10 The Famous Judoka in Japan 2

I will also show other famous Japanese judoka in addition to Toshihiko Koga and Kosei Inoue. Ryuta Ishii is known as a tall man. He was born in Chiba prefecture in 1987. His height is 193cm and his weight is 135kg. His favorite waza is osotogari. He began to do judo when he was ten years old. When he was a third grader in his high school, he ranked second in an interscholastic athletic meet. After he entered Tokai University, He became the champion in Japanese Junior Judo Meet and challenged World Junior Judo Meet but he lost to Teddy Riner, who is a French judoka, at semifinal. After he graduated from Tokai University, he obtained a job in JRA. JRA is a public company of central horse racing. In 2011 he won the championship at Kodokan Games. In this game, he beat Yasuyuki Muneta with his favorite waza; osotogari.

 

As well as Ryuta Ishii, Shinichi Shinohara is good at osotogari. He is born in Aomori prefecture in 1973. His height is 190cm and his weight is 135kg.When he was a junior high school student, he began to do judo. When he was a student at Tenri University, his judo talent bloomed because of his build, technique and power. As the result, he won at many judo games during his campus life. In 2000 he took part in Sydney Olympic Games and got silver medal. This final game are generally known as misjudgment. Two referees of three decided that his opponent; David Douillet, who is a French judoka, won with ippon, but the truth that Shinichi won at that game was accepted by The International Judo League analyzing a video of the game after Sydney Olympic. He never blamed referees and David. He only said that he lost because he is weak. Now he is a supervisor of Japanese judo delegation.

 

I think Ryoko Tani is the most famous judoka in Japan. Her nickname is Yawarachan. This nickname came from judo comic; Yawara. She was born in Fukuoka prefecture in 1975. She got gold medals twice at Sydney Olympic Games and Athens Olympic Games. At the other Olympic Games she took part in she got silver and bronze medals, in other words she got medals at all the Olympic Games she participate. She also got gold medals seven times at World Judo Games. She has worked as a member of the House of Councilors since she retired from judo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9 The Famous Judoka in Japan 1

In Japan judo is one of the most traditional sports. I like some famous Japanese judoka. One of the most famous judoka is Toshihiko Koga. He was born in Saga prefecture in 1967. He began to do judo when he was 7 years old because his brother’s effect and moved to Tokyo to practice judo when he was 13 years old. After he graduated from his junior high school, he entered Nippon Sport Science University and majored in buzyutsu. Buzyutsu contains judo, kendo or kyudo which are Japanese traditional sports. His judo style is very aggressive. He often said “I always try to take ippon.” His height was small in judoka but he was very alert and agile. His favorite waza is ippon-seoinage. In 1988 he took part in Seoul Olympic Games for the first time, but he lost at the third stage. In 1992 he also took part in Barcelona Olympic Games. The judo game, which he did there, is the most famous in Japan and is sometimes broadcasted in TV.

 

At the final game, his left leg and knee were injured because of his practice for the final, but he won at the game and got gold medal with a painkiller. This victory impressed all Japanese people.

Kousei Inoue is also a Japanese famous judoka. He born in Miyazaki prefecture in 1978. His height is 183cm and his favorite waza is uchimata. He has two brothers and he is the youngest of three children in his family. One of his brothers; Tomokazu Inoue was an Asian champion of the international judo game in 1999. In 2000 he took part in Sydney Olympic Games as a Japanese judoka. When he left for Sydney, he brought a photograph of his mother, who died in disease. Finally he got a gold medal and stood on the podium with his mother’s photography.

In 2004 he was chosen as a captain of Japanese judoka in Athens Olympic Games. He was expected to win in a row, but he lost at the quarterfinal. In 2008 he was chosen as a trainee of the sport consultant of Japanese Olympic Committee and went abroad. For 2 years he lived in Scotland and learned English, the method of judo coaching in Europa and circumstances of judo in Europa. In 2011 he returned to Japan and became an instructor of physical education in Tokai University. After London Olympic Games he assumed a supervisor of a Japanese judo delegation.

 

8 Judo in Foreign Countreis

Now judo is done not only in Japan, but also all over the world. After the World War 2, International Judo League was founded and adopted as one of the Olympic Games, so judo began to spread all over the world at that time. Now the number of foreign countries which take part in International Judo League is more than 199. Judo is very popular in Brazil, Russia and Europe. In particular judo is done in France. The number of French judoka is five hundred thousand, in other hand the number of Japanese judoka is two hundred thousand, so judo is more popular in France than in Japan. Although foreign judokas are burlier than Japanese judoka, Japanese judoka had won many times in Olympic Games or other International Games. It is said that Japanese people have short legs or arms and this is advantageous in judo games because not only strength but also quickness or flexible is need to win in judo games. I think Antonius Johannes Geesink is one of the most famous foreign judoka in Japan.

He was born in Utrecht of Neitherland in 1934. When he was a judoka, his height was 198cm. He began to do judo when he was 14 years old  practiced judo in a judo team in his town after he graduated from his junior high school. He often went to Kodokan and Tenri University in Nara to practice judo. He progressed with his talent of judo rapidly as a judoka. He took part in The First World Judo Games which was held in Tokyo in 1956, kkbut he lost to Yoshihiko Yoshimatsu at semifinal. Two years later, he also took part in The Second World Judo Games, but he lost to Kimiyoshi Yamashiki at quarterfinal. Finally he took part in The Third World Judo Games in 1961 and won to Koji Sone, who got a championship in The Second World Judo Games. He is the first foreign judoka, who got the championship. He exploited muscle training and played many kinds of sports for judo training. This training style was very unique and novel in Japan at that time. In 1964 he took part in Tokyo Olympic Games as a foreign judoka of the open weight category and won to Akio Kaminaga in final. This event gave an impact to Japan or other countries and is the most famous in judo history.  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amiri Baraka

Amiri Baraka was born in America, the state of New Jersey, in 1934. He is known as the parson who active in many areas. For example, a writer, a thinker, a music critic, a poet. He is also known as Everett Leroi Jones, his other name. He died at 79 years old on January 9 in 2014. When he was a college student, he won a scholarship to Rutgers University in 1951. In 1952, he moved to Howard University and majored in philosophy and religion. In 1954, he took part in US Air Force as a gunner. The same year, he came to like jazz and moved to Greenwich Village for recording music. In 1958 he married Hettei Cohen and published Beat icons. He edited the first 25 issues “Floating Bear” between 1961 and 1963. In 1961, a first book of poem “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Notes” was published. A volume of jazz criticism “Blues People ; Negro Music in White America” inspired free jazz movement. In 1964, his controversial play “Dutchman” was evaluated highly and he received an Obie Award. In 1984, he became a full professor at Rutgers University. In 1996, he contributed to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat.

7 The Technique of Judo 2

Katame-waza, grappling techniques, is also essential in judo and is often seen in judo games. These techniques are very high level and risky. Grappling techniques are classified by three techniques. These are osaekomi-waza; holding or pinning techniques, shime-waza; strangulation techniques, kansetsu-waza; joint techniques. Osaekomi-waza has seven kinds of techniques; katagatame, kesagatame, kuzure-kesagatame, kamishihogatame, kuzure-kamishihogatame, tateshihokatame, yokoshihokatame. In these techniques, “katame” or “gatame” means locking. Major osaekomi-waza are kesagatame, kamishihogatame, tateshihokatame, yokoshihoukatame. In case of kesagatame, one can suppress the opponent by closing his waist to the opponent’s side and opening his body, pinching the opponent’s arm deeply by one arm, holding the opponents neck, griping the opponent’s collar. This kesagatame is also used in wrestling.

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In case of kamishihogatame, one can suppress the opponent by riding on the opponent. When doing this, one must grip the opponent’s obi and close one’s side in order to lock opponent’s both hands.

In case of tateshihokatame, one can suppress the opponent by straddling the opponent’s middle and closing one’s chest to the opponent. At this time, the opponent lies on his back. One must control opponent’s neck or shoulder with one’s arm and opponent’s both legs with one’s legs.

In case of yokoshihokatame, one can suppress the opponent by carrying one’s arm from the opponent’s side to the opponent’s neck and locking the opponent’s neck, then holding the opponent’s leg with the other arm and riding on the opponent and closing one’s chest. At this time, the opponent also lies on his back. The more one lower his waist, the easier one can control the opponent’s movement. I think this technique is the most effective in osaekomi-waza.

 


In case of katagatame, one can suppress the opponent by locking opponent's neck and arm which is raised upward with one's both arms. One must close his head on the opponent in order to control the opponent's movement. This osaekomi-waza is one of the most difficult techniques in judo.

One can get ippon if one suppresses the opponent for more than 25seconds by using these osaekomi-waza. (Getting ippon means winning) One can get wazaari if one suppresses the opponent for 20~25 seconds. (Getting wazaari twice means winning  One can get yuko if one suppresses the opponent for 15~20 seconds. (If one get yuko, the chance one wins by judgment increases) If the opponent says "give in way" or signals while one suppress the opponent, one win regardless the time.



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Nelson Mandela who was a politician in South Africa died on December in 2013. At that time he was ninety five years old. Mandela was born in Kunu village as Dende tribe in 1918. He was a child of the village mayor. His full name is Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. When he was a college student, he entered Africa National Congress (ANC). He tackled an anti-apartheid campaign. Apartheid is a policy which discriminates black people in South Africa. It contains many kinds of discrimination. At that time, franchise belong to only white people. As for employment, wages of industrial white workers were six times higher than those of black workers, especially wages of mining industrial white workers were twenty one times higher than those of white workers. Many black people were forced to live in very poor huts. If black people entered to white people's residence or white people entered to black people's residence, they were punished severely. Black people and white people went to separate schools. Funds for education of white people per person were about ten times higher than those of black people and there was no compulsory education for black people. Moreover many kinds of things were separated, for example bath rooms, buses, restraints, trains, hotels, movie theaters, parks and so on. Hospitals of white people had satisfactory facilities, but those of black people were very poor. Of course they were punished severely if they came to love with each other.




 

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Nelson Mandela organized Umkhonto we Sizwe ("Spear of the Nation", abbreviated MK) and became the first conductor in 1961. But he was arrested because of its organization activity in 1962 and imprisoned for Ruben Island in 1964. He lived in the prison for twenty seven years. Finally he was free from the prison in 1990 and became an Africa National Congress ( ANC ) chairman in 1991 and he tried to abolish aapartheid zealously with Frederik Willem Deklerk who was the president in South Africa at that time. Nelson Mandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 because he contributed to end apartheid policy peacefully and make the new democratic basis in South Africa. He ran for the first election that all races can take part in and became the first black president in South Africa in 1994. He worked as the eighth president for five years and retired in 1999.　Now South Africa is one of the multinational countries in the world.

6 The Techniques of Judo 1

There are many kinds of techniques in Judo and these are one of the most interesting elements.　Standing techniques are known well and spectacle. Standing techniques are attacking opponents with standing and contain many spectacle waza. For example, seoinage, ipponseoi, taiotoshi, osotogari, ouchigari, ogoshi, uchimata and so on. Seoinage is a shoulder throw, one of the traditional forty throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. The specific techniques of two hands seoi-nage or eri-seoi are generally called seoi-nage. This is one of the most famous waza in judo. The distinctive technical aspect of this classification is that the one executing the technique grips with his two hands as opposed to Ippon Seoi Nage in which only one hand remains gripping while the other slides under the one receiving the technique armpit. First, he breaks his opponent's balance forward. Next, he lowers his posture and turns 180°. Then he humps his opponent and throws. Seoi nage is one of the highest-scoring techniques in judo.

 

 

 

taiotoshi is smilar to seoinage. First, he breaks his opponent's balance. Next, he steps with his foot in order to block his opponent's foot, and then throws his opponents forward by both hands. Osotogari and ouchigari are often used in judo games. In a classical right-handed osotogari, he steps next to his opponent with his left leg and reaps opponents right leg (at the back of the thigh) with his right leg. 

In right Ouchi Gari, he reaps his opponent's left leg with his right leg from the inside while pulling his opponents down. In competition, the reaping action of the classical variation is sometimes replaced with a hooking or lifting motion, and the left hand can be used to lift or block opponent's other leg while reaping the other.
O-goshi's classification as a  hip technique, indicates the central role that the hip plays in the execution of the technique.
In this technique, breaking the balance is to his opponent's front. Turning involves tori turning his hips, moving them in front and below opponent's hips, with his hand passing behind his opponent's back, usually under opponent's arm, while minimising the amount of space between his back and opponent's chest. His hand pulls opponent's arm to the front, maintaining the balance break. The execution of the throw involves tori lifting with the hips and bending forward while continuing the pull to the front and down, bringing his opponent onto the mat at his feet.

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