Georgia Judo

Georgia hosts 2010 Junior Olympics

jackie — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:28:57 +0000

Congratulations to Georgia competitors Loki Runarson, Thor Runarson and Tyler Nelloms on their success in the Junior Olympics. The USA Judo national event brought over 700 hundred competitors to this 2 day tournament. This was a great opportunity to highlight our younger judo athletes and provided a wealth of experience for them to take forward as they all continue to train and learn. Congratulations !

FLORIDA OPEN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS - JANUARY 31,2009

ercan — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:50:28 +0000

“SANCTIONED BY FJI, #2009-01”

WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOL
500 NW 209th Avenue, Pembroke Pines, Fl 33029.
From I-75 take Pines Blvd west to approximately 209th Ave. School is on north side (right).
Head Referee : Hector Estevez (A) World & Olympic Level

Pre-Reg & Weigh-in:

Jr’s Novice 6:30 – 9:00 PM 1/30/09
Mandatory for Jr’s Novice and open to all divisions.

Jr’s Advance 8:00AM – 10:00 AM 1/31/09

Sr’s Novice/Masters Advance 8:00AM – 12:00PM 1/31/09

Sr’s Advance 8AM – 1PM 1/31/09

Novice: Youth White & Yellow division, Senior White to Green
Youth Competition: 11 AM Start Time
Divisions: 5, 6, 7-8, 9-10, 11-12, 13-14, 15-16 (By entry
Senior Novice Competition: 2PM - Weigh-in: till 12 noon
Masters Competition: 2PM – Weigh-in: till 12 noon
Age Divisions start at 30, with 10 year increments
Senior Advance Competition begins at 3:pm
RULES: IJF (Modified), No blue gi required, have white & blue belt
Tournament System: Double Elimination.
Matches: 3 minutes Youth & 3 min Masters,
5 minutes Seniors & IJF. No Shime Waza allowed under 13
No Kansetsu Waza under 17

**Important** MUST SHOW PROVE OF AGE BY BIRTH CERTIFICATE, PASSPORT OR VERIFIED MEMBERSHIP CARD.

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United States wins bronze medal at Beijing Olympic Games

jackie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:57:30 +0000

The United States faired well at the recent Olympic Games held in Beijing, China. Rhonda Rousey won a bronze medal in her category, making her the first U.S. woman to win a judo medal in the Olympic games since it became a full medal sport. Several other U.S. athletes finished ninth. For the first time competition was available for viewing on the internet either streamed live or recorded. You may still be able to watch at nbcolympics.com/judo.

Georgia Player Secures Spot At Olympic Trials

jackie — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:54:30 +0000

Congratulations to Ross McBaisey, an Emory University student, who has secured a spot at the 2008 Olympic Trials by placing 3rd at the Senior National Championships, recently held in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The 2008 Olympic Trials for judo will be combined with the Olympic Trials for wrestling this year at an event to be held in June in Las Vegas.

Please be sure to check this website’s calendar for information on the Georgia Judo State Championships. Online registration is available or you can register on the day of competition.

Olympic judo pre-games event concludes with big names crowned

ercan — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:27:30 +0000

BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) — The 2007 Beijing Judo Open have ended up Friday with gold medals in dispute went to the big names participating here at the “Good Luck Beijing” Olympic pre-games event.

Asian champion Yoshie Ueno choked Chinese judoka Yan Xuelan, former Universiade champion in 2002, to take the women’s 63kg title with a breezy ippon win.

The 24-year-old, a younger sister of Athens Olympic champion Masae Ueno in the women’s 70kg category, claimed a gold medal at last May’s Asian Championships at Kuwait City in the same class, piling up her winning streak in the continental tournament to three in a row.

On the men’s part, Italy’s national champion Antonio Ciano denied a late comeback from Japanese judoka Ono Takashi to win the men’s 81kg final with a waza-ari.

Earlier in the evening, two judokas from China failed their third-place matches and saw the bronze medals go to RussXian Yury Panasenkov and Aea Min Sun of South Korea, both with ippon wins.

The other two title of the 2007 Beijing Judo Open were won by Russian Alim Gadanov and Frenchwoman Caroline Lantoine on Thursday.

In the men’s under-66kg final, judo world’s nobody Gadanov took a coup to upset Olympic gold medalist Masato Uchishiba of Japan with a yuko, while Europe’s promising judoka Lantoine took only 39seconds to beat this year’s Pan American Games silver medalist Erika Miranda of Brazil with an ippon for the women’s 52 kg title.

Xiao Jun, last year’s Chinese national judo championships winner of the women’s 48 kg category, settled for a bronze medal in the women’s half-lightweight event, and her compatriot Liu Changchun won the third-place match with an ippon in the men’s half-lightweight category.

Pushing aside the unsatisfactory results from the Chinese judokas, the organizing jobs done for the test event have drawn good comments from all sides.

“Up to now the echoes for the tournament are positive,” said Quan Liangzhu, the executive chairman of the tournament’s organizing committee.

“Both the international judo federation and national administrative center of the sport speak highly of the event.”

“We have completed the task of test the venue ahead of the judo competitions of next year’s Beijing Olympic Games,” he added. “All the operating systems function well. The competition serves including the volunteer serves received good comment. So that we can have confidence in holding next year’s Olympic judo event.”

The tournament, slated for November 15-16, went on at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium, where to hold the judo competitions of the 29th Olympic Games in 2008 as well as the Olympic taekwondo event and the wheelchair Basketball and wheelchair Rugby events at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.