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 https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/budokan-judo-clubs-crowning-glory/ -experienced judokas Rob and Kerrye Katz 25 years in the past 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 the experiences that we had as athletes training at totally different clubs all around the globe after we have been competing,” Rob defined. “Our purpose was to construct a membership with a singular culture: one which focussed on a grass-roots entity as a community-based family-oriented judo club whereas additionally paving the way for high performance and worldwide competitiveness.
“Our vision has at all times been to be recognised in the judo and basic communities as the premium judo coaching centre in Australia. Rather than focussing on outcomes, our teaching culture instills acknowledgement for participation in every side of the game, in taking up challenges and placing in one of the best efforts in all activities, classes that help in all elements of life.’
Olympians Nathan And Josh Katz Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning GloryRob said that they succeeded in constructing depth in each age group. Thanks to a powerful mentoring ethic by senior athletes, this has resulted in important performance achievements, he said.
Rob stated their largest achievement in competition is having constant illustration yr after yr on the World Championship level across all three senior age teams: under-17, under-21, and senior.
“The pinnacle of feat has been having two Olympic representatives in Athens, adopted by our first two home-grown Olympic representatives in Rio 2016 and then again in Tokyo 2020,” Rob mentioned. The club were also very proud to have gained two bronze medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, including to their growing international profile.
“We have one athlete at present on track for qualification to Paris 2024 and are also happy with our diversity,” Rob stated. “We had two athletes winning a gold medal and silver medal at the Virtus Asia-Oceania Games, the primary time that Budokan has been represented at an international multi-sport competitors within the Oceania-Asia area for elite athletes with an intellectual impairment.
“Budokan Judo Club’s membership ranges from four to eighty one years from recreation gamers, to interested dad and mom to Olympians and everything in between.”