Castle Hill’s Budokan Judo Club, which has produced Olympians and Commonwealth Games medallists, honoured their excellent athletes, coaches, and volunteers at its latest 21st Awards Night.
Having been began by the highly-experienced judokas Rob and Kerrye Katz 25 years in the past with just 10 members and two lessons a week, the Budokan Judo Club now has greater than 200 members and runs 9 courses 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 golf equipment all all over the world once we had been competing,” Rob defined. “Our aim was to build a membership with a unique tradition: one which focussed on a grass-roots entity as a community-based family-oriented judo membership whereas additionally paving the way in which for prime efficiency and international competitiveness.
“Our vision has at all times been to be recognised within the judo and basic communities because the premium judo coaching centre in Australia. Rather than focussing on results, our teaching tradition instills acknowledgement for participation in every facet of the sport, in taking up challenges and placing in the best efforts in all actions, 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 every age group. Thanks to a robust mentoring ethic by senior athletes, this has resulted in significant efficiency achievements, he stated.
Rob mentioned their greatest achievement in competitors is having consistent representation yr after yr at the World Championship degree throughout 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 and then again in Tokyo 2020,” Rob mentioned. The club had been additionally very proud to have gained two bronze medals on the 2022 Commonwealth Games, adding to their growing international profile.
“We have one athlete presently on track for qualification to Paris 2024 and are additionally proud of our variety,” Rob stated. “We had two athletes winning a gold medal and silver medal at the Virtus Asia-Oceania Games, the first time that Budokan has been represented at an international multi-sport competition 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 interested mother and father to Olympians and every little thing in between.”