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The Kodokan Kata Course 2022
This weekend, a part of the SNJF kata team was present at the 11th Kodokan Kata Course in the village De Kwakel. In two days, the six competition katas were presented and on Sunday, or twofold European Champions Tycho van der Werff and David Lefevere ran the katame-no-kata course.
Good to see the many young people attending. In earlier years, the youth automatically moved into shiai competition, but these days the option to perform in kata is also there, which is a good thing for youngsters who are not inclined to fight in the shiai competitions. We hope that this is going to give us many technically proficient judoka in the near future, and of course we also hope to see them on the kata competition tatami!
Tycho’s presentation for the Judo 3.0 movement
Judo 3.0 is a movement that wants to modernise the contemporary judo and propagates “full inclusion”, with new ideas and insights, and full involvement of not only mainstream judoka but also children and people with a physical or mental handicap. All this according to the ideas of Jigoro Kano Shihan:
- Seiryoku Zenyo: Minimal effort, maximal results, and
- Jita Kyoei: Personal growth for our mutual benefit.
Today, Judo 3.0 organised a seminar where Tycho was allowed three hours to present his views on adapted kata. This is a recording of the full presentation.
Our Functional Classification System is now scientifically validated!
The FCS (also sometimes referred to as the Adaptive Classification System) has been in use for decades and has been continuously developed until its last revision in 2018. The five-grade system ensures safety and fair competition. Indeed, SNJF and later SNJU have promoted and introduced this system and its associated rulebook into their sphere of influence.
One of the criticisms of the system’s opponents is that it is, supposedly, impossible to rate adapted judoka based on a snapshot evaluation.
The AUTJUDO project in which SNJU and SNJF are participants has now proven that this is most certainly possible, with a high degree of reliability. Indeed, three universities have confirmed this in a peer-reviewed experiment.
This is good news for our FCS; it confirms what we already knew: FCS is a great basis to organise safe and fair competition.
Read more about the guidelines for divisioning? CLICK HERE
Want to read the article of Blanquerna University? CLICK HERE
UCF Study: Judo May Help Health, Social Interaction of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder
UCF (the University of Central Florida) have confirmed what we really already knew: Judo may help people with ASD to function better in society. Read their article here!