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The Bulletin The Bulletin Volume 1, Issue 1 September 2000 The Kano Society In This Issue • Kano Society - Founding and Kano Society Formed Aims The Kano Society was formally set tual assistance is integral to tradi- • The Bulletin—First Edition up on 23rd of January 2000. The tional Judo. founder members of the Society Study of Judo In addition to randori • Patrons and Kodokan Links sought to return to and promote the and contest training other areas of style of Judo that was prevalent in • Trevor Leggett Memorial Judo should be adequately studied. the past. We called this ‘Traditional Kata is an essential part of tradi- • Articles by TP Leggett Judo’. The Kano Society seeks to tional Judo as is the preservation of maintain close links with the Japanese terminology and etiquette Kodokan in Japan, the original including correct bowing and the home of Judo. The Society has no use of white judogi. Judoka should The Bulletin - Editor’s comment intention to supplant any governing work on the whole range of Judo Kano performing Kata at the Kodokan body of Judo. It is democratically techniques including ukemi and Welcome to the first edition of the constituted and all Judoka may avoid specialized study of a limited being detrimental to good Judo 'Bulletin' This is our on line / off line apply to join. repertoire. The gokyo should be practice. The aim is injury-free Judo newsletter about Judo and the Kano What do we mean by ‘Traditional taught and studied and there is also especially between higher and Society - We aim to produce it at regu- Judo’? We can divide this into three a place for regulated study of spe- lower grades and between stronger lar intervals - probably quarterly and aspects- Principles of Judo The cialist areas such as katsu, atemi- and weaker people later monthly - and to publish content Kano Society believe that Judo waza, kansetsuwaza (other than Shiai – contest- is an important on line with hard copy for those who should be viewed as more than just those already allowed in competi- aspect of training. We support ex- are not yet connected. Feel free to a sport. It should adhere to the tion) and self-defence techniques. perimentation with the contest rules print off and distribute to colleagues principles laid down by Judo’s foun- Practice of Judo Randori is the to discover a formula for clean and friends who you think may be der Jigoro Kano· Good use of mind cornerstone of Judo practice. We upright Judo.Kangeiko (the winter interested.The 'Bulletin' will be a and body (seiryoku zenyo),· Mutual support intensive training and be- training period) has a valuable role. short piece to begin with and later welfare and benefit (jita kyoei) and lieve that randori should be its main expand hopefully into a full maga- it should have moral and educa- component involving upright Judo zine / Journal format - but this de- tional benefits. Trevor Leggett de- (shizentai) and practice which aims pends on you too ... we need members scribed this as ‘A training for life’. to throw cleanly for ippon. We dep- to help with the expenses and we Thus in applying Judo principles to recate over-reliance on bent pos- need articles and contributions. This everyday life the Judoka is enabled ture (jigotai) and such techniques may be in the form of news, interest- to achieve balance and self mas- as leg grabs and holds which pull ing bits and pieces, photographs or tery. A spirit of generosity and mu- the opponent down into a crouch as reminiscences and historical mate- Early Judo practice at the Kodokan 1935 rial. Send in by email or post to publi- cations dept 7 High Street Penge, London SE20 7HJ England We aim eventually to be able to collect Membership News an archive of Judo material which will be thus preserved for the future. Trevor Our membership in UK and abroad reports that our feelings as a Soci- on 30th January and Trevor Leggett Leggett who sadly passed away last is gradually growing. A major mile ety that traditional values of judo died on 2nd august. Full obituaries month has given us permission to use stone for the Society was the accep- are in need of reemphasis and and information are available on his material as have other writers such as Richard Bowen. Syd Hoare is trans- tance of appointment s as Patrons support is strongly shared by many the website. of the Society, not only by Percy at the top of Japanese judo. A num- lating original material from the Japa- Both Yukimitsu Kano and Ichiro Abe Sekine (Koizumi’s son-in law) and ber of high ranking Japanese ju- nese and has access to a quantity of have sent very encouraging com- Kano's writings which have not previ- Trevor Leggett in UK but also by doka have also accepted life mem- ments and Teizo Kawamura has ously been available in English. Yukimitsu Kano, grandson of Jigoro bership. Through the website we also joined. We are also aware that we are a Soci- Kano and President of the Kodokan have also aroused keen interest and ety with an International membership Judo Institute, in Japan. Mr Kano’s support from judoka in other coun- and hence we hope to produce mate- acceptance is particularly important tries, so far in Japan, USA, Canada, Membership grows rial which will reflect this varied back- to us. Mr Kano’s acceptance owes Portugal and France. Sadly this year in UK, Japan and ground. I do hope you will enjoy the world-wide 'Bulletin' and make it your own. - much to the personal contacts that we have lost two major figures of Diana Birch Warwick Stevens was able to make the Judo World—Margot Sathaye whilst in Japan this spring and he who was to have been a patron died Page 2 The Bulletin Trevor Leggett 27.8.1914—2.8.2000 on Friday 11th August 2000 at The service was attended by Leigh - (there were others - apolo- 11am. An appreciation of his life approximately 80 close friends. gies if I cannot list everyone). Many was read by Henry Curtis from the K Watanabe who had left the Japa- sent condolences including Yukimi- Buddhist society and by Malcolm nese team in Thailand and flew over tsu Kano whose message was the Hodkinson. The hymns 'Dear Lord via Tokyo and Tony Sweeney who first to arrive. and Father of Mankind'; and 'To be managed to attend despite leaving a Pilgrim' were complimented by for Japan later in the day. Dickie Messrs. The Kano Society , readings including some of Trevor's Bowen and Ayako, Syd Hoare, Upon learning the passing away of favourite verses and the best epi- Diana Birch, Malcolm Hodkinson, Mr. Trevor Leggett, I should like to taph there could be - a passage and Larry Ralph (Kano Society and extend my sincere condolences. Trevor Legget with Gleeson 1958 from his last book 'The Old Zen Budokwai); Stan Brogan (Kano Mr. Leggett had learned Kodokan It is with great sadness that I have to Master' - Society and OdoRyu); Percy Sekine judo since early age and had made report the death of Trevor Leggett - "We can learn a lot of other things (Judokan and Kano Society) Present great contributions to its diffusion. patron of the Kano Society. He died from music. You do not hang on to a were John Pinnell (Budokwai EC); In addition, with the deep under- of a stroke at St Mary's Hospital in chord no matter how beautiful. You Alan Zipeure (President of London standings of the wide range of Japa- the early hours of Wednesday 2nd do not regret the end of a piece of Area BJA); Charles Mack (President nese culture, he had acted as the August 2000. He had been recover- music. The piece is played and British Shotokan Karate Assn); Ben bridge of friendship between U.K. ing from an infection brought on by comes to a natural end. In the same Anderson and others from the Bud- and Japan mostly through judo. an earlier admission and in typical way a life is played." dhist Society, and Bernard Alexan- I sincerely hope that the soul of Mr. Leggett style was asking for a room I find it impossible to read this der, Warwick Stevens and Pam, Ray Leggett rest in peace. where he could get back to his work passage without breaking down - Ross, Hyde, Harold Rhoda, Frank Sincerely Yours, whilst in hospital. Trevor's funeral but that is not what TP would have Ward, Malcolm Lister, Liz Newman, Yukimitsu KANO took place at Mortlake Crematorium wanted - he will now be rejoicing in Michi Wyman, Dave Barnard President - Kodokan Judo Institute 'wearing new robes' . (Renshuden); John Richie, Mick All Japan Judo Federation Trevor Leggett — Obituary Syd Hoare His message was do attached to the British Embassy you had to be at least brown belt. train in Japan for about two to three not be just a good and when Japan entered the war in These Sunday sessions were always years on average. Competition judo 1941 he was interned along with packed and invitations to the class was not particularly developed then judoka but be good the other embassy staff. Eventually were greatly prized. Virtually all the and so Japan was the natural place at everything. It was he left Japan as part of an exchange key figures of British judo gradu- to go to further ones training. By always fatal to say to with London based Japanese em- ated from this class. The class itself about the mid-sixties this became bassy staff.
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