1. International Judo Federation - Competition for our Under 14 Judoka!
Choose your favourite Judo Value (or values), and send the IJF an illustration of what it means to you for the chance to win fantastic prizes! Watch the following video for instructions on participate in this contest:
Let's showcase some of the Judo talent we having in QUEENSLAND in this INTERNATIONAL competition!
Some of the rules:
- Show one of the judo values in action – what does the value mean to you?
- Every illustration has to include a judogi
- Get creative! You can use any artistic instrument to create your illustration (for example, pencil, crayon, paint, graphics, etc.)
- Action in the illustration must be in the spirit of Judo
- You can submit more than one illustration, but they should be totally different
How to:
- Sign in (or sign up) with an account on https://8.ijf.org/
- Upload your illustration masterpiece(s)!
- Fill out your details
- SUBMIT!
8 Winners will be selected by a IJF jury to receive a customized judogi! 50 T-shirts and 30 Mascots will be distributed between the rest of contestants at random.
Competition closes 24th May
Visit the IJF website for more rules of the contest and info on how you can enter: https://8.ijf.org/
Good Luck!
2. Judo QLD Home Workout Competition
FINAL CALL for entries into our friendly competition!
The idea is to post a photo or video of you doing a home workout use the #judoqld #qldjudoka #JudoAtHome and tag 'Judo Queensland' and 'Judo Australia'
The winner will be whoever comes up with the most creative workout/setting/costume/partner/all of the above !
Prizes:
👕North QLD State Champion – Two winners each receive a Judo QLD 2020 State Championship T-shirt
👕SE QLD State Champion – Two winners each receive a Judo QLD 2020 State Championship T-shirt
Be quick!
Competition closes Friday May 1st at 3pm.
The winner will be chosen by you through a Facebook poll, then announced during the Saturday zoom workout.
A great example has been set by the Bevis Sisters - Kirsty is a member of the UQ Judo Club, and her Sister Brooke is an accomplished Gymnast, they team up to give you ideas for home training. Amazing effort girls, thank you for inspiring us all!
3. This month in Judo Queensland
Yes - still no Judo at the moment, however in this down time we have not been complacent! Your State Team Coach Seb Murphy has been providing training into your homes via Zoom organised by John Taylor, and there have also been online Nutrition sessions. Great job everyone who participated!
For more details about our online zoom sessions, head to Judo Queensland Facebook page:
Saturday Zoom training sessions at 3:00 pm with your State Team coaches - these training's will be every Saturday until further notice. Details on our Facebook Page.
JUDO IN THE TIME OF COVID-19
1. The health and welfare of players and their families and communities takes paramount priority
2. Please maximise your personal hygiene measures
3. Judo Queenlsland will not convene judo activities in the immediate future
4. Queensland players and coaches have always found ways to get fitter, faster, stronger, and more skillful in isolated situations. This would be an ideal time to turn adversity into advantage and develop your abilities without group training sessions
Please find attached the Judo Qld Coronavirus Policy - last updated 28th March 2020:
Remember, Judo has been greeting everyone respectfully, and correctly since 1882 (REI), no hand shakes necessary!
Dietician - Rebecca Disher
We were lucky to have Rebecca Disher giving us all the Dietician information we need for a weighted Sport. A huge thank you for spending half an hour with us, and thank you to the families that logged in to zoom to listen to Rebecca.
Link below if you missed the full information session - great guidance in our weight related sport if needed, and so well worth watching:
A few of the topic discussions below:
- Carbohydrates - how much should you eat, portion size and when to consume.
- Break down of the food groups - times they can be eaten
- Water consumption - at least two litres a day if not training, double if training.
- Eating for injuries - your diet can help recover and repair your body!
- The most you should go over your fighting weight in non competition times. 3-4 kg max- advised.
- Any weight that is to hard to maintain, advised to go up to your natural weight.
- Harsh weigh cutting is very dangerous.
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Physiotherapist - James Grafton from Champion Health
A big thank you to James Grafton who hosted a training session about injury prevention.
Video link below if you missed it - a great insight at this time.
If you have any questions or would like to book a consultation you can get in touch with James at:
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Keep an eye on our Facebook page where we'll be posting about all upcoming guest speakers and zoom sessions!
4. At home - resources
A reminder of some resources for you whilst we're still practicing from home, in case you missed them last month:
1. Seb Murphy - videos and content
Promo Code: FARIAFREE
2. Interactive Tachiwaza Quiz for kids and teens!
3. Judo Puzzles
Thank you to Beyond Grappling for this resource!
4. Judo techniques and exercises to do at home from Olympian Travis Stevens
5. Hachi Dan Neil Adams, komi bands self training video:
6. Sam King, QLD Judoka Current under 73kg Australian National Champion
Sam King takes over Judo Australia Instagram with his training regime - click through to watch Sam and gain some tips, or insight into his training:
5. Club News
NEW! Club Highlight Feature
In next months 'News link' we are excited to have another new section, highlighting our Queensland Clubs. The first Club we will highlight is our top membered club as at March 2020, a club with a lot of Judo History:
Ohori Judo Club - coming soon
We look forward to this new section in our newsletter.
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Clubs – please send your news for the judo community to share to club.support@judoqueensland.org.au...
...and keep up to date with us on Facebook!
6. New Referee's - Information Section!
Liaising with head referee Sanders Leeman's, and Sanders and Junior, we will be adding refereeing videos and Judo rule explanations in the coming months. Explaining important rules in Judo will be very beneficial to coaches to stay on top, and also for new Judo members to understand our amazing but complex sport.
For all current referee information please head to www.judoqueensland.org.au - within 'Resources' there is 'For referee's' section housing the most up to date rules and information. Looking forward to future input from these dedicated Judo Referee’s.
Judo Queensland Online Shop
The Judo Queensland online shop is open! Please click on the link below to purchase Judo Queensland Sporting goods, Kukri brand.
Shop here:
7. Judo Australia - National News
Updates:
In the same company as the Tokyo Olympics, National Championships this year have been cancelled. Judo Queensland are waiting for further advice from the national body.
Judo Australia have released advice and support documents for COVID-19:
Online shop
Judo Australia is excited to announce the launch of our official online shop with a range of national team apparel and accessories now available, head to www.ausjudo.com.au and click on the online shop link at the top of the home page.
Judo Australia Sports Committee
In March the JA Sports Committee was expanded with 3 new members to help the existing members. Nice to see Qld representation, Caitlin Borchert and Robert Borchert.
Caitlin Borchert has been a volunteer at the National Titles for the last 5 years, as well as an Oceania Championships and 2 Oceania Cups. Congratulations Caitlin on your election to the committee.
8. Judo Queensland Contact Details
Our office remains open for remote business during the Covid-19 physical isolation period mandated by government.
Please contact staff or directors for any enquiries:
- office@judoqueensland.org.au
- clubs.support@judoqueensland.org.au -ANNA RASMUSSEN, MEMBER SUPPORT OFFICER
- nelson_brisbane@bigpond.com.au - PAUL NELSON, CHAIRMAN
- zel.goldman@gmail.com - ZEL GOLDMAN, SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR
- carlconran@gmail.com - CARL CONRAN, DIRECTOR