Judo
Australian Sports Commission
Sport Overview
Derived from the ancient martial art of Jujitsu, Judo is defined as the 'gentle way', and is a modern Japanese martial art and combative sport that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century by the late Professor Kano.
While Australia has competed in every Olympic judo competition since becoming an Olympic sport, our Olympic success has been mixed. For the men the sport first appeared at the Tokyo Games in 1964 where Ted Boronovskis is our lone medallist when he won a bronze medal. The women’s program commenced at Seoul in 1988 as a demonstration event. Australia’s Suzanne Williams won a gold medal in 1988, and Maria Pekli won a bronze at Sydney in 2000.
If Australia is going to be more competitive on the international stage we need to ensure that the existing talent within the Judo pathway is given the best opportunity and support. With this in mind NTID in partnership with the Australian Judo Federation are working hard to ensure that we identify those with potential to succeed thus ensuring that we have many ‘jûdôka’ leading into London 2012 and beyond.
Current Projects
As a result of the NTID funding, the Judo Federation of Australia Inc has been able to employ for the first time a full time National Development Coach/Coordinator (NDCC). Assisted by a network of volunteer state coaches the NDCC works closely with identified athletes and their coaches providing both technical support and more importantly a framework for extra curricular fitness and strength and conditioning support.
These athletes have been identified and recommended/ranked by states, clubs and schools, resulting in 40 athletes from around Australia attending an inaugural Judo Identification camp at the AIS in April 2007 (age bracket: 15 to 19 years). During the camp the athletes were put through a rigorous regime of physical testing, skill execution and competition, designed to test their current skill level and to help determine their future potential.
20 jûdôka’s have been initially identified and have subsequently participated in a number of residential camps hosted at the AIS in Canberra, as well as a participating in a training camp involving the Japanese Judo schools in Japan. Japan has always been and is currently the leading country for Judo in competition and technical level, which is reflected in all medal tallies since 1956, especially 2004 Olympics where Japan won eight of the total fourteen available Gold medals.
In essence, the focus of the NTID program is to improve the athletes technical ability, thereby by exposing the NTID jûdôka to the Japanese High School Judo Programs, which are deemed as the most appropriate level for developing athletes, the quantity and quality of the Japanese partners will improve our athlete’s skill levels and competitiveness while additionally, the NDCC, assistant coaches and manager will benefit from the coaching strategies learnt from the Japanese.
Squads
2008 Female squad
- Tiffany Day -48kg (QLD)
- Hannah Trotter -48kg (NSW)
- Sara Collins -63kg (ACT)
- Tamara Betts -70kg (NT)
- Zoe Bourke -70kg (VIC)
- Mollie Dabner -57kg (TAS)
- Stevie Kelly -57kg (NT)
- Margi Corfios - 63kg (QLD)
- C-A Ryder -52kg (QLD)
2008 Male Squad
- Beau De Casanove -60kg (NSW)
- Aaron Blackie -66kg (QLD)
- Clinton Venn -60kg (QLD)
- Mark Anthony -81kg (VIC)
- Duke Didler -90kg (ACT)
- Jake Andrewartha +100kg (SA)
- Sebastian Temessi -81kg (QLD)
- Jake Young -60kg (NSW)
- Ben Hughey -60kg (QLD)
- Ben Fishlock -55kg (NT)
- William Jenkins -66kg (SA)
NTID Olympic representatives
Beijing 2008
- Tiffany Day
- Marc Anthony
Results
Australian National Championships, June 2007 in Adelaide
- With the exception of one athlete, all NTID squad members medalled. It should be noted however that this one athlete was only knocked out because of 2 fellow NTID squad members and therefore could not make the repechage.
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- 13 National Titles, 7 Silver medals and 6 Bronze
Junior and Senior Pac Rim Championship @ Macau – 27th to 29th July – International tournament - Asia countries
- 12 NTID athletes selected, four males, five females and three reserves
- Gold medal to Mark Anthony (-81kg)
- Bronze medals to Duke Didier -90kg and Jake Andrewartha +100kg
- The squad had an additional four 5th places just losing out for the bronze medal.
Australia Opens (VIOC, NSW and QLD) – Major competition (International)
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VIOC – 15 NTID squad members competed
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- 11 Gold medals
- 6 Silver medals
- 5 Bronze medals
- NSW – 14 NTID squad members competed
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- 7 Gold medals
- 5 Silver medals
- 7 Bronze medals
- QLD – 10 NTID squad members competed
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- 6 Gold medals
- 5 Silver medals
- 4 Bronze medals
Program Supporters
- Australian Judo Federation
- Australian Institute of Sport
- Australian Sports Commission
- Japanese Judo high schools (Japanese Judo federation)
Contacts/Links
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Testimonials
“We are pleased to be on the NTID squad and proud to wear the NTID judo uniform, which has seen us bond as a team. Although challenging, we are enjoying increased training volumes which can only mean that our skill base and fitness levels can only increase and the ability to regularly come together as a group, let alone have the opportunity to travel to Japan and train and compete against the Japanese has been a real bonus”. NTID Squad, Australian Nationals, 2007
“While some coaches are working directly with the program we are now finding that a number of club coaches are now replicating with what the NTID program is doing which can only mean that as a sport we now have a large number of developing athletes all working toward an International result. In support of this, the program has developed strong support from the national coaches (the potential Olympic coaches men and women) and managers because they know how important it is if we are to become more successful on the International arena." Pascal Giraud, National Development Coach/Coordinator JFA Inc
