Black Belt Register News

The BBR Academy would now like to concentrate on developing athletes.

We will be funding 3-4 Airfares for a 10-14 day training trip to Japan pencilled in from 1st December 2006. You will be training at some great universities and dojo's in Tokyo including the Kodokan. The Judoka will be selected by the BBR Academy instructors based upon athlete participation in NSW Judo i.e. Competitions, Squad Training, BBR Academy Sessions and Club Training

Airfares will be funded however food and accommodation will need to be funded by the athlete. If we stay at the Kodokan dorms then accommodation will cost around $300 for trip.

Selection will be based on the following:

• The athlete has a strong potential for development in competitive judo, as identified by the BBR Academy Instructors.
• The athlete has demonstrated a willingness to further their judo development by attending relevant Judo NSW activities (BBR Academy, Tournaments and Squad Training)

Remember - Nominations Close October 14th
Application Form

Please return nomination forms via return mailto: bbrjudo@iburst.chilli.net.au
Or Post to:
BBR Judo Academy
PO Box 1041
Nth Sydney, NSW 2059

08 May 2006

BBR Announcement - For all 1st Kyu and Dan Grades.
The mid year Dan grading for 2006 will be held at the NSW Judo Center, Olympic Park on the 4th of June. The following is the program leading up to and including the Grading Day;

May 27th and 28th from 9am to 3pm each day.
All Kata forms will be taught depending on grade as list below.
 •All grades
 •Nage No Kata
 •Katame No Kata
 •4th Dan and Above (depending on numbers)
 •Kime No Kata
 •Goshin Justu No Kata
 •Istutsu No Kata

June 3rd 1pm to 4pm
All forms taught on the 27th and 28th May will be covered again as a refresh for the Kata Comp and grading to following the next day, June 4th. We strongly suggest you come as pairs as it is sometimes difficult to find a satisfactory partner on the day. Please send applications to the NSW Judo Office along with your money for the Kenshusei and grading.

June 4th from 10am
 •10:00 Batsugan for 1st Kyu and 1st Dan. (see Batsugan rules below)
(Koten Kohaku Shiai)
 •12:00 NSW Open Kata for all Kata and grades. Competition for the Golden Samurai Sword.
 •3:00 Dan Grading

Batsugan Rules
The rules for the Batsugan is that you take a line up of 6 Judoka of equal grade. If you beat the 6 by a Wazari or Ippon amounting in total to 50 points, then you are automatically given you next grade. 7 points for a Wazari and 10 points for an Ippon.

This process is subject of course to being able to assemble the 6 equal grades on the day.

KATA KENSHUSEI PROGRAM
In order to prepare yourselves for the Dan grading and or the NSW Open Kata Competition there will be Kata Kenshusei held for all comers regardless if grading or not on the following dates.

Attachments
Dan grading application form,
Grading Fees Structure,
Registration form for Kata Kenshusei May 27th 28th and June 3rd, and
Entry Form for the 2006 NSW Open Kata Competition.

03 Mar 2006

Members Dinner
The Black Belt Register NSW Inc together with the BBR Academy, invites all members to its Annual Dinner on the 25th March 2006. Tickets are $55 per member and available at the BBR Academy Training Sessions on Tuesday nights or by contacting Daniel Mitchell.

23 Aug 2005

Visit by Ube High School
On the 23 August the BBR Academy was visited by Ube High School. All who attended the training session had a great time…

11 July 2005

Neil Adams Advanced Judo Seminars

• 1981 World Champion
  
• 5 times European Champion
  
• 2 times Olympic Silver Medal winner
  
• Former head coach of the British Judo Team
  
• Author of 3 Masteclass Technical Judo Books

The Black Belt Register and the BBR Judo Academy are pleased to announce, Neil Adams will head the coaching line-up at an Advance Training Seminar in September this year. You are invited to attend.

Click here to find all the details of the Advance Training Seminar
Please Note: Address for payments should read: Neil Adams Seminar (BBR Judo Academy), PO Box 1041, NTH SYDNEY NSW 2059.

Footage on Neil Adams winning the World Championships in 1981

31 May 2005

Congratulations to this years winner of the Jim Robinson trophy - Stephanie Topp. The Jim Robinson trophy is awarded to a competition judoka who has excelled in competition and possess Judo spirit on and off the mat - Well done Steph

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22 Mar 2005

The BBR Academy recently sent 4 of its Special Students to New Zealand for a 3-day training camp. It was a great success, they even turned on a bit of sunshine for us (it didn't last).

The camp kicked off with a "friendly" teams competition on the Friday night, which saw the combined Japanese University team go up against both a New Zeeland team and combined Australian/New Zeeland team. The Australians started off well with Daniel Waldmann securing a Hiki-Wake (draw) in his match against his Japanese opponent. Ben Zellner was looking dominant in his match until he was caught with a surprise flying armbar. Jovan Pejic fighting up a weight division started well throwing his opponent for waza-ari with seoi-nage before being trapped with osae-komi-waza.

Alex Chew showed why he is "the man" when it comes to ne-waza by armlocking his opponent in convincing style. The Japanese looked keen to knock-off Morgan Endicott-Davies Australia's Athens Olympian for U81kg, but after a tentative start Morgan unleashed his tai-otoshi for ippon, the same technique that gave him a victory at the Olympic Games in just under 6 seconds.

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With the first day out of the way all were glad to hear that the camp did not include any running sessions, instead the focus was on randori, and there was plenty of that. Saturday consisted of two 2.5hr randori sessions and a 1hr technical session in the evening. The Japanese Sensei including former World Championships Bronze Medallist Ms. Suzuki conducted the technical session.

Sunday it was more randori and a seminar on "tactical play" by Mr Monahan an A class international referee. One of the key areas discussed by Mr. Monahan was the extra time being allowed for the progression of ne-waza techniques; gone are the days when you've only got 5-10seconds to secure your hold, instead referees will allow ne-waza to continue as long as there is some sort of action occurring. With this in mind there is a greater need for strong ne-waza in the current competiton player, something that will be a focus in BBR Academy sessions to come.

After such a successful first outing the BBR Academy may look to make this an annual event. Watch this space for further developments with the BBR Special Student program and the BBR Academy in general.

12 Feb 2005

We wish to congratulate 4 NSW athletes to be selected by the BBR Instructors for the Special Student program. The BBR Academy will be sending the following to New Zealand later this month.

• Alex Chu (Macquarie University) -
• Ben Zelner (Budokan Judo Club) -
• Daniel Waldman (Uni of NSW Judo Club) -
• Jovan Pejic (Budokan Judo Club) -

• The athlete has a strong potential for development in competitive judo, as identified by the BBR Judo Academy Instructors.
• The athlete has demonstrated a willingness to further their judo development by attending the BBR Judo Academy.

The first scheduled event is a training camp in Wellington New Zealand from 25 February until 27 February (departing Sydney on 24 Feb and returning on 28 Feb). The training camp involves the New Zealand National Team and visiting members of a Japanese University Team

Hi Guys,

Yes it's here. The start of another exciting BBR Judo Academy year. The launch of the academy has been a great success with numbers on the mat constantly climbing throughout the year.

This year we will bring you some more excellent judo instruction by various experts. We will have more club visit nights and the popular randori nights.

So if you want to perfect your technique, while having an opportunity to train with a wide variety of partners, come and join us. The BBR Judo Academy is held every Tuesday night at the Homebush Sports Indoor Centre starting at 7:30 pm. Each session lasts until 9pm and contains warm up technical drills, specialized instruction by different coaches in their areas of expertise, ending with some randori .

Our first night back will be on the 8th of February, which is the second Tuesday of the month.

Looking forward in seeing you all there,
BBR Judo Academy

Dear Members,
The BBR has just completed a very exciting year. One in which our younger members played a very significant part in making it happen.

We are now running the BBR Judo Academy on Tuesday nights which is a fantastic opportunity for all NSW Judoka. BBR members receive a discount on the nightly entry fee. Please come along and take advantage of the instruction and the many specialty nights. Including special guest instructors.

We have also sponsored senior BBR members to Kodokan Kata Kenshuseis in cooperation with Judo NSW. So we can now offer NSW judoka expert tuition at our Kata courses.

All in all we are now offering a new look service and a new look BBR to the NSW Judo Community.

To help us maintain the ongoing improvements and allow us to continue to service the Judo community and indeed our BBR members, the BBR board has increased the Annual Membership fee to $25.00 pa. This represents a cost of 48 cents a week. An amount that we hope will not cause any hardship in the BBR membership community.

Life membership fees remain the same. A Bronze medal life membership can be purchased for $150.00, Silver for $250.00 and Gold for $500.00.

Thank you all for your continued support of the BBR and Judo in NSW.

Paul Phillips
President
Black Belt Register