and went and was attended by Laura and Jonathon Day as well as Jonah along with Sensei.  Jonah was graded to 2nd Kyu (Blue belt) with three contest wins and one draw against a group all older and heavier than him.  

Laura and Jonathon started to learn Ju no Kata (the Kata of subtlety and flexibility) and Sensei finally was assessed and passed on Kaeshi no Kata (Kata of counters developed by Yoko Tani and passed on to Matsutaro Otani and is generally known as the 'BJC Kata').  That is now six Kata passed to Shudoshaidai level leaving just Goshin Jitsu no Kata (modern self defence) to polish and Koshiki no Kata (breaking balance and throwing in armour, this Kata is a 'historic' Kata from the Samurai era) to learn in order that he can claim to have studied all of the Kodakan Kata.




Maccabbi Games Israel 2017

In July 2017,  Jonah Alfert participated in the Maccabiah Games, where he fought against tough competition and won a Bronze medal (the first GB medal ever for Judo at these games):

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There are lots more pictures of Jonah at these games by clicking here.  Video footage of the contests can be seen here.




BJC Open National Championship

Although it took place in April, Sunday the 30th, this traditionally May event saw three from our club enter where Luca and Laura Day both took Bronze.  Luca fought well pulling his first National medal in a largish group and Laura taking on an almost Olympic hopeful from last years games.  Jonah, lost his first contest to decision but won the next two, both in less than ten seconds.

Name
Category
Medal
Luca
Male 13-15 U65Kg
Bronze
Laura Day
Dan Grade Females
Bronze





Bucks Area 'Low Kyu' Grading

At this event, on Sunday the 7th May at Dr Challoners high School, eighteen of the club members attended and all were successful in achieving a higher grade.  Of particular note are Tom Goddard who jumped all the way from Yellow to Green belt, and Ivy from DCHS who has now caught her sister up and is ready to contest for higher grades.


Name
Club
Grade
Haris
Chalfont Judokwai
6th Kyu 2 Orange
Eesa
Chalfont Judokwai
6th Kyu 2 Orange
Ellie
Chalfont Judokwai
6th Kyu 3 Yellow
Georgia
Chalfont Judokwai
6th Kyu 3 Yellow
Paris
Chalfont Judokwai
5th Kyu
Archie
Chalfont Judokwai
6th Kyu 2 Yellow
Yash
Chalfont Judokwai
3rd Kyu
Tanmayi
DCHS Judokwai
5th Kyu
Niamh
DCHS Judokwai
5th Kyu
Grace
DCHS Judokwai
5th Kyu 1 Orange
Saffron
DCHS Judokwai
5th Kyu 2 Orange
Asha
DCHS Judokwai
4th Kyu 1 Green
Rachel
DCHS Judokwai
4th Kyu 1 Green
Ivy
DCHS Judokwai
3rd Kyu
Laura Edgar
DCHS Judokwai
4th Kyu 2 Red
Pippa
Evreham Judokwai
4th Kyu
Gemma Toerien Howie
Evreham Judokwai
4th Kyu 2 Red
Tom Goddard
Evreham Judokwai
3rd Kyu




BJA National Schools Championship Finals

Following on from his success at the Regionals event earlier in the year, Jonah entered this ranking Championship.  Taking place in Sheffield on the Saturday 8th April, Jonah was placed in a category of 20 although when we were called to the mat for his category, it appeared that only 16 had turned up.  Jonah won his first two contests but lost the third in the semi-finals.  This put Jonah into the reprecharge where he won his contest to pull a Bronze in a very hard fought category.




Chalfont Championship

This year’s event took place on Saturday 18th March at the Evreham Sports Center and was our most successful ever.  A good number of club members took part in this event. We were honoured to have had Denise Lewis OBE attend and hand out medals to many of the successful.

With 200 contestants entered, spread over three mats, the whole event was more organised, better run with more satisfied contestants, spectators and visiting officials than ever before.  A big 'thank you' goes out from your club committee to all those who gave up their time to help move mats, seating, arrange refreshments, man reception and clear up afterwards.  A special 'thank you' goes to Bury Beth who isn't even a member of our club and to Noah Alfert who organised all of the IT and ran the weigh-in.

A dozen members of our club entered this event.  Not as healthy a number as usual, so we hope for better next year.  A special
mention goes to Paris, who in his first competition, after only starting a term ago, pulled off a Gold.  Well done Paris!


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Denise Lewis OBE with one of this years medallists.  Apart from awarding medals, Denise was much in demand for autographing belts, Judogi as well as the more normal pieces of paper.

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Paris only started Judo in December after a lot of nagging by Sensei who met him a few times at his father’s business.  But he bravely entered our Championships and took the Gold!

Name
Category
Medal
Paris
Novice 8-9 36-42Kg
Gold
Annelise
Junior Female 10-15 under 38Kg
Bronze
Annelise*
Novice Female 10-15 under 36Kg
Bronze
Aileen (DCHS)
Junior Female 10-15 under 43Kg
Bronze
Luca
Junior Male 10-15 under 65Kg
Bronze
Jonah
Junior Male 10-15 under 55Kg
Gold
Jonah*
Junior Male 10-15 under 90Kg
Silver
George Pickford
Senior Male Kyu Grade under 60Kg
Silver
Nicola Cleary (DCHS)
Senior Female Kyu Grade under 62Kg
Bronze
Emma Cleary (DCHS)
Senior Female Kyu Grade under 62Kg
Bronze
Laura Day
Senior Female Dan Grade under 75Kg
Gold
Jessica Day
Senior Female Dan Grade under 75Kg
Silver

Those marked * above were entered into two categories in order to make these up to the desired minimum of four so that each contestant would, wherever possible, get a minimum of three contests.

Not only does this event provide a lot of fun and enjoyment for literally, hundreds of people, but it also raises the club profile, boost the club funds and provides a platform to demonstrate BJC Ippon Judo to non-BJC clubs who attend.




Nage no Kata - Reloaded

David Sensei once again put on this course, this time ably assisted by Jessica Day to the largest attendance yet.  We held the course at Brunel University where during the day, not only did we cover the entire Nage no Kata but also two sets of Katame no Kata.  Those who attended, including the three who were 'press-ganged' from DCHS enjoyed the day.

Southfields Championship

Jonah and David Sensei travelled to this annual event in Leicester on Saturday the 4th February.  Jonah to compete and David to officiate.  Jonah went with the objective of trying out the new techniques he has been learning in preparation for the Maccabi Games in Israel later this year.  These proved succesful for him but as expected, where not acceptable for a BJC Junior event and as a result he obtained several Shido and thereby losing the first contest.  Afterwards, one of the referees said that he had never seen anyone score so many Ippon scoring throws (in a senior event) and yet lose.  Jonah nevertheless went away with a Bronze from a category of six.

BJA British Schools NHC Regional Championship

Jonah entered this event for the first time on Sunday the 28th January.  NHC stands for 'Northern Home Counties' and the event took place at the High Wycombe Judo club, which was a great boon as we did not need to leave home until 11am and were back again before 3pm.  With a surprise defeat in the first contest Jonah proceeded to win his next three contests very decisvily to take the Silver.  With this Jonah gained priority entry into the finals that take place in April.

Ilias Illiadis Course - University of East London

This event took place on Saturday the 21st in a massive hall with around 300 in attendance to learn from the legend.  More than a 100 were Dan grades.  Jonah and David went along and had a great time.  We even met some other BJC members and of course, grabbed a photo with the great man himself.

If you want to get an idea of what it takes to be an Olympic Champion like Ilias, this video will give you an idea.  Here you can see how he trains off the mat.

Ashi Waza Technical Training Course
led by Branko Andjelkovich 6th Dan

Took place on Sunday the 15th January.  In a superb day of training we spent the morning specifically looking at Sasae Tsuri Komi Ashi, a rather under utilised throw currently, and went through 20 different variations, combinations and counters.  In the afternoon we covered De Aashi and Okuri Ashi along with a brief look at using Ko Soto as a primary attack.