News/Updates

National News

April 17/08

Dear fellow Judoka,
It is with great pride that we at Shidokan Judo Club in Montreal wish to announce our 35th anniversary celebrations taking place this summer. As part of our festivities we are thrilled and excited to offer a three day Judo clinic with Isao Okano, Olympic Gold medalist and world renowned competitor. This is an incredible opportunity to train with one of the living legends of Judo! Please find, attached, our flyer detailing the information you will need to sign up for this once in a lifetime event. And as a special offer to all our friends across Canada, for every 5 participants signed up by your Judo Club, we are offering a sixth admission for free.

For further information and RSVP please call us at Shidokan at 514 -481-2424 or e-mail us at shidokan@bellnet.ca.

Hopefully, see you in Montreal this summer!

AGM News

April 17/08
Notice of By-laws Amendments - PDF
Voting By Proxy 2008 - PDF

Provincial News

April 2, 2008
2008 Senior National Team

Click here to view the 2008 Senior National Team


March 28, 2008
Judo Alberta Bio/Guess-The-Referee Quiz!

Judo Alberta is initiating a new project to capture the history of judo participants here in Alberta. We hope to acquire the biography of past and current builders, athletes, administrators, officials and then create an on-line library for other to view. If you are interested or know the history of someone from the past, please complete the Judo AB Bio Template and submit it (along with a digital picture if possible) to our Judo Alberta Office.(Permission to disclose the information can be faxed to the Office.) View a sample template here.

If you are interested, there is an video quiz to test your memory of past referees. Grab a pencil and paper. Some you will have to determine by their mannerism rather than their face.


March 26, 2008
2007 Annual Awards Nomination

2007 Annual Awards - Nominate a coach, parent, athlete or referee for exemplary service to the judo community at large. Deadline is Wednesday, April 16. Award presentations will take place in Calgary at the Ishi Yama tournament May 10th.


March 14, 2008
NCCP Course - Dojo Assistant Course

(Formerly Level I Technical) will be held in Lethbridge April 26 and 27, 2008.

Please register by emailing Allan Sattin at asattin@spierharben.com, or Patti Gallace at judo@judoalberta.com. Deadline for registrations: April 11, 2008. Cost of the course is $135.00. Start time is 9 a.m on Saturday, April 26.


March 6, 2008
Calgary Casino

A casino will be taking place on March 29 & 30 at Casino Calgary. Casino Calgary is located at 1420 Meridian Road NE, Calgary, and they can be reached at (403) 248-9467. Please click here to view a map to the casino.


January 11, 2008
Alberta Winter Games Official Rosters

To view the official rosters from the Alberta Winter Games, please click here. Rosters from Zones 1-8 are available, and they are listed in the PDF in numerical order.


December 31, 2007
Dr. Senda Named Member of Order of Canada

Judo Alberta is tremendously proud to announce that Dr. Yoshio Senda of the Lethbridge Judo Club was named a member of the Order of Canada December 28, 2007. Thanks to all of the people that worked behind the scenes to make this happen including Senator Joyce Fairbairn, James Kendricks, Adrien Landry, staff of the Japanese Consulate in Calgary.

Here is the official wording from the Government website:

Yoshio Senda, C.M.
Lethbridge, Alberta
Member of the Order of Canada

For his contributions to the development and expansion of judo in Canada, as a coach, mentor and role model for more than five decades.

Congratulations Dr. Senda!


October 13, 2007, San Jose, California
Fukuda International Kata Tournament

Judo Alberta was well represented at the 19th Annual Fukuda International Kata Championship in San Jose, California, with men and women’s teams winning medals.

Gord Okamura and Kelly Palmer won Gold in four events: Nage no Kata, Katame no Kata, Kime no Kata and Ju No Kata. These wins earned enough points so that they were awarded the Male Grand Championship for the tournament.

Mika Senda and Julia Lindeman won the Bronze Medal in Women’s Ju No Kata.

In addition, Jane Senda, Joanne Lavergne, Jennifer Parker, Raquel Austin, Vickie Nakagama and Florence Senda all competed in the Ju No Kata.

The Fukuda International Kata Championship is the oldest and largest Judo Kata event of its kind in North America. Started by Keiko Fukuda, who at 9th Dan is the world's highest ranking woman Judoka, the event celebrates Judo Kata in areas such as throwing, grappling and self defense. At age 94 Fukuda Sensei still presides over the tournament, and was a judge at this year’s competition.


October 10/07
Quebec Open

Judo Alberta athletes faired well at the 31st International Quebec Open in Montreal October 6 & 7. There were 328 competitors on the first day; 282 on the second.

Here are the results:

Nicole Tsukishima IJF Women -48kg Gold
Branden Lloyd Juvenile Male -45kg Bronze
Serge Zamotine IJF Men -60kg Bronze
Nicole Tsukishma Sr Women -48kg Silver
Laurie Wiltshire Sr Women -57kg Bronze
Robert Edward Sr Men -90kg Gold
Ben Borger Sr Men +100kg Bronze


August 24/07
Keith Morgan wins Silver at Pan Am Games July 20, 2007

Keith Morgan (Ishi Yama Judo Club-Calgary) won a Silver medal at the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro Friday, July 20th.

"It was a pretty good day and I was happy with how I fought", Morgan said. "I had a 'kind' draw and beat Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic both by ippon on my way to the final".

Morgan, who fought a tough fight with a Cuban in the final match, lost by a koka in the last 3 seconds before going to overtime. While Morgan must hold the number one position in Canada to attend the next Olympic games, the Silver medal division adds to his chances of accomplishing that that goal.

National News

September 16/07
Applying for Swedish/Finnish Open Tournaments - PDF


August 24/07
No medals for Morgan and Radoman

Montreal, August 18, 2007 (Sportcom) – Canadian judokas William Morgan of Parry Sound, Ont., and Alexander Radoman of Oakville, Ont., struggled this weekend at the Para Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

In the men’s 100 kilos, Morgan won one of his four bouts. He defeated Hector Espinoza of Venezuela and lost to Juan Bermudez of Cuba and Myles Porter of the U.S. He withdrew from his match against Antonio Silva of Brazil.

"I had only fought the American and Brazilian in the past," said Morgan, 32. "The Cuban was runner-up at the world championships two weeks ago and I knew he would be tough. I did well against him and had some opportunities to score. The Venezuelan was new to the circuit and I beat him by ippon. But in that bout and old knee injury reappeared and I was forced to pull out from my match against the Brazilian. The match wouldn’t have affected my final standing anyway. I preferred to focus on my bout against the American for third place but it didn’t go as well as expected."

Morgan was seventh at the worlds in Sao Paulo. "I had a tough draw and fought the top seeds early. I was expecting a better result because I was third at last year’s worlds. I’ve probably lost some spots in the world rankings which is disappointing."

On Friday, Radoman, 18, was seventh and last in men’s 81 kilos losing both his bouts. He fell to Harley Arruda of Brazil in the first round and then to Isao Alonso of Cuba in the repechage.

"I would have liked too have won a bout, but I faced tough opponents and my lack of experience showed," said Radoman, who took up the sport a year-and-a-half ago.