NAKASHIMA DOJO ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY 2016

Nakashima Dojo Annual Christmas Party on December 11, 2016 was held at the Renfrew Park Community. The party was well attended with our Judokas, their family members and friends. This year we had  38 people turn out for our Annual Christmas Party. 

The food donated by the family and the Judo Club was overflowing and the quality and the variety of food brought to the Table was impressive.  Romain Chappez, who was one of our long time Instructor moved to Logan Lake at the end of September was unable to join us so he was  missed by the Junior Class Members.  Romain's tradition at this event was to bring a Cake to the Party baked by one of his former colleague in the Pastry Department at the Oakridge Safeway Store. Even though he wasn't present in body,  his spirit and tradition carried on.  He donated the Cake which I picked up at the Safeway Oakridge Store.

As always,  everyone enjoyed themselves not only by the food but also by the good company  of friends and  colleagues.

Christmas Cake donated by Romain

Judo Class  members who came to the Party

PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE ABBOTSFORD TOURNAMENT ON OCTOBER 22,2016

COMPETITORS LINING UP AT START OF TOURNAMENT

HIDING UNDER A TABLE

LOGAN PRESENTED WITH SILVER METAL

ALL WON GOLD IN SOFIE, JENNA DIVISION

HELENA'S  DIVISION ACCEPTING THEIR METALS

TAKING A SNACK BREAK

JAMIE'S DIVISION WHERE HE WON A SILVER METAL

WARMUP PRIOR TO TOURNAMENT

HAILEY & MANDY RECEIVING THEIR METALS

NIKOLAI 'S DIVISION

ANDREA'S GROUP AT METAL PODIUM

KAMERON AND HIS COMPETITOR AT METAL AWARD

JAMIE, LAWREN AND HELENA

RESULTS FROM ABBOTSFORD TOURNAMENT ON OCTOBER 22, 2016

The Abbotsford Tournament started on time around 9:30AM and ended by 2:00 PM. I believe that there were 150 competitors from all the Dojos in the Lower Mainland.

We had 10 Competitors They  should be commended in their performance today.

I was pleased with the confidence that they displayed on the Mat, showing their determination and fighting spirit.

Logan placed second and Lawren received a bronze.

Logan had 2 wins while Lawren won 1 match.  Both of them were constantly attacking their Opponents with their Seionage and Osotogari scoring points.

Laya placed first in his division. Laya had an easier Opponent and scored with winning both of her matches with Ippons.

There were 3 in Sofie and Jenna division with all 3 receiving the Gold.  They all won 1 and lost 1.

Sofie beat Jenna, Sofie lost her next match and Jenna beat the Girl who beat Sofie. Each won their matches with Ippon.

Helena received a bronze metal.  She had 3 fights which she lost.  Her Opponents were bigger and more experience.

Considering that it was her first tournament, She put in her best effort and from this , she gained valuable experience which will prepare her for the upcoming tournaments.

Jaimie won Silver.  In his Gold Metal Match, he made a TACTICAL mistake.  He charged his Opponent which is okay but you must be in control when you do it .  HIS OPPONENT REACTED WITH A FOOTSWEEP (SASAE TSURI KOMI ASHIBARAI )TO SCORE AN IPPON .

Jaimie’s mistake was running at him from the beginning which gave his Opponent plenty of time to react.  Jamie should have approached him normally until he was about an arm length away. At that point he should rush him and hit him with an OUCHIGARI.

His Opponent would be caught off guard and be unable to Counter because Jamie is too close for him to maneuver Jamie’s attack.

In Jamie’s first match, he scored with 2 Wazari  (1/2 point) .

Hailey received a Silver for her efforts.  She fought Mandy from Abbotsford twice.  Mandy is Hailey’s NEMESIS.

She got Hailey with a Ouchigari for a YUKO because Hailey was looking down at her feet instead of looking at her Shoulders . From there, She moved  into Kesagatame (Holddown)  for an Ippon    

Her second match with Mandy was much better.  Hailey came in with Seionage 3 times but was out just as quickly.  Moved in and out because she didn’t have the confident to throw Mandy with her Shoulder Throw.

Lesson to learn – Once you are have succeeded  in getting under your Opponent and have her on your back, follow through by continuing to pull harder on their Sleeve at the same time turning your Hips.

This is how you throw your Opponent.  Never back out of a throw. You can be Countered.  See your little brother and Sister video matches as an example of following through on your Throw.

Nikolai placed second with a Silver with 3 wins and a lost. Nikolai Gold Metal Match was very close. His Opponent has more experience but if Nikolai was a bit more sharper with his Taiotoshi move or did an Ouchigari Osotogari Combination, he could easily have won the Match.

Even though Nikolai won his other matches with Ippon and Wazari, I thought his timing was off.  He put in a lot of effort to score these Points. If his execution or movement was smoother, his Opponents would have been flying threw the air.

Andrey Ponomarev who moved to Coquitlam in September won Gold in both of his Matches. Even though, Andrea is now a member of the Poco Judo Club in Coquitlam in his heart he will always be a member of our Dojo.

In his first match, Andrey threw his Green Belt Opponent with his Taiotoshi . It was so fast that when his Opponent crashed to the Mat, he held onto Andrey so that they both banged their heads.  Andrey got a fair size bump on his head besides being concussed.

He told the Medical Examiner that he was Okay to continue in the tournament.

He won his final match quickly with another Ippon executing a Taiotoshi.

Kameron had 2 fights with the same Opponent who is a Blue Belt.  In his first match, Kameron was thrown with a Drop Seionage within 10 seconds of the Match.

For his second match, he made  adjustment in his defensive strategy to counter his Opponent’s Seionage .  This time, Kameron  blocked his attempts but he finally got Kameron on a Taiotoshi on the Left Side.  Kameron had an opportunity to counter this Throw which he did not take.

His Opponent succeed in throwing Kameron because he kept pulling and following through on his throw.

Next tournament is in Steveston on November  19.    

Frank Nakashima

Head Instructor

Hailey's matches at Pacific International March 6,2016

In both of her matches, Hailey was countered because she did not follow through in her Seionage attempts.  Instead of completing her throw by continuously pulling on her Opponent's sleeve, turning her shoulder and spinning her hips, Hailey either stopped or backed out of her Seionage which allowed her Opponent to execute her counter attack.

In the second video, Hailey is moving into her Opponent off balance and her movement into Seionage is too high. In any forward throw, Your hips  makes contact below your Opponents' waist ( which is a normal person's center of gravity) .

Faouzi wins at the French Open

Faouzi Zerrouck, one of our Instructors recently won an International Tournament in Nice, France.

It had over 2,000 competitors.

In Faouzi’s category,  which is the Master Division under 90 kg, there were 25 competitors.

There was great satisfaction at this tournament for Faouzi because he threw the Competitor who beat him at the last European Championship in December,2015 for an Ippon in his semi finals match.

Congratulations

RESULTS FROM VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL OPEN FEBRUARY 13,2016

We had 5 juniors and 1 senior participate.

We had won 3 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze.

The Juniors did exceptionally well.  3 of the 5 juniors participated in their very first tournament.

Nikolay, Jerome and Cameron all placed 1^st.

They won all of their matches with Ippon.

Sofie received a silver.  She fought her Opponent twice, losing both time by decision.

Her Opponent weighed 10 kg more than  Sofie. Both were Orange belt.

In her second match, both scored Ippon. Sofie scored with a Seionage.  Sofie had her Opponent in Kesagatame for at least 10 seconds which should have given her the match but unfortunately it was missed by the Referee.

The referee did not check the scoreboard to see how many seconds Sofie held her Opponent for the holddown.

Jaime had 1 win and 2 losses for bronze.  In both of his losses, Jaimie was ahead on points before his opponents held him down for newaza.

Jaimie scored his wazai (1/2 points) and yuko by either Seionage , Taiotoshi, Osotogari or Ouchigari. For his first tournament, he was poised and in control of the matches.

The same for Cameron, Nikolay and Jerome. They controlled and dominated their Opponents attacking with throws and following up into Newaza.

Djuro Miladinovic was our only Senior.  Djuro had not practiced at all in January and missed 1 week in February because of the Flu. Considering his lack of practice going into the Tournament he fought competently.

It’s the best outing for Djuro in about a year.  He fought Arie Nishimura from Steveston and Dante from Ishikawa both Shodans and Lefties.

In his first match against Ari, Ari finally got Djuro for Wazari with his Left Handed Taiotoshi.  Djuro set himself up by standing at right angle to his Opponent.  His Opponent moved in sticking his left leg at Djuro’s left ankle which flipped Djuro on his side.

In his second match against Dante, Djuro made a mental mistake rushing at Dante who dropped him with his left Seionage while on his knees. He Scored a Wazari.

When you fight against an Opponent like Dante who is very quick and drops to his Knee to execute, you don’t run at him nor do you give him any room to maneuver. You crowd him , hold him close to your body , (fight him at close quarter)

 forcing his head to look down at your feet by gripping his  lapel high on the collar and get your knuckles into his neck. This will make him very uncomfortable. He will attempt to wriggle out by dipping his head at the same time move into his throw. When he attempts this, you drag him down forcefully with both of your arms as you are stepping back with both feet and turn him over.

Well done and congratulations to our Competitors.

Unfortunately, not many seniors turned up at this tournament.  Those that did in the Black Belt division were tuning up for the next big one next month at the Oval.

Photos from the tournament will be available on shortly on our You Tube Site.