May 26, 2017

2017 Canadian Open Judo Championship Underway!

The 2017 Canadian Open Judo Championships are underway at the Calgary Olympic Oval!
You can catch all of the action live at http://www.judocanada.tv/
All the results can be found at http://www.judocanada.tv/resultatsresults/

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May 18, 2017

Judo Alberta Officially Hires Part Time Assistant Coach

Hello Judo Alberta Members,

I am happy to announce that Judo Alberta has agreed to terms to hire Laurie Wiltshire to take on the role of assistant HP Coach. Laurie’s key focus will be continuing her hard work developing a high performance training group in the Calgary area, traveling to Edmonton for regional training and assisting at several Judo Alberta trips and events from now until August!

Laurie acted as the Judo Alberta Interim High Performance coach in 2014-15. Her expertise and experience will be a great addition to the association and we are happy to have her back!

Sincerely,

Judo Alberta Coaching Staff

To learn more about Laurie please click here to view here bio.

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May 8, 2017

NCCP DOJO INSTRUCTOR COURSE

The “Dojo Instructor” course provides the participant with knowledge to instruct technical, physical, and mental aspects of judo and, via completion of an ON-LINE learning module, basic nutrition. The course prepares the participant to be a club instructor responsible for providing judokas with the basic physical literacy skills with emphasis on children under the age of 14; and judo skills as described in the Judo Canada syllabus; and to introduce young judoka to competition.

Prerequisites:

• Minimum age of 18.
• Minimum rank of Brown belt with a working knowledge of the judo techniques included in the Judo Canada Kyu syllabus.
• Complete the on-line “Nutrition for Judo Coaches” E-learning module.
• A letter of recommendation from the sensei stating that the participant meets the technical requirements.
• Trained DA
• Sterling Backcheck – for details see: http://sterlingbackcheck.ca/cac_ace The Backcheck is required only if the length of time between the check done for the DA was done more than 3 years earlier.

Schedule:

June 16, 2017 9:00 am – 6:30 pm
June 17, 2017 8:00 am – 6:00 pm
June 18, 2017 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location:

Airdrie Judo Club, Plainsman Arena, 320 Centre Avenue East, Airdrie, AB

To Register:

Go to www.coach.ca and select the Workshop Calendar and enter June; Alberta; and Judo to find the course to register. You will have to login to the Locker to register, so have your NCCP # and password available along with credit card information.

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May 5, 2017

Elite Athlete Funding Announcement

The Judo Alberta Coaching Committee would like to congratulate the following athletes who have been granted athlete funding.  Funding is based on performance and results, commitment to training, participation in National or International events and financial need. These athletes applied for the first round of elite athlete funding for “costs incurred from” events participated in from December 2016 to April 2017. The next round of funding will be announced in August 2017 for competitions and training camps participated in between April 22 2017 – August 30, 2017.

* Athletes received funding from the Judo Alberta CWG program for the Sportif, Scoland competition

https://judoalberta.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/athlete-expense-form.pdf
Athletes that have received funding this round must fill out an athlete expense claim form attach their invoices from competitions/ training camp and sends into Garry Yamashita to receive their funding. gee_why2@yahoo.com

Thank you

Judo Alberta coaching staff

To view the Athlete Expense Form please click here.

Elite Athlete Funding Announcement

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May 1, 2017

2017 Open Nationals Funding Announcement

Judo Alberta is proud to announce the funding for the following athletes for the 2017 Open National Championships

The final funding amounts will be finalized following the registration for the Open Nationals on May 25, 2017 to take into account injuries and withdrawals of athletes.
2017 Open Nationals selection policy:
https://judoalberta.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Team-Selection-policy-for-National-Championships-2017.pdfSincerely,

Judo Alberta Coach Committee

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Apr 25, 2017

Mr. Allan Sattin Recognized with the Alberta Sport Connection Sport Volunteer Award

Edmonton – Alberta Sport Connection (ASC) has announced their 2016 Athlete and Team of the Year
Awards and 2017 Alberta Sport Recognition Awards for coach developers, coaches, officials and
volunteers.

“These individuals and teams are Alberta’s best. We’re proud of what they’ve achieved and honoured to recognize them for their outstanding contribution to sport in our province,” said Andrew Ference, Chair of Alberta Sport Connection. “They have reached higher, dug deeper, led by example, and made our sport system better.”

Allan has dedicated over 40 years to developing the sport of Judo in Alberta. His contributions to Judo have had a significant influence on the way the sport has grown today and he is well recognized throughout the membership. Since 1971 Allan has shared his knowledge and leadership with Judo Alberta acting as Provincial Coach, President, Secretary, Grading Committee Member, Referee Committee Chair, and currently our Awards Committee Chair.

Whenever there is a major sporting event being hosted in Alberta, Mr. Sattin is always heavily involved in the organization of the event. He has dedicated his time to the following events:

• Judo Chair, First Alberta Winter Games, Banff, Alberta 1976
• Judo Chair, Western Canada Summer Games, Calgary 1983
• Chair, 1993 Canadian National Junior Judo Championship, Calgary
• Chair, 1996 Canadian National Junior Judo Championship, Calgary
• Chair, Kodokan Kata Clinic Tour (Western Region) 1998
• Chair, 2009 Canadian National Junior Judo Championship, Calgary
• Chair, 2016 Canadian Open National Judo Championship, Calgary

Some personal achievements include:

• Rokudan 2011
• International Judo Federation “B” Continental 1995
• NCCP Coaching Certification, Level 3 (1991)
• Alberta Centennial Medal 2005
• Awarded Alberta Centennial Salute to Sport and Recreation, 2005, in recognition of outstanding
  contribution in the first 100 years of the Province of Alberta
• Appointed by the Minister of State (Sport) to the Board of Directors of the Sport Dispute
  Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC), 2009 and reappointed 2012.
• Appointed by the Minister of State (Sport) as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
  SDRCC, 2013
• Inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame as a Builder, 2014
• Appointed Life Member of Judo Canada, 2014
• Chair, Legal Committee, Panamerican Judo Confederation, 2016 – present

Both the provincial and national Judo community appreciate individuals such as Mr.  Allan Sattin for their extraordinary contributions to the sport they love, without them the succession and growth of Judo would not be possible.

Volunteer Awards recognize the significant contributions of individuals devoting their time and effort to the development of sport. The Awards will be presented at the Alberta Sport Recognition Awards Banquet on April 28, 2017, at the 2017 Alberta Sport Leadership Conference in Banff.

More information on the Alberta Sport Connection Recognition Awards can be found at https://albertasport.ca/programs/awards/ 

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Apr 18, 2017

Judo Alberta Provincial Team Selection

Congratulations to the following athletes who have been selected to represent Team Alberta!

Kata Team

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Apr 13, 2017

Judo Alberta – Sportif Scotland 2017

Judo Alberta had a great performance at the Sportif Competition in Scotland! Here are some of the results from the weekend:

Joel Demaere, Gold U21/Gold U18
Cecilia Medilo Gold U18
Nathan Demaere. Silver U15
McKenzie Morgan. Silver U21
Ema Tesanovic Bronze U18
Dougie O’Brien Bronze
Soloman Choran Bronze U18
Declan Harding 5th U18
Aidan Lazanby 5th U15
Justin McEachern 5th
Kiera W 3rd U18
Kiera Westlake Bronze U21 / 5th U18
Anthony Henry 7th U18

To top it off Team Canada won the U18 Team competition!

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Apr 13, 2017

2017 Canadian Open Judo Championship

For more information please visit http://judonationals.org/

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Apr 11, 2017

Judo Alberta Inter-provincial Training Camp – Canmore

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Hello everyone,

2017 Inter-provincial Camp was another great success bringing together the best young athletes in Western Canada for three hard days of training in beautiful Canmore! (over 180 athletes – check out the photos on the Judo Alberta Facebook page) The camp is not only a success because of the judo but because of the love that the city of Canmore shows the camp!
The community steps up every year to show their support by donating larger amounts of products and gear to be given to the camp for prizes.
The athletes take full advantage of the fruits, the Gatorade station, the Big Chief Beef Jerky and the Muscle Milk! These little touches make the difference; the coaches receiving gifts from the organizing committee, the coaches having their Saturday meals covered by Judo Alberta and the judogis’ given to athletes by Matsuru are examples of what makes this camp different then any other camp in Canada.

Judo Alberta would like to thank Denise, Terry, Scott and Patti for all of the hard work they put into the camp. Without their dedication to making this camp great the Canmore Inter-Provincial Camp would just be another camp with mats laid down in a gym. They are great example of the people involved with Judo Alberta and are proud members of their community of Canmore.

Judo Alberta would like to thank all the coaches who made the trip to Canmore; competitive judo coaching is not easy; it is time consuming and sometimes energy draining. The dedication of the coaches in Alberta and Canada does not go unnoticed and Judo Alberta/Judo Canada understand that you are backbone of judo in this country. A special thanks to Garry Yamashita who always ensures that the mats get there and is always one of the first to arrive and last to leave!

Judo Alberta would like to thank Judo Canada who were are partners in this camp providing the services on Janusz Pawlowski for the camp. The brilliance of Mr. Pawlowski’s judo can be overwhelming sometimes but his skills is appreciated by coach and athletes. Everytime you are on the mats you will learn something new no matter who you are or what level you are; he is a legend of JUDO and we are happy that he is part of the Judo Canada coaching staff.

We hope that next years camp will be just as spectacular and we hope that we will welcome new judoka and coaches to the mats from Alberta!

Have a great day,

Ewan Beaton
Judo Alberta HP Coach

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