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 in the past with simply 10 members and two courses a week, the Budokan Judo Club now has greater than 200 members and runs 9 lessons each week.
Budokan Judo Club Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory
“When we took over the membership in 1999, Kerrye and I tapped into all the experiences that we had as athletes coaching at completely different golf equipment all around the globe once we were competing,” Rob explained. “Our goal was to build a membership with a singular culture: one which focussed on a grass-roots entity as a community-based family-oriented judo membership while also paving the greatest way for high efficiency and worldwide competitiveness.
“Our vision has at all times been to be recognised in the judo and common communities as the premium judo coaching centre in Australia. Rather than focussing on outcomes, our coaching culture instills acknowledgement for participation in every facet of the sport, in taking up challenges and putting in one of the best efforts in all activities, lessons that help in all elements of life.’
Olympians Nathan And Josh Katz Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory Rob stated that they succeeded in constructing depth in each age group. Thanks to a strong mentoring ethic by senior athletes, this has resulted in significant efficiency achievements, he mentioned.
Rob said their largest achievement in competitors is having consistent illustration yr after year on the World Championship level across all three senior age groups: under-17, under-21, and senior.
“The pinnacle of feat has been having two Olympic representatives in Athens, followed by our first two home-grown Olympic representatives in Rio 2016 after which once more in Tokyo 2020,” Rob stated. The membership had been additionally very proud to have received two bronze medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, including to their rising worldwide profile.
“We have one athlete presently on monitor for qualification to Paris 2024 and are also happy with our variety,” Rob stated. “We had two athletes profitable a gold medal and silver medal on the Virtus Asia-Oceania Games, the primary time that Budokan has been represented at an international multi-sport competition in the Oceania-Asia region for elite athletes with an intellectual impairment.
“Budokan Judo Club’s membership ranges from four to eighty one years from recreation gamers, to involved dad and mom to Olympians and every little thing in between.”