tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18709878698995794992024-02-07T18:01:18.464-08:00judospacejudospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-88579104910958612692014-11-09T12:22:00.000-08:002014-11-09T12:24:32.949-08:00Judo and Education<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The three objectives of physical education, fighting and spiritual growth are expressly sought in judo. By practising judo, the student will be able to acquire the benefits of physical education, become versed in methods of combat, and concurrently nurture their intellect and morality.” (J. Kano)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This quotation is from one of the oldest lectures given by 29 year old Jigoro Kano, on 11 May 1889, which considered the contribution of judo to education. I think it is as relevant to consider this today in the second decade of the 21st century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The traditional terminology of sensei has been replaced in many cases by the term, coach, or trainer. In some western European countries, there is a distinction made between a judo trainer and a judo teacher. In other cultures the term coach is used as a catch-all. The characters that make up the word sen-sei, 先生 are often translated as “one who has gone before”. This is a particularly relevant translation, if you consider the martial ways, or budo, as a path. So your judo sensei, is one who has trodden the path before you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If we think of this from the perspective of the sensei, we are guiding our students along the path of judo. Along that journey we are told that our students will become versed in methods of combat and also nurture their intellect and morality. So I suggest that our role is to keep them safe along the journey, lead them the right way, and help them in the attainment of the three objectives of a physical, intellectual and moral education.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are plenty of resources for the judo teacher to help them become a better physical educator, and to help them teach methods of combat. There are books, and videos, about a huge range of topics, all relating broadly to helping create a better physical specimen. There are also countless examples of resources of a technical and tactical nature, all designed to help the coach teach methods of combat. In my experience, most coaches spend most of their preparation time in this area, essentially focusing on the physical education side of their role.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are much less resources which help the coach to lead their student toward an improvement in their intellectual or moral education. I consider these aspects below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intellect, is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as; “The faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters.” So perhaps the coach could help the student develop an ability to look at things objectively. That’s about being impartial, not being influenced by personal feelings, but just considering the facts. In the combat of a judo match, this is really important. It really doesn’t matter what your personal feelings are about the last waza-ari, or if you thought it was only yuko. The process of randori encourages you to be honest with yourself, about your strengths and weaknesses, about what will work and what won’t, rather than what you would like to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the <a href="http://www.judospace.com/" target="_blank">Judospace Educational Institute</a>, in our work with coaches, we challenge them to be objective in their coaching. To coach what they know will work, rather than what they think will work. We call it Evidence-Based-Coaching. So we try to develop the reasoning and objective understanding of the coaches, we try to develop their intellect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What about morality? What’s that? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it’s the “principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behaviour.” So as judo coaches, leading our students along the way, we need to help them understand the differences between right and wrong. We do that every day in training, when little Jimmy hits little Joey, we tell him it’s bad. When little Susie is kind to little Sarah, we tell her it’s good. We try to set standards of behaviour in the dojo. We don’t tolerate bullying, we don’t tolerate arrogance or rudeness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These behaviour standards are what help us teach the moral educational part of judo. If we allow the behaviour standards to slip, if we tolerate a little bullying, for example, then we are not guiding our students along the path of judo. We could simply be teaching any other form of combat training. The moral educational aspect of judo is at the heart of what makes judo “more than a sport.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the <a href="http://www.judospace.com/" target="_blank">Judospace Educational Institute</a> we are proud to work with the European Judo Union, whose motto, is Judo – more than a sport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The International Judo Federation, define World Judo Day, annually on 28 October. I suggest you help your students find out why it’s on that date. The IJF encourage us to focus on the moral aspect of judo, by theming the day around a moral principle, this year was Honour, and next year will be Unity. I encourage you to build on the lead given by the IJF and the EJU, and to take moral education into your dojo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Do it by encouraging standards of behaviour. As you drive to the dojo for your next class, in addition to thinking about how to improve the students uchimata, think about how you can improve their behaviour. By helping them to take responsibility for their behaviour, you are helping their moral education, helping them to become valued leaders in society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you are interested in this approach to creating effective and efficient judoka, who are highly proficient in methods of combat, have developed their intellect, and have a strong moral compass, then we would love to <a href="http://www.judospace.com/contact/contact-form/" target="_blank">hear from you</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good luck to you and your student along the journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quote is from: KANŌ, J., & BENNETT, A. (2009). Jigoro Kano and the Kodokan; an innovative response to modernisation. Bunkyō-ku Kasuga, Kōdōkan judo institute. p 7.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027014318762868181noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-33231632720963398242014-09-28T12:51:00.000-07:002014-09-28T12:51:12.724-07:00The Perfect Storm - Leadership for Performance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I admit it, I’m a bit of a geek. I love analysing data and I’m especially fascinated by applying theories & models to real life situations. <i>Is this a bad thing?</i> Well it would be if I wasn’t acutely aware of my ability to make peoples eyes glaze over, before rolling into the back of their head. So I’ll keep this brief, here is one of the models I used for leading teams to deliver performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Guest blog by <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/darren-warner/" target="_blank">Darren Warner</a>, Olympic medal winning coach, and Judospace Performance Advisor. Follow Darren on twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/createautonomy" target="_blank">@createautonomy</a> )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 2007, I was lucky enough to be part of UK Sports Elite Coach, a three year leadership programme for GB coaches. <i>Lucky?</i> I say lucky because at this stage in my career, I was unsure on my leadership style. I considered myself a good coach. I had confidence in my coaching philosophy, and clarity in the model I worked within. <i>But how did I Lead? </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The Tipping Point</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, it was the seven days I spent in Wales with the Leadership Trust, paid for by UK Sport, as part of my development. The Leadership Trust thrives on setting tasks, where the debrief consists of the group telling the task leader how their leadership made them feel. At times, it was brutally harsh, but dispersed with leadership models throughout the week, it struck a great balance. I’d definitely recommend it to anyone who has a spare £5,000, <i>or someone else has…</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Forming - Storming - Norming - Performing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Looking back, I think Tuckman’s stages of group development model struck a cord with me because I already felt that group development wasn’t a linear progression. <i>Maybe it confirmed my beliefs… </i>Sure, it was first proposed in 1965, with many further developments since then, but it provided me with a model to conceptualise and play with. That was all I needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following year, in 2008 was the first time I recognised the signs of the forming-storming in a team I was leading. There were plenty of strong characters in the team, with many of the athletes coming from the same club and I had a feeling that this had the potential to be an explosive year. <i>But, I had no idea how explosive!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d like to say the first cracks appeared in June but in all honesty, <i>it was more like a smash!</i> We were on a conditioning camp in Austria when things kicked off. It started with money being stolen from one of the girls rooms and progressed with a drunken binge with six of the athletes, leading to two of the players being banned. By the time we arrived for our high volume block of training in Japan, two weeks later, the problems were there for all to see. There was a lot of animosity and blame, everyone seemed to have an issue with someone. <i>So how could I make things better?</i> I didn’t, I decided to make things worse…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly laying down the law, telling them how unhappy I was with their behaviour and that for the next three weeks, their life would be hell. <i>‘Expect to be woken up in the middle of the night for training!’</i> kept them on edge, as did putting them in small rooms of six, when double rooms were available. I’d be lying if I said I had a master plan of how it would pan out. As I mentioned, my leadership style was just developing, but I did recognise that by becoming the common enemy, they stopped hating each other. By the end of the year, I had to look back on the Japan camp as a massive success. <i>OK they hated me,</i> but I pushed them much harder and got a much better reaction when they wanted to prove me wrong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once we were back from Asia, there was a different feel in the air. They’d won back my respect with their efforts out there and I used that as a way to win them back. I told them how wrong I’d been, that I realised that this team was capable of having the most success at a World Championships that British Judo had ever seen. From that moment on, I didn’t want to speak to them about anything that wasn’t taking us closer to world class success. We reestablished our team rules, but rather than the average session at the start of the year, <i>where nobody seems that clear on why we’re doing it?! </i>Everyone had a focus that this was taking us all closer to the success we craved. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that's how it started, the momentum built and anyone who has led a team to success will tell you they can feel it. Every team talk I delivered, I looked in their eyes and I knew this year could be different. I knew they wanted it more than any team I’d worked with before. <i>So how did it end?</i> I’ve realised there’s only one way it could end… BRILLIANTLY</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That year we attended the four hardest European ranking tournaments: Russia, France, Poland & Germany. So going into the European Championships in September, we had six players who’d won 10 medals from the four events. If I compare this to top nations such as Russia (won 43 medals), France (won 33 medals) or Germany (won 46 medals) it was clear we had both a smaller talent pool and less consistency throughout the team. In fact only two members of our team had won more than one medal from the four events, highlighting we had no guaranteed medals!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst periodisation played a key part to these results, I really felt the storm we’d had earlier in the year was pivotal. The six medals were won by four players but we were 4 seconds aways from a fourth medal at the Europeans as one of the lads lost with four seconds to go in the semi-final! That said, we were also the only European nation to improve our performance at the World Championships as we achieved a silver and two bronze as opposed to three bronze at the Europeans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>So what did I take from that year?</i> Well, every year after that I created a storm with the athletes in one form or another. Every time I felt a real shift in attitude. I became very comfortable in not being the most popular person in the room. One thing I did notice is that unlike my periodisation model, the storm never came at the same time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sometimes you have to force it, other times it comes by itself. But either way don’t run from it, once you see it, embrace and whenever possible, ride it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s learning to dance in the rain…</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hungry? Losing weight for an upcoming event? Read this blog from Lauren Jackson, a judoka and Sports Science graduate. Lauren is the Judospace Communications Assistant.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is 4 weeks before a major competition and the scales read 5kg over the category allowance, to move up a weight category or to drop weight? This is a difficult yet commonly faced scenario for judo players, regularly resulting in athletes undergoing rapid weight loss in the run up to a competition (Coufalova et al., 2013). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why? Because being at the bottom of a weight category can seem like a disadvantage, because change is risky and sometimes because of the social connotations associated with weight gain (especially for those more sensitive about body image, in particular female athletes). For some players this rapid weight loss is seen as something that has to be done and commonly achieved through food and fluid restriction and sweating off. Understanding the adverse effects that are associated with cutting weight can help a judo player make an educated decision about what is the right decision or weight category for them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the key information that all judo players need to know about what happens when they undergo rapid weight-loss. Rapid weight loss has been associated with: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Reduction in strength, posture, dynamic balance and perceived exertion (Jlid et al., 2013). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Negative mood profiles (Caulfield et al., 2008) which have negative effects on performance (Lane et al., 2001)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Reduced cognitive function (Labadarious et al., 2007) which will threaten performance and increase injury risk.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Side effects such as dizziness, tiredness and headache (Dolan et al., 2011; Labadarious et al., 2007)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rapid weight loss has been associated with r</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eduction in strength, posture, dynamic balance and perceived exertion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The results achieved in training are sacrificed for the sake of weight loss. The negative experiences of the cutting strategies can put a player off competing in the future and an accumulation of these factors will increase probability of drop out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extreme weight loss methods have been passed down through generations of judo players that have developed from a cultural rather than scientific rationale. I will consider weight loss through dehydration in a future blog. Those judoka attempting weight loss over a few weeks through diet and exercise should consider the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>When weight loss is the chosen option it requires analysis and manipulation of current diet/training. Manipulation should acknowledge the following:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Weight maintenance is achieved by energy balance (energy intake matches energy expenditure). Athletes with a moderate to high training volume (more than 3x40 minutes per week) will require +2500kcals a day (Leutholtz et al., 2001). The first thing to consider is whether the player is over consuming and if so to what extent, it is of importance to stop the player from eating excessively to prevent unwanted weight gain. Energy demand is mediated by activity level, size and muscle mass – if you are unsure about the correct energy demands all changes to intake should be small and gradual.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To lose weight there must be an energy deficit (energy expenditure must outweigh energy intake). Aim for weight-loss effects from the smallest amount of deficit then when a plateau is reached total intake can be reduced further, (e.g. about 100kcal/day every 2-3 weeks) this will keep weight loss gradual. High deficits should be avoided as they increase the breakdown of lean body mass (muscle) rather than fat-loss (Garthe et al., 2011) and create hormonal adaptations to combat fat-loss (Trexler., 2014). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For athletes completing above moderate levels of training a diet with a higher carbohydrate and protein intake is recommended however too much carbohydrate or fat in the diet may be causing unwanted weight gain. For athletes, as intensity and volume increases as does carbohydate and protein intake. (Kreider et al., 2010)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Frequent ingestion of protein during a deficit period will help to satisfy satiety and minimise LBM (lean body mass) breakdown (Mettler et al., 2010). This cannot be completely prevented during a high energy deficit and carbohydrate must be ingested in sufficient amount to supply the body with the optimum fuel source. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Increasing energy expenditure is another way to create an energy deficit. Additional training sessions or physical conditioning can promote maintenance of muscle during weight-loss (Bryner et al., 1999). </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It is difficult to predict the rate at which weight loss will occur, larger players will lose weight more rapidly than a leaner player – however would need to plan for more time to lose a greater amount of weight. Monitor the weight loss to help make realistic targets, think about the long term targets rather than just the next competition. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Manipulation should be determined by the initial behaviour and physical condition of the player in addition to their previous attempts of weight loss and strategy preferences. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Be sure to monitor the effects on the player. A change in habitual behaviour could lead to increased fatigue, physical weakness or cognitive impairment which will affect performance in training and competition and can increase injury risk.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Monitor the weight loss to help make realistic targets, think about the long term targets rather than just the next competition. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All individuals have different body types and demands meaning there is no one answer for all players. As a coach, if you are in doubt of what is best for an individual then seek further professional help before giving any advice to the athletes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that if we want the best performance from judoka, a change in the social acceptance of extreme weight making strategies is needed. One way is through increased education of more optimal methods to manage weight for judo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a coach you may be balancing the long term health of the athlete against the expectation of another medal, at what may be a minor competition.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As an athlete you want your optimal performance. Your energy balance and hydration levels are important contributors to you delivering that performance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">References:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Bryner, R., Ullrich, I., Sauers, J., Donley, D., Hornsby, G., Kolar, M. & Yeater, R. (1999). Effects of resistance vs. aerobic training combined with an 800 calorie liquid diet on lean body mass and resting metabolic rate. Journal of American College of Nutrition, 18, 115-121. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Coufalova, K., Prokesova, E., Maly, T. & Heller, J. (2013). Body weight reduction in combat sports. Archives of Budo, 9, 267-272.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Dolan, E., O'Connor, H., McGoldrick, A., O'Loughlin, G., Lyons, D., & Warrington, G. (2011). Nutritional, lifestyle, and weight control practices of professional jockeys. Journal of sports sciences, 29, 791-799.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Garthe, I., Raastad, T., Refsnes, P., Koivisto, A. & Sundgot-Borgen, J. (2011). Effect of two different weight-loss rates on body composition and strength and power-related performance in elite athletes. International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, 21, 97-104. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jlid, M. C., Maffulli, N., Elloumi, M., Moalla, W. & Paillard, T. (2013). Rapid weight loss alters muscular performance and perceived exertion as well as postural control in elite wrestlers. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 53, 620-627.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Kreider, R., Wilborn, C., Taylor, L., Campbell, W., Almada, A., Collins, R., Cooke, M., Earnest, C., Greenwood, M., Kalman, D., Kerksick, C., Kleiner, S., Leutholtz, B., Lopez, H., Lowery, L., Mendel, R., Smith, A., , S., M,, Wildman, R., , W., D, Ziegenfuss, T. & Antonio, J. (2010). ISSN exercise & sport nutrition review: research & recommendations Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 7, 7.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Labadarios, D., Kotze, J., Momberg, D., & Kotze, T. J. (1993). Jockeys and their practices in South Africa. World review of nutrition and dietetics, 71, 97.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Leutholtz, B. & Kreider, R. (2001). Exercise and Sport Nutrition. Nutritional Health, Humana Press, 207-239</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mettler, S., Mitchell, N. & Tipton K. (2010). Increased protein intake reduces lean body mass loss during weight loss in athletes. Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 42, 326-337. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027014318762868181noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-88847831585685645762014-05-30T08:35:00.000-07:002014-05-30T08:46:50.014-07:00Reasons for Success<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone wants to know the reasons for success in judo. But few conduct serious research to try to find out. This guest blog is from the Judospace Psychological Advisor, <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/rebeka-tandaric/" target="_blank">Rebeka Tandaric MS</a>. The picture shows Rebeka with the young players she coaches at Samobor Judo Klub, in Croatia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Attributions are the explanations we use to explain the outcome of some event.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Attribution theory attempts to explain the purpose and consequences of different interpretations used for success and failure. Attributions can affect our future expectations, emotions, performance and effort. They also include beliefs about control we have over the events. They don’t have to be actual causes because they represent the perception of the one who makes them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We make attributions because we want to explain, understand and predict our own as well as others' behavior or we are trying to justify, feel better or make a better impression. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understanding previous successes and failures allows us to better prepare for new challenges and increase the likelihood of successful outcomes in the future. That's why attributions are extremely important in the sporting context. In order to develop and enhance the individual's ability as an athlete it is necessary to understand and explain their successes and failures in the past. The perception of athletes in this process is particularly important because it determines the way they will behave in future situations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recent research made on the Croatian athletes from three martial arts (judo, karate and taekwondo) explores the reasons which they think have led to their most successful and least successful performances in the competition. The study included 154 competitors who were between 16 and 33 years old. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the most successful performance in competition, 32 % of the reasons were related to good physical preparation. In addition, 10% of the reasons were related to happiness, having a good day, good rest or some other similar reason.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The rest of the reasons that have led to success ( 58 %) were related to the different components of mental preparation: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">20 % was self-confidence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8 % relaxation</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, 12 % of the reasons were simply "psychological preparation ".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case of the least successful performance, 18% of the reasons were related to poor physical preparation. Illness, having a bad day, injuries and underestimation of the opponents represented 13% of the reasons. Only one participant stated that the referee was responsible for his bad result. Fatigue was present in 6 % of the reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the rest ( 63 %) attributed reasons that can be considered as mental preparation:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">14 % </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lack of concentration</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">13 % </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">fear, nervousness and self-doubt</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11% </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">lack of motivation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6 % l</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ack of self-confidence</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 % </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">negative mood and negative attitude</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4 % </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">too high expectations.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, 11 % of the reasons were “bad psychological preparation".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The reasons mentioned above gives us an insight into the attributions made by athletes which can be very useful in their preparation for competitions. Specifically, when coaches have an insight into how athletes think and to what reasons they attribute their good or bad performances, it allows them to respond with proper feedback. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since attributions were associated with various psychological constructs that are known to be necessary for success in the sport (anxiety , emotion , expectation of success in the future , self-esteem , self-efficacy , emotion , effort ... ) it is very important to recognise them in time so they can be properly directed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is especially true in the least successful performance situation. The question is: how much the athletes and their coaches work on this kind of preparation? Many coaches in their planning devote little or no time to psychological preparation. This might be due to ignorance, lack of time or consideration that this kind of preparation should be athlete’s responsibility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Physical preparation is certainly crucial on a daily basis because without fitness, technical and tactical preparation there can be no good results. However, on the day of the competition without adequate psychological preparation all this is not enough. If an athlete who is physically in great shape goes to the contest under pressure and concentrates on the wrong things it is unlikely that he will achieve a good result.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Athletes in our study indicated that the lack of concentration, anxiety, lack of self-confidence and motivation greatly contributed to their failure in the competition. These same constructs were important in the most of successful competition as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Considering that we can conclude that it is very important to work on those aspects of psychological preparation. The only question is whether the athletes and coaches will continue to leave this part of the preparation to chance or will they actively start to work on it. Do athletes really know how to properly concentrate, reduce anxiety, increase motivation and self-confidence? All this falls under psychological preparation that can be easily trained. So really, there is no excuse and you should start to work on this immediately. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, is <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/rebeka-tandaric/" target="_blank">Rebeka</a> right? As a <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches" target="_blank">coach</a>, will you leave the mental preparation of your judoka to chance, and keep working hard on their <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-athletes/strength-and-conditioning/strength-and-conditioning-for-ju/" target="_blank">physical</a> and technical preparation?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why not arrange for your judoka to have an Initial Needs Assessment with Rebeka and find out which areas she would be able to help. Read about the services offered on our Psychology page.. <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-athletes/psychology/psychology-for-judo/">http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-athletes/psychology/psychology-for-judo/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally, good luck to you, your club, and your team in forthcoming, training and competition.</span>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027014318762868181noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-83927777772899761112014-05-05T09:40:00.000-07:002014-05-05T09:40:34.345-07:00Principles of Judo<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I share below some thoughts from a module entitled “Judo Technical Principles”, about some fundamental judo principles. In particular, the 3 principles of judo as outlined in the Illustrated Kodokan Judo, 1955 edition; the principle of softness, the principle of maximum efficiency, and the principle of mutual benefit. (I led this module as Visiting Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, teaching the <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/overview/" target="_blank">European Judo Union Coach Award</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We see the concept of jū, [柔] in Ju-jutsu / ju-jitsu as one of the six martial arts, or Roku-bugei, the 6 compulsory martial arts for all samurai, these are; Kenjitsu (sword), Kyujitsu (archery), Bajitsu (horse), Sojitsu (spear), Hojitsu (gunnery), and Jujitsu (hand to hand).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">柔, is also known as Yawara. Commonly translated as softness, yielding, pliable, as in the example of snow falling on the willow tree. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the year 700 there was a Chinese military code in Japan, Lao Tzu's "Three Strategies", the "San-Ryaku". In this code we find the four character phrase: "jū yoku sei gō”. Another way to say this is; jū yoku gō o seisu, 柔よく剛を制す, meaning "Softness subdues Hardness" meaning that flexibility overcomes rigidity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we all know the techniques of Judo enable a smaller person to utilise the opponent's own power to throw him in spectacular fashion. Thus demonstrating the principle that "Softness overcomes Hardness". Indeed it is this drive to show the spectacular throwing techniques of judo that motivates many of the <a href="http://www.judospace.com/research/case-studies/judo-contest-rules/" target="_blank">rule changes</a> to international competition judo, brought about by the IJF in recent years. It could be argued that the implementation of the IJF rule changes are in fact a desire to demonstrate the fundamental principle of softness overcoming hardness, the principle of jū, enshrined in the first kanji of the name judo.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lao Tzu illustrates the point with the phrase; </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>“Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.”</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1922 at the age of 62, Jigoro Kano founded the Kodokan Cultural Council, The Kodokan Bunkakai. This was the 40th anniversary of the Kodokan. He chose the founding of the Cultural Council to launch the two underpinning principles of judo. By considering the date of the launch we can understand that these principles were formulated after 40 years of reflection about the principles of judo. Each of them is expressed as four word phrase.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">seiryoku zen'yō, 精力善用, the maximum efficient use of power, also described as; maximum efficiency, minimum effort, or maximum efficient use of physical and mental strength. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jigoro Kano realised that the principle of jū alone, did not encompass all of the techniques in judo, for example, armlocks, or atemi-waza. The answer was about applying your power in the most efficient way. This underlying principle for training in the techniques of judo, can be applied to all actions in daily life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The judoka learns to be efficient with their training, to be efficient with their time, to fit all the training around other commitments of work, study and relationships. The ideas of “not too much, not too little” that underpin maximum efficiency can also be applied to daily tasks, such as cleaning. Trevor Leggett often gave the example of holding the pencil half way up, for more efficient writing. (I had the great fortune to study zen under Trevor Leggett in the 1980s.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jita kyōei 自他共栄, or mutual prosperity for self and others, often translated as mutual welfare and benefit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the opening of the Kodokan Bunkakai in 1922, Kano explained that seiryoku zen'yō was required to provide the platform for jita kyōei.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For individuals, anger, worry and conflict, are not efficient uses of their power. In fact they are a waste of power. For a society, if many people are inefficient in their power, the society will fall into decline. The most efficient use of power for a group, relies on them supporting each other, providing mutual welfare, and then the whole society can benefit from that mutual application of maximum efficient use of power. In this way when seiryoku zen'yō is applied to society it becomes jita kyōei.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Examples of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">jita kyōe</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">i, include; respect for others, consideration to ukes, consideration to losers, helping people who need help, and helping the world to be peaceful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Often some of these ways to communicate jita kyōei in the dojo, is by encouraging young judoka to follow a version of the judo moral code.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I believe that a judo club can achieve great things, and make a significant contribution to their community, by the judo coaches and teacher taking efforts to apply the principles of judo into their daily classes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to understand more about how to coach judo to build your club, improve your athletes, and improve society, then consider following the path of hundreds of successful coaches, by <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-advanced-coach-award-at-leve/overview/" target="_blank">registering on the EJU Coach Awards</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In today’s modern society it is impossible to miss the speed at which technology, industry and lifestyles are changing. Civilisations are progressing rapidly and these developments are incessant and inevitable and can be reflected in the world of sport. So judo has changed over time. Koizumi, describes how judo in 1954 was growing into an organisation that demanded rules and regulations - far from the origins as a ‘formless form’. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The growth in participation opens up the opportunity for differing opinions to enter the judo world. This was taking place 60 years ago and is no different among today’s judo family. People may train Judo for mental development and stimulation, recreational enjoyment and social factors, exercise and health, for self-defence, or indeed as a dynamic modern competitive sport.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Koizumi describes how these different incentives are born from urges within individuals that were thought at that time to be mainly influenced by age. He was of the opinion that at a young age judo is mainly appealing for emotional satisfaction; then at the age of physical prime our focus shifts to a more competitive nature, before at approximately 30 years, when our physical capability is diminishing, our interest shifts into that from a more mental perspective.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We believe that there are more factors at work than age in influencing an individual’s motives in judo, those of most significance being an interaction with their surrounding environment and their previous personal experiences. A person’s characteristics and experiences along their judo path have a significant impact on their judo values; differing judo values result in differing views as to how judo should develop. This of course means it is difficult to find the all embracing progressive solution that Koizumi deemed necessary - however it seems that 60 years ago he may have been onto something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How many times have you heard (or even some of you may have said) how much better judo was back in the day? That the traditions of judo must be upheld and protected from modernisation of the sport? That competing was harder back then? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course, sometimes you would be right, and sometimes, you are looking through rose-tinted spectacles. It is also interesting to reflect on whether Kano-shihan was trying protect judo from modernisation, or in fact the opposite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The fact is that there is no single answer to pleasing everybody; but judo can be inclusive of all motives, judo can provide something for everybody if everybody works to support each other. Jita Kyoei.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This does not mean to change your values to suit another, as long as you hold on to your values and learn to pass them on and promote them they will remain and be safe. It means to work as one to embrace all values born through judo, to promote the fulfillment that judo brings to anyone that seeks it. For the judoka, an understanding of this lesson may be better achieved through reflecting upon the fundamentals taught in practice. These being the importance of the body working as one to be effective in movement. If all of us with different motives work together as one to include and promote all aspects of the way, we as a judo family will be stronger. As Koizumi stated: “man is no judge of man, live and let live”. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We ask you to think over your judo values, how you came about them and what you are doing to pass them on. We ask you to consider whether you share the respect for other people’s judo values as you do your own, even if you may not fully understand them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently we had the sad occasion to attend the funeral of legendary coach, Don Werner of Pinewood Judo Club. Afterwards Dr Callan was asked by EJU Level 5 Graduate, and England Team Manager, Matt Divall, what he had learnt from the days events. He responded;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a coach are you just teaching technique, or are you building people, and teaching values. In your dojo, is judo more than a sport?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We work to help coaches shape and reflect on their values, through our delivery of the EJU <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-advanced-coach-award-at-leve/overview/" target="_blank">Advanced Coach Award</a> and<a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/overview/" target="_blank"> Performance Coach Award</a>, together with our colleagues at <a href="http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/microsites/judo1.html?utm_source=judo&utm_medium=url&utm_campaign=redirect&utm_content=judo.fst.jan2010" target="_blank">Anglia Ruskin University</a>. Find out more <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches" target="_blank">here…</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good luck to you trying to instill good judo values to younger members of the judo family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[Ref: Koizumi, G. 1954. Judo, Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin. April. p 21.]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found an article published in 1949, some 65 years ago, written by eminent judoka and Budokwai member Douglas Mann, entitled, Judo and Science. In this blog we consider its relevance today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We present this to contrast our earlier <a href="http://judospace.blogspot.gr/2013/12/the-art-of-judo.html" target="_blank">blog on the art of judo</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In hearing the word “science” what’s the first image to be pictured in your mind? A man with crazy hair, a lab coat and a board full of equations? Do you welcome science as a method of learning, or shun it because of anxiety about its complexity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But the judoka among you are learning a science every time you step on the mat. We hypothesise, when we think about how we might throw, who might beat who, or how we could deal with a tactical situation. Randori practice is the trials and testing of the scientist; then our throws are displayed in competition, donated to the collection of others – in the same way that significant findings are exhibited and published in science. With this comparison, Mann explains that we as judo players become the experts of our own science.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mann goes on to state that “By painstaking, objective study of nature, man learns to control the powers of nature”, in this example Mann refers to science as an objective method of study. This can then be applied further; through study of the body we can learn to control our health and our physical conditioning for performance and through study of judo we can learn technique, tactics and develop control of our actions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Mann identifies, science plays an important role in judo, he describes the scientific approach to learning judo as the study and application of biomechanical principles and the understanding and manipulation of an opponent’s cognitions. Over time developments have been made in the core sciences, leading to an influence by sport scientists in many sports. Such developments in judo have allowed us to gain a greater depth of knowledge about how our sport is evolving and about those partaking in it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Effective coaching requires keeping up with and driving forward the direction of sport science – in order to effectively educate others it is vital to first educate one’s self. Is this something you too feel is important in order to be a great judoka or coach? Are you utilising and making the most of resources available to you to be the best you can be? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">“In order to effectively educate others it is vital to first educate one’s self.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some readers may insist that judo is instead an art, as if by being an art, something cannot therefore be a science. This view is clearly flawed. One only has to consider the fibonacci numbers we see in nature to realise that, science and art are locked together. Mann recognises this when he concludes his article with a comment about the “Middle Way”. An important concept in judo and budo. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At <a href="http://www.judospace.com/" target="_blank">Judospace</a>, our view is that coaching needs to be founded on evidence. We call it evidence based coaching. Science relies on evidence. If we are not using evidence based coaching, we must be using “guess based coaching”, at Judospace we believe that athletes deserve more than that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We work with the European Judo Union, and many forward thinking federations to help coaches apply science into their work. Module titles on the <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/overview/" target="_blank">EJU Level 4 Coach Award at Anglia Ruskin University</a> include; Applied Pedagogy in Judo, Physiology for Judo, Biomechanics in Judo, Judo Technical Principles, Talent Development Pathways in Judo, Strength and Conditioning for Judo, Performance Analysis of Judo, and Psychological Profiling for Combat Sport. These courses are delivered by some of the top judo expertise in the world. Four members of the IJF Hall of Fame have taught on the EJU courses, (George Kerr, Kosei Inoue, Peter Seisenbacher and Neil Adams).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This Easter (April 2014) <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/staff/" target="_blank">on the EJU course</a>, <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/staff/" target="_blank">Juergen Klinger,</a> <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/staff/" target="_blank">Nuno Delgado</a>,<a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/staff/" target="_blank"> Emanuela Pierantozzi</a>, <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/yoshiaki-tsuruoka/" target="_blank">Yoshiaki Tsuruoka</a>, <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/staff/" target="_blank">Katrina McDonald</a>, <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/bob-challis/" target="_blank">Bob Challis</a>, <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/darren-warner/" target="_blank">Darren Warner</a> and <a href="http://www.judospace.com/about-us/who-we-are/dr-mike-callan/" target="_blank">Mike Callan</a> will share their expertise on subjects related to Judo and Science. You can find out how to <a href="http://www.judospace.com/courses-for-coaches/eju-performance-coach-award-at-l/apply/" target="_blank">enrol here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wishing every success to you and your athletes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Judo and Science by D. Mann. First published in Judo, Quarterly Bulletin, January 1949. Vol. IV. No. 4. Published by the Budokwai. London. p 33-34.)</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027014318762868181noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-12702301394365666162013-12-29T14:57:00.001-08:002013-12-29T14:57:45.960-08:00Trees on a judo mountain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Looking at the poems of Basho (one of the most famous Japanese poets), one finds that the concepts of Immutability and Change are very much at the centre of his thought.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The immutable backbone of Judo is the aim of human perfection through judo training, the ideal being the peak of universal morality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In judo this high ideal is accepted as the aim, but in the practice of the technique (jutsu) itself it is made clear that the ideal is always to be kept before the mind, and this I think is the immutable aspect of Kodokan Judo.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kano, R., 1953. Immutability and Change. Judo Quarterly Bulletin, July, IX(2), pp. 14-15.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are some of the words of Resei Kano. The former President of the Kodokan and the International Judo Federation, written in April 1953, in the Kodokan magazine, Judo. (The reference is for the English Translation in the Budokwai Quarterly Bulletin).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That took me to research a little more about Basho. Born in 1644, near Ueno, now part of Tokyo, he is famous as a writer of haiku poetry. Then I came across this haiku by Shoji Kumano. It seemed rather topical at the moment;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoying three bowls of zoni </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">三椀の 雑煮かゆるや 長者ぶり (Sanwan no zoni kayuru ya chojya buri)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (http://www.hokuoto77.com/buson00.html#new year's day)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Background: 'Zoni' is a soup containing mochi (rice cakes), vegetables and other ingredients. To cook zoni was very expensive for the common people in the Edo period(1603-1868). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier in my career, I was lucky enough to be employed as a manager by Syd Hoare. Syd is a legendary judoka, who competed in the Tokyo Olympic Games. His company was called Yamagi Ltd. Hi told me that the company name was drawn from a traditional poem about a secret principle of judo;</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The trees on Mount Tsukuba are extremely thick but from time to time a moonbeam penetrates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Tsukubayama ha yamashige yamashige keredo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is article 171 in Syd’s book “Judo Strategies”.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Earlier this month I had the privilege of giving a lecture at Tsukuba University. It was formerly known as Tokyo Higher Normal College, and the Principal for 25 years was Professor Jigoro Kano.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was talking to around 200 undergraduates. Discussing matters related to violence and bullying in sport. I reminded them that they are the generation to deliver the legacy of Tokyo 2020, and that one legacy could be the eradication of violence from the Japanese sporting society, far more lasting than any bricks and mortar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully some of you reading this will have athletes with aspirations to compete with distinction at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Judo Competition. As they eat like millionaires to celebrate this new year, they will dedicate themselves to another year of hardship and hard work. They are trying to create a personal legacy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have chosen to dedicate the rest of my career to supporting the athletes, coaches and federations who choose that journey of hardship and hard work. I founded <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">Judospace Ltd</a>, so named as S.P.A.C.E. (supporting player and coach education). I work with a remarkable team of people, committed particularly to helping coaches transform their athletes into judoka.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we step into another year, another step along the way, we would like to thank everyone that we have worked with in 2013, and re-commit ourselves to having even greater impact in the coming 12 months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I read his post whilst I was having breakfast at the Tokyo Dome Hotel, during a recent lecture tour to Japan. His post prompted me to reflect on my own views on the topic, and inspired, I wrote the majority of this post there and then at the breakfast table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But tools are not enough, they have to have technique, knowledge of anatomy, art history, composition, the skills and knowledge of the trade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The artist then adds style, their own spin on things. It’s how art historians and forgery experts can tell the difference between a master and apprentice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s what the artist judo coach does with their tools and expertise, spins them into something unique, something special for each athlete.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s why I love judo. To see two artist coaches pitched against each other. Picasso and Manet, seated just metres apart, battling with their canvases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As a judo coach have you studied enough to have the skills, tools and knowledge required? How much do you reflect on your coaching to be able to add your own spin? To turn your coaching from a science into an art? Unfortunately too many players are poorly served by coaches who have not studied to better themselves, who do not have the skills, tools and knowledge required. Help ensure that your players are better served. Make 2014 the year that you learn the science and turn it into art.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02027014318762868181noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-50310527433919219082013-09-25T09:05:00.001-07:002013-09-25T09:05:17.190-07:00A dream for judo
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thrilling the audience in Rio de Janeiro, the free world celebrated the 50<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
Anniversary of the civil rights march to Washington DC, and the famous “I have
a dream” speech of the visionary Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Recently there was a discussion on social media about
coaching and the development of a judo system. One post referred to the speech
and said that his dream for judo is “'- that every town, borough or city will
have a permanent dojo with quality facilities.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The comment got me thinking, about what my dream is for
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have a dream that those dojos in every town and city of
the world will be based in a place of learning. That every school, college and
university, will have a dojo, and that judo will be synonymous with education.
That the values of judo will be taught in the classroom, and the values of the
classroom will be taught in the dojo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89abwjza8Dnr0s2QMgvE_xHTYHWshleImxVuTm90VRIvdCHS3AaVx5bGXqBEfy2IJQ3RfaFoRV_uvDEzITFc1ImGRvmhAHdXlWAEqEUnBnrmBTVNGN9fQm5tBk4EAp6BV4oB4AiCdd4XP/s1600/lowres_kids_judo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89abwjza8Dnr0s2QMgvE_xHTYHWshleImxVuTm90VRIvdCHS3AaVx5bGXqBEfy2IJQ3RfaFoRV_uvDEzITFc1ImGRvmhAHdXlWAEqEUnBnrmBTVNGN9fQm5tBk4EAp6BV4oB4AiCdd4XP/s200/lowres_kids_judo.jpg" width="138" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">I have a dream that those dojos are led by great coaches.
That those dojos are led by educated coaches. Are led by coaches who have
devoted their own time to the study of how to make their dojo better, the
pupils better, their athletes better. Coaches who have studied diligently about
how to change lives through judo.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Without great coaches, dojos are empty, sometimes
intimidating, sometimes scary, and sometimes dangerous. Without great coaches
that embrace the values of judo, dojos can encourage arrogance, deceitfulness,
even bullying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Great coaches, educated coaches, encourage the development
of the whole person. They encourage hard training, technical excellence,
respect for others, seiryoku-zenyo and jita kyoei.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-85767765534577290752013-06-16T09:45:00.000-07:002013-06-16T09:45:16.281-07:00Judo: the art of communication<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">All teachers will understand pride in the accomplishments of their
students. I have been fortunate to support the development of many judo
coaches, a number of whom have gone on to significant positions in the sport.
Increasingly, many of them share their thoughts online and communicate with the
whole judo family.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have chosen to highlight in this post the thoughts of some of these
present and former students who took the decision to improve their coaching.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Firstly, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Danny Williams</b>, is
a still an active player, an Olympian, who competed in the 2012 London Olympic
Games, Danny is a player at Camberley Judo Club, and a student at Anglia Ruskin
University, following the EJU Performance Coach Award. He is preparing already
for his future coaching career, and works on a weekly basis with the England
Regional Cadet players.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Read his blog here: </span><a href="http://dannywilliamsddjw.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://dannywilliamsddjw.wordpress.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have two favourite quotes from Danny’s blog; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“Sports coaching and training from a young players perspective cannot
be a democracy, the coach must deliver precise technical fundamental practice
and sparring training, and the athlete must follow precisely the given
instructions.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Then talking about his improved ability to combat frustration he says…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“I believe I owe this to things I’ve learned from my own experience and
from my coach who has helped me to see training and competition as a process
rather than the be all and end all.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Danny’s coach, is another of my former students, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Luke Preston</b>. He graduated in 2008 from the EJU Performance Coach
Award. Luke was a coach for Great Britain at the London Olympic Games, where his
athlete Karina Bryant, won a bronze medal. Follow Luke on twitter; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/LukePreston_CJC"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">https://twitter.com/LukePreston_CJC</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Next blog is from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mike Newton</b>,
Head Coach at Vale Judo Club, graduate of the EJU Performance Coach Award in
2009. In 2010, Mike spent a placement at Sagami High School, near Tokyo. A
feeder high school to Tokai University, former students include Yasuhiro
Yamashita and Kosei Inoue.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike made a number of changes to his club environment after visiting
Sagami High School, read about them at;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://simplyjudo.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://simplyjudo.wordpress.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On 12 February 2010, Mike presented a case study of High School student
Naohisa Takato. Three years later, I watched Takato win the Paris Grand Slam.
At the time of writing he is ranked 1st in the IJF World Ranking List.
Discussing his training environment in Sagami, my favourite quote from Mike is…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“Every student knows what to do and when to do it – coaches simply
provide technical input, set the training atmosphere and provide encouragement
– most of the time things run like clockwork.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Also working with the same age group is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dave Elmore</b>. Dave graduated the EJU Performance Coach Award in
2011. He works with Wolverhampton University and Walsall College, delivering
the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence. A structured judo
curriculum for junior players.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Dave’s blog is; </span><a href="http://aasejudo.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://aasejudo.wordpress.com/</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I like this quote…<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">“I feel that you should always be willing to try new
ideas and look at other sports and activities to find a new edge.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One very prolific blogger is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bob
Challis</b>. Having graduated from the EJU High Performance Coach Award in
2009, Bob is now the course leader, and a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin
University. Bob is continuing to develop himself and is in the second year of
his PhD.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You can find his blog at: </span><a href="http://judobob.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://judobob.wordpress.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My favourite line from his blog is;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“To be honest there is no real secret, for me it is about mat time and
volume of randori.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Bob also quotes from a well-known former judo player, and US President,
Theodore Roosevelt;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the
strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is
marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes
short again and again, because there is no effort without error and
shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great
enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at
the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the
worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place
shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor
defeat. “<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One could argue that the “king” of the judo blog is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Lance Wicks</b>. Lance also graduated from
the EJU High Performance Coach Award in 2009. He is now a member of the IJF
computer team, providing the live streaming from IJF and EJU events across the
world. Lance developed the site </span><a href="http://www.planetjudo.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://www.planetjudo.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">
which aggregates all the judo blogs into one feed. He has English, Spanish and French
versions.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">On his blog at </span><a href="http://www.judocoach.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://www.judocoach.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;">
Lance reflected on each lecture during his time studying as a coach. To quote a
couple of reflections;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“One of the great things about this course is that most all of the work
we do has real world application and this development plan I have to write
could be really good if executed.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">“One of the most important skills any Judoka and in particular any Judo
coach can have is the ability to look at things critically and assess the value
of what they read, see or hear.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Finally, I end this post with some light relief. If Lance is the king,
then officially the “Queen of Blog” is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Aki
Inoue</b>. She is a friend of Judospace, wife of All-Japan Judo Federation Head
Coach, Kosei Inoue, and a celebrity in her own right. Aki’s blog has a huge
following amongst her fans in Japan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I hope you enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">To find out more about the experience of these coaches, visit our website at <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">www.judospace.com</a></span><br />
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judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-89968396808531494212013-06-08T08:30:00.000-07:002013-06-08T08:30:02.893-07:00Judo Coaching: great coaches make great players<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kKqdJ6GOT3IRmk_3SJtrFDOuN_C5sypMRLMvjUU89eZG-zSrnz5zXdGV_aeSQV6HuRmdFvzsVJZwOgrF4Gbyr7YDVmDcu4-EsDWfIaaukV5vMMTv-8qC4vk2Y6mltv1-i1ayULbnI7t7/s1600/Uchimata.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kKqdJ6GOT3IRmk_3SJtrFDOuN_C5sypMRLMvjUU89eZG-zSrnz5zXdGV_aeSQV6HuRmdFvzsVJZwOgrF4Gbyr7YDVmDcu4-EsDWfIaaukV5vMMTv-8qC4vk2Y6mltv1-i1ayULbnI7t7/s320/Uchimata.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If you are a judo coach you have a very important role. If
you are paid as a judo coach, then you have a very important job.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Why is it an important job?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You have a responsibility to your judoka, the athletes that
trust you. The trust is often built on respect. Your judoka respect you, your
behaviours and your opinions. They value your knowledge, they learn through the
way that you communicate that knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">When you share knowledge effectively, it can be utilised by
the judoka to win a match. The judoka understands that the win is because of
the knowledge that you shared with them. This reinforces their belief in you,
and the knowledge that you have, and your ability to communicate it effectively.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sometimes your knowledge is found wanting. You are not
really sure how to deal with a certain opponent, or a certain kumi-kata
situation. You are embarrassed at your limited knowledge in a certain area. You
try to hide it. Maybe you convince yourself that you think you know the answer.
Your judoka trusts you. They try their best, but they don’t succeed. Your
limited knowledge let them down. There is a small chink in their respect for
you. They are not sure to fully believe you the next time. Gradually the
relationship breaks down. The trust and communication that you had together
starts to fall apart. Each thinks the other is to blame.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">How can we avoid this? Certainly you cannot hope to win all
the matches, your relationship cannot be built on only winning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If we think about a judo competition, in each round, half
the players win their matches, and half the players lose their matches. That’s
the sobering thing about judo. You either win or lose. If you keep a record of
the matches of all your judoka, if the win record is better than 50% you are
doing better than average.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">If your judoka can see that you are constantly trying to
improve your knowledge, they will see that you are investing your time to help
them. They will see that you are studying for mutual welfare and benefit. They
will have greater confidence that the suggestions that you make are based on
reflection, on evidence, on research.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Research, evidence and reflection can help the judo coach to
make better decisions, to offer better advice, to have access to a wider range
of ideas. Study into communication methods and techniques can help the
decisions, advice and ideas be understood and applied more effectively and more
efficiently. Maximum efficiency with minimum effort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Study hard, don’t expect it to be easy, and your players
will benefit. They may even win more matches. The harder you work, the luckier
they get.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Good luck to all your judoka.</span></div>
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judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-88451637577658905272012-12-30T08:23:00.000-08:002012-12-30T08:23:46.520-08:00Reflections and Resolutions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">res·o·lu·tion (rz-lshn) (The Free Dictionary) noun.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1. The state
or quality of being resolute; firm determination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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resolving to do something.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">3. A course
of action determined or decided on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">At the Kodokan in Tokyo, and in many other dojos around the
world, the New Year is marked by a Kagami Biraki ceremony. Literally this means
cutting the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kagami-mochi</i>, the rice
cakes traditionally eaten during the ceremony. The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kagami </i>is a mirror. You can see the eight sided mirror represented in
the Kodokan badge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the time of year that many judoka make resolutions
to follow in the coming year. It could be that they are part of a process of
goal setting, and review, which their coach has helped them develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">But what about the coach?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Does the coach set themselves goals? Are you going to make
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Probably best start by a little self-analysis. What are your
strengths and weaknesses? Which areas could you seek to better yourself in the coming
year?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Knowles, Borrie and Telfer recognise that “Recently,
reflective practice has emerged as a key skill with which to enhance coach
learning and increase the value of coaches' educational experiences.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The symbol of the Kodokan reminds judoka to reflect on
themselves, and at each new year to cut through the mirror and look at
ourselves afresh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The European Judo Union, through their Judo Knowledge
Commission, also recognise the importance of reflective practice among coaches.
The suite of coach awards at levels 3, 4, 5 & 6 all encourage reflective
practice to help the coaches to develop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Many of the coaches that have followed the EJU Coach Awards
were rewarded in 2012 by seeing some of their athletes compete in the London
Olympic and Paralympic Games. If you would like to improve your coaching to
give your athletes the best chance, then be resolute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">To find out more about judo coach education opportunities
visit </span><a href="http://www.judospace.com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.judospace.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Good luck and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">gambatte</i>,
to all judo coaches and their athletes in 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Knowles, Z., Borrie, A., & Telfer, H. 2005. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Towards the reflective sports coach: issues
of context, education and application.</i> Ergonomics, Volume 48, Issue 11-14,
2005. Special Issue: Sports, Leisure and Ergonomics (SLE) Conference, 19-21
November 2003. pages 1711-1720.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-87704926467050489582010-11-21T03:46:00.000-08:002010-11-21T04:00:55.418-08:00Be a lucky judo coach<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2168T6N6JsFoQdeYecvcPttta3jL9f_eWX6WpEwQ4MUkw29rTpuj0e7lEB7u96-zvrV-g39QsS7fzLwzh-Al4K-VMYFOsntO5fa1bBt5x_9S_sGxAqAPVKrnGvyYxstM2i0uxc41rq4zl/s1600/kanji_luck_lg.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541971344675968002" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 175px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 167px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2168T6N6JsFoQdeYecvcPttta3jL9f_eWX6WpEwQ4MUkw29rTpuj0e7lEB7u96-zvrV-g39QsS7fzLwzh-Al4K-VMYFOsntO5fa1bBt5x_9S_sGxAqAPVKrnGvyYxstM2i0uxc41rq4zl/s200/kanji_luck_lg.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div>"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." (Darrel Royal)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>When your player goes off to the competition, often his friends or family will wish him "Good Luck!". As the coach you know that the luck is dependent on the preparation you have done as a team, both player and coach. The player puts in the effort to complete the sessions, the coach puts in the effort to ensure that the content and volume of those sessions is correct.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Great coaches study hard to ensure that the meal they are seving to the player is made up of the right ingredients. They want to know it's right, not just guess that it's right. They want to leave no stone unturned in their quest to provide their player with the best preparation.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The European Judo Union are helping coaches to do that, by providing a range of study opportunities for coaches, so that they can create their own luck.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Show me a champion judoka, and I'll show you a coach who studied hard to ensure the player had the best preparation.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Good Luck!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The EJU is working with the Judospace Educational Institute to offer the Level 3 Advanced Coach Award. Visit <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a></div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-9993227307596403002010-09-26T14:17:00.000-07:002010-09-26T14:49:32.091-07:00Ippon!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlOCYXb6NK-q4NrDg3wtavpEhRz5hgOaOpgDgKzUZ0sGPZddiIz3e7l_L5TLM-am7lGidQzXXffaZr9MDV8oTXrt_zOiFYK9fT1YIX0CjdbNBJEjlACy_N3Z09-2aX-dVQ_Bx1TKdOTNd/s1600/1134_2_1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521341611384364242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlOCYXb6NK-q4NrDg3wtavpEhRz5hgOaOpgDgKzUZ0sGPZddiIz3e7l_L5TLM-am7lGidQzXXffaZr9MDV8oTXrt_zOiFYK9fT1YIX0CjdbNBJEjlACy_N3Z09-2aX-dVQ_Bx1TKdOTNd/s320/1134_2_1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Yoyogi Stadium, Row 10, Seat 14, 10 am on the 9th September... Hajime. The start of the World Judo Championships Tokyo 2010. The first time the World Championships had returned to its spiritual home for 58 years. So began a five day judofest, an extravaganza of waza, a whirling of judogi, a battering of tatami, and an explosion of ippon.</div><div> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Ippon was the theme of the competition, from the calligraphy in the opening ceremony, to the spellbinding Oguruma by Junpei Morishita to win the 66kg.</div><br /><div><br /><a href="http://www.judovision.org/?p=7542">http://www.judovision.org/?p=7542</a></div><br /><div><br />Congratulations to coach Kenzo Nakamura for that result. Kenzo has been a guest lecturer on the European Judo Union Level 4 Performance Coach Award, where great coaches learn to make great players.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Can you imagine coaching your player in the final of the World Championship? An epic journey begins with the first step. Go to <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a> and enrol on the EJU Level 3 Advanced Coach Award online. A small step to take to be the best coach you can be.</div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-36733651670538051612010-06-08T00:56:00.000-07:002010-06-08T01:03:12.598-07:00Breaking Balance<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9VdYhn7bMgzzBVShdOlAcu8AoDxLK-e-pUuKCJNtPdP89WedQAKjeQJRHPQ4q5AeiFe5QpwcJp0yqPyuyJ-KVCojo9YGBPNOJ1-lauSXiFrpluDUxxnP0cXuM1R2qfhOdy61gTEBXf5c/s1600/Balance.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480309086399715698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy9VdYhn7bMgzzBVShdOlAcu8AoDxLK-e-pUuKCJNtPdP89WedQAKjeQJRHPQ4q5AeiFe5QpwcJp0yqPyuyJ-KVCojo9YGBPNOJ1-lauSXiFrpluDUxxnP0cXuM1R2qfhOdy61gTEBXf5c/s320/Balance.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Kuzushi. Syd Hoare suggests it "is still the undiscovered secret of judo". I thought I'd try to discover a little more. </div><div><br />Over the years I've come to realise that people are so much easier to throw if their balance is broken. As I mature I find that I seek out any possible way to be more efficient with my efforts. It seems to me that practicing with partners<br />who are in a state of unbalance would be much more efficient. So how do I achieve that?<br /></div><div>Murata Sensei, of the Kodokan, discussed with me the idea that kuzushi is an integral part of tsukuri.<br /></div><div>Moshanov suggests that five of the most basic methods of kuzushi are to be found in the Itsutsu-no-kata, the Forms of Five. If kuzushi is so fundamental to the application of waza, then why is<br />itsutsu-no-kata so rarely taught? Perhaps if it was taught more then kuzushi wouldn't be such an undiscovered secret.<br /></div><div>Leggett and Watanabe suggest that "the idea of judo is not to smash an opponents strongest point, but to get him off balance and keep him off balance...", applying less force to his weak point.<br /></div><div>Kano states "Even if your opponent has two or three times your power, if you can execute your move at the precise moment he is off balance, you can easily throw him by something as simple as tripping him."<br /></div><div>Sounds to me like the idea of maximum efficiency with minimum effort. Best use of energy. Seiryoku saizen katsuyo.<br /></div><div>Hmmm... So it seems that the application of kuzushi is the manifestation of seiryoku Zenyo. There's a thought.<br /></div><div>If you are interested in finding out more about the application of kuzushi, why not enrol on the Advanced Coach Award with the European Judo Union. Visit <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a> to find out more.<br /></div><div>Hoare. S., (2002) Judo Strategies. pp 48-49. Ippon Books.</div><div>Leggett. T. & Watanabe. K., (1964) Championship Judo. Foulsham.</div><div>Moshanov. A., (2004) Judo from a russian perspective. Ipa-Verlag.</div><div>Kano. J., (2005) Mind over muscle. Kodansha.</div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-54595161521278321532010-05-08T07:59:00.000-07:002010-05-08T08:02:38.908-07:00Judo Practice<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqC95L9RXyLTjktbE3pUZ798dDf82Qb2YIoiZDX8O8sxcmM35upUHUUMrTwDHazBAOfJ7Ddu26oR-AYXvF67NqPR3MJba_DKKEK7SRy_m-OebHcGU-RMLHM-V3Jotp_V_l5kMJSeOgpst/s1600/Judo+Practice.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468914661697265378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqC95L9RXyLTjktbE3pUZ798dDf82Qb2YIoiZDX8O8sxcmM35upUHUUMrTwDHazBAOfJ7Ddu26oR-AYXvF67NqPR3MJba_DKKEK7SRy_m-OebHcGU-RMLHM-V3Jotp_V_l5kMJSeOgpst/s320/Judo+Practice.jpg" border="0" /></a>When I am going to judo, I say I am going to practice. When I return, my wife asks me “how was the practice?” I started to reflect on what do we mean by practice.<br /><div><br />Some say practice makes perfect, other say, no, practice just makes permanent.</div><br /><div><br />So what does the thesaurus tell us about practice?; habit, process, exercise, application, discipline, preparation, rehearsal, repetition, study, training, work-out, drill, hone, polish, sharpen, pursue, apply, accomplish, create, develop, persevere, persist, form.</div><br /><div><br />One definition of the verb to practice is: To do something repeatedly in order to acquire or polish a skill.</div><br /><div><br />So the concept of repetition is important. I would suggest that guided practice is important. Imagine your player has a taiotoshi which is technically poor, biomechanically incorrect, then when they practice it, repeatedly polish it, they will get very good at doing taiotoshi badly. If they practice hard enough, they could indeed become expert at doing a bad taiotoshi.</div><br /><div><br />So as a coach you need to be sure that your technical correction is accurate, then encourage repetition. Repetition in uchikomi, in nage komi, in tandoku renshu, in kakari geiko, in shiai. Give your players every opportunity to practice. Every opportunity to study and create their judo. Every opportunity to persevere, to develop and polish their judo.</div><br /><div><br />Can you meet them before work, before school? Can you get in the dojo at 6 am? Can you remove excuses? Give them technically correct instruction, and help motivate them to practice. If they normally practice for an hour, for 60 minutes, could you extend it by 6 minutes? You would be increasing their opportunity to practice by 10%. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As a coach, can you improve yourself so you can give the players the very best guidance, the best instruction? Imagine the total possible knowledge in judo can be put in a cup, then ask how full is your cup? Now you can follow judo coach education online, at times that suit you, and interact with other coaches and coach educators. All accredited by the European Judo Union. Find out how at <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a>.</div><br /><div><br />Enjoy your practice.</div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-45986153905901336402010-05-02T03:32:00.000-07:002010-05-02T03:38:59.256-07:0010,000 hours of judo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1etw-8jYCVi1OFWI2DyBOdjtvwICsyfSa-jsG8yiI07NhuM46SBr6SwMpFHCcYcVL3Uz5bXFeCbM21n_lgqAvzxNirtxt3FZYa1P8-D0hJN10rC3mIjXqBhjjvhFXNsQFHvga-1SSFRY/s1600/Kosei+Inoue.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466619703076939330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 178px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1etw-8jYCVi1OFWI2DyBOdjtvwICsyfSa-jsG8yiI07NhuM46SBr6SwMpFHCcYcVL3Uz5bXFeCbM21n_lgqAvzxNirtxt3FZYa1P8-D0hJN10rC3mIjXqBhjjvhFXNsQFHvga-1SSFRY/s320/Kosei+Inoue.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have spent many years studying how you go about creating an environment which will allow a judo player to develop who is capable of medalling at Senior World Championships and Olympic Games.</div><br /><div><br />One of the most compelling theories for me is the work by Ericsson et al (1993) which suggests the 10,000 hour rule. Ie, that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become expert at something. This concept is popularised in Gladwell’s excellent book, Outliers (Gladwell, 2008).</div><br /><div><br />So let’s think about training volumes achievable for a judo player. And let’s also think about ‘deliberate practice’. Training at club level in the UK, in a mixed ability group of average motivation, one might have a 90 minute session, of which 15 -30 minutes, is the time spent by the player intently focussed on technical improvement, or hard randori where they are technically challenged. The rest is warming up, resting, talking, acting as uke, helping lower grades or younger players, and playing games. Of course it is possible with the right attitude to get some benefits from these activities, but often I see that is not the case. Let’s be generous and say that there is 30 minutes of deliberate practice achieved. At a rate of 2 sessions per week, that gives you one of the required 10,000 hours.</div><br /><div><br />Assume the player has good attendance and manages to attend the club for 50 weeks per year. Then they will achieve 50 hours towards their goal that year. It will only take them 200 years to become expert.</div><br /><div><br />Most players are past their best by then!</div><br /><div><br />So they clearly need to do more volume of deliberate practice. What if they could be in a well motivated training group, with a more experienced expert coach, who can keep them on task. And what if the sessions were lengthened to 150 minutes, of which, 2 hrs was deliberate practice. Could they do more than 2 sessions per week? How about 5 sessions per week? How about also doing a morning session with them? Could the coach keep them on task for 2hrs each weekday morning? They would probably have smaller numbers, so the coach would have to work harder to keep the sessions fresh.</div><br /><div><br />But then they would have 4 hrs deliberate practice per day. Five days per week, That’s 20 hrs a week. In the earlier regime it would take our player 20 weeks, or 5 months to cover the same ground. Imagine our second player does this for 50 weeks per year. Then they can fit in 1000 hours per year. So they can feasibly become expert in 10 years.</div><br /><div><br />So if we create a training environment where they can do 20 hrs per week deliberate practice, and we start when they are 16 years old, then by the time they are 26 perhaps they will be capable of winning at World level.</div><br /><div><br />Could we start earlier? Gymnasts and swimmers start their deliberate practice much earlier. But in judo the best players are usually a bit older. Exceptionally they are 20 or 21 years old. Usually 23 – 28.</div><br /><div><br />Do you have a talented payer you are working with as a coach? Are they doing deliberate practice? If so, work out for how many hours per week, and by what age they will have completed 10,000 hours. </div><br /><div><br />For further reading on this topic try the references below.</div><br /><div><br />To become that experienced, expert coach that can keep them on task, enrol on the Advanced Coach Award with the European Judo Union. Visit <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a> to find out more.</div><br /><div><br />Ericsson, K. A., (2000). Expert Performance and Deliberate Practice - An updated excerpt from Ericsson (2000). Accessed on 2nd May 2010 at: <a href="http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.exp.perf.html">http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson/ericsson.exp.perf.html</a> </div><br /><div><br />Ericsson, K. A., Krampe, R., and Tesch-Romer, C., (1993). The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance. Psychological Review, Vol. 100. No. 3, 363-406. Accessed on 2nd May 2010 at: <a href="http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberatePracticePR93.pdf">http://projects.ict.usc.edu/itw/gel/EricssonDeliberatePracticePR93.pdf</a></div><br /><div><br />Gladwell, M., (2008). Outliers – The story of success. Allen Lane. London.<br /><br /></div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-78922916102170082472010-04-24T09:28:00.000-07:002010-04-24T09:31:37.500-07:00Swedish Gold in front of Putin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxnxaOPuJ8OUk3LJXsFq8gSFt8jPMUZ7jZIp2NeS6H_2U5YzTKRA8pPD9Db7kezbY0fWrfXKYGyRAoTmY8Vm64t7VNcttA2tkLbcVYCZECe4OBMD9y194PPF2CLFx1nEh02rDKbTWwqOZ/s1600/Nyman+Sweden.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5463742241961288850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxnxaOPuJ8OUk3LJXsFq8gSFt8jPMUZ7jZIp2NeS6H_2U5YzTKRA8pPD9Db7kezbY0fWrfXKYGyRAoTmY8Vm64t7VNcttA2tkLbcVYCZECe4OBMD9y194PPF2CLFx1nEh02rDKbTWwqOZ/s320/Nyman+Sweden.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This picture shows Sweden's first ever European Champion, Marcus Nyman, recieving his gold medal from former President of the Swedish Judo Federation, Johnny Kullenberg.</div><br /><div><br />Marcus is coached by a graduate of the EJU Level 4 Performance Coach Award, Robert Erikkson. A project fully supported by Johnny in his role as President, and by EJU Vice President Daniel Lascau whilst he was Sports Director in Sweden.</div><br /><div><br />Sincere congratulations to Marcus, Johnny, Robert and Daniel on this historical achievement.<br />They were applauded here in the stadium by the most famous judoka in the world, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. A man who is making a tremendous contribution to the development and recognition of world judo.</div><br /><div><br />Who wil be the next graduate from an EJU Coach Award to win a European Championship with their player, the challenge is set.</div><br /><div><br />To improve your coaching, and make a difference to your players visit <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a> to find out how.</div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-91285339271335293202010-04-19T13:44:00.000-07:002010-04-19T13:51:21.680-07:00Research Clouds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYiC6kUGdRL9Zu_13tT_HLiSsUvj4LFCR5pJp3spSppfgfG8rvQqJ0CrYQs14YjarJXXimkfaUIEcBVZeEisFtBz7pSc0HFuoDnlEvjKILIfcZufJjLy4pmu9Dt-JXaWZqN1Gi8Z04iff/s1600/EJU+L3+Marketing+poster+Vienna+for+web.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461953288055322226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 129px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXYiC6kUGdRL9Zu_13tT_HLiSsUvj4LFCR5pJp3spSppfgfG8rvQqJ0CrYQs14YjarJXXimkfaUIEcBVZeEisFtBz7pSc0HFuoDnlEvjKILIfcZufJjLy4pmu9Dt-JXaWZqN1Gi8Z04iff/s320/EJU+L3+Marketing+poster+Vienna+for+web.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hopefully heading off tommorrow to sunny Vienna, to judge the Second European Science of Judo Symposium Poster Competition. The Symposium will be held in the Ferry Dusika Stadium, the venue for the European Senior Championships. If you are in Vienna on Wednesday 21 April<br />2010, come along to have a look at some of Europes latest research into judo.<br /></div><br /><div>The EJU will use the occasion of the Championships to launch the Level 3 Award delivered in partnership with the Judospace Educational Institute, the Level 4 and Level 5 Awards in partnership with Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and the Level 6 Award in partnership with the University of Tor Vergata in Rome.<br /></div><br /><div>The poster marketing the Level 3 Award is seen here. Fantastic image is courtesy of Dr Bob Willingham.<br /></div><br /><div>Of course I am concerned that my journey will be halted by the icelandic ash cloud, but I am remaining optimistic that those in charge of the cloud will understand the importance of my trip.<br />Whether I make it or not, my very good wishes to all the players and their coaches attending the championships.<br /></div><br /><div>Congratulations to all those club coaches where the players started their judo careers. How many of you have future international competitors in your dojos right now, but don't yet know it. Coach Education is the key to helping you make the right decisions for those players. Decisions about what you teach when. Which drills to do that session. How much randori, how much technique. Which events should they enter, what advice should you give?<br /></div><br /><div>The EJU are taking great strides in coach education in working with their three partners to create these awards. Take great strides in your own coaching and enrol today.</div><br /><p><a href="http://www.judospace.com/">www.judospace.com</a></p>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-68662738212885622472010-03-05T15:08:00.000-08:002010-03-05T15:13:35.265-08:00A Proud Tradition<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_jMv1bntfThFXZIq70xQtN-QZAF-rNttDWHkc-MWiJVi2sG2GmL194Gwv5eE9-76Q-H9mh5qBCYAGZ5FaT9O1Z3tz5woXC7n9uscyDb9aOXOn0sTT8L8sVeA-jw-ZgBVgaDUgrhtqkOy/s1600-h/Copy+of+oxford+1926.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445291423734234770" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy_jMv1bntfThFXZIq70xQtN-QZAF-rNttDWHkc-MWiJVi2sG2GmL194Gwv5eE9-76Q-H9mh5qBCYAGZ5FaT9O1Z3tz5woXC7n9uscyDb9aOXOn0sTT8L8sVeA-jw-ZgBVgaDUgrhtqkOy/s320/Copy+of+oxford+1926.jpg" border="0" /></a> Last week I attended the 80th Oxford vs Cambridge University Varsity Judo match. The oldest judo team match in the world. First started in 1930, the event returned this year to the fabulous venue of Oxford Town Hall.<br /><br /><div><br />There is something about a team match which is far more exciting than individual tournaments. With the greatest respect to the participants, it would be fair to say that the level was not the standard of the World Championships, yet I found myself as enthralled as I had been in the Ahoy Stadium in Rotterdam last year.</div><div><br />Keeping to the traditional format the Men’s Team match is fought over 8 matches. This year it ended in a draw with 4 ippons each. It was decided by a random draw of 3 re-matches, with Oxford winning the fight-off by 2 matches to 1, to reclaim the Matsudaira Trophy. Congratulations to all the players involved in all the teams.<br /></div><div><br />I have pasted above a photograph of the 1926 Oxford University Team with the Metropolitan Police Team. History buffs among you will identify Yukio Tani and Gunji Koizumi. The other photo is the interior of Oxford Town Hall, fantastic.</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qojaTfRhwdgGViIAFuvUcCFPyeMuLB3VEZDVlprtofYJ978weAD3ejY6G7WOOL529_Jvh6ELqu-0nFH8-URGdtGKQCHHaT6TjH01TrEVRHjbox8DwQVz9Od5VqgfkTcz6fgW19krLwBq/s1600-h/town_hall_inside.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445291429645835154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3qojaTfRhwdgGViIAFuvUcCFPyeMuLB3VEZDVlprtofYJ978weAD3ejY6G7WOOL529_Jvh6ELqu-0nFH8-URGdtGKQCHHaT6TjH01TrEVRHjbox8DwQVz9Od5VqgfkTcz6fgW19krLwBq/s320/town_hall_inside.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I got me thinking that we should always have judo events in iconic venues. As a sport we should try to avoid the faceless sports centre, and ply our trade in great, memorable venues. What is the most iconic venue in your town. Could you organise a judo event there?</div><div><br />The two Oxford Coaches, Chris and Carol Doherty have both studied the EJU Level 4 programme, with Chris graduating as an EJU Level 5 High Performance Coach. These programmes will shortly be re-launched at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge. The EJU Level 3 Advanced Coach Award is attracting many new students and can be accessed through the Official EJU delivery partner, The Judospace Educational Institute. <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a></div><div><br />Good luck to all the judo coaches working with their players in tournaments across the world this weekend, yours is an honourable profession, and you follow a proud tradition. </div></div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-87309076685479737192010-01-23T14:33:00.000-08:002010-01-23T14:38:56.343-08:00The Circle of Judo Success<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMW8c8vQXekou4Z6bxDjH1OPM0vtOYr_WhYH6up3_UaLfn7AW1QibhZzMWCdYprqMUzsUx5PB_DaFIrVM1WWPCkweIXMk48TYVjGhmX6eQINae8E5i-ohPl6GssDn7J6oEQ_-NhQ1Lnvy/s1600-h/circle.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430067688230126962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 264px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMW8c8vQXekou4Z6bxDjH1OPM0vtOYr_WhYH6up3_UaLfn7AW1QibhZzMWCdYprqMUzsUx5PB_DaFIrVM1WWPCkweIXMk48TYVjGhmX6eQINae8E5i-ohPl6GssDn7J6oEQ_-NhQ1Lnvy/s320/circle.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today I attended the South West Regional Training Session. The standard was high, yet the mat was open to all. It got me thinking about something I’d like to call the “circle of judo success”.</div><br /><div><br />The circle starts with Great Coaching. Great Coaching leads to Competence. Competence leads to Confidence. Competence and Confidence lead to Success. Success increases faith in the Great Coaching.</div><br /><div><br />Great Coaching, is both an art and a science. Some people make great coaching look easy. But when you look under the surface, you realise that they can make it look easy because they work so hard at trying to be great coaches. They study, they steal ideas, they create, they apply, they make mistakes, they reflect, they learn, they try again. You show me a great coach, and I’ll show you someone who’ll tell you they are still learning.</div><br /><div><br />The studying and stealing ideas gives the expertise. Applying, and learning from the mistakes gives the experience. You can’t fast track that. To get the badge saying “Experience” you have to do the hard yards, and take the long route. I believe that the formula to create wisdom is Expertise x Experience.</div><br /><div><br />Great Coaches will help the players gain Competence. The players will score more in randori. Have success with the slight variations that the coach suggests, and get more pleasure from their judo. They will feel they are doing it well, and gain an internal motivation.</div><br /><div><br />The feeling of competence will lead to greater levels of Confidence. What I saw today were great levels of Confidence. This allowed the players to attack freely, to stay relaxed, to maintain concentration, to rise above any minor successes from their partner. I saw this confidence in a group once before, in the GB Women’s team during the 80s, and I saw it today again within the TeamBath Judo group.</div><br /><div><br />The Competence and Confidence increase the chances of Success. Of course there will be things outside the players’ control. These can be minimised but not eliminated. But by instilling Competence and Confidence the Great Coach gives the players the greatest chances of Success.<br />When that Success comes, either in a randori or a contest, the player’s faith in the coach is increased, so they believe even more what the coach tells them. They become more coachable. That makes it easier for the Great Coach to do their job, and so the circle begins again.</div><br /><div><br />I’m proud to be working with the European Judo Union and the Judospace Educational Institute to make a small contribution to the development of Great Coaches. To join them visit <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a> and enrol on the EJU Level 3 Advanced Coach Award.</div><br /><div><br />PS. Thanks to Klinger Sensei and the TeamBath and Welsh players for a great afternoon. </div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-70710116729639125442010-01-01T12:45:00.000-08:002010-01-01T12:56:34.513-08:00Judo Mastermind<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKBaAmK0QCQsL28i9sPhXAJJzume9zdZjdpURYuorMw1WAw__O8a6n8301u0XWs0Gmo07zh_WJsyaeAOPJ3LqFLEB56YLuktGp2xKC8g8y8kjbIXrOpKywiWlmBu_8713rWruQxHuJigK/s1600-h/Yawara+chan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421877808045815138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 165px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 160px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKBaAmK0QCQsL28i9sPhXAJJzume9zdZjdpURYuorMw1WAw__O8a6n8301u0XWs0Gmo07zh_WJsyaeAOPJ3LqFLEB56YLuktGp2xKC8g8y8kjbIXrOpKywiWlmBu_8713rWruQxHuJigK/s320/Yawara+chan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />How's your judo knowledge? Test yourself against this Celebrity Mastermind.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.judospace.com/great-judo/judo-mastermind">http://www.judospace.com/great-judo/judo-mastermind</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Happy New Year.judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-33636580189695381822009-12-29T08:42:00.000-08:002009-12-29T09:04:55.863-08:00Successful Judo Performance in Rio 2016<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUGTuHgSH8QVfZL2yimkTTl_xoi56zxwkrasME7_qtt2UWEnelTRGZqfsQ9TTW7DQeTiBloCR9aaVWTXgRC6jJsiaHikkr0imf4zPeCMIE-VCUs8u03u3ZjIiOHHxmRz9YziDtLTkdS3g/s1600-h/rio-de-janeiro-2016-olympics-.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420704247470521746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUGTuHgSH8QVfZL2yimkTTl_xoi56zxwkrasME7_qtt2UWEnelTRGZqfsQ9TTW7DQeTiBloCR9aaVWTXgRC6jJsiaHikkr0imf4zPeCMIE-VCUs8u03u3ZjIiOHHxmRz9YziDtLTkdS3g/s320/rio-de-janeiro-2016-olympics-.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>In December 2008 I presented at a Research Seminar at the Kodokan, Tokyo, on the topic of Successful Judo Performance. I tried to identify what we know about successful judo performance based on research. </div><div> </div><div>I have pasted below the bullet points from my Summary slide: </div><br /><div><br /> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>•Come from less than 30 nations (30以下の国)<br />•Aged 18 – 33 (18歳から33歳)<br />•Technical range – unpredictability (意外性のある技の幅)<br />•6 nagewaza, 2 newaza (6種類の投げ技と、2種類の寝技)<br />•Kouchigari (小内刈り)<br />•Six 25 second bursts with 10 second rests (25秒間の激しい攻防と10秒間の静止)<br />•Understand seoinage and uchimata (背負い投げと内股)<br />•Low body fat percentage (低い体脂肪率)<br />•High lactate tolerance (高い乳酸値に対する耐性)<br />•Left sided tendencies (左サイドの技への変化)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Lets look forward to The Olympic Games in Rio in 2016. Around 6.5 years to go. The mean age of the judo medallists in Beijing was 25, with a range or 18 - 33. If we assume that to be the case in 2016, then the players you are working with between the ages of 11 - 26 are in with a chance.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>What can you do in 2010 as a coach to increase their chances of medalling in Rio? How can you enhance their environment? Can they work on the left? Can they score with kouchigari? Is their conditioning relevant to the task they will encounter and relevant to their stage of development. How can you better yourself as a coach so you are still useful to them in 6.5 years time?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Do you have a plan for these players? Can you get advice? Do you have a more experienced coach you can turn to for support?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The New Year is a time for resolutions. Make that plan, devlop yourself so you can develop your players. Imagine coaching a player to win a gold medal in Rio. What a party that would be!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'm working with the team at <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">http://www.judospace.com/</a> to deliver the European Judo Union Level 3 Coach Award.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Happy New Year.</div>judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1870987869899579499.post-37441613911620438082009-12-20T14:05:00.001-08:002009-12-20T14:08:25.184-08:00Three Levels of Judo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIOoTfyu3RZ_mf3Dl-LFESTmksI3d4Kc9Us4t9qo6Zx7Zw1W9JUNMWKNMPM8nBpvZvRtppZE-u7-TTZdqDotzqjUpaE4ia-jFSc-QkvW3tQ4fJKg5op7L58bmM0xhJ9wOeayT-nFAX1lN/s1600-h/kanojigoro_header.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417443105471900914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVIOoTfyu3RZ_mf3Dl-LFESTmksI3d4Kc9Us4t9qo6Zx7Zw1W9JUNMWKNMPM8nBpvZvRtppZE-u7-TTZdqDotzqjUpaE4ia-jFSc-QkvW3tQ4fJKg5op7L58bmM0xhJ9wOeayT-nFAX1lN/s320/kanojigoro_header.jpg" border="0" /></a> I would like to quote below from Mind over Muscle by Jigoro Kano, page 94-95.<br /><br />"We have now established judo's three aspects - training for defense against attack, cultivation of the mond and body, and putting one's energy to use. We have also affirmed judo's highest goal as self perfection for the betterment of society. For the sake of convenience, let us place the foundation - training for defense against attack - at the bottom and call it lower level judo. Let us call training and cultivation, which are by-products of training for defense and attack, middle-level judo. The study of how to put one's energy to use in society comes last, so let us call it upper leve judo.<br /><br />When we divide judo into these three levels, we can see that it must not be limited to training for fighting in the dojo, and even if you train your body and cultivate your mind, if you do not go a level higher, you cannot truly benefit society. No matter how great a person you are, how superior your inytelligence, or how strong your body, if you die without achieving anything, as the proverb says: 'Unused treasure is a wasted treasure.' It can be said that you perfected yourself, but it cannot be siad that you contributed to society. I urge all practitioners of judo to recognise that it consists of these three levels and to undergo their training without undue emphasis of one aspect over another."<br /><br />I feel this message is of great value to coaches.<br /><br />Of course you must strive to ensure your players have the technical ability to apply defense against attack, the first level. Some coaches also step up to the second level, and seek to cultivate the bodies and minds of their athletes, encourage them to develop physically in a balanced way, and encourage them to better their minds through education. Only some coaches work hard to study how to put their energies to use to benefit society.<br /><br />Try to be a coach who benefits society, it's one of the things that makes judo more than sport.<br />I hope you have the time to vist the European Judo Union Level 3 Coach Award at <a href="http://www.judospace.com/">www.judospace.com</a>.judospacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038629778866189234noreply@blogger.com0