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OPPOSITE:

Ab""e : U\:hirnuls in lln;litllinsl)'COlll<:J;l~ on firsl ([:lY,

IJdoll>: Ashi\\au. hy SalO in a('OlllCl,l\ "ilh Y"numake.

three times to a decisive ippon.Kalo drew with bOlh Shigematsuand Sakaguchi. Shigematsu, how­ever. was bealen by Sakaguchiwith a countered ashiwaza whichscored wa7.a-ari. This was ralhersurprising as bOlh Shigematsu andSakaguchi are from Meiji Uni­versity. Shigematsu being Saka­guchi's senior. Sakaguchi thenemerged as winner of pool I.

In Ihe sttond pool, Shimzakiwas ralher disappointing as hedrew in every contest. Onc timewinner of the Tokyo Yosen. hegraduatcd from Nichidai laSI year.Sato, of the Imperial Palace Guardhas good ashiwaza and is strong ingroundwork but Tsumila was thewinner of this pool Wilh a win bydecision over Fujita.

In pool 3. 3rd Dan Yamanakaof Tenri University des e r v e smention, An active judoman whofought very well. Seki seemed 10oUlbounce the others. howevcr.lind with two wins and a draw,came out Ihe winner. Yoneda who

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The tirst pool contained threevery strong men in Sakaguchi,Kato and Shigcnllltsu, and Yllmaji,the fourth nllln in this pool provedto be no match for them. He lo~t

This YC;lr the All J II P JI nChaml>ionshil>S were held on May1~1/211d at lhe Nippon Budokan.Tokyo. II truly magnificent build­ing specially built for lhe Judoevents of the Olympic Games.Thirty-two contestants were dividedinto 8 pools. 4 men in ellch pool.lind the 8 winners competed on thesecond dlly for the finals.

Kaminllga, 51h Dan, OlympicSilver Medalist was not partici.IXlting due 10 knee injuries.Inokumll. 5th Dan, also had similarknee injuries. lind though he hadentered, was not fllvoured 100heavily. The favourites lhen. wereMUl'lIi. Sakaguchi. Shigemalsu.Kaga and finally, Maeda, winnerof the recent Tokyo Yasen. Manypeople expected much from KlllOrepresenting the Kinki area. whohad been lucky to gel wi\za·ari illa contcst with Anton Geesmk at aPost-Olympic judo match last year.

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is 19 years old was outfoxed bySeki in a strangle-hold.

With the exception of Maeda. allthe conlestants in pool 4 hadmanaged to only draw. Maedllwas given the decision over Enshu.old boy of Tenri University. andhe automatically be c a III e thewinner.

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Pool 5 was interesting. Kogaand Inokuma were to meet eachother. As it happened. theyfought to a hard draw. Ueno 4lhDan from Meiji has become verystrong rcccntly. but he had the mis­fortune to be thrown with a terrificUchimata by Koga. A gradualcof Nichidai. Koga was in excellentform, and to see him in actionmust have been one of the high.lights of the eonlests for every­body. His throws were so beauli­fully c1elln and positive. Inokulllilbeat the other man in this pool.Kunishige, with Ippon·Seoi anellhen WIIS compelled to retire dueto injuries. Koga and Ueno hadalso beaten Kunishige: Koga useda very fast Haraigoshi to the left.and Ueno securcd a hold-down 10secure ippon. Dcscrvingly. Kogacame out the winner to fight in thefinals.

In pool 6. Sato. ex-Meiji manappeared the strongest. He threwOno with Tsurikomigoshi and wasgiven Yuseigllchi over ex-Meijigiant. Yalll.1moto. Looking verysolid. Ishihara had 1I decision willover Ono. and Ono lost once againto Yamamoto's Tokuiwaza. Harai·goshi.

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The Meiji men were out in force.In pool 7. Tanaka. also lin old boyof Meiji University threw Naka­mura with a one-handed Sutemi­waUl. lind this was the only pointscon.-d. Miura looked at one stage,sup::rior to Tanaka. He threwTanaka orT the mat with Ouchigari.but afler all this contest resultedin 1I draw. Tanaka's win overNakamura got him through to thefinals.

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Murai was expected to win pool8. nnd he started well by dumpingTamura with a big Uchimata.Mntsu7.aka of the Keishicho, hadnot been bargained for. however.He displayed very good judothroughout the contests. Smallbut powerful. Matsuzaka threwAoi with a strong Taiotoshi. Othercontests in Ihis pool were draws,and this necessitated an extra con­test between Murai and Mlltsuzaka,us each man had one win. In thiscontest. Murai tried Osotogari, butwas countered by Matsuzaka toland nat on his back. Matsuzaka.therefore, was winner of pool 8.

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Tsumita starts off with plenty offirc and tries Uchimata on his talleropponent. Sakaguchi replies withan unsuccessful Haraigoshi.Tsumita atlacks with Osoto butSakaguchi counters with Kosoto­gari for a near waza·ari. At theend of eight minutes. a five-minuteextension is called for. This lime,Sakaguchi throws Tsumita off themal with a swift Tsurikomiashi.and makes another attempt atHaTlligoshi. Tsumita attacks butcannol move his larger opponent.The decision goes to Sakaglletti.

Seki versus Moed(t.-This con·lest is a hard fought affair whichseems 10 appeal 10 the audience.Seki (75 kilos) is eager and full of

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light, whereas Maeda (lIO kilo~) i~

slow and plodding. Both of thesemen attack to the left, Seki withTaiotoshi and Maeda with Osoto·gari and Haraigoshi. After severalminutes, Seki manages to throwMaeda on to his knees withTaiolOshi, but unfortUnlllely, thistechnique does not quite come off.Eight minutes arc concluded and111I extension b given. A hC3tcdbllllie en~ues liS Seki once again.bounce~ in for un attack on lhelX>werful Maeda, but he is caughtwith un ashiwnza. Now behind.Scki attacks continuously. but isthrown 01T the mat wilh Osologllri.At time, tlte deci~iol1 goes toMncda.

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previously beaten Koga on oneoccasion in lhe past. and I amanxious to see who is lhe bellermllll here. Sato makes an aHaek

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with Ouchigari but Koga is wellprepared for it. Koga. now movingvery rapidly. goes in for his famousUchimata. K 0 g a . s Uchimataalways looks dangerously effective.but in this instance. it fails, amiboth conlestants finish up on theground. Koga now uses a one­handed ashiwaza on Sato. Salolries Tomoenage. all to no avail.However. SalO misses with anatlempted :lshiwaza. and. seeingthe opportunity. Koga counterslhis for a near waza-ari. Sato nowrenews his attacks. Tsurikomigoshi

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ashiwaza and Uchimata. but to noscore. Maeda makes an efTort tothrow Sakaguchi towards the endof this extension period. but Saka­guchi is granted the dedsioo.

KONa versllS Malslltaka.-Twouchirnata men here. Matsuzakastarts briskly by throwing Koga otfthe mat on to his face with MigiUchimata. Koga fights back withthe same lcchniquc to the left, butthey go out of the contest areaKoga endeavours to score with afresh attempt at Uchimata, but hemisses 1ll1d is turned completelyover, landing 011 his side. A pointin favour of Matsuzaka. Matsu­zaka attempts Taiotoshi but Kogais tirrnly blllanced. Koga now usesOuchigari to put Matsuzaka down.howevcr, no score is made. Thejudges raise their flags in favour ofII Yuseigachi to Matsuzaka.

III jUdhKi lefl 10 rlghl: Sukagud'i. MIIISUUKII. Maeda. Ko~'li.

Matsuzaka. however, his UchimataattemplS being SO impressive. illawarded Yuseigachi. This matchbrings lhe Quarter Finllis to II close.

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contest causes It gn::at deal ofcheering from the various sup'porters. Maeda had recently !>elltenSlIkllguchi in the finals of theTokyo Yosen. and Sakaguchiscemed anxious to get his ownbllck. Sakaguchi opens with rightHaraigoshi but Maeda is strongand holds ofT Sakaguchi. Maedatries Taiotoshi. This contcst con·tinues with nothing really decisivefrom either contestllnt, althoughSakaguchi appears 10 do most ofthe attacking. A further fivcminutes is clliled for, and this time,Sakaguchi knocks Maeda Ovcr wilh

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fo,'!atsuzaka and throws him ofT themat. Tanaka is troubled withMatsuzaka's jacket. Matsuzakathro\O,s il high on his shoulders andTanaka cannot take a proper grip.There is some dispute with thereferee, but he doesn't take muchnotice of Tanaka's complaints.Close to the bell. Matsuzaka attackswith a beautiful Uchimata (scephoto which speaks for itself!) butamaz.ingly this does not score.

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lind Ouchigari, but Koga defendswell. After eight minutes. thedecision goes to KOgll for hisll~hiwaza counter.

T/l/lIIka I'USUS J\1(1/sutuku.-Bothof these judomen arc experiencedand fight in good judo fashion.Matsuzaka attacks mainlY withUchimata ltnd Tanaka with Ashi­WII7..lt. Afler three minutes or 50,Tllllilka counters lln ashiwaza from

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An interval of ten minutes hasgiven Matsuzaka a brief respite.Meiji University students cheer asSakaguchi walks on to the mat.Matsuzaka lashes in for an Uchi­mata anllck, but Sakaguchi is 10,)tall, it would seem, llnd nolhingcomes of it Matsuzaka attemptsTaiotoshi and Uchimata whereasSakaguchi prefers HlIraigoshi. Theeight-minute period ends wHhout ascore. In lhe following fiveminutes Matsuzaka does very well.throwing Sakaguchi off the matwith Ouchigari and proceeds to

CHAMI'IQNSIIIPS-I\l(j5

T AMAnAKWAt. From A. c.:. Smyth: Th~ club members have had plentyof encouragemel1l and instruclion during the past monlh. The annual visitto Norlhern Ireland by the National Coach was received with greal en­thusiasm by everyone.

I'he group system of training is vigorously applied at the club Oy K.Hanna. 1st Dan. P. Agnew, 1st Dan, and M. Scott. 1st Kyu, who niuoeginners' courses twice a week .

Mr. Gleeson's visit coincided with the Belfast City Transport ChallengeCUll held on the 19th June. which had considerable support from all overN. Ireland. The highlight of the day was lhe final mlltch between London­(lerrv Club. the Kodaka and our own which ended in victory for th("YllllladaKwBi.

Mr. Gleeson brought an enjoyable evening's events 10 a close Wllh Wille:cncuurag'ng comments on the standard of Judo in lhe Area.

CLUB

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f;IlAU'L.:l'CRAWLEY Juoo CLUB. D. A"derson write.r:-During lhe pasl few monthsthe club has been the centre for Pre Coach award courses, Judo players fromallover the area have auended the club and have maintamcd a highlIUCnVllnce figure throughout.

John Pluckrose. the club secretary, rephlced Ivan Silver, the Area Coach.who had originally been schedule<l to lake the courses.

The club is now the Sussex licencing centre. Licences can be renewedand purchased by contacting Len I)axton of 2J Deerswood Road, WestGreen. Crawley.

Some club members have altended various C.C.P.R. courses r«cnlly andI think it worth mentioning that the local education authorily has willinglytinanced up to 50% of the course fees and travelling expenses. This service.in our case. is administered by lhe West Sussex Counly Council YouthSub-Committee. There seems no reason why olher authorilies should nOIprovide this unpublished service. and they probably do allhough only theyknow llnything about it.

Application for finance should be made in advance of the Judo coursewhich can be as short as a week.end or as long as a week. Finally on thenlalter of inter-club contests. we met the L.J .S. lignin and also entertainedII junior learn from WOTlhing. On September 4th Crawley will compele inthe New Towns Sporls Festival zgainst other New Town Judo clubs.

Saka~uchi

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knock Sakaguchi on to his kneeswith a low Taioloshi. Sakaguchi,timc and again attacks with hisHllrai. and Matsuzaka's defencebecomes noticeably weaker. After13 minutes the contest is still,I draw. and yet anoth:r extensionshows Sakaguchi clearly superiortu Matsuzaka. He throws Matsu·zllka olr the mat more than onccwith Haraigoshi (see pholO) andhas the advantage over Malsuzak,\wilh an ashiwaza which knockshim on to his side. Eventually,afler a tOlal time of 18 minutes illthis final contest. 23-year-old SeijiSakaguchi gets the decision 10b«ome Ihe 1965 All J a pll nChllmpion.

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T. UenoT. KunishigeT. KogaI. Inokuma

O. TamuraS. AoiT. MatsuzakaM. Murai

R. NakamuraS. MiuraK. KamiyaA. Tanaka

M. MatsunaKaY. MaedaS. EnshuS. Yamamoto

S. SakaguchiT. YamajiM. KatoM. Shigematsu

J. Shiraz.akiM. TstlmitaT. SatoH. Fujita

K. Y'onedaK. YamanakaN. SatoK. Scki

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The booklet deals with all aspects of Promotion, Coach Award, ClubInstructor Award and Referee's Certificate examinations, and RS womenmembers will know, the revised women's Promotion E.umination Syllabuswill take effect as from 1st St'ptember 1965.

In order that members may have some advllncc information on thecontent of this syllabus, a brief outline is given below, the rull and completedetails will, of course, be found in the booklet.

Senior Syllabus Susai-!Sunkomi·ashiIlanai-t\urikomi·aslliIlill·suruma2nd !iI:t NDIle-no-kRta2ml ~t Ju_no-kHUl2nl1 SCI Kalame-no-kalat)c.ll5hi_h.u.naiOkuri.lIshi.halliiJrd set Nl1ge-no·klllaJrtl set Ju.no_klllaJnl liel Knthmc·no-bla41h liet Nagc·no_kall1jlh set Nuge·no·kala

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2nd MOil: Ko-uchi.gariKo-soto-gariKami-shiho-llol11meKuzuTc-kuml·shiho-galo me

Jrd Morn Tsurikomi'lIoshiYoko-Shiho·galamcUshiro-ke.'OU.galumc

4111 MOil: Uchi.mota'I'llle.s/liho-gailimeKuwre·yoko-shi1lo-gallirtle

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Tai-oloslli'I'surikomi-goshiKami-shiho.gatamcKulure-yoko-shiho-gatame

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Tony Wehh r.. inm:rl: Illn ~leGllire .nd Arlhur Rackham.

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WORK.SOI' Juoo CLUP. T. Gilham wri'es:-Th~ club, which is now threeyears old. is progressing extremely well. already there is a strong nucleusof high Kyu grades which reneels the effort put in by the members.

At Ihe moment several of our senior members are helping the localoperatic society in their production of "Annie Get Your Gun," which isgiving them l\ brier change of Rction.

All visitors are extremely wclcome and anyone reading these notes whois visiting the district, please pay us a visit.

WINCII£STf.R JUl)() CLUB. From AIm. Hl'tI/)t;-The Individual club award,the Moseley-Blackmore Trophy, was won on 27th April by Tony Webb,4th Kyu. from Peter Childs, 4th Kyu. Seven members entered for the com­petition. which is restricted to 4th Kyu lind below. and tbeir standard ofJudo was exceptionally high. Ivan Silver, the Southern Area Coach, wa~

the referee, assisted by Mick Russell, 1st Dan, and Miss Elizabeth Viney,1st Dan.

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KENDO forum

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t. A blow from this does nothurl.

2. Any basic Kcndo movementcan I'll' made quite safely.

J. All training can be madewithout armour.

4. [f necessary only a simpleplastic I/Iel/ is required.

5. Kirikueshi. u(;hikomi. h'ik').etc .. can all be mlLde withsponge shim/i.

Mr. Ozawa reasons that as inbaseball they use a hard ball. ;nschool teaching they use a soft ball,

Sponge Shinai E,.;perirnents

An item of interest to BritishKendoka who experience ditlicultyin obtaining shill(li is the inventionby Mr. Ozaw;1 lsamu of a SOflshil/lli made mainly from sponge.which he calls a Nanslliki shillui.This new-look practice sword ismainly intended for Primary andMiddle School Kendo training andmay well r('volutionise basic Kendopractice.

The chief advantages of the1I11/I.I'lriki ·.I·lril/oi are:

accommcxlation at the Henry Faw­cell SchooL Bowling Green Street.London, S.E.II, within a stone'sthrow of the Oval Stlltion and verynear our original headquarters. Thepractice evenings llre changed toTuesday and Thursday (rom 6 p.m.and new members will be mostwelcome-any age. Please write toMr. K. G. Feltham. 116 SalconRoad, London, S.W.I L the clubsecretary, for details.

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W"rm;llj( up \\ith pr,;hcrr prior to thewikai. Kyoto.

SUlIlIlICT IraininJl in Sweden

Mr. Roald Knutsen, 3rd dlll/.

travelled to Stockholm to t<lke pariin the JO-day summer training oflhe Swedish Kcndoka this June. Asthe guest of Mr. Robert von San­dor, the leading Kcndoka, who balso well-known in European Judoas Ihe General Secretary of th~

Swedish Judo Association. Mr.Knutsen had many opportunitiesof seeing Stockholm and some ofthe beautiful surrounding Jakes.

Most of the Kendo training wasconducted in the new Sports Hallin Southern Stockholm. where thereare ideal facilities for Judo. Aikido.Karate and many other sports be­sides Kendo. The Kcndoka mdevery evening except over the Mid­summer Holiday weekend. Thisbreak gave Mr. Sandor a chanceto make a film record of T~i tc-:h­nique in thc open all' In thegrounds of his home on the islandof Lidingo, a few kilometers castof the city. The lai was filmed ona large flat granite rock with thesea and a beautiful pine tree as abackground. Mr. Knutsen reportsthat a hard wooden dojo floor is tobe preferred to granite. which actsrather like sandpaper on the feet!

Final agreement was reached onthe founding of the EuropeanKendo Renmci and an announce­ment on this will be made shortly.

Shinto Ryo Dojo

After many dilJiculties resullingfh.·m the sudden loss of our Ken­nington dojo last December, wehave at last secured permanent

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Strllng v. De Meersman. Fromthe commencement Strang was incommand o( the contest. He threwhis opponent straight away with II

beautiful Uchi-mata, which scoreda waza·ari. He continued to attackwith these techniques throwing DeMecrsman three of four times,IIlthough without scoring. DeMeersman was then lucky enoughto score a good wau·ari with :l.

WELTERWEIGHT. Cassidy v.Durieux. Durieux is the most con­sistent of the Belgian Judo men.He has been in thc Belgium sidefor many years, neverthelessCassidy made all the attacks in theopening minute. Durieux repliedwith some good attempts 01 hisown, but did not look as good asthe superbly fit young Scotsman.At the end oC the contest a drawwas announced. Had thc contestbeen of 10 minutes duration 1 amsure Ibat Cassidy would have won.Nevertheless, a draw was in ourfavour at this stage.

Davies v. Moerman. Acting oninstructions to gain a rapid win ifpossible, Davies threw his manwith a beautiful Tsurikomi-goshi in10 seconds. A great performancefrom a relatively inexperienced in­ternational player.

Tony Maccollndl (Captain oJehe British Team)

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BELGIUM

The International match betweenBelgium and Britain was held atOstend on Sunday, 13th June, aspllrt of lhe town's anniversary cele­orations. The team arrivcd Jate onSaturday night to find that excellentaccommodation hud been arranged.The following morning II receplionwas held at the Town Hall by theMayor of Ostend in our honour,After these formalities we returnedto the hotel for lunch and restedthere until it was time for thematch at 3.30 p.m. in the afternoon.

The details of each contest fol­low in the order in which theywere fought.

LIGHTWEIGHT. Woodward v.Lauwereins. The contests were ofrivCl minutes duration. Woodwardopened the attacks and had Lauwe·reins defending strongl~ for thefirst minute. The situation changedwhen Lauwereins replied with veryhard lechniques lind knockedWoodward down on to his kneeStwo or three times. Woodwardstruggled hurd to regain the ad­vantage, but was unable to do soand at the end of the conlest theBelgian guined the decision. Iwould like to mention lhut therewas no wdgh-in and Lauwereinslooked much heavier than anyLightweight I have seen.

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Two photographs of the greatKendo lUikai held at the Butoku­dcn dojo in Kyoto over the periodof the Boys' Festival in early Mayare illustrating this month'scolumn. These were taken by Mr.Jock Hopson, who attended part ,)fthe meeting witb Mr. Oura. Mr.HOp!lOn was only able to stay inKyoto a couple of days, but didgo to the early morning practicewhere there is a great gathering ~f

all the leading Kendo masters inJapan because this is the most im­porlant event in the Budo year.

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so in Kendo the s,1me principlecould apply in teaching children.The SO(I sllilUli is still in the experi­mental slage and is now employedin more than ten schools for studypurposes, but ilS use is going verywell. Mr. Ozawa offers this in­vention as his conlribution 10Kendo.

Japanese Team KcnduChampionships-May, 1965The results of the team matches

which were held in Osaka were;First - Aichi-ken.Second - Saga-ken.Third - Fukuoka-ken.

The lai·Jlllllu grading c"nminotionn in lhe BlIIOkudcn dojo.May 41h, 1965.

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wilh two contests lell 10 GO anllwith one of the remaining llelgiuUlplayers II very strong player andthe other a newcomer whom wedid not know. So I took the firslopportunity I could :Illd scoredwith O-solo-gari after 20 second~.

HEAVYWEIGHT. Young v.Vleugels. Young took things cure·rully in the opening seconds, but IIwas very clear who the eventualwinner was going to be. Vleugelswas no malch lor the Scotsmanand when Young knocked himdown llnd secured a holding theBelgian had no chance to get Ollt.A good win for the British side.

Peake v. Demllndeleer. With thematch won Peake was llble 10 PIllYhow he liked, but unfortunately hethrew cllution 10 the wind andatlacked Wilhout a second thouahtfor any defence and the Belgian.who is II very experienced inler­natiorllll player, countered himwith an Ashi-waza ror ippon. NotPeake's u~ual style, but the firSItime he has been in a positionwhere lhe eventual result has notrelied on him.

In concluding I would like tomake a few personal observations.I think teum matches like these area wonderful opportunity to tryoutthose plllyers who are unable toget into the premier British side.The morale of the players, manyof whom had never been in 1111international team before, was ex·tremely high, and they were allvery appreciative of thc oppor­tunity of being selecled to representtheir country.

COTHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL 22nd MAY. /965

The two winniul: Lolldon lcpm!. PI lhe relit the 'OllCtl championship' sid,·Dud ;11 (rollt the' Under 15' team.

Judo bodil:s in the country. TheG.K. Shield donated by the IlritishJudo Association was presented byNational Coach Geoff Gleeson.The Kenshiro Abbe Kyu ShinShield was presented by RobinO'Tllni lind Secretary of the BritishSchoolboys' Association, BrianSaunders presented his own trophy.

The Open Team event won bythe L.SJ.A. was a crushing victoryfor the Londoners. their four

British Schoolboys

The first British Schoolboys'Championship was an unqualifiedsuccess. The London Schoolboys'Association took both of the moresenior events, the Open and Under15. team trophies, the Under 13,leam prize went to Somerset. wholielded a brilliant side all under tbeage of 12.

An inter·association event. thetrophies were presented by repre­~ntatives nf each of the three mam

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counter and this evened the con­test up a little, but Strang. keepingup lhe pressure, nearly scoredagnin just inside thc timc, lllld Ihi~

with his strong attacks throughoutgave him the decision at the end.

MIDDLEWEIGHT. Kelly v.Feyten. Feytcn is a very strongplayer. and although this wasl<e1ly's first international he was notOVCrllwcd by the Uelgillfl in theleast. He attacked whenever pos­sible and never looked like beingbeaten. Again had the contcst beenof 10 minutes duration I am surethnt Kelly would have worn theBelgian down. Feyten 'lot thedecision by a narrow margin.

Barraclough v. Seghers. At thisstage we were IC:lding on points.but not knowing lhe Belgian'sstrength Barraclough was told 10be careful and not 10 make anymislakes. He foughl a great con­lest. knocking the Belgian ovcrseveral times. At time lhe resultwas announced as a draw.

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT.Hoare v. Steegmans. Steegmans isprobably the strongest of all theBelgian players. nevertheless, Hoaremade most of Ihe 311:leks, withSteegmans making frantic etTorlsto counter. Hoare threw Steegmanscleanly with O-solO-gari, but un­fortunately outside the area. Againthe five-minute contest did not suitthe British player, who was cxccp­tionally fit. but who does not Gelreally started until afler the five­minute marl.. This contest resultedin a draw.

Macconnell v. Huybrechts. Awin at this stage was necessary

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inter~t in lhe .port to help ils ad­ministration. Is II. howe...er, a situa­tion peculiar to Judo clubs? (If it isnOI, I am ill no way .u"~ting thatwe should be complacent). Alloraanisations. sporting or otherwise,are kept together only by the willing­ness of the members to abide by therules and by accepted standards ofconduct: without this thcre is noorganisation by the ...ery definition ofthe word. One could add a tbirdfactor: the need to maintain a cor­porate identity. Without this theorganisation disappears and becomessomething less than a collection ofindi ... idual members. Hence the im­portance of the secretaI"}'. who is atthe ...ery centre of the organisation.

A key faclor to the situation whichMr. Dixon described is the great lackof older Judomen who arc no longeracti ...e on the mat, but who arc stillsufficiently keen and dedicated to thesport 10 take responsibility for ad­ministrati ...e work. No doubt thesituation will eventually improve; inthe meantime clubs will continue tobe di ... ided into those where the samesecretary has been obliged to carrythe job unaided year afler year, andthose in which leiters continue toremain unanswered and where facili­ties arc taken for aranted.

David Robuu.

David Peallt.Ivan Silver,

Team Manager.

Roy WoodwardBrlllO JlcksRIQ' R05STony Mllctonnell

Sir,Mr. Mike Dixon'S commcnts in

your Junc issue (North-West Areanotes) on bad club administrationwere both timely and rele...ant. Hereferred to the state of some clubsin which letters remain unansweredand where facilities are taken for,ranted, and went on to say thai ourIdleness might prevent the sport fromarowina as it should.

These remarks could be endorsedby most Judomen who take sufficient

EDITORS NOTE

Sir.The team which represented

England in the first Home Inter­national held in Belfast on May ISthwould like to take Ihis opportunity10 thank the organisers, the officialsand members of the Northern IrelandArea for m3king their ... isit somemorable and enjoyable by theirexceptional courtesy and helpfulnessthrouahout the weekcnd.

The reputation of the Ulsterpeople for friendliness and hospitalityWIS not only maintained butCTIhanced.

We regret thu due to luk of splee In our lut two luuet we were unlble topubllih the mallY leuus received erltlelslllg the remarks mlde by ErIe Dominy inhh l.J.S. notes in respect of the lldles. Since then Mr. Dominy hu apologisedfor any ml1understlnding he m.y h....e caused, although m.ll1ulnllll his polllt ofview.Corre1pondence on Iny topic affeetlng the Judo world It ...ery welcome, Slid weare very sorry that on Ihis oClssioll we were Ullable to publish the letten $lent Inby our ruders.

Colla MIIItMM.(Ex Oxford City J.C.)

6-22 Bolt Street, Ashgrove. Brisbane.

from the North. I couldn't under­stand why I lost e...ery drinking rICeuntil I realised I was using a pint mugwhile lhe others drank from seven­ounce glasscs!

Last September we look part in atwo-week COUTSe under Y. Takeuchi(5th Dan), Ibe '62 All-Japan Champ.It was exhausting (four hours perday, six days a week), but illuminat­ing, and at the end of the courseeiaht shadans, including Ron Burgonand a Nidan, myself, were awarded.

We are now training hard for theAustralian Uni ...ersities Champion­ships in May. for which I am theQueensland coach, and in addition [ha...e been honoured with the cap­taincy of the Queensland team tofight the combined Uni ...ersities.

In comparing standards, I wouldsay Australian Tachi-wIU is notquite as strong as in England, buttheir Ne-wlZl undoubtedly issuperior. I ne...er realised there wereso many ways of being strangled!

We pommies all arrive here, wina few fights then go to the groundand act tied in knots.

To any prosp.,ccti ...e emigrant, bringyour kit, and If you arc prepared topractise you will be made ...ery wel­come. Australians. and Queenslandersin particular, are the kindest and mosthospitable people it bas been ourgood fortune to meet The climate isperfect. and especially if you have :ltrade you can enjoy an extremely highliving standard.

The only criticism is that the beerglasses are too small, but I am doingall I can to rectify this. However, Ican use all the British assistance Ican gel to keep the natives in Iheirplace.

If J can be of any assistance toprospecti"'e emigrants, I will be mostglad to do so.

Sir,I have read the articles of m:r

fellow "pommie" Dennis Hollan,and thought there miaht be SnaHshJudoka interested in my impressionsof Queensland Judo.

On arrival in Brisbane in February,1964, I sought the local doja, andeventually found the University ofQueensland Club, probably thesuongest in the Stale. The grcetinawas moS! gratifyinS. though ratheroverwhelming, the coach, GregO'Brien (Nidln). lined everyone upone side of the mal, myself lhe other,and said, "Oet on with ill" Thoughvery much out of practise my com­pletely different technique enabled meto hold my own. I e...en managed tobring off a few lbrows. which lur­prised me as much as them.

Afterwards we adjourned to thelocal, to sample the brew. the attitudebeing lbat if they couldn't flatten meJudo-wise, the~ most certainly wouldin swallow-no-kata.

The Queensland Championships be­ing due at Easter I was in ...ited toenter, and as a result was chosen asone of the hea ...yweight representa­ti...es at the National Tittes in Sydneyin May. As we couldn't alTord the'plane fare, we dro ...e the 600-oddmiles overnight. (Thing of Ihat, youfellows, who complain that SO or tOOmiles is too farl) and after findinaI was just inside the heavy limit byhalf a pound. I was drawn aaainstTed Borono...ski, who after openingme up, threw me, dislocatina myshoulder and held me down 10 I wasout. Howe...er, the newl of his BronzeMedal at Tokyo consoled me some­what while cheering the Australianstremendously. He certainly is II.powerful Judoka, and will be a for­midable opponent in the future.

After the titles we all went to aparty. where I WlI.S floored for thesecond time by enlering a drinkingrace with Gary Grennan, the SydneyU. Coach, and two ex-Pommies, RonBurgan and Jack Chapman - both

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SCOTTISH CORRESPONDENT

E.tinbufshClub

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Rising four noon from thepavement of Hanover Street. TheEdinburgh Club pre sen t s itsRegency exterior 10 a vast numberof Caledonians who traverse thestreet as they go aboUI their dailybusiness. Favoured by beingsituated In the centre of theScottish capital. its novel signs andunusual facade auract many visitorsintrigued by the Japanese arts ad­vertised. Imprisoned in the base­ment is a Chinese rcstuurant whichalthough its caligraphy lends aharmonious touch. seems a littleout of place.

The Edinburgh Club docs 110\only cater for those dedicated tothe violent and sometimesdangerous oriental martial arts. italso has space and time for thegentler aspects of getting and keep­ing tit. A special appeal to theladies is the very large series ofclasses aimed at keeping theiravoirdupois from reaching itsnatural bounds. The men also arecatered for in the purely physicalsense. Ihey can lift iron bars.chromium plated, pull steel springs.of if they like to do their exercisessitting down. cycle furiously The Finnish Sauna bath one of the atlraetions at the cluh.

Gt;:orl:e Kerr 4th Dan the I'rincip81 of Ill" EtlinhurJ:h Club with Sellior Bailie lIugh"Iac/'herson on their 10llr of the building.-

against any resistance they like onItalian gymnasium bicycles builtfor static "Tour de France",Massive pieces of welded iron worktower up in corners designed toallow the puny human to matchhis strength against the steel bars.

Not all the space in this buildinghas been allocated to making thecustomer perspire. although a smallsection does specially cater for Ihatneed. On the ground noor. wherethe prospective client is receivedon arrival. a Scandinavian coffeebar graces one side of the building.complete with low bamboo tablesand chairs. Here the enquirer payshis fees and collects the clothingrequired for the particular form ofhard labour he has chosen. he canalso get the best cup of coffee inEdinburgh. browse among theremarkable collection of certi­ficates. diplomas. me d a 1sandinsignia decorating the walls. orslip a sbtpence into the "one armedbandit'· with a chance to recoupthe money spent in exploring the

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diverse activities of this house.George and Geraldine Kerr. lhe

proprietors. personally meet every­one who visits the club and makethem welcome. having discussedtheir requirements and decided ona course, the customer comes underthe special care of one or the other.George looks after the Judo.Karate. and Aikido with weighttraining and circuit training asextra pursuits. he also coaches tht:Wrestling and Trampolining. butemploys experts for the moreserious study of these activities.Geraldine coaxes the Ladiesthrough general Keep Fit classes.Ante and Post Natal exercises.slimming programmes. and super­vises the Finnish Sauna bath in·stalled on the first noor. as well asthis she is in charge of the massageand physiotherapy department.

Each department has its ownstaff as well as being under thedirect care of one of the owners.From early morning until late atnight clients are being exhorted.

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Our thanks are due to Peter Murphy (Western Area Coa"h) and membersof the Exeter Judokwai Women's Se"tion for making so many of us wel­"ome on our annual trip and practice at Exeter on their ladies' night duringthe week of our course.

Also, the Apollo Sports Club, Torquay, deserve our very grateful thanks,too, for allowing us to use their premises for the course.

Our afternoon sessions took place at Barton Hall on the lawns, so wewere able to take full advant<lge of the fabulous weather and al the Slimetime give our Ju-no-kala a glorious airing and catch It gorgeous sun-tan, too.

The week's course finished with a promotion examination resulting in twonew 1st Kyus. two 2nd Kyus, two Jrd Kyus and a 5th Kyu. As a resultof this examination special congratulations should go to Miss Barbara Tyas(C.C.P.R, Representative, Midland Region). Miss Tyas was our instructorin movement training last year on the same course. It should not go withoutmention that on the same course last year she was promoted to 5th Kyufrom Beginner. Now after a year's determined effort and lots of hard workshe has achieved her 2nd Kyu. Congratulations from us 0111. Barbara,

The end of our week's course came all too soon, with a mass farewellto Ray Ross at Torquay Station well after midnight on Friday. For Raywas away to Helfast on the following day for the Home International match,and our good wishes for a very successful match went with him.

Finally, our warm and appreciative thanks to Miss D. H. Dickins, theC.C.P.R. Resident Courses Manager at Barton Hall, for all her help andfor making us all so welcome. And last word from all Jhe girls, "Roll-onnext year's course .. :'

. Staffordshire ousted by Lelcestershlre

Staffordshire had the humiliating experience of being beaten in the finalof the County Cup by a team they had defeated in the first round. Thisunusual result came about by Jhe organisers indulging in the same experi­menting that produced such disastrous results in the last European Cham­pionships. No doubt they have now discovered the error of their ways.

Apart from this unfortunate mistake, the matches were exciting examplesof top-chus Judo contests. Great Barr Comprehensive School provided linexcellent Venue for the two hundred and fifty-odd spectators as well asproviding first-class facilities for the players.

The original four counties in the league. Warwickshire, Staffordshire,Shropshire and Leicestershire, were joined by Derbyshire and Lincolnshirefor the County Cup championship. Each county is allowed a team of nincplayers of any grade, which makes a very even battle of it these days.

Many internationals took part, including such well-known players asGerry White, Mike Jackson and Ken Woodward, and these. with other localplayers. provided fierce competition and a high standard of play throuahoutthe day.

Worcestershire is expected to join the county league shortly, and anyother county not yet taking part in the Midland Area who would like moredetails should write to J. LlIw, 3 Kennedy CrtsCl'lll, Otlr/ustOII, Wedllt!sbury,StllOord.rlrire,

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Israeli Judo FederationAMOS GILAD

The final details of the programme to establish an Israeli Judo Federationwere completed recently. The first Chairman is Mr. S. Schumacher, whois also the Sports Director of the Maccabiah Games. General Secretary isMr. J. Schems. Technical Director Mr. R. Metoudi, and Mr. D. Waxman,the highest graded Judo player in .the country, is head of the Promotionand Examination Committee.

Two main tasks face the lJ.F. al the present moment. One is the pre­parations for the Maccabiah Games. and the other is ,the fusion into onebody the various traditions and methods of the many opposing Judo plaYersteaching Judo in the country at the moment. consistent with the ideals lindrules of the International Judo Federation.

Our National Trials to choose our players for the Maccabiah Game~are to be held shortly. but the actual selection of players will be made atthe end of July. Top contenders for places are D. Waxman, Heavyweiaht,G. Skurnik and D. Hanover will probably be the Middleweight possibles.in the Lightweiaht class it is anybody's guess who will eventually make thefinal place. The top J2 surviving the National Trials will be specially coachedby R. Metoudi before Ihe final choice is made.

Mr. Metoudi and myself have worked out a syllabus, which has beententatively accepted by the Executive Committee, the Promotion andExamination Committee is busily enaage<! in veiling the various claims toDan grade. The use of Japanese tenninology has been decided on. and allteachers used to the Kawaishi system have been supplied with conversiontables.

There is still a lot to do, but we feel we have made a good start.

Warwickshire Judo I.e&guePelt!r flemminG

An inler-club league has been established in Warwickshire to start atthe end of September. Each club can enter two teams an "A" team con­sisting of five players limited to two Dan grades and three other membersup to 1st Kyu, and a "8" team of five plaYers made up of two Jrd Kyuand three other members up to 4th Kyu.

The matches will be played on a home and away basis, and lit themoment 10 clubs have officially joined the league with a further 10 expectedto take part by the kick-off time.

Any club belonging to any association is invited to join, the fee is £1per club. whether they enter one or two teams per Season.

Al! enquiries should be sent to Ron DeVine, 6 Railway Lane, ChaseTerrace, Nr. Walsall,

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LONDON AREA OOf! nllfl]t'SS

Don Burr, 3rd Dan. has been appointed London Area Coach, one ofhis first engagements will be to lake a week-cnd course at the Crystal Palace,National Recreation Centre, with National Coach, Geoff Gleeson. ThecourSe is for nil OJ.A.licence holders of 3rd Kyu and above, and is primarilYa pre-examination course [or Club instructor and Coach Award students.Fec 10/-, Date 1lth·12th September. Time 2.30-5 p.m. Saturday. lQ-12 a.m.and 2-4 p.m. Sunday. Further information write: P. A. Taylor, 22 StamfordBrook Road, London, W.6.

Area traioina sessions are continuing at the Budokwai on the last Sundayin each month from II a.m.-I p.m. under Ihe Area Coach, training includ..:sKala, Coach Award syllabus. as well as general work.

MIDLAND AREA NEWS Keith Brewster

Coniratulations of the Area go to the following on obtaining their Dandegree, Joe Foster of Stalford, Jock Orr of the Kodokai, Graham Pembreyof Handsworth, D. Lovelace of Boston and G. Ashton of Shrewsbury.

Gontinuing its policy of progressive planning the Area Committee has nowset the dates for the entire year for Junior Team contest, Young Mens'Contest courses. Prep Courses and examinations for Instructors and Coachesas well as for Referees. Dates and venues for promotion examinations willshortly follow. It is unfortunate that the majority of clubs cannot followthis example by planning their own events well in advance.

Starting with Sunday, October 17th at 2.00 p.m. at the Boldmere J.e..Sutton Coldfield, there will be quarterly Dan promotion examinations for1st Kyu and 1st Dan. There will be no charge for Midland Area applicants.Applications to A. E. Onions, 62 Oakwood Road. Boldmere, SullonColdfield, giving at least 14 days notice.

The 10th Midland Area Championships were a definite improvement onprevious oncs, lind I speak from seven years previous experience. The sub­committee who orgamsed them certainly deserve a vote of thanks for theefTort and time they put in. For the first time people actually wrote andcongratulated or complained, which indicates that at least some interest isbeing taken in the Area events.

Winner of the Beginner to 3rd Kyu Championship, Mr. Southall ofBirmingham, Opcn Championship winner, Mr. Ransom of Leicester, theJunior Team Champions Dudley Judo Club, Team Champions Leicester.

As reported elsewhere in this issue the Inter Counties match was won byLeicestershirc in the final match from StafTordshire. although Staffordshirehad beaten Leicestershirc in the preliminary rounds. There were somecomplaints but as the system was carefully explained before hand thereshould be no back biting afterwards.

Area NewsW":sTERN AREA Dal'/! Rober/,I

Tho main event in the West has been the Area Championships which wereheld in Swindon on 19th June. A full account of the show appears else­where. but it is worth recording here that the general impression was oneof a successful evening, particularly bearing in mind that the eliminationshad been held three weeks previously. leavlOg only the finals to be playedoff. Il was gratifying to see that the Plymouth team did so well in view 01lhe long travelling distance involved and the fact that the club does nolGct as many visiting teams as it would like.

On Sunday, 20th June, a meeting of Public Relations Omcers was heldat Pmehurst under the chairmanship of Keith Brewster, National P.R.O.The nletting was poorly atu:nded, mainly because most clubs have not yetappointed P.R.Os. All BJ.A. Clubs in the Western Area are asked to ensurethat they give this matter their urgent attention and that appointments aremade at Annual General Meetings as they occur. A Public Relations Officercan do a great deal to improve the "imagc" of your club by keeping inclose touch with myself as Area P.R.O. and by giving publicity of the rightson to club activities. One hears frequent reports tha.t the press is "notinterested in Judo." I strongly suspect that it seldom gets details of theright son to print in the first place. Points for guidance will shortly beissued to all B.LA. clubs in the Area OIl matters alfecting Public Relations.

John Goulding. Secretary of Blandford Garrison J.e., writes to say thatlhe club is still functioning with a healthy section of juniors and severaladults. They have suffered in as much that their instructor, Bill Stewart(1st Dan), has bcen posted to Winchester, but in spite of this the c1ul>remains active, and Mr. Goulding intends to qualify as a club instructor.

The Area Licensing anker, Fred Leeworthy, reports that the sale oflicences for the first live months of the year has shown an increase of 62over the comparable months for 1964-337 eompa.red with 275. He asksdub secretaries to encourage members to .take out licences or renew existinglicences on time. It is pointed out that in January, 1966, all clubs will beable to claim a rebate of 2/6<1. for every senior licence held by them.

NORTHERN HOME COUNTIES AREA v. II, Maynard

Preparations are going ahead for the increase in judo activity that comeswith the end of September. A number of conferences. courses and otherevents have been arranged with something of interest to every sphere of judoactiyity in the Area.

The monthly Area publication "Ncwsletter", now in its fourth year. hasbecome a regular and dependable source of information for an e~tlmated

readership 01 over 3,000 judoka in lhe Area. If you do not see a copyevery month have a word wilh your dub secretary or write 10 John Butler,"Newsletter" Dept. J., 170J Lancaster Driye, Elm Park, Hornchurch, Essex.

Arthur Gomm, instructor lind secretary of lhe Waltham Abbey JudoClub writes: "Our judo club represented the 120 youth centres at theEssex County Show on June 9th and 10th at Chelmsford. Demonstrationsof randori, newaza and Ju-No-Kala wcre given by Edward McEvoy, KimMasters. Lynda Deechencr and Glyn Thomas on each day of the show toan estimated 2,500 audience." Banbury Judo Club, currently using anewly-purchased £150 mat, olfers II welconle and a practice to any viSitingjudoka says Mick Kelleher. 1st Kyu, instructor at the dub. A six-week

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instructional course for men under Paul Ransom, 1st Dan, recently success­fully completed has been encouragement enough to plan a similar coursefor women. The club lire now in the process of raising £200 for furthermats.

Selection contests for II learn to represent the Area in the Inter-AreaChampionships at Crystal Palace on the 9th Octobcr will be held al IheRENSHUDEN Judo Club, SI. Bcde's Hall, off Albany Street, London,N.W.I, on Sunday, 29th August lit 10.30 a.m. Entrants must have withthem a current B.LA. Licence. No previous notification of nllmes isnecessary.

A contest training course similar to the Olympic Training courses is beingheld at the RENRUKAN, Villien Hall, Villiers Street, Uxbridge, under theArea Coach, V. H. Maynard, 3rd Dan, on eight consecutive Sundays from3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. slarling on September 12th. On Sunday, September 5th.at the new Green Park Recreation Centre at Aston Clinton, Nr. Aylesbury.will be held the first N.H.C, Area Annual Coaches and Club ManagersConference. A full day will be spent on exchange of ideas on coaching,advertising, club management, public relations, judo equipment, etc. Allclub administrators and coaches please note this dale io your diary.

A Coach Award and Club Instructor's Award Examination will be heldin the Area at the beginning of December and a pre-exam course in prepara­tion for this will commence on september 12th and continue through to thedate of the examinations. Full details will be notified to all clubs in duecourse.

The Area Brochure, designed for use by clubs in the Area. is now avail­able. Sample copies' are available from V. H. Maynard, 16 Onslow Gardens.London. S.W.7.

NORTH EASTERN AREA IV. Tayfor

Neil Holdsworth has returned 10 the Area from Australia, Mick Millerhas also returned home from Japan where he has spent the last few years,and has already run a training session for the Area. Bob West was recentlyhonoured by being chosen to be part of the Bodyguard for the visil of thePrime MiniSler to Bradford recently,

The eliminations for the Area Championships will be held on the follow­ing dates. Teams of five up to 1st Kyu, October 3rd, the venue has not yetbeen decided. Individuals, Beginner to 4tb Kyu, 3rd Kyu to 1st Kyu, andDan grades, September 5th, venue lO be announced. The Area show andchampionships will take place on the 23rd October at St. George's Hall,Bradford.

The Jack Pearson Trophy competition will be held at the HuddersfieldDrill Hall on September 18th. On the 12th September lhe eliminations forthe team to represent the Area at the Inter-Area Championships will beheld at a venue to be announced laler. Any player of 3rd Kyu grade upto and including 2nd Dan can enter.

The Area examination for 5th and 4th Kyu will be held at Leeds JudoClub on August 8th.

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COACHING NOTES

The conlnmnal training session on August 30th lit the National RecreationCentre. Crystal Palace, is the first event of this kind to lake place in thehi5tory of the BJ.A.

Although only in its infancy it is quite exciting 10 visualise how this sorlof scheme could develop. The National Coach has arranged for membersof the Amateur Wrestling Association to be present on the first day orlhe Bank Holiday weekend, in this way there can be an exchange of ideasand skills.

The Western Area is holding its own Technical conference again 10

October this year. It is more ambilious than last year's and is to be al St.Luke's College. Exeter. Three lectures will cover Test and Measure, withparticular reference to mobility and agilify. Movement Analysis, and lhelast talk will cover the application of the previous lwo subjects to Judotraining.

It is encouraging to see Area organisations work ina in this way to geta new outlook toward the sport.

Harry Welsh, the N.W. Area Coach, is running a Judo clinic. The objectis to widen the horizons or the local Judo instruclors, lrying to make themthink outside the normal confines of club prAclice.

The N.H.C. tried out an interesting experiment during the last visit ofthe National Coach. They asked Mr. Gleeson if he would give a lecturein two parts, to be held in three centres in the Area, one dealing with theorigins and reasons for the group method, and the second dealing withideas on training. Time alone will tell if lhe venture was worthwhile.

The various audiences appeared to listen with intent and some of theleclure context will probably stimulate more thought on the topics coveredby the National Coach.

One of the points which came under discussion was the value of practis·ing with higher skilled players for improvement. Normally it is said thatto improve skill an ambitious player should practice with a. higher skilledone. The National Coach, Geoff Gleeson, questions this. If a skill is to beimproved it must be repeated. If a lSi Dan is on with a 5th Dan how oflendocs the 1st Dan throw the 5th Dan? Therefore, suggested Mr. Gleeson,the practice is a waste of time as an improvemenl of skill. A practice ofthis nature may improve other aspects, falling ability, stamina, or it maystimulate other aspects of skill, but as a mel hod of improving a man'.:actual lhrowing ability it has no value.

Coach Award Holders: S. Kelly. A. C. Smith.

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required. at the completion o[ each,ten step-ups were performed.

This six pattern movement wasrepeated twice, with pulse ratecompared with resting p u I s erecorded at commencement.

The coaches in charge of othersports represented at Lil1eshall, andtheir students, were very taken withthe programme. and the many

their [OVr contests. This team con­sisted qf J. Plunkett, 3rd Kyu(North 'Romford Comprehensive),B. Tricl(ey, 4th Kyu (Harverstock),R. Hawkes, 4th Kyu (Harverstock).T. Norton, 3rd Kyu (Northbrook)and A. House. 5th Kyu (EllhamGreen).

-Tbe names of: lhe winningSomerset team are not known, butthey deserve our congratulationsfor an excellent standard of Juduand first-class sportsmanship.

All Area Coaches expressed theview that valuable material wasaccumulated, and mueh can beleamed from this type of pro­gramme, and from the ability ofWelsh and Mitchell to work as ateam. It is hoped that their effortswill continue at lhe next Zadankai.

Representatives from 0 l hercourses besieged the organiserswith requests for participation.after consultation the organisersand Area Coaches were unanimousin the decision that only mutualbenefit could be gained, but toonly accept one rcprcsentativefrom each course. plus one womanathlete, to view the female angle.

All tested were placed in thecategory F.l.. with the exceptionof I. Silver who by now was awareof the implication. thus being ableto perform with greater control.

The female subject providedinteresting data for future reference,though it is pointed out the testis essentially male. However theorganisers were beller placed toassess this.

queries and searching questionsdirected at the members of theZadankai were handled extremelywell.

opponents only managed to avoida complete whitewasb by 10 pointsto 170. The team members were:M. OJizar, 1st Kyu (SalesianCollege), R. Wildman, 2nd Kyu(Spencer Park), H. Eastwick-Feld,2nd Kyu (Westminster), P. Gullan,3rd Kyu (Merchant Taylors), L.Herod, 3d Kyu (HiJicroft). TheUnder 15 side. although not havingthe same success as their com­panions, had no difficulty in win­ning by a good margin in each of

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ZADANKAI 1965

Personal

At tne 1965 Zadankai the AreaCoaches broke new ground withexperiments in P.F.L Tests. Theresponsibility of the programmeand selection of the lests were left10 H. Welsh and R. Mitchell.North West Area and ArmyCoaches respectively, who hav..:worked in c los e liaison onnumerous occasions on this type ofproject,

In general the programme lookIhe following form. A tryout ofvarious coaches was made at thecarfiest opportunity on a Level­Decline-Incline acceleration testdevised by the organisers. Of thetryouts I. Silver Southern AreaCoach. apart from being a strongcontest man, proved to be an aptsubject, and was selected to be thcmain active participant by amajority vote.

A sample application of theW.M. Test was carried out in theevening by the subject before anextremely perceptive audience con­sisting of members and coachesfrom other courses in residence atLilleshalJ.

The W.M. Test is briefly anextension and variable applic::ltionof the Harvard Test, which entailsthe subject to be tested, to workwithin the confines of a 20 feetsquare area. bounded by fourchairs (substantial material). Aninstant directional change of sixdiagonal and straight patterns was

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Jim Sl·If. hI DUll Kurule, ulld IlIcmher" of 11..., All Britain Karate '\$'<Il(:ialioll.

3rd EAST ANGLIAN

bilions of Martial IIrts. Apart fromJudo. there was Karate by TatsuoSuzuki, Kendo by T. O· rani.Aikido by K. Williallls, lind manyother eVC;lls.

Every person taking part in theshow wus presented with ;i

specially struck gilt medallion bear­ing the coat of arms of the college.

The results of the various classeswere us £ollows: Juniors. Under 13:S. Chapman. Juniors, Over 13:R. Hardie. Ladies, Beginner to4th Kyu: G. Wright. Ladies. 3rdKyu to lSI Dan: M. Jennings.Gentlemt:n, Ileginner 10 41h Kyu:J. Ht.fcr. Gentlemcn. 3rd Kyu to151 Kyu: J. Serkett. Gentlemen.Dan grade P. Spau!. EasternCounlies Judo League. Individual:M. Dinsdale. Eastern CounliesJudo League. Te:lln: Cranes.Gentlemen's Team: London JudoSociety. Ladies' Tellm: RomfordJudo Club. Special Award for themost stylish Lady player: Miss L.Dayncs.

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bers of the British Karate Associ~·

tioll for Angliull Television.

The principal guests III the even­ing show were His Worship theMuyor and Mayoress of Colches­ter, Dr. and Mrs. Stephens, Princi­pal of the College, and Senior re­presentatives of many of theMartilll Arts. The occasion wasalso graced by the charmingpresence of Miss Gilly Williams.the Colchester Carnival Quccn.

Throughout the dny the stnndardof sportsffillllship WllS exemplary.not one contest lacked in spirit anddeterminution, and every competi.tor must be congratulated on a fineperformance. The te:un eventscaused the 1Il0Sl excitement.especially when llny local playerswere inVOlved.

The evening show WllS soarranged thllt all the rinnl m:ltcheswere concluded before the interval,the sc<:ond part of the display be­ing taken up with the special exhi-

I\ud)' Hurl, I._I I):,,,. "'[crcein[/; 1111 c1im'lIaliorl hUiIl Ilf tI,.. Ea51"rll Cou"Iie-~ Jlldo1....°1:11<".

possible 10 sec that cvcrYOnl' WJ.~

well catered for. This included theuse of th~ gymnasium. the mainhall. six changing rooms. stair roomfor ofticials. canteen (acilities, aswell as many other privileges. Dr.G. O. Stephens. the principal. mU~1

be sincerely thanked for hisgenerosity.

Distinguished visitor during til<:afternoon was Mr. Anthony Buck,M.P. for Colchester. who aflerwatching many of the eliminatingbouts stayed to enjoy an exhibitionof Karate. especially staged by Mr.Tatsuo Suzuki. 5th Dan. and memo

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OPEN JUDO TOURNAMENT

The Third E:.sl Anglilill OpenJudo Tournament proved beyondall rCllsonlible doubt thai liS far ,Iilhe majority of Judo players aTCconcerned competition on the malis prcfc;rcd \0 competition inassociations.

The Tournament attracted thegreatest llumber of competitors ever10 luke pr.n in an event in thiscounlry. Three hundred playersbattled Ilway for 12 hours beforethe finl11 results were reached.

The staff of the North East EssexTechnical College. the venue forthe Tournament. did everything

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COACHING

SERIESNo.9

R. T. 1\1"ITCHELL

Army Judo Coach

Judo Training

Al present competitions at all levels 3re arranged indiscriminatelythroughout Ihc year. This means that the player of say 1 Kyu and abovehas 10 be "keyed up" to take part in competition. be it, Area EliminationsIlr Championships. or competitions at National level. elc., at very shortnotice at limes. during the whole year. This is not fair on the participantand also increases the administrative problems many times.

Before going into suggested programmes. elc.. I think the whole trainingcycle of Ihe sport in the country needs reviewing. Herewith a few pointswhich I hope will acl as "food for thought" in future planning.

SEASONS.-We have no seasons as in other sports. I think thai it is ofparamount importance that we should have. In this modern high poweredcra of International competition the past methods of just practising untilones body achcd. should be replaced by more SCiCDtific mcthods, whichhave been well trie(! and proved successful in other sports. These ideascould easily be incorporated into II "seasonal" cyclc and offer manyadvantages. e.g.

A player has a definite object to aim tlt for any period during the year.The strong psychological factor that one can relax from competition

after the "senson". Remember that the mental as welt as the physicalcondition of the player must be considered.

Weights are more easily controlled for a short duration. Remember itcan be injurious to ones health. particularly juniors to continually naveto shed weigbt for substantial periods. These players must be encourage(!

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to fight III their natural body weight. Generally one should not try to losemorc than 2-3 lbs. for a contest and this over a gradual period of timcunder the supervision of lin experienced cOllch.

Knowledge that the whole calendar is geared to bring one to his peak.in alogiclil and systematic method, for a required period only.

It would prove invaluable to the Organisers and Administrators ofevents and enable them to plan well in advance. In turn of course theplayers affected by lIny particular event would know in good time andbe able to train accordingly. In short I think that everyone connectedwith the sport would benefit from the system.

N.H.-It is not suggested thllt Clubs should literally "close down" out ofseason, but thllt other forms of training could be incorporated during theseperiods, knowing thllt onc will not be caught "on the hop" and out of"contest condition". The "seasons" need not apply to the lower Kyu gradeas they can continue lellrning the basic fundamentals of the sport.

R":COMMENDEI>.-Thal the year be divided into three scasons as follows:

June 10 Seplember (C/O.fl'{/ ~·I'(/.w",): October 10 January (Pn·-St'(lson):Febrllury to MllY (CollleSt .\'/·(U"(m).

Closed SCII.'~on (hllU: IU Se/JIl'm/I/'r)

The Summer period would be an idellltime for a break from the strenuouscompetition of Ihe season proper and prove opportune for a mental andphysical change. Club attendancc usually falls on' in the Summcr monthsanyway; it also takes in the holiday period. Training during this time toaim at developing: Power. Body Strength and General Endurance.

Weight Trainina-thc aim is to Increase power. Explosive strength andMuscular Endurance.

Application-Heavyweight.s-fcw repetitions. Exercise, e.g. Half Squat.System. Pyramid. which is to gradually increase the poundage and decreasethe repetitions.

Circuit Training-Aim is to increase Respiratory Endurance and Circula­tory System. Application-approximately 6 to 8 exercises which couldinclude--$tep Ups. Jump Squats. etc.. maximum repetitions in given timee.g. 30 seconds. The aim at successive sessions is to increase number ofrepetitions over the same period or mllinlain the numbers of repetitions inless time.

Fartlek Running-Aim to increase general endurance. Application-by atimc or distance run apprOXinl:l.tely 3Q--40 minutes or 3-6 miles. Coverall typcs of countryside. include woodlands, fields. roads, etc., vary pace­walking, jogging. wind sprints. including mobilizing and strengtheningexercises.

Glimes-To increase speed and quick reaction. they would be a goodpsychological change lind bring into usc dilfen:nt muscle groups. Applica­tion-votley batt. basket ball. elc.

Judo--Aim to increasc the knowledge of Rcnrakuwaza. Renzokuwaza,plenty of Randori. leurn new skills.

N.B.-It would be ideal if training in the different subjects could be carriedoul al intervals during the day. e.g. Judo. running and gllmes-early partof the day lind Weight lind Circuit Training, the latter part of the day.

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BUDOKWAI COURSES

InstructorsKisaburo WATANABE 5th dan and 5id HOARE 4th dan

SummerSaturday, August 28th 2.Q..-4.0 p,m. Sunday, August 29th 10.0--12.0a.m. and 2.()_·tO p.m.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday same time as Sunday.Friday, September lrd 10.0-12.0 a.m,

Fee for Weekend. Saturday to Monday l Guineas.Fee for full course 5 Guineas.

T)'pif.'111 WI'I'kly Pwgffllllllll'-Monday. Judo (conlests). Tuesday. rest.Wednesday. lnter-Glub match. ThursdllY. Judo (contests?) depending onthe individual or Ihe importance of the competition, Friday. rest. Saturday,competition. SundllY. rest or walk.N.B.-I have nOl lItlcmpted to give It lot of detailed rererence weight andCIrcuit training programmes. but jusl 10 give the main essentials. The finerpoints can be covered in a further article. Training should be looked at inproper perspeclive and we must keep the object of our ideas in mind; themain one being Ihal thc result of all this training should crystalize in awell bal:mced all round Illayer who Is lit 10 take parf in conlest as and whenrecilliredl The priority must be the )"do IraitritrJ: and the other sessions(weight. circuit. ctc.) are all nllied to this end. With an intensive truiningprogramme as advocaled. co.1ches must ensure that there is a balance in thetransrerence of skill. It would be futile. indeed fatal. if a player whilstincreasing his poundagc~ at weight truining or breaking his target timesduring circuit truining could not transfer lhis increase in power !lnd fitnessinto his Judo skills. and his subsequcnt efforts could amount 10 nothing.It is highly recommended to practice ones particular skill whilst ones bodyIS comparativcly fresh and energetic (carly part of lhe day). The alliedsubjecls are of secondary consideration and can therefore be practiced whenone is feeling less energelic (laller part of the day).

I realise lhat it is all well and good for me to suggest lhese projects. It isea~ier said lhan done lind of course these programmes need careful super­vision. especially weight training. where [\ competent coach is required tosupervise. This is another of the many problems thaI we are aware of andthat lhe Nalional Coach is going in to. The thing is thaI we know there aremany subsidiary subjl.'Cts that are condusive to Judo training, These sameprinciplcs are being observed and eKploitcd by other spons such asSwimming and Athletics. who had our problems to overcome many yearsago and now have very high powered programmes and standards. We canbencfit from their vast experience and adllpt these methods to suit our ownsport.. , ' To be eonlinued

The Budokwai, 4, Gilston Road, London, S.W.l0,The Manager,

Contest St'lIstln (FI'bl'UIifY In May)-Ease righl down on weight training.Maintuin Fartlek running. but ease down on intensity. rr.ake enjoyable andrelaxing. Ease down on intensity of Judo lraining, more emphasis placed ontiner poinls of techniques. tactics. elC. Take part in contesls as regularlyas possible.

Rccomnlended-thal the scason commences with conlests at DistriCl. Arealevel. building up to National Competilions. Eliminations and the EuropeanChampionship.

I're-season (Oc/Qber /Q )mll/ary)-This is the preparation and sharpeningstllge for the season proper to follow.

Aim-to increase the inlensity of training and to ensure that the player ismentally sharp and Judo fit

Weight Training-as in the "closed season". (Intensity of Irainisg to taperoff towards lhe end of lhis period.)

Circuit Training-NOT to be included in this period as the player wouldbecome too tired and prone to staleness with frequenl hard sessions of Judo.weight IIIld circuit training.

Furtlek Training-as in the closed season. Intensity: increased (more\\-ork included during sanle time or distance run).

Glimes-as in lhe closed season. but nOl so often,Judo-much more i'mphasls pillci'd on-pressure training. conditioned

conteSls, elc. Thls phase uf lraining to lake lop priority! Pressure trainingincreased even more towards the end of this period as less emphasis i~

placed on weight lmining,Pr(/(:Iicl',\' mId Condiliolll~d COl"e.l·I.~. Tl'fmrs /inc up (If/d /11/ t'Qntl'~'1

.~im/III(III('lll/s/)t-Al lhe end of each practice everyone move one place \0"Ie left. HOlh attucking constantly for given lenglh of time, e',g. [5-20seconds (to improve immediate auack). Onc attack-one defend (practicebreaking opponent's defence). Both attack with named techniques only(conditioned practice), On given signal bolh players attack as hard aspossible for limitcd time (speed up reactions). Players try to vary the cadenceof [he contest (to gain dominance of the contest and break up opponent'smovement).

l'rl's~'l/rl' Trainillg Pr(I(·ticn...-Pres~urising sclecled players under variousconditions. Their opponents 10 keep changing on given signal. Opponentsbriefl.'<i to adopt varied styles and tactics. Contesl-higher grades leavejacket on. lower gradc-jacket oiT Contest last:> exactly 3. 5 minutes. ctc.(Players p.1ce themselves to appreciate lenglh of contest. etc.). A few ideas-there are many more and uny situation can be catcred for or created inlhe Conditioned ConteslS.

Typi('(/I Wl't'k/)' l'rogrtlmml'-MondaY. Judo. Tuesday, run-weight train­ing. Wednesday, Judo--games. Thursday,- run-weigh I training. Frida)'.­Judo. SaturdllY, Judo (club matches. ctc), run, Sunda)". rest day.

• CIII, bl' illll'r-C'JI(IIl/;nlbll'. rft'pt'mlil1g /III illdil'idl/(JI rl'lj"ireml"lII.1·,

'/)pil'lll Wt'lJkly Programme (dosed s('"ason}-Monday. Judo and WeightTraining. Tues!lny. Fllrtlek running---cireuit training Wednesday, ReSl dayor games. Thursduy, Judo--Weight Training, Friday, Fartlek running­circuit truining. Sllturdlly, good Judo session. Sunday, rest day or games,

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continued from April issue

JAPAD in the~ge of WAr

by Roald Knutsen

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T~II years have /)(lJ'sed sillct! the/ightillg at AktlyomQ Castle. Ti,e>,car is "OW 1573 and Mastlyemonalld his Iricmls arc flOW ronin, IhalmlJslcrless mCII. In 'he wesler"dis/rielS 01 Japan, Lord Mori'ft!rllllloto is rapidly ,fwallowing lipproIJincr: alter provillce, while 10the casl, Lord Oda is fockul illdeadly struggles 10 secure Ill/! ccn­trm regloll and colUrol Kyoto. Dueto reccn! diDcu.llces with this crudlortl, our swordsmel/·ronin III/ISIkeep well clear 01 his territoriesand to lids c/ld 'hey arc slowlymakillg ,hei, way alollg the coastof the ["Imul SCll to 'he west,

In lhc spring they moved ondown the coaSt into Bizen and theinnuence of Ukida Naoiye. ThisNaoiye was under considerablepressure from Tcrumoto. A weekafter their arrival this pressure tookon II more serious aspect asTerumoto invaded the frontiers ofMimasaka and Bizen where lheymet and marched with Bilchu.Okayama, the capilal of the pro­vince, was full to overflowing withthe baron's soldiers, but there wasno reliable news fronl the fightingarea, only alarmist rumours.Yukihiro, who was acquaintedwith this area from the past,thought that the Bitchu forces mayhave crossed the border betweenTakahashi and Katsuyamll.

Lord Ukida sent his troops tothe troubled spot in May (1573)only to have them suffer a severemauling at the hands of the Mori.Fighting became more widespreaduntil Ukidn was obliged to call onthe ronin in the fief to aid him.Most of these men were wild andundisciplined, but for regular menlsthey would all risk fighting II balticor two. Hundreds joined the Uk idanag. As had happened in Himeji,Masayemon and his followers de.clined 10 take an active pari. butagreed to help defend the lown ifthe need arose. However, afterthree weeks filled with constant iII-

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luck, Ukida Naoiye sent a message10 Mori Terumoto allowing him tokeep the lands he had seized. Teru­moto replied by demanding inaddition to Ihese lands the lownsof Kurashiki a few miles west ofOkayama; Naoiye was stung intoanger and he refused poinl blank.Once more the warriors weregathered and peasant lev~es formedand rushed down 10 Kurashiki.This time Masayemon and hiscompanions did go with the ronin,simply to observe the progress oJfthe lighling.

The town lay on some risingground east of two smallish rivencoming down from Bitchu andMimasaka; it was some miles in­land from the sea. Ukida hadthrown up some strong defencesalong the eastern bank of thenearest river at the ferry-head.Above, in the town, more barri­cades and palisaded earthworksprotected the approaches.

Mori Terumoto's troops lay en­camped across the first river threemiles from the town, but as soonas his general saw the preparationsin progress, he advanced 10 nearerposilions on the far bank oC Ihestream, just out of range of a longball·shot.

The battle opened with Mori'ssamurai slorming across the shal­low ford in great numbers andcompletely overwhelming the lef!nank of the first defences. Ukidaand his ronin were unprepared forso sudden an aUack, and were upin the town. The remainder of thedefenders withdrew up the hill tognin the main barricades before be­ing cut to pieces. At this point theMori checked and there was a lullin the lighting. Masayemon, to­gether with his friends, sat onhorseback on some open space tothe north of the fighting area. Hecould elearly sec that the Moriwere galhering themselves for anassault on the lown in the tradi­tional manner using seven succes-

JIM PENDLETON

The Cumberland, Westmarland and North Lancashire

Open Championships

The Mackwai Judo Club of Millom, Cumberland. after consultation withneighbouring clubs, decided to arrange some contests for the clubs in theextreme North West who are miles away from practically all other Judoactivity,

The date fixed for the great event was June 19th. Eight competitions werearranged for individuals, both Junior and Senior, and Senior team matches.Eight trophies were donated, two came from Tony Macconnell, 3rd Dan.the British International, one from our school tutor, Mr. Robin Gray. thePresident of the Ladies' ~tion, the Reverend Norman Darral donatedanother, Inspector Darly, ohr Jocal Chief of Police, also supplied one, andeach of the Dan grades in our part of the country generously gave a prize,Henry Woodward, Dennis Wrightwebb and Jim Pendleton.

Twelve clubs sent 70 competitors to the venue. and the eliminationsstarted early in the morning with the Junior events and carried on untilthe evening when the final places were decided.

The results of the competitions wen~ as follows: Junior Team event.Mackwai J.C. of Mil1om; Individual Junior Title, Mike O'Keefe, this Wll$

~IVC lines, and he rather doubted.....hether Naoiye had power enouah:0 stop them.

"There will be a mauacre ifTerumoto gets through," mUlleredGengoyemon.

"I think you are right. Theseronin will fight like rats to savetheir skins if the battle looks likeaoing badly. The townsfolk willsuffer the worst:' Yukihiro said.

"See-fire in those houses al·ready." Masayemon turned round."You are wearing armour beneathyour haori? Good! I think we mayhave to fight our way oul. Let'scollect our belongings, gentlemen,"He wheeled his mount and quicklythey rode back to the IOn.

By the time they had gatheredlogether their simple equipmentand packed it on to a spare horse,Mori had stormed the outer de·fences and already some of theirtroops were in the town. The roninwere breaking off the fight in orderto escape death. As Masayemoncame out of the inn compound 1\

body of men came dashing past indisorder closely pursued by somesamurai wearing the enemy monoThe four men sat quietly on theirmounts and the warriors took nonotice of them.

"I reckon we ~hall have SOlnefun before long," Yukihiro re·marked.

There was a sudden roar offighting in the next street, the wallof a house burst open and a gangof ashigaru tumbled out into theroad. More warriors, spearmen,clambered over the debris andfinished off the fallen, the restscrambled off as besl they could.Seeing the four horsemen and theirladen pack animal, the spearmenran down the road towards them.

"Hey .. , You, , , Let go thatanimal and we'll let you throuah:'bawled their leader.

Yukihiro and Gengoyemontrotted forward, their pari heldacross their laps.

"Lay so much as one finger allthat beast and I'll split you in two,"growled the bearded samurai."Now get out of our way .. ,"

The enemy numbered about 20men. They felt they would soonbest these samurai, but they hadreckoned without Yukihiro. Hesaw their th()ughts of anacking sohe made up their minds f()r them.Giving a great shout he raised hisyari above his right shoulder andswept up the road at the surprisedmen.

Gengoyemon and Yoshidafanned out to prevent outflankingand the baule was joined. But thespearmen opposed to Yukihiroknew they had met a formidableopponent. His long blade whirledin great arcs cutting and choppinaon either side of his horse's headas he stood leaning forward in thestirrups. He charged straiahtthrough, wheeled, and came backdriving the remainder before himon to the ready spears of his allies.Too late they saw their danger.Instead of robbery these ashigaruhad to fight for their miserablelives knowing that they had nochance whatsoever.

Slowly the ring tightened. Theyrushed back and forth in a group.At least five or six made a breakfor freedom paSI the quiet figureof Masayemon, who sal upright inhis saddle, his katana slung overhis left shoulder. No danger here-two heads rolled in the dust! Thequiet samurai had exploded intoviolent action. drawn and cutdown the two leaders. He swungout of the saddle and preventedlhe other three passing his blood·streaked blade. Yoshida came upfast and thrust one and butted thesecond with his yar!.

"Enough," called Masayemon."The rest of these scum can live

to lell the talc of their meetingwith men, not peasants."

Contemptuous of their hlte ad·versaries the other three wheeledtheir horses and walked up thestreet; Masayemon remounted andjoined them with the packhorse.Behind them they left nine deadmen and not a few severelywounded scaUered over thc dustyroad.

A few stray shots hummed downthe streets where they intersectedwith roads wherc fighting was inprogress. It seemed as if UkidaNaoiye was at last holding thebarricades against Mori Tcru­moto's assaults. The men they hadencountered were probably skir·mishers sent round the country tothe rear. Leaving the town theyrode slowly up a by-road norththrough the Bizen countryside. Thebattle had opened at dawn. andnow it was still only mid.morningwith the sun fast sendina up the

temperature. It pronlised fair tobe the holtest day of the year. Thestill fields lind woods shimmeredin the lazy heat, even the birdswere silent.

Only occasional sounds of con­flict came to the samurai as theyfiled along the narrow track on anembankment between two drypaddy fields. The report of thematchlocks ech~d from the woodsbut faintly: at length not at all.They came to a vilhige but itappeared deserted so they rode onwithout pausing. Just after noonthey were six miles from Kurashikiand beginning to climb into thehills. Masayemon led them roundto Lbe left into some woods.

"I wish to cross the Ditchuborder tonight," he lold thc olhers."If we slrike across these wood­lands we should reach the Mima­saka River sonletime this after­noon. When we do, then we cllnconsider the future."

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in the 8 51. 7 lb. and under category. The over 8 s1. 7 lb. class was won byMackwai J.e. of Millom team. I'lnd the individual prize went to Mike Watson.The 4th Kyu team trophy was won by Whyndnm 1.C, of Egremont, theindividual title at this grade went Jo I. Wood. 3rd to 1st Kyu team eventwas won by V.M.e.A. Kendal, and the individual title went to H. Fell.

SOUTH EAST ENGLAND

JUDO LEAGUEPatricia Wyatt

On Sunday, 20th June, the South East England Judo League officiallycame into being. The aim of the league is Jo improve the standard of Judothroughout the Soulh East and to promote competitive Judo among theclubs in the area.

The groundwork for the scheme was laid by Mr. F. Milbourn, of theBowaters (Gillingham) Club, who managed 10 arrange a meeting of interestedparties in April this year. This resulted in a trial competition being arrangedon Ihe 31st of May ana the support this had was sufficient to give the"green light" 10 the forming of the league proper.

One of the unexpected results of the experimental match was the numberof ladies who took part on a competitive basis, so much so that a Ladies'Individual Tournament has been arranged run on the same lines as theteam matches.

In order to overcome the difliculties of travelling, matches will be heldevery two months at any dojo sufficiently large enough 10 accommodatethem, Every Jeam in tlie league will meet every other team al least once.The learns are restricted to 6\'e players and one reserve, only one first Kyuand one second Kyu are allowed and Ihe reserve must not be higher thanthird Kyu.

It has been agreed to charge a fee of two guineas per annum to eachclub taking part, although a club can enter as many teams as it likes.remembering that the committee would take a dim view of it if the clubcould nol maintain the teams entered throughout the whole of the competi.tion season.

A large trophy is being J!rovided for permanent presentation with replicasfor the members of lhe Winning side.

For all further information contact the Secretary. Miss Palricia A. Wyt/'""S"nnydene", 115 Twydal/ LAne, Gillingham, Kelll.

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