Issue No. 82 July 1965
The Budokwai "G.K. HOUSE," 4 GILSTON ROAD, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON, 5.\\'.10. FRObisher 1000.
M~llaKl!T: M. LISTER, TecJmkal Director: K. WATANABE (5th dan) Budokwm Technical PmleJ; K. WATANABE (5th dan) A. J. SWEENEY (4th dan), It BOWEN (4th dan), S. R. HOARE (4th dan), A.. J. REAY (3rd dan), D. BURR (3rd dan), L. RALPH (lst dan). Instructors: C. S. PALMER (5th dall), R. BOWEN (4th dan), A. J. REA\ (3rd dan). S. R. HOARE (4th dan) ,A. J. SWEENEY (4th dan), J. CORNISH (4th dan), D. BURR (3rd dan). Executive Committee; H. M. HODKINSON (Chairman} D. HUNT E. FLINDALL R. J. BLACKMORE (HQ11 Treasurer) L. DO~-FMAN \ W. STOCKHAM (H01L Scaetary) F. L. WARD H. N, PIPER HOllorary Officers; Presidellt: M. M. KAYE, O.B.E. (3rd dan) Pro1ll0tUnl Officer: R. J. BLACKMORJo: Editorial Board: J. H. DRESLER H. P. LISTER F. L. WARD DOJo Hours LADIES: Instructors: C. S. PALMER (5th dan), J. CORl"ISH (4th dan) l Tuesday, 7 - 9 p.m. Thursday, 7 - 9 p.m. Saturday, 6.30 ~ 8.30 p.m. " ':.J' JUNIORS, ,>" Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 6 - 7 p.m. Saturday, 10.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. Beginners: Thursday, 5.30 - 6.30 p.m. MEN: Monday to Friday, 6.30 - 9 p.m. Saturday, 3.30 - 6 p.m. INSTRUcrORS ON DUTY Monday: K. WATANAIIE (5th dan) A. J. SWEENEY (4th dan) (2nd kyu and above only) \ Tuesday: D. BURR, 3rd dan (3rd k)'u and below ":loly). Wednesday: K. WATANABE (5th dan) A. J. REAY (3rd d:ll1) Thursday: K. WATANABE (5th dan) S. R. HOARE (4th dan) Friday: K. WATANABE (5th dan) D. BURR (3rd dan) Saturday: K. WATANABE (5th dan) Sunday: K. WATANABE (5th dan) A. J. SWEENE\' (4th dan) (Budokwai teams tr~lining) Beginners' Courses: for men, ladies and boys; full details on request. " Special Class - 5th kyu and below: Saturday, 2.30- 3.30 p.m. Instructor: R. BOWEN (4th dan) PrivaJe Clast [l/siff/c/iO/I: By arrangement (R. DOWEN, S. HOARE and A. J. REAY). F1p Contents Issue No. 82
Tributes to Gunji Koizumi, 8th dan
Newaza K. Watanabe 18
Announcements 19
The New President T. P. Leggett 20 Talking Points: I, Weight categories 22 Tributes 2. Administration 24 to More about Tonbridge 25 European Judo Championships 26 Gunji Koizumi All Japan Tnter-University Championships 8th dan M. Hopkinson 28 Schoolboys' Judo Tony Reay 30 8th July 188s - ISth April 1965
Cover photograph by C. Nosh was taken on 13 April, 1965.
Photograph on p.l? by C. Nash. Those on pages 3, 6 and 9 were kindly loaned by Miss Katherine White-Cooper.
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• Last October I sent to Mr. Koizullii the book The Biography of Dame Enid Russell-Smith, figoro Kano, which had just been published. He wrote back to me: "Thank you very much for your kind present of the biography. It D.H.E., M.A., first edlior oj the Bulletin and a made me feel as if I were meeting him again. I missed meals and sleep reading through it. It again impressed me with the importance of Judo training as a method of educating human beings, and an trustee oj the Budokw01; was the first woman to reach increased resolve to further the elevation of human life yet more. Time brings great changes, and the individual is mortal. But in the path 3rd dan outSide Japan of faith there is no life or death." He died on April IS. His last letter to me was dated April 9, I was fortunate enough to have G.K. as a personal friend for but the London postmark was April IS. I was at the time in America, nearly ~hirty years and to work closely with him during the eleven and read his last letter on April 29 when I came back. I was deeply years I was Editor of the Bulletin. The opportui1it:eS I then had to moved by his calm farewell: enjoy the play of his delightful personality and re'i-narkable mind were "Dear Mr. Kmw, one of the privileges of editorship. Of no-one I have known could it more truly be said that age could not wither nor custom stale his What remai1H of my life is like a dead tree. I find it "infinite variety". The range of his interests wa:; extraordinary. Conver oppressive to await dismissal by Heaven, so I am taki1lg the sation might pass from the nature of self ("What is 'I'?") to the ste.p myself and say good-bye. I am most grateful for your technique of applying lacquel" to wood and on each topic he would friendship a:nJ guidance in the past. have something profound, interesting or witty to say. His qualities of mind were as varied as his interests. Remembering G.K., onc Wishing you success in your mission, and happiness to thinks first of courage, the courage which, having brought hin. to rhis yourself mid your family. country as a young man, led him to teach himself, "out of a book" Sincerely yours, as he once remarked, the art of lacquering, on which he became Con sultant to the Victoria and Albert Museum, nnd, with Yukio T:mi, to est~.blish lIS a respected form of mental and physical education And on the other sid~ of the letter, in bold characters, "In the what was then regarded primarily as a spectacular musIc hall "turn". path of faith there is no life or death." called Judo. It was courage which enabled Lim to surmount the grave I still have a vivid picture of him before my mind, in his black financil,l difficulties which threatened the existence of the B\ldokwai clothes with the black spectacles, with the quiet distinction l)f a true during the war and its aftermath, and which inspired him to "think philosopher. big" in his plans for the developmellt of Judo in Britain, in Europe and in the world, so hig, in fact, that we arc still filling in the outline I mourn the passing of Mr. Koizumi, father of Judo in Great of his vision. Britain and a great contributor to the development ot Kadokan Judo. May he rest in peace I Anyone who had much to do with G.K. was struck by his mentnl stature. He had tln active, enquiring mind which he devoted to the pursuit of truth, as he understood it, exploring with equal 7.eSt some difficult principle of philosophy or the most effective usc of the little fingers in unbalancing an opponent. It was not always ea..y to foltow his line of thought; he made usc impartially of thought-forms taken, :IS they seemed to serve his purpose, both from Christian lind from Buddhist thinking and sometimes the underlying conceptions did not fit together in the Western mind. But to the end of his life G.K. was searching for answers to unsolved problems. He always wanted to get at the roo~ of things. This intellectual curiosity led him in Judo to study the principl-os of movement. nritish Judo was perhaps hardly then equipped to Sllpport him in an ill\"cstigalioa of this kind but G.K. continued, alone and undaunted, explaining his deductions tn al! who would listen. , 5 The one opponent which C.K. never thoroughly mastered was {he English language. lIis writings abounded in lhe original mot jllS/t: and the unexpected, revealing word-picture but he nCl'er burdened • his mind with grammatical detllils such as the correct m:e of "a" and "the". While 11 delight to his friends, his vcry original usc of the Ill1lguage hampfrt':d him in making pillill both the philosophy behind his conception of Judo and his H1lHlysis of movcllIClll, and this in turn Illll}' be the reason why to his gtelH tegn:l he 11':18 never able to win ,t for Judo the pbcc he thought it should hnyc in ofiicinl Bl'itish physical ~ education. He probably never realised Ilow f:lr he had got or how .:. much easier is the task now relllaining", starting from the foundations .." ~ he bid. The :lchiewment, measured b) the distance between the ~t:lrting point and the finish of the race, \\lIS immense, and the ability it!i1 which produced it remarkable b) :lll) ~tlllldard. Incll"Cd. "there were giants in the earth in those da),s." nut of all his qlllliities it is for his kindliness and patience that i',~ :', C.l{. will be most fondly remembered. These made him the friend :1I1d advisor of generations of judokn. lIe W:Hl consulted on :1 vast ~"'"".. " \';lriety of personal problems. involving in nne lI':ly or lHlother most of the troubles afflicting mankind, nnd it was llcldom indeed that he was not :lble to help.
To realise what we owe to him, RS judnkll and as friends, we h:I\'e only to ask ourselves wllt~thcr we would have cnjoyed life so much if C.l{. had not ~el out from ):ll'lIn to sl,.-ek his fortunc some sixty years ago. The answer mOIOt of us would give is the best tribute we can pay him.
Sigurdur Johannsson wrJles on
behalf oj Judoka III Ice/aud "CaU'r rli('. all(1 kilu",cl/ di('. Alld so all(' (lirt OllP'S sri/. BtU a /loblr ,Wlllr ft·;// Ill!fJ('r (lie. 1/ gQ()(1 r('llOft"1 Ollt' ;:r,s."
The abo"e verse frolll the ancient Il:1v:1I1ml Clime to Itl\' rwnd when I read of the death of Gunji Koil':urni, 8th d.lIl. I wall (ortuuatc enough to have an opportunity of meeting G.I\. a lew time3. :md I was grt::ltly impressed by the w.rrm Rnd di~l;lIgllished lll:rnner of thi~ grellt judoman. I am joined by all Icclm\(lic judolllen in a~king yOll to accept our condolences. a~ e"el~ in distml\ !cellUld thc n:lme of G.K is I\·ell known 10 all judomcn. 6 7 Katherine White-Cooper, the first lady memher oj the Budokll'ai
It WlIS no exaggeration for T. P. Leggett to say in his timely tribute in the press that thousands both here and abroad would mourn the passing of C.K., for thought of him must immediately e.\'okc feelings of admiration, gratitude and affection in all those who felt the in'P3ct of his great and lovable petsonalil}'. There were thousands indeed', for in the course of many years he gave himself unsparingly and selfleuly for the better understanding and practice of Judo.
How little we thought in terms of numbers in those fnr-off days when the Budokwai was tentatively but with complete faith established in small premises in Victoria, or of international activities, which were to make ever growing demllnds upon the time and strength and resources of its founder.
Time was ours. We talked and learnt, and felt our way towards that neceuar}' undeutanding of basic ideals and principles. It was all there - wisdom, balnnce, and poise and grace, focussed in that warm and generous self. And patience! But what patience, for the dolt one W3S and knew oneself to be! And everything enlivened alwa}·s by that strong lind wonderful scnse of humour which ncver failed him. The excitement too of the first public display, given before an astonished audience in the august setting of the old Aeolian Hall. Happy days and great beginnings!
Relaxing too, surrounded by flowers and foliage; C.K. enjoying himself creating arrangements of great beauty with all the skill and knowledge that ikeb:lnll demands. Time to be the artist he was. The world of Nature WIlS for him not only a rest and satisf:lction for mind and body, but :1 release into deeper spiritual experience. Indeed, to be with C.K. himself, learning and striving and being gay in time· less moments could in itself be a spirtual experience. The teacher lind the teaching were one.
De:lr G.K. How much you buve given us to transl:ltc into life. How much we owe you. Those who Cllll1e in found themselves becom ill!:, nicer th,lll when they joined, while those who wen: alre:ldy nice grew nicer 8till.
You hllV(" these mally yelln~ been dose in our he::rts lind mind!!, G.K. l!"iuri"K II,,, ";"gUsh SlmsM"" ll1ld there: )'Oll will always rem:tin. 8 9 Kingsley Hopkins, Blldokll'oi member Stefan Kammerer, Vice-Presidellt oj the for 1II0llY years olld aile oj G.K 's keellest stlldeuts Austrian Judo Federation
Only a few Austrian Judoka had the opportunity La practise judo In a world thickly I>opuilltcd with those \\'ho have little bllt their under Mr. Koizumi's technical supervision. It wus fOl' llh AUHtrianH own mntcrinl adv:mCClTlctll as their mnin objective, C.I<, stood Ollt in in 1952 particularly difficult due to the:: :tftcrm;lth of war to orgallise shllrp contrast liS an cX:l1nplc f'f living to give. The nllme Koizumi under his supervision a summer school in Oberlraun, Even the means "Little Spring" and is evocative in itself. Alw:IY~ a stimulating biggest I>cssimists knew better after the first fortnight had p;lssed. influence, he strove constantly to help others to lCllrll: not from the standpoint of II master h:11 from thaI of Il fellow student of wider I was impressed and I still admire him for the humnn and patient experience. He WllS ulWIl)'lI approachable. :ll1d whell J first sought his way in which he tried to teach us technically correct judo, help at the Budokwai, his ClIcouTHgcmcnt, coupled with his ;lI:utc Koizumi is not with us any more but Jet the spirit he had prcvail, appreciation of the absurd ::and his dTortll'8s abilit} to control Ill)' and we will not have to worry abouL the future of judo. mo\'ements, so impressed me that from thcllcdorth I took every oppor tunit)' to be on the mIlt \\'hcnc,,~r he WIlS, until he :lcccptcd mc as part of the scenery, G.K. lit Oberlrllun
His ability to control the movements of his 0PI>oncnt obviously did not arise from bodily sUI>criority but lrom a .il>ceial ~YStl'm of movement - Tai sllbaki he called it - which, oncc mastered, effectively nullified such physical lIdvllnt:lge~ liS superior size, strenJ.:th, \Ieight or youth, 1 knew I would never gi\'e III' tryill~ to master the deceptively simple rules of movement he die! his bes' !O l)all~ nn, bcC:lUSl' this is the real thing.
Like many another selfless pioneer befon' him, he experienced the frustration of seeing others hendit superficinlly frnm his efforts while seeming to mis'J the renl point of his teaehillg, 110 IIH,ller how often he tried to press it home, Judo, he ~lIid. \\'1I8 nOt conceived IlS :1 sport or game but as II 8)"stcm of menul lind I'hysiclll educ:ltion whose inllucnce can benefit ever)' minute uf 0\11 life "They don't thmk beyond the fighting - the seorillg of II point" - that was the way he summed it up,
On the Saturday before he "finished", III he referred to his end, I was driving him to our study group at the Budokwai lind, sensing he was feeling gloomy, [ a~ked him wlllit he would like to see h:lppen - what chan,(te would giv(' him plea'iure, Ilill answer was typical: "1 would like 10 lice more pcoplt lhinking for thcmsdvca instClld of being- led like so mallY sheep" he said.
A rebel, a [eader, a deep thinker, :m aceomplislu~d artist, a paticnt tellcher and a ,s:tood comp;lIlion, he wus an example 10 us ,til lind his fin;tl ltct proved his integrit)· and IInchan~ellhlc c1ctermin:nioll to remain independent. 10 II 'nlCSC young men were to form the nucleus of early members of the Budokll'ai Manager Budokwai although it W:l~ only weeks beforc the curi~ity of the English Malcolm Lister, was aroused.
Amongst his leSl:er known activities \\'118 the fonnntion of the Dobokwai, a society formed to help Jap:lllesc re~idents in this COlllltry who found thl'msclves in distres3 of onc form or another, whether it During the months before his death I worked regularly with C.I\.. was unemployment, illness or even deuth, for the soc;ety had (in fuct, putting in order and filling in spaces in the Budokwai records from still has) its own cemetery. the heginning-. Due to the fact that his eyes were failing it wall G.K.'s judo interests were not by MI)' mcnns limited to the Budo difficult for C.K. to write easily and he would only re:ld to confirm kw.li. He visited clubs in .111 parts of Grellt Britain and before some detail which had been read out. The method of our working the second world war ran summer schools at vurious centres on the therefore consisted of the simple expedient of leaving a tape re<:order cOlltinent laying the foundation for judo in Europe. He t('Ok l: Briti3h running throughout the discussions and dealing with the whole thing lcam to Germany in 1929 to take part in the first c\'er intclllational omll}'. judo match. just prior to the war he visited several clubs in America and was in fact io the U.S.A. wht'n the w:lr broke out. This has resulted in not only getting facts but also :1 collection of interesling incidents and, of cour~e, a good number of humorous stories. It is G.K's humour th:l! I remember most, and whilst tnms cribillg from the tnpcs we hear a dialogue repeatedly punctuated with laughter; but pcrhllps his chnrity must c1nim equal memory.
Over the years G.K. kept a detailed dinry and although the whole of it is nOl at present easily availablc we do have some extracls from it lind I will quote one in typical 'C.K. English': "By knowing how 1 was sustained, physically and mentlllly, through Illy venturous wanderings, by virtue of Kenjutstl and Jujutsu training I have had, I was inspired to do my bit for that end (improving- the national standard of physical Iitlless which mcdical cxaminations of the first world war had shown to he llbysrnlllly low), by introducing the training on a popular bllsia, which would also pacify my tong-felt desire for milking !\Omc rcturn for generous assistance and hospitality with which wc Japanese wcrc accorded for )'ears past. In janUllry, 191~, by obtaining the lease of lin evacuated dresslllllkers' premises at 15 Lower Grosvenor Place, S.W.!, I have collected together several photographs which are to some I 0l>cned 1\ dojo for practice of the japanese martial arts." Ahhough he claims that the Budokwai was self-supporting IIftcr estenl milestones. The first one is surely olle of the enrlic'st of C.K. It len years it seems that this claim did not allow for repayment of the shows him demonstratiog Jujitsu nt the Japun-Ilritish exhibition in finances that C.K. had contributed up to that time nor did it nllnw 1910. His partner is Ohno who was II I Above; Ted Mflsso",_ G.K., Andy Dell mId i"rr/I Kmlt'rI Be/fifO; O~"i"g of G.1\. HrllJSe in 19S4 -~ G.K. in I'rullkjrm aged fifly-olle The next photogrnph was tllken at the Fr:l1lkrurt slimmer school III 1937; G.K. was firty-one at that time. In the next picture C.K. is shown with three pril-wllr Budokwai members, all of whom arc still llctive. First is Ted I\'los80111 who wus recelltly promoted to 4th dllll; next is Andy Dell who jnined the Budokwai as a 00) and was recentl), prollloted to 3rd dan lind he is still a regular atlclldcr in the dojo. The last in the line is Fred Kauert who has now cmigr:lted to Australia where we understand he practises rcgularly. The photogrnph W;15 taken in 1952. The last picture was t:lken of G.K. delivering his specch lit the 0I>Clllllg of the building !>Cllrin/o: hi~ name, and the present club house. Behind C.K. on the left is Eric i\liller who was nrchitcct or some or the largest and most irwoked Judo displays ever to be stnged. orten including more than two hundred demonstrators, b:rttenes of flood 14 IS lights and spots, Aowers ever),where, but ever)' detail planned lllld organised. Next is Leggett, still on the mat nt the Budokwll.i almost J1~ every night, who WliS British team captain before the war and now 6th Jt {.."J .it. / :$. dan. Then we have His Excellency Mr Mlltsumoto, the then Japanese Ambassador, who performed the opening ceremony (Ogoshi on Mr. i-o f il :;. ~i} of jJ' Kawamura). On the right is Mr. R. A. HOllre, 3rd dan, longstanding 1l memlxr of the Budokwll.i nnd of the Executive Committee. He was ~ -- "<;- -it It a personal friend of G.K. and his sudden death last year was II grellt 1L shock to him. The suit cases were presented at this time as C.K. "" . _ t:J JT<. was about to visit Jap'lIl after an absence of ncarl)' fifty yellflJ. 'I ~ -~ G.K.'s work for judo ill recent years is well known but his activities ,I litllc~publieity. ~, III the field of Oriental l:Icqucrwork huve rt'eeivcd .ff 14 l' Before the first world war he numbered amongst his patrons II.M. t ~ ~; Queen Mary and Field Marshall Lord Kitcht·nel. In 1922 he WliS i h , enlisted by the Victoria und Albert :\1uEcum te organise the oriental ~ lacquerwnrk colll'ction which untii then had not been systemllticnlly ia- ... a catalogued. He \l'llS afh'rwllrds to "pf.:lld some years compiling a :~ book on the subject ..,. ." ... B d' :iii. .1J!- G.K. Ii\"e-d 1I well organised and full life. planned 10 hill vcr) last act. ~ tG His letter to me rends: i;~tl~ Drar USler, ;:. 7, ~.s.1. I t'J:pect you have gu('Sud my pl(ltI. I am goi"g to "jllmp Ihl' ql/e/U!' to smJe tirnomf' mId umsefeu waitillg lor all (mceflled. I Ihallil you lor takillg pl'fSOlltll iutrrests Oil my be/wll more Ilum 011(' way . ... P!ease pass Illy killd regards to all others. I" spIn/. I sholl be wilh you always as I flHlS lor the last lorly.uvtNI Whal will s/(Iil/ Ihe lI/;,rOrS lip? I yrarl. Whal lie willti,,? Wllal rrellt rmtasUd lVilh best wislus, , Whal IIIIInNn YOllrs sillcercly, Which 100lgiuJ:s met Which Wl'ri' forgol/cur G. KOIZUMI. J The quick rircrlil, II/(' sloYlJ lulfilmM'1 Shalla. Who will {lIP Ihl' ml'tIlory? It GIUMIH.", 19M. 16 17 which you seek to control it. So you huve to find out ways of making your attack against the weakest parts of the leg's action. NEWAZA Judo men should Ihink about points like this, and in their minds criticise and study the methods which they Ulle. Do not just try one by Kisaburo Watanabe (5th dan) method and be satisfied with it. When }'Oll sec someone, a teacher or llnyone else, trying a method which is new to you, be sure to note Part 2 DEFENCE it :llId experiment with it your;~c1f. In this way you can [earn a grellt deal nbout judo movement, and il will help you in building up your In defending on the ground, when lhe opponent succeeds in own technique. coming 011 top, the important thil~g is not to let him pin )'our shoulders. In ncwaza today, people tend simply to let their shoulders be controlled UUUOKWAI AND LON1)ON ARt~A without a struggle. It is generally disastrous. As II matter of fact, l'I{Qi\IQTION E.XAM1NATIO/\,S w.: used to reckon that to control his ~houlders was eighty-peT-cent. of the battlc. When the defender tries to throw the other man off, The September Promolion EXllTninations will be helll al til\" if he hus only his two arms ;llld cannot us~ the ~houldcrs, he simply Budokwoi on the following dlltes:- finds that his arms are forced down. The ollly sure way is to join Monday, 61h Sept., al 6.30 p.m. judoka of 2nd kyu lind below. the hands lind push with the arms liS a unit; then by arching and TuesdllY. 7th Sept., at 6.30 p.lll. Women judob of all grades. twisting with the whole body, one Clln get oul safel),. This is the Wednt.'Sday, 8th Sept., at 6.30 p.m. judoka of 1st kyu and above. important element in escaping. Friday, 10th Sepl., at 6.30 p.m. judoka of 2nd kyu and below. First of alt, getting in. The In:ain obstacle is of course, the other Sllturday, 11th Sept., at 4 p.m. Provincial judoka only, man's legs, and the first step is to control thrm, which can be done nequiremcllts ror Budokwnl Illid l..ondoll Area. PromoliOlls: in 11 number of different ways. l. Applications should be Illnde to your Area Recorcier who ror instance, one can grab the trO\l~crs nt the knees, one in each should approve the application and rorw;lrd it to the Iludokwni to hand, :md then with a simultaneous swing throw lhem to one !ide nrrive 1101 /arcl' tflll" MUII(/II)'• •30111 August. Do not forget to and jump in. ask him or her to send it directly 10 the Budokwai, emph:lsising Ihe closing date. Some pt'Ople wrap their arms round the legs from on top, and then wriggle over them. 2. Your applic:lliol1 IlIUst :nclude the name of your dub, your full name, your present gr:lde, your licence number and the date of the Another way is to press down just above the inside of the knee examination. with one hand (or forearm), and with the other hand swt:ep his remaining leg in, and so cross 0\ ct' it. 3. The fee of 10/- will be collected at the door from everyone except members of (a) the Budokwni, (b) itll aniliated dubs, (c) London If his legs are already raised a bit, you Cllll try to jerk them up Area clubs. This fcc will be charged to ANY spectators except mcmbcr~ and shoulder them out of the way. of the Budokwai. Another method is to plant one foot between his legs, ;lear thc 4. 1ne examinee will present his licence directly to Ihe examiner thigh of one of them, and press his leg down with one's shin. And receive it back from him at the end of the examination. Alternatively, one can try to trap one of his legs between your own legs, and then slide up it as it were; he will not be able to gct a Klsaburo Wa.tanabe, 5th dun strong grip on thc one leg which he still holds. Sydney Hoare, 4th dan These arc all different ways with their own special features. Budokwai will ills/rurl In studying them you have to bear in mind your own special features S:ll., 28th August, 2 - 4- p.m. - of build, of physical deyelopment, and also the fe:ltuTes of the Sun., 291h Aug. - Thur.. 2nd Sept., position, namely how it arises. Throws which partially fail and lead Summer 10 - 12 noon and 2 - 4- p.m. to groundwork are varied and Ihe positions arising from them are Fri., 3rd Sept., 10 - 12 noon. correspondingly varied. So your methods must be appropriate to your FCt.'S: 3 gns. week-end. physique ll1ld also the throws you specinlize in. Course S gns. full week. Out there is a general point which should nol be forgotten and ApplicUliollf 10: THE MANAGER, BUDOKWAI, G.K. HOUSE, it is this: the leg is in general stronger than the hand or arm with 4 GII..5'I'ON ROAn, LONDON, S.\V.IO. 18 19 did reall), work. The advnntllge of having a personal inslruc.tOI" was The New President th:lt one could try out one'. ideas and find out whether they were an)' good or not. The demonstration W38 satisfactory because it was so instantly forthcoming. by Trevor P. Leggett, 6th dan Kaye was already a 8ellSoned international when I joined, and l\ member of the committee. Over the )'eflrs I learnt something of his background from others. At a very )'oung ao'C he h:ld matla!.-ed to join up for World War Mr. Marclls M. Kaye, O.B.E., 3rd dan Judo and one One, becoming one of those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. I-Ie was ultimately shot down over Cenn3ny 3nd imprisoned. He 0/ our early members, has accepted lhe post of President brought off :t famous esc:tpe, recorded in the book "Escape and libera o/the Budohwai. He was the /irsl. ;lI.s1ruclor of Mr. Trevor tion" 3S a classic. The prisoners' lavatories at Kaye's camp were not fllr from the main gllte. He had somehow acquired some overalls and Leggelt, lhe highest graded 1/011,-japflllcse jilt/aIm, who !.ells tools which he hid there. One day when the guard was about to ItS (l lillie about Mr. Kaye in the jOflOflJillg paragraphs. change a prisoner (Kaye) entered the lnvntories. The new guard had been on only a few minutes when the)' noticed, without much interest, a German workman emerge from the lavatories with his tools. He In 1931 I think it W3S, I joined the Oudokwai and received my disconnected the main waste pipe, cleaned it :tnd re-connected it. Then first lesson from ;\1atCUS Kaye. In th(»lc days there were no fonnal he slouched sulkily out through the gate, past rhe chatting gu:trds. beginncnl' classes, but the seniors gave preliminary lessons indivi dually to new members. As C 'lOlall man, Kaye relied 011 speed :md This sort of escape requires a good deal of nerve, and it wa~ a continuation techniques - my first iC8SQlI convinced lIlC that judo quality that stood him in g-ood stead liS a long-standing committee member of the Budokwai. The club tended to go bankrupt every so often, and a few senior members with l\'Ir. Koizumi would set it on its feet again in various ways. "Debentures" were fredy issued in those da)"s - no one Mnrclls Kay" (on tilt' left) fuilll f1QO Oilier "'"ml>#!T8 ulthe fJ,itiJ/J 7'('01" nil" j'm/( pllrl ;11 ,"" tJ",y lirst lI1/C"U'.JiOlWI judo "wulr. mId O.K. ill 19,2<). 20 21 smliller men, but rarely mcets A larger opponent Then, when he does, Talking he clln be bewildered unless he has gained ;lome e"f-'Cricllce. Points. ca~cg('rics, • • H:;viug written :n fllvour of weight a balancing poilll should be noted. I feel thut it would be a pity (nnd totally unnecessary) to go completely over to weight cbsses for 1111 competitions and randori. 1. WEIGHT CATEGORIES '£1lis would take away from us the chance to see the small man success fully whirling ovcr his hcavier opponent in throws such as seoin'lgc. Such 11 thrilling sight should not be lost altogether. Comments from Frank Pearson 1st dan Naturally, for promotion ex~minations, weight .;Ias~ should not be used. This would unnecessarily restrict th~ examiner :md in any case, the examiner can make allowance for any difference in weight, This is a very vexed question. Before the inclusion of judo in just liS he can allow for II difference in age. the Olympic C3mes, there was little discussion. It was held by mOlll 1ne two aspects, therefore, should 1;0 hand-in-hand; weight conches in Britain that weight categories were unnecessary. Indeed, categories for some contests so that experience ma)' be gained; for the very idea was anathema to the lluthoritiC!; thus Britain did not the rest, no weight diffcrentiation should be allowed. compete in the weight categories of EUrOpelln Judo Championships. It was considered that proper technique could overcome any weight disadvanuge.. . and Sydney Hoare 4th dan Certainly, proper technique can overcome II weight disadvantage. But, as the weight difference increases, so the skill difference must Whlltcver tnt: pros lllld cons of weight divisions III judo we have increa~ at an even greater weight. an Open Event, and liS long 115 this lemains and is tIl(,. most prized h is pOfiSible for a skilful light-heav)·.weight of 14st. lib. to even~, judo shouldn't suffer, One effect of weight di\'isions is that defeat a slightly [e~s skilful heavy-weight of 15sl. lib. A lightweight now we have a much wider runge of people fighting in Melcction contcsts of 9st. 41b. might be llble to ordeat :l welter.weight of lO~t. lib., but and gctting valuable experience. Prior to the introduction of weight iii it possible to seriously expect a light-wllight of 9st. 41b. to defeat a divisions in EurGpcan Judo the smaller men knew they had no chance heavy-weight of 15st. lib.? For the lightweight to succeed, there in the British Team selection contests, and 80 we hardly saw them. would have to be a very great disparity in their respective :;kills. Some people say thllt Rs weight divisions set in, judoka wilJ confine Take, for cXllmple, competitors in the Olympic Games. Can themselves to fighting men of their own size lind weight. There is this one consider that evcn a lightweight like Nl1katani, who won the gold danger of course. Howevl'r, it is up !O the instructors to realise that medal, could defeat one of the losing henvy-weights such as Rogera, contest proficiency is only one llSpect of judo And insist on men of all Kiknadze, Kim, Chihiladze or Sweeney, let alolle Kaminagai sizes fighting each other to further the other two I;idell of judo, ,nat is to SllY, mental Jnd physical development. Weight categoric, lire with us for international events. Let us acccpt them cheeriully and encourage clubs lllld llreas to hold some Anothcr danger is thnt thc dan grade sysl('m will die oul. Com contests in weight c1a~ses so that our competitors may gain experience. I>ctitors will just wear black belts with no uthcr distinction. K)'ll be~inncrs 111e!e is II differcnce in approach that m:ltten mostly to the men who grades will stay, as they lire valuable in giving something are on the extreme edges, i.e., the very small or the very large. to work for in lIttainnble steps. For example, a very small man will often mt'et opponents in Unless dan grades in future come to represent advanced know general practice who arc larger ~an himself. He will gradually learn ledge of judo skill wilh more stress in dan promotiolls being placed on how to tackle them and the method of overcoming a weight disadvantage. the testing of judo theory and technique, rather than just conlest However, thc sm811 man Will rarely meet a man who IS smaller than ability, the system could fade away. This would mean perhaps himself. On those infrequent oe·;asions that he does, he may, without 'collches', men with little knowledge of judo m:lSquerading behino a experience, be somewhat at a loss. The chllnces of metting a smAller track suit (no judogi) lind a bu(h:e. I feel that ill (uture dan g"rlldes opponent will increase in weight dass competitions. must be kept, but must be more n"l'resentlltive of ~hc holder's know· led!, •• Open JlDddleweight Poglagell (Holl:md) Poglagen Clement (France) Ol>ell Light Heavyweight. Oudillc (Russia) Oudine Gouwek-euw (Holland) Ollen Heavyweight Monczyk (West Gcrmany) Chikviladze Chikviladze (Russia) 01)(:11 All Category Meier (West Gennany) Meier Hoare (Great Britain) Amateur Lightweight Lllouchine (Russia) Stephanov Stephanov (Russia) Amateur Ught Middleweight Wiesner (East Germany) Bourreau Bourreau (France) Amatelll' Middleweight Hoffman (West Germany) Hoffman Grossain (France) OO~'~l1 Amateur Light Heavyweight (JJlldol/fcni) Kibrotsashvili (Russia) Klbrotsashvili Icor;rrg _dl/r Reymond (France) hOlU1IIOlhi Amateur Heavyweight Chikviladze (Russia) :-I'iemann Niemann (East Germany) J'hnln, /furl /.i.... Amateur All Category Kiknadze (Russia) After the contests there Wlts II furthe:' period of mndul'i :md then Kiknadze Don Burr, 3rd d:m, who llc(.'Ompnnied the Budokwlti group gave :1 Ruska (Holland) short lesson. He provided :t number of interesting idell.! for everyone to think about llnd, we hope, practise. TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP The dlly WllS thoroughly enjoyed l>y CVClYOllC ,11,,1 wc hllpC til Italy arrange furthcr visits later on the Sllmc Jines. } E. Germany E. Germt'.ny ) E. Conn,ny } Ireland Ireland RESULTS OF EUROPEAN JUDO Hoilnnd Portugal CHAMPIONSHIPS, MADRID } Holland Holl:tnd } Holland Spain Spain 22-24 APRIL RUSSIA FINALISTS W. Germany) W. Germany) Open Lightweight Belgium Russia Ilyushin (RUSSia) Ilyushin Russia Russia Suslin (Russia) France } R",,;, Ollell Light. Middleweight. Frnncc Ct. Britain ) France Jacks (Cre:lt Britain) Kuspish Kuspish (Russia) Austria Austria ) 26 27 very happy arter his team lost to Meiji just short of the Quartel' Fin:lls. All Japan Inter-University Nichidai have usually been in the top four previously also. Championships Results from Quarter Finals TeP.ri l "I' " 'royo enn /9-20 June /965" "'Ieiji Meiji )M '" ) 'h 1 elJl jN I on report from Tokyo by T:,kll~hoku Kinki l Kinki Malcolm Hopkinson, 2nd dan Chuo } Takushoku Kansai } Takushoku ) Thanks to the efforts of monstrous 4th dan Doug Rogers, Taku Takushoku shoku University were the winners this year for the lint time ever. Douglas R~ers, 4th dan, is a native of Canada (23 years old, In the fillals with Meiji Univt'Tsity, Rogers pinned Tomita with kess 6 feet 3 inches, 250 lbs.) and will be remembered as the Silver Medal gatame to score ippon whilst all other contests between Mciji and winner who lost to Inokum:! in the Heavyweight Cnte~ory of the Takushoku resulted in a draw. From the Quarter Finals onwards Olympic GnulCs Judo Events. Rogers was training al the' Kodoklln on the second da)' Rogers had four contests and won them all success for five years prior to the Olympics, an(1 at the end of the last year fully with a full point. enrolled at Takushoku University. The coach at T:lkushoku is himself a famous judoman, Masahiko Kimura, who won the All Japan A total number of thirty-two univcl1litic!I from :lll parIs of Japan Championship ten times. Rogers ha:l no doubt benefited from his entered, and the finalists lire as follows: instruction. At the World Judo Champions.hip in Bra~il tim. coming Takushoku Meljl October, Rogers will be representing his. country ill the heavyweight category. Ito 4- dan 21 Yamamoto 4 dan 21 Takahashi 4 dan 22 S:IS,lki 4- dan 2Z Anzai 3 dan 19 SllkHllloto 4- dan 22 Rage'" 4- dan 23 Tumita 3 dan 21 Yada 3 dan 20 KitllSC 3 dun 20 Iwatsuri t dan 21 MlltsuyUlOU 3 dun 22 TabUla " dan 21 Veno 4- dun 22 Kinld Tenrl Nishimura 3 dan 21 Millatoya 3 dan 21 Ka7.uki 3 d.w 21 Sasahara l dan 20 Fujita .. dan 22 'rsumatori 2 dan 19 Tsukahara .. dan 22 Yamallllkn "dan 21 Ucki J dlln 21 KuwlIgara 3 dan 20 Tsurumaru 3 dan 21 Hirao 3 dan 20 Yamaji 3 dan 22 Yoshida 3 dan 22 llle",bers "I English judoka present commented on the lack of weight in the Ilu' n-inning Meiji learn, due to the fnct that mllny of the big men, Sakaguchi. uam. ROg.TS in tile cent.e Yamamoto, etc., have recently gradll:lted. Mr. Matllushitll, NihoTl 'l'ilh Mr. University Coach, known to English judo plnyerll, was not looking lo:i"""'1 in loreJ;rounJ. 28 29 a waza-ari and a few seconds later scored ippon with utsuri goshi. Schoolboys' Judo: an account Brian Trickey (Haverstock) scored very q\lickly with uki WHza. of the first championships of the British Rex Hawkes (Havcrstock) had a hard contest and was held for a few seconds, but was able to turn the L1bles and scored with kesa Schoolboys' Judo Association by Tony Reay gatame. 3rd dan, Technical Adviaor ClIId Team Manager to the London S.J.A. Although London were now sure of winning the Championships The introduction and development of judo in schools hns certainly the enthusiasm and spirit continued to run with the remainder of progressed over the last few yeflTs and a great step forward was the team. taken when, just recently, the British Schoolboys' Judo Ch:.lrnpionships Trevor Norton (Northbrook) was held for seven seconds by his were held for the first time. bigger opponent but was able to score wa:;,a-ari with kosotogari. An On the 3rd April this yCllT the London Schoolboys' Selections were exciting contest with the balap.l:e swinging, his opponent scored waza· held at Crystal Palace. Over sixty boys turned up at the National ari and finally won the contest with another waza-ari. This was Recreation Centre for these contests and tcams were selected both for London's first defeat in the final. the Open and Under-IS categories. Unfortunately, due to the lack Andrew House attempted hidari harai goshi and settled into osae of funds a third team (under-13 category) could not br entered for komi for ten seconds. In return his opponent very nearly secmed the National Championships. osaekomi for eight seconds. The result of this contest was a decision The British Championships were held at Cotham Grammar School, for Andrew. Bristol, on Saturday, 22nd May. It was indeed a long day fur the With this clear win for London, the Open team was inspired to London boys, commencing at 6 a,m. nnd finishing with their arrival do even better, as can be seen in the following results. back home at 2 a.m. the next day. Fortunately, the organising of the Michael Olizar (Salesian College) was matched with a very clever championships by the Western Area was first class. Although the event opponent whose tricks were quite dangerous. How-.:ver, the end was was not publicised as a spectator show there was :1everthele~s quite sudden when he scored with a dramatic shime-waza. a capacity crowd present. Roy Wildman (Spencer Park) also had a hard contest, attempting The London under-l S tenm commenced with a fine win :md con kesa gatame three times, only to be broken, until fin:llly at the fourth tinued in this fashion throughout the afternoon. However, the Open attempt it remained secure. team started rather shakily with the team captain seemingly walking onto Hilary Eastwick-Ficld (Westminster City) and his opponent pro ogoshi from a rather unorthodox but effective hold, the very tactics vided another exciting contest, there being much nev.. aza. This hard we had been studying a week before during training. As every contest fought contest resulted in a draw. man knows such a beginning could b~ disastrous for a team but the Hector Gullan (Merchant Taylors) pressed the initiative with two remainder if the boys rallied and there commenced a string of victories. quick attempts at uchimata and then won with osaekomi waza. In the under-IS's London emerged from their pool clear winners, the Lance Herod (Hillcroft) clinched an overwhelming victory for results being: London by gaining a submission from shime wnza. Devol~ 80 pts. Summing up I must say that it was most refreshing to see sO Somerset 20 pis. much judo and fine spirit in contests throughout the day. The two London 102 pts. London teams were most impressive and although generally they lacked Birmingham +7 pts. big techniques their contest strategy was much superior. Both fighting They were to meet Bristol in the final who hnd emerged with the and team spirit were very good. following results: On behalf of London I wish to record a word of thanks to the North SO pts. organisers - they have set the ball rolling; somebody will be expected Kent 80 pts. to organise these contests next year - a chance for London to do a Bristol 100 pis. worthwhile job. Bedford ni! Our thanks also to the Budokwai Committee for offering the The pools for the Open category were rather complicated nnd club facilities frce to the London teams during the six weeks prior London had a long, nerve+racking waiting period before they could to the Championships. Finally the boys themselves have asked me test the opposition. The three pool winners were De"on, Yorkshire to convey their thanks and appreciation to Stan Woollam, to Ric nnd London. London were to meet Yorkshire in the final. Schofield of Hillcroft School and to K.c. Smallridge of Hammersmith Under 15 Fin.aJ: College of Further Education for their efforts and so much of their John Plunkett (North Romford School) opened the scoring' with spare time devoted to organising and caring for the London teams. 30 31 BOOKS BOOKS THE DE~IONSTRATIONOF THROWS MY STUDY OF JUDO (NAGE-NO-KATA) by G. Koizumi (8th Dan) Founder of the Budokwai by T. P. Leggett (6th Dan) 1\·lr. Koi~ullli's great work deals with the mechanical foundations and tech niques seen in Randori lind Shisi. This text covering compulsorr material for the lsI Dan grading of Ihe B.J.A" ZOO p.p. 180 illus/rations. 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