Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory
Castle Hill’s Budokan Judo Club, which has produced Olympians and Commonwealth Games medallists, honoured their excellent athletes, coaches, and volunteers at its latest twenty first Awards Night.
Having been began by the highly-experienced judokas Rob and Kerrye Katz 25 years ago with just 10 members and two lessons every week, the Budokan Judo Club now has greater than 200 members and runs nine lessons each week.
Budokan Judo Club Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory
“When we took over the club in 1999, Kerrye and I tapped into all of the experiences that we had as athletes coaching at different clubs all around the world after we had been competing,” Rob explained. “Our purpose was to build a membership with a unique tradition: one which focussed on a grass-roots entity as a community-based family-oriented judo club whereas also paving the best way for prime efficiency and worldwide competitiveness.
“Our imaginative and prescient has at all times been to be recognised in the judo and basic communities because the premium judo coaching centre in Australia. Rather than focussing on results, our teaching culture instills acknowledgement for participation in every aspect of the game, in taking up challenges and placing in one of the best efforts in all activities, classes that assist in all elements of life.’
Olympians Nathan And Josh Katz Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory Rob mentioned that they succeeded in constructing depth in every age group. Thanks to a strong mentoring ethic by senior athletes, this has resulted in vital efficiency achievements, he stated.
Rob stated their greatest achievement in competition is having consistent representation yr after year on the World Championship degree throughout all three senior age groups: under-17, under-21, and senior.
“The pinnacle of accomplishment has been having two Olympic representatives in Athens, adopted by our first two home-grown Olympic representatives in Rio 2016 after which again in Tokyo 2020,” Rob stated. The club had been additionally very proud to have won two bronze medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, adding to their growing worldwide profile.
“We have one athlete currently on monitor for qualification to Paris 2024 and are also happy with our variety,” Rob mentioned. “We had two athletes profitable a gold medal and silver medal at the Virtus Asia-Oceania Games, the primary time that Budokan has been represented at a global multi-sport competitors within the Oceania-Asia area for elite athletes with an intellectual impairment.
“Budokan Judo Club’s membership ranges from four to 81 years from recreation players, to involved mother and father to Olympians and every thing in between.”