August News Part 1
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Quote
of the Day
Do the kinds of things
that come from your heart. When you do you won't be dissatisfied,
you won't be envious, you won't be longing for someone else's
things. On the contrary, you'll be overwhelmed with what comes
back.
- Morrie Schwartz, best know from Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old
Man, a Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson |
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Suggested
Tournament Rules
Ranking:
Each Team Captain/Instructor shall rank his team members in order
to ensure that the number 1 and 2 players on the team do not
meet except in the finals. If no ranking is submitted, competitors
will be placed in the keys randomly with an attempt to separate
the same team within each key/division as much as possible.
Time
Limits:
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Division |
Adult |
Masters/Senior |
Children |
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White |
5 |
4 |
3 |
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Blue |
6 |
5 |
4 (Yellow) |
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Purple |
7 |
6 |
4 (Orange) |
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Brown |
8 |
6 |
4 (Green) |
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Black |
10 |
8 |
N/A |
Judging/Scoring - Relson Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Points System:
Points System Summary:
Clean takedown - 2 points
Sweep - 2 points
Knee on stomach for 3 seconds - 2 points
Pass opponent's guard - 3 points;
Mounted position - 4 points;
Back Mount with Hooks in - 4 points
Note:
To gain points for position, the competitor must show clear control
for 3 seconds. Referees are encouraged, but NOT required to count
the seconds out loud (e.g. One thousand one, one thousand two,
one thousand three).
Points will be
accumulated throughout the match. Matches can be won by:
1. The first competitor to reach 12 points.
2. A submission.
3. The competitor with the most points at the end of the time
limit.
Note: In the event of a tie in points and advantages, the referee
will make a judgment based on aggressiveness, effectiveness,
and near submissions (if no advantages were given). This tournament
rewards competitors that want to submit their opponent.
Advantages:
Advantages are similar to points and are rewarded for submission
attempts that posed a real threat to the other fighter, nearly
completed takedowns, near sweep, near passes etc.. No amount
of advantages is greater than a point. Any player with the top
position who makes no attempt to advance will be viewed as inferior
to player in the guard position who is making attempts at advancing
their position or attempting submissions.
Team
Points:
1st place - 5 points
2nd place - 3 points
3rd place - 1 point
Team Prize Money:
1st place team - $5,000
2nd place team - $3,000
3rd place team - $1,000
Team Title Awarding
Criteria: If there is a tie in the team point standings, the
team with the most medalists (1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers)
that win by submission in their final match will be declared
the winner. If there is still a tie, the teams will split the
respective purse.
Example: Team A and Team B has 2 golds, 2 silvers, and 1 bronze.
Of these five placers, Team A's competitors won their medal with
3 submissions (e.g. the two gold medalist and bronze medalists
all won their final match by submission). Of Team B's competitors,
only one won by submission (e.g. the bronze medalist won by submission,
the two golds won by points). Therefore, Team A will win the
team title over Team B.
General Rules:
Team Captains or instructors are responsible for their team members
knowing and understanding the rules of the tournament. There
will be a rules clinic after the weigh-ins on the night before
the tournament to discuss various scenarios or questions regarding
the rules.
No Stalling - The referee will issue warnings for the 1st offense
of stalling (e.g. backing out of the guard without engaging,
butt scooting, fleeing the ring to avoid takedown/submission
attempts, holding an opponent down and not doing anything, etc.).
The 2nd offense will result in a 2 Point deduction. A 3rd offense
will result in a disqualification.
No holding of both sleeves of your opponent while in the guard
(e.g. spider guard) for more than 10 seconds. This is to encourage
movement and discourage stalling in a match.
There will be no grabbing inside the sleeves or pant legs of
your opponent. You may grab within your own sleeves or pants
legs (for sleeve chokes, etc).
The cross side position can only be held for thirty seconds in
one static position before a position change is necessary. A
position change example that is acceptable is cross side 90°
to your opponent and changing to the north/south position. Any
hold longer in one position will be considered stalling and will
be punishable by the rules stated above.
Positional changes where the competitor on the top ends up on
the bottom in closed guard will NOT be considered a sweep and
will be rewarded with an advantage (e.g. bump and roll from mount
ending up in closed guard).
Sweep points will be given when the competitor utilizes technique
to reverse his position. Total power moves (e.g. grab opponent's
belt and collar from cross side and throwing him over) will NOT
be rewarded with sweep points. This tournament rewards technique,
not power.
Takedowns that end up in the half guard and then transitions
into a cross side position or if the competitor takes down his
opponent and ends up in cross side will NOT be rewarded with
points for the pass of the guard.
Points will only be rewarded for passing the guard if the competitor
starts in-between both knees or legs or their opponent and then
obtains a chest-to-chest secured cross side position.
Both competitors will receive points if one competitor initiates
a takedown and is immediately switched in position and ends up
on the bottom (e.g. double leg to monkey flip). If the forward
progress of the initial attempt is stopped and then the other
competitor counters the takedown with a takedown of their own,
only the counter takedown will be scored.
Pass the guard points will only be awarded when starting from
the full guard and obtaining chest to chest position for three
seconds. There will be no points awarded if the bottom competitor,
from a cross side or mounted position, recovers half guard only
to lose his position and give up cross side. The bottom competitor
will have to obtain full guard in order for the top competitor
to gain pass the guard points.
If the competitor partially passes his opponent's guard and ends
up in half guard and puts his opponent on his back , then his
opponent recovers the full guard, the top competitor will receive
an advantage. If the bottom opponent stays on his side while
in half guard and recovers the full guard, no advantage for the
top competitor will be awarded. Both passing points and advantages
will not be awarded to the competitor for the same attempt.
If a competitor jumps from a standing position to half guard
and their opponent passes the guard, the top competitor will
be awarded with an advantage. In order to gain pass points, the
full guard must be recovered and then passed to a chest to chest
cross side for three seconds.
If a competitor passes the guard and goes immediately to knee
in the belly before going chest to chest for the cross side,
points will be given for both the knee in the belly (2 points)
and the cross side (3 points) for a total of 5 points.
If a competitor goes from the guard directly to the mount, the
competitor will be rewarded with 3 points for the pass and 4
points for the mount (total of 7 points).
Knee in the belly points shall be only given once for each side
of the opponent's body that the knee in the belly is applied.
For example, if a knee in the belly is applied with the right
knee and then the competitor switches over to the other side
of his opponent and applies the knee in the belly with the left
knee, he would have reached the maximum number of knee in the
belly points (2+2). In order to gain more points from the knee
in the belly, the competitor will have to return to the guard
and pass again.
The same point rule stated above holds true for the mount and
back mount. For every time the guard is passed, only one set
of mount and back mount points shall be awarded.
The referee has the discretion to call a match for use of excessive
force, i.e. competitor refuses to release pressure after opponent
submits, or opponent refuses to submit and the referee believes
that the submission will cause immediate damage or injury. The
referees and judges will be shown maximum respect at all times.
Their decisions are final and will not be disputed. This is to
ensure the safety of the competitors.
All submissions are allowed as defined in international Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu competition such as the World Championships (Campeonato
Mundial de Jiu-Jitsu) and the Pan American Jiu-Jitsu Championships.
For clarification, there will be no neck cranks, chokes using
the hand grabbing the throat, knee bars, heel hooks, and other
twisting leg locks in any division.
If the competitors are near the edges of the ring, they will
be dragged to the center. If the competitor fall off of the mat
or end up in a position where the referee cannot reasonably replace
the same position in the middle of the mat, the competitors will
be restarted in the standing position. Points will NOT be given
for takedowns started near the edge of the mat and continuing
off the mats. This is to protect and ensure the safety of the
competitors.
No strikes, biting, eye gouging (includes chin or anything else
in the eye socket), head butting, small joint manipulation (finger
or toe locks), hand around throat, hair pulling, or ear pulling.
No unsportsmanlike conduct allowed as observed by referee or
tournament staff (includes spitting, use of foul language, obscene
gestures, etc.). Gradual force must be used for all submission
techniques.
Warnings will be given for unsportsmanlike conduct. Repeat offenders
will be disqualified and will be required to leave the premises.
Gi's or kimonos are required. All sleeves must have enough play
to have four fingers (approximately 3 inches) inserted throughout
the length of the sleeve up to the arm pit. Sleeves and pant
legs bottoms must be within four fingers of a wrist of an outstretched
arm and ankle. All gi's that do not comply must be changed immediately
or match will be forfeited with no refund of entry fee. All collars
and play in the gi must be standard as determined by the tournament
officials.
Wrestling shoes CANNOT be used.
Slamming of your opponent is not allowed. It is illegal to slam
a competitor on the ground in order to escape a submission attempt.
Lifting takedowns are not considered slamming, unless a competitor
attempts to throw someone on their head or neck intentionally
and the referee determines that there is an intent to injure
another competitor. If it is determined by the referee that a
competitor is intentionally dropping or slamming their opponent
on their head or neck, the referee or tournament officials have
the discretion to immediate disqualify the competitor or penalize
the competitor with point deductions. |
Quote
of the Day
"Today, if you
are not confused, you are just not thinking clearly."
U. Peter |
Fabio
Gurgel Retires
One
of the few from the old school of Jiu-Jitsu that was still competing,
Fabio Gurgel of the Alliance team announced his retirement from
sport competition. For MMA fans, you probably remember him from
his epic fight with Mark Kerr or his impressive performance in
the UFC. Gurgel was one of the three Gracie Jiu-Jitsu representatives
on Gracie in Action 1 in the fights in the ring against the Luta
Livre fighters. He also has a video tape series out that was
supposed to be very good as well. When I was in Brazil last year,
I bought his BJJ book on the basics. It was all in Portuguese,
but it was more for the collector's value than anything else.
It was amazing that Gurgel could still compete and win against
all this new techniques and young lions. I believe he retires
as a four time black belt world champion. He will be concentrating
on promoting various BJJ events, hopefully including his professional
circuit where sport players get paid to win and probably be involved
with more Rio vs. Sao Paulo BJJ matches since he runs one of
the more successful schools in Sao Paulo.
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Grandmaster
Godin Dies
Grandmaster
Godin was very influential to many martial artists in Hawaii
as stated in the article below. He was the former instructor
(not sure if that's PC) for the current Grandmaster of the Universal
Kempo empire as well as many top instructors in Hawaii and probably
beyond. Although we're not Karate or Kempo guys, I know that
he was a very influential person to many people in these types
of arts. I found this Honolulu Star Bulletin this morning.
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Gracie
Humaita Website
The
"Original" Gracie Jiu-Jitsu school in Humaita, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil now has a website. The school is run by Royler
and Rolker Gracie and was the bascially the birth place of many
top BJJ instructors and fighters. As you walk in, there are years
of history on the walls including many old trophies, medals,
and pictures of Renzo, Ralph, the Machados, as well as young
Gracies. The school is not in the greatest shape, but it is a
place that you may want to visit just to say that you have been
there. Check out their new website!
http://www.academiagracie.com.br
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Karate
-- Aloha State Traditional Championships
Sunday, August 19, 2001
Aliamanu Military Reservation Gym
Open to all karate and martial arts students of all ages and
ranks. Competition in kata, kumite, and kobudo, Aug. 19, 9:30
a.m. to 6 p.m. Pre-registration is $15 for one event, $30 for
two, and $40 for three; registration at the door is $20 for one
event, $35 for two, and $50 for three. Information: Sensei Joseph
A. Bunch, 488-6372. |
Quote
of the Day
"Let us not become
weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest
if we do not give up."
Galatians 6:9 |
Need
Help
One
of the good things about having a page that many people view
is when you need help with something I can just ask and may get
many eyes looking for me.I am looking for a 17" all aluminum
two or three piece all aluminum rim that can be cut and welded
to my existing rim. The outside of the rim (facing the street)
can be busted or trashed, but the inside of the rim (facing the
underneath of the car) must be in good condition (not warped).
One of my rims for my Integra has a crack that I had previously
welded, but it did not work. So my welder said that he needs
another rim to cut in half and weld to my rim. If anyone knows
someone with a spare 17" all aluminum (not one piece, cast)
rim that they would like to get rid of, please contact me. It cannot be an alloy
because aluminum is very sensitive to heat and the dissimilar
metals would be nearly impossible to weld. If you also have any
leads on who to try (maybe a friend that has some spar rims),
I would appreciate it as well. I am getting it welded at Freddie's
Rims, went to Larry's Muffler's in Waipahu yesterday, am going
to call Eurosport probably tomorrow, and am going to check out
a place on Republican St. on Monday.
Thanks:
Mike |
Mega
Fight
Ken
Shamrock's first NHB show went ahead with some success. It was
held in the Tropicana in Jersey and he was charging a good sum
of money for seats. With a change in main events, Ken Shamrock
fought Sam Adkins (yup UFC veteran and where is he now candidate).
UFC stud Phil Baroni also fought and won an easy fight. Relson
Gracie team member Joe Priole fought the underrated Vernon "Tiger"
White and lost by referee stoppage in the second round. Hats
off to Joe who lasted two rounds with a guy that Mario Sperry
couldn't finish in his Australian NHB fight. Priole was cornered
by instructor and great guy, Steve Maxwell. Take a look on the
Full
Contact Fighter Website for some pictures of the fight.
Here
are the full results:
MEGA FIGHT 1: ENTER THE LIONS DEN
August 10, 2001
Tropicana Hotel & Casino
Atlantic City, NJ
Pat Stano def. Randy Durant - Ref stoppage (strikes) 1:15 R1
Phil Baroni def - Robert Sarkozi - Ref stoppage (strikes) 1:05
R1
Virgil Lozano drew Yasuki Miake - (after 3 rounds)
Joe Hurley def. Peter Kaljevic - Rear-naked choke R1
Vernon "Tiger" White def. Joe Priole - Ref stoppage
(strikes) R2
Ken Shamrock def. Sam Adkins - Key lock 1:26 R1 |
Quote
of the Day
"Everything has
been figured out, except how to live."
Jean-Paul Sarte |
Ultimate
Explosion
I'm
proud to announce that Fighters Production, LLC will bring Kickboxing
back to the Island with a new show call Elite Kickboxing's "ULTIMATE
EXPLOSION" Nov 2,2001 ay Blaisdell Arena. The goal to this
new production is to bring back this once famous sport alot people
been requesting it so here it is!! We also are taking applications
for any kickboxer who would want to be apart of this ground breaking
experience.
All
interested fighters please feel free to email me at brennankamaka@hotmail.com
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UFC
Tickets
For
all you Vegas fiends: If you will be in Vegas around September
28, 2001, you will be in town for the UFC. Here's some ticket
information in case you want to shell out some cash to go. You
are going to lose it anyway, might as well go to the UFC.
LAS VEGAS
(Aug. 7, 2001) - Tickets are now on sale for the all-new Ultimate
Fighting Championship (UFC) event, "Victory in Vegas,"
featuring UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz defending
his crown for the fourth time when he takes on Vitor Belfort
on Friday, September 28, 2001, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center
Las Vegas, Nev.Tickets, priced at $300, $200, $100, $60 and $30,
can be purchased at the Mandalay Bay box office, or at any TicketMaster
outlet. To order tickets by phone, call 877-632-7400. To order
tickets on the Internet, go to TicketMaster.com. The Ortiz-Belfort
light heavyweight championship will headline a nine-bout card
that features two other championship fights including Jens Pulver
defending his lightweight belt against Dennis Hallman, as well
as Dave Menne taking on an opponent to be named for the vacant
UFC middleweight title. "Victory in Vegas" marks a
triumphant return of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and the UFC to
cable television. The event will be televised live on iN DEMAND,
DIRECTV, and Dish Network pay per view at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.Ortiz,
of Huntington Beach, Calif., is one of the most recognized athletes
in the UFC. "The Huntington Beach Bad Boy" is 7-2-0
in the UFC and 9-2-0 in MMA. In his last UFC bout, Ortiz defended
his middleweight title by scoring a first-round knockout over
Australian contender, Elvis Sinosic, at UFC 32: Showdown In the
Meadowlands on June 28, 2001, in East Rutherford, N.J. Ortiz
is now recognized as the UFC light heavyweight champion due to
the restructuring of weight classes after UFC 30.Belfort, of
Rio De Janiero, Brazil, has a 5-1-0 UFC record and is 10-2-0
overall in MMA. A Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist, three of his
five UFC victories have come in less than one minute, all due
to punches. Belfort's sole loss came at the hands and knees of
current UFC Heavyweight Champion Randy Couture at UFC 15. At
his most recent UFC appearance in Ultimate Brazil on Oct. 16,
1998, Belfort defeated Vanderlei Silva by punches in 44 seconds."We
are extremely excited to bring the UFC and the sport of mixed
martial arts to Mandalay Bay and the state of Nevada," said
Dana White, UFC president. "We will kick off our first show
in Las Vegas with three title fights and a ton of energy and
action as our fans take part in history.
"CONTACT: Dan Clavadetscher/Marc Simon, Brener Zwikel &
Assoc., (818) 344-6195, x106/117
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Quote
of the Day
"A price has
to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached
the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more
assiduously, practiced more self denial, overcame more difficulties
than those of us who have not risen so far."
B. C. Forbes, 1880-1954,
American Publisher |
Verizon
Problems
If
it isn't one thing, it's another. I was having trouble receiving
my mail and uploading the news page so I called my ISP for tech
support. They told me that Verizon is having a problem with one
of their pipelines which is causing problems on various ISPs.
They said that Verizon is working on it and hopefully it will
be up soon. Seeing this news post will let you know why there
was yet another delay in the news. |
UFC
33 Press Conference Yesterday
For
those who couldn't attend the UFC press conference at the House
of Blues in LA yesterday, here's the run down. Jens Pulver, the
lightweight champ could not show up due to illness so they were
left with Tito Ortiz, Vitor Belfort, Dennis Hallman, and Carmen
Electra. Tito announced that Vitor's ex-instructor, Carlson Gracie,
will be in his corner when he faces Vitor in the Mandalay Bay
hotel and casino in Las Vegas. It will be interesting to see
how the split from the Brazilian Top Team will affect Belfort
and what type of style he will bring in the ring, the power puncher
or the ground and pound. It should be very difficult for Vitor
to take Tito down so we'll see if he comes out swinging. |
Interesting
Weight Control Article
This
article is in today's Honolulu Star Bulletin stating how exercise
can reduce the possibility or severity of diabetes. Various reports
stated that as little as a 30 minute walk every day can drastically
increase your health against a variety of illnesses. No matter
how busy you are, you can at least squeeze out 30 minutes a day.
Take the dog for a walk, do some Tae Bo, give your kids liking
(kidding), etc. I read a report saying that, if I remember correctly,
that Hawaii is the second most healthy state. Let's keep it that
way.
Exercise,
dietfight mid-life diabetes. Hawaii joined in a national study
that found healthy lifestyles can reduce the onset of Type 2
diabetes.10 million Americans are judged at high risk
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By Helen
Altonnhaltonn@starbulletin.com
Posted in the Honolulu Star Bulletin on August 9, 2001
DIET AND EXERCISE can dramatically reduce chances of getting
type 2 diabetes for an estimated 10 million high-risk Americans,
including many Hawaii residents, a national study shows.Intensive
lifestyle changes for participants in a clinical trial reduced
the risk of type 2 diabetes by 58 percent. Also effective in
preventing the disease, but less so, was the drug metformin (Glucophage)."Clearly,
lifestyle is very effective in reducing the rate of diabetes
and medication is effective as well," said Dr. Richard Arakaki,
University of Hawaii medical professor who conducted the Diabetes
Prevention Program locally."The question is how do we take
this information and get it out into the community and into public
health considerations? Diabetes is considered nearly an epidemic
across the country."Type 2 diabetes -- about 95 percent
of all diabetes cases -- most commonly affects adults over age
40 and is associated with obesity, inactivity, family history
of diabetes and ethnicity.Cases have tripled in the past 30 years,
due largely to a ballooning obesity rate.The Diabetes Prevention
program was conducted by 26 mainland medical centers, the UH
John A. Burns School of Medicine and The Queen's Medical Center.The
3,234 participants included 74 Hawaii volunteers, ages 25 to
85. All had impaired glucose tolerance, a condition that often
progresses to diabetes.Hawaii has a higher rate of diabetes than
the national average, primarily because of ethnic factors, Arakaki
said.An estimated 9 to 10 percent of Hawaii's population has
diabetes compared with 6 to 8 percent nationally, he said. Hawaiians
especially have a twofold to threefold increase compared to the
national average, Arakaki said.The findings, released today,
were hailed by Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson:"In
view of the rapidly rising rates of obesity and diabetes in America,
this good news couldn't come at a better time..."By promoting
healthy lifestyles, we can improve the quality of life for all
Americans and reduce health care costs dramatically."Participants
initially were divided into four groups , one involving lifestyle
changes with a low-fat diet and exercise, another with use of
the drug metformin, one using the drug troglitazone combined
with diet and exercise, and one group taking placebo pills instead
of metformin.The troglitazone arm of the study was halted in
June 1998 because of potential liver toxicity. The other phases
ended a year early because the main research question was answered.Doing
30 minutes of physical activity daily with walking or other moderate
intensity exercise, participants lost 5 to 7 percent of their
body weight.Those randomly treated with metformin reduced their
risk of getting type 2 diabetes by 31 percent.Participants all
were overweight, with an average body mass index (BMI) of 34,
and had impaired glucose tolerance.About 29 percent of those
taking placebo pills developed diabetes during a three-year follow-up
period compared with 14 percent in the diet-exercise group and
22 percent of those taking metformin.Arakaki said an estimated
20 million people have impaired glucose tolerance and will move
on to diabetes. "We obviously need to do something."The
research program is funded until next June, and hopefully will
continue for another five years, he said. The researchers will
look at the long-term effect of measures to prevent diabetes
and examine risks and rates of heart disease and stroke.Arakaki
said the $174 million research program represents "a major
step toward the goal of containing and ultimately reversing the
epidemic of type 2 diabetes in this country."Every year
a person can live free of diabetes means an added year of life
free of the suffering, disability and medical costs incurred
by this disease."
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Quote
of the Day
"Always work
from a list. Write it out, organize it, and work on your most
important task."
Brian Tracy, American Trainer, Speaker, Author, Businessman |
Relson
Gracie U.S. Nationals:
Chris
and I may be going up to this event in order to help run the
tournament. We expect anywhere from 200-500 competitors so if
your school is on the mainland or you want to bring a team to
see if you can get part of the huge cash prizes for the team
championship, start training and make your plans now. If any
local Relson Gracie student is interested in going up, leave
your name with Todd at the academy so he can make sure that you
have all the updated information. We already have told that our
resident big man is interested in going so we may have the blue
open locked up.
Here's some preliminary information from the tournament director
Cooper:
Another edition of the annual event is just around the corner.
When: October 20th, 2001
Where: Columbus Ohio.
The reward will be money prizes for the winning teams with $5,000.00
, $3,000.00 and $1,000.00 going to the top 3 teams. There are
many other new things in store so keep checking Onzuka News and
Rumors for the latest including news on the Superfight! For information
email gracienationals@aol.com
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John
Spiker Wins Two National Championships
My
Shobukan Judo club teammate, John Spiker, has reached his 19th
and 20th junior national championship back to back. This guy
is incredible with his throws and throws me around everytime
I play with him both in wrestling and in judo. He is one of the
most complete judo guys that I have trained with as far as variety
of good throws. Check out this article on him in the Honolulu
Advertiser. Congratulations!
Spiker can't
be beat in either ring
By Dennis Anderson
Advertiser Staff Writer
Posted August 7, 2001
St. Louis
School junior Jonathan Spiker, shown throwing Seth Char, has
the potential to compete in the Olympics, according to a national
judo observer. Cory Lum of the Honolulu Advertiser.
How's
this for a comeback.Jonathan Spiker of 'Aina Haina took time
off from national judo competition to concentrate on wrestling
during his first two years of high school.He went 76-0 for St.
Louis, won two state championships, plus seven more wins and
the championship at the World of Wrestling tournament in Reno,
Nev., in April.Then he returned to judo, and, last month:Won
the U.S. Judo Inc.'s National Junior Olympics 66 kilogram (145
pounds) championship and was named Outstanding Player in the
boys 15-16 age division in Louisville, Ky., on July 22. Won the
same weight and age class at the U.S. Judo Association's national
championships at Toledo, Ohio, on July 28. The junior national
championships were Spiker's 19th and 20th since he was 8 years
old and won his first of four "triple crowns" - junior
judo's three major national championships. This year he didn't
attend the first of three nationals because of the cost of travel."It
gets more challenging as you move up in age groups," Spiker
said. "There were other national champions in both tournaments."In
fact, in his first match at the Junior Olympics Nationals, Spiker
defeated the champion of the U.S. Judo Federation nationals,
the one he didn't attend in California the week before. In the
final match, he beat the Canadian junior champion.Spiker won
all five of his bouts in the Junior Olympics by a full point.
To earn a full point, one must pin his opponent for 25 seconds,
throw him so that he lands completely on his back, or force him
to submit with a choke hold.At the Junior Olympics, Spiker earned
his full-point victories in a single day with three pins and
two throws, and was an overwhelming choice as Outstanding Player."He
has a real beautiful throw with speed and force," said Lowell
Slaven, tournament director at the Junior Olympics. "You
don't see if often when you are going against the best from all
over the nation. He was far superior to the competition."Lloyd
Migita, instructor at Honolulu's Shobukan Judo Club since 1956,
has coached 47 individuals who have won national championships,
including 1996 Olympian Clifton Sunada.Migita has coached Spiker
and his two brothers, Jason and Jared, who were also triple-crown
winners."Jonathan's biggest asset," Migita says, "is
his desire to win. When his timing is on, he's awesome. At other
times, he struggles with his timing, but he takes advantage of
others' mistakes and still does enough with his desire to win."Migita
also credits Spiker's intelligence - he's a straight A student
at St. Louis. "We do a lot of advanced technique, we have
a special class in 'mind development' where I work on the psychology
of winning, visualization and affirmation. No other club in the
U.S. uses the techniques we do and intelligence plays a very
important part."USA Judo's Slaven, who has been a judo referee
and coach for 40 years, notes that in addition to his excellent
technique, Spiker is "a super nice kid, real polite. You
don't see that a lot any more.""I expect to see him
representing us in the Olympics if he stays active. He definitely
has the potential," Slaven said.Spiker's next goal is a
little closer. School started Monday (he is a junior) and, as
he put it, "I need to get ready for wrestling."AT THE
WORLDS: Hawai'i's three representatives at the World Championships
in Munich, Germany, were all eliminated without a victory. Olympian
Amy Tong lost two straight in the women's 78kg division, Taylor
Takata lost two by ippon in the men's 60kg and Neal Takamoto
lost once by ippon in men's open. . . . Takata, an Iolani School
graduate, will take the fall semester off from San Jose State
to train at the Olympic Training Center at Colorado Springs.
. . . Jonathan Spiker has participated in 21 national championships
and won 20. He finished second once when he was 9. In his 20
tournament victories, he was not scored upon.
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Chow
Family Dominates
The
Chows are another family who lives judo and also practices with
me at Shobukan. Their mother, as stated below, is a world class
competitor and champion, their father is a doctor, judo black
belt, and assistant instructor at Shobukan. Dr. Chow has been
a very big help for me to learn the judo game and is one of the
only two (the other is the main instructor, Migita Sensei) that
argues against crappy calls against me when I used to compete
in judo tournaments. Congratulations to all three.
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Chows a triple threat in nationwide events
By Dennis Anderson
Advertiser Staff Writer
Posted August 7, 2001
The Chows - Melinda, 7, Daniel, 11, and Christina, 8 - display
the medals they won at three junior national tournaments this
summer. Cory Lum o The Honolulu AdvertiserIn junior national
judo, a triple crown is as good as it gets. That means winning
the gold medal at the three major summer events - the national
championships of the U.S. Judo Federation, Junior Olympics and
U.S. Judo Association. Last month, the three Chow siblings of
Kahala nearly scored a triple-triple crown. Daniel, 11, and Melinda,
7, both won all three championships. Christina, 8, won two and
placed second in the third when she moved to a higher weight
class so she wouldn't have to fight a Honolulu Shobukan Club
teammate. It was the first national competition for Melinda,
who had to get a waiver to compete in one of the tournaments
that normally doesn't allow athletes younger than 7. She turned
7 on July 25. It was the first triple crown for Daniel, a Punahou
sixth-grader who is in the younger half of the 11-12 age group
in the under-75 pounds division. Last year he won two; his first
national medal was silver at age 7. "It feels pretty good
to accomplish something like this, the best in the nation in
my division," Daniel said. It was the third time Christina,
now in the 66-pound division, has won two golds. The Chow kids
"didn't have any choice" but be exposed to judo, said
their mother, Robin, who won a judo gold medal in the 1983 Pan
American Games and was fifth in the 1982 Women's World Games,
when she lived in Pittsburgh. "They've been coming to the
dojo with us since they were babies. It's our family pastime,"
Robin said. She and her husband, Greg, are both assistant instructors
and coaches at Shobukan Judo Club in Nu'uanu. "I watched
one practice when I was 6 and decided I would try," Daniel
said. He's been practicing three nights a week, two hours a night,
ever since. Except for the month before the nationals, the Chows
and other Shobukan judo members practiced every night. The 17-day
trip to the three national tournaments took the Chows to Monterey,
Calif., Louisville, Ky., and Toledo, Ohio. Christina, a fourth-grader
at Kahala Elementary, said "It's a fun thing." But
so is wrestling, ballet and soccer, in which she also participates,
as well as an after-school learning center, Christina said.Daniel
got home in time from nationals to start football practice with
the Manoa Paniolos Pop Warner football team. He's a 75-pound
outside linebacker, halfback and tight end. All three Chows also
wrestle for the Punahou Pumas Juniors. Judo "isn't our whole
life, but a major part of it," says mom Robin. "I think
it's worthwhile for kids to learn the discipline and hard work
and keep persisting, staying at something and not giving up as
soon as things get a little tough." And, it keeps them in
good physical shape."
TRIPLE
SILVER
Valdez scores: Moanalua High junior Caylene Valdez placed second
in all three national tournaments. "It was my last year
of judo nationals," Valdez said. "I want to concentrate
on wrestling." She is 59-0 in Hawai'i with two state high
school championships in wrestling.
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We
are Finally Back Up!
That damn worm virus
has taken our site down for a while (mostly because of precautionary
reasons), but I guess everything is safe enough to allow access
once again. |
Quote
of the Day
"There are risks
and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range
risks of comfortable inaction."
John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, Thirty-fifth President of the USA
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Frank
Shamrock to Fight Again
The
only problem is that he is fighting in the upcoming K-1 USA show
in Las Vegas this Saturday against Shannon Ritch. At this point,
he has no plans to fight in the UFC.
Source:
Sherdog
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ADCC
TOP TEN
These
are the TOP TEN VOTES for the ADCC Writers dated August, 2001.
I am not exactly sure who makes up this top ten, but it agrees
to the MMA writers top ten pretty closely.
Heavyweight
(200.0 lbs and over)
1. Mark Coleman 107
2. Igor Vovchanchin 87
3. Randy Couture 84
4. Pedro Rizzo 79
5. Rodrigo Nogueira 59
6. Heath Herring 45
7. Josh Barnett 36
8. Mark Kerr 34
9. Kazuyuki Fujita 31
10. Tre Telligman 13
Light Heavyweight
(199.9 lbs to 185.0 lbs)
1. Tito Ortiz 107
2. Vanderlei Silva 98
3. Dan Henderson 82
4. Chuck Lidell 80
5. Vitor Belfort 67
6. Guy Mezger 36
7. Vladimir Matyushenko 35
8. Jeremy Horn 27
9. Kevin Randleman 25
10. Yuki Kondo 13
Middleweight
(184.9 lbs to 170.0 lbs)
1. Kazushi Sakuraba 109
2. Dave Menne 96
3. Frank Shamrock 74
4. Jose Landis Jons 61
5. Matt Lindland 55
6. Sanae Kikuta 49
7. Renzo Gracie 47
8. Akira Shoji 35
9. Paulo Filho 24
10. Akihiro Gono 13
Welterweight
(169.9 lbs to 155.0 lbs)
1. Hayato Sakurai 108
2. Carlos Newton 100
3. Pat Miletich 83
4. Matt Hughes 69
5. Frank Trigg 59
6. Shonie Carter 37
7. Anderson Silva 36
8. Tetsuji Kato 27
9. Tony DeSouza 21
10. Yves Edwards 15
Lightweight
(154.9 lbs and under)
1. Jens Pulver 107
2. Caol Uno 99
3. Rumina Sato 68
4. Alexandre Nogueira 53
5. Dennis Hallman 52
6. BJ Penn 50
7. Dokonjonsuke Mishima 4
18. Din Thomas 38
9. Takanori Gomi 29
10. Ryan Bow 17 |
Apology
for the late posts
We are having trouble
connecting to the server and can't retrieve our mail to Onzuka.com
or upload the news page. Our host is working on it, but if you
are reading this, it's probably fixed. The worm virus that has
been targeting Microsoft based networks was threatening our web
host server so our host shutdown all access to the server in
order to protect it. We could not retrieve any mail or upload
our website for the last two days, hence the lack of an updated
webpage news section. I apologize to all of you loyal onzuka.com
viewers that have pushed us over the 1000 hits a week mark. We're
trying hard to keep the page interesting in order to keep the
numbers up. We would like to attract sponsors to pay for some
of our internet fees that we are eating every month, but so far
no inquires. If you know anyone that would be interested, let
us know and we can put a banner add for them for a small advertising
fee. |
Quote
of the Day
"The longer one
lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every
day."
Norman Douglas |
UFC
33 Additions
Friday, September
28, 2001
Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, Nevada
With
a headlining card of Light Heavyweight Champ Tito Ortiz vs BJJ
blackbelt and lightning hands Vitor Belfort and Lightweight Champion
Jens "Little Evil" Pulver vs Dennis Hallman (the man
who beat Matt Hughes twice), they have added Renzo Gracie black
belt Matt "The Terror" Serra vs. Yves Edwards, BJJ
black belt Fabiano Iha vs Din Thomas, and Dave Menne vs. Gil
Castillo. Here's the tentative line up:
Light Heavyweight Championship
Tito Ortiz vs. Vitor Belfort
Lightweight Championship
Jens Pulver vs. Dennis Hallman
Chuck Liddell vs. Murilo Bustamante
Dave Menne vs. Gil Castillo
Matt Serra vs. Yves Edwards
Fabiano Iha vs. Din Thomas
Pete Williams vs. Ricco Rodriguez
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Virus
Warning
There
has been a lot of publicity for the worm virus that is supposed
to work it's way in to your computer. There's another virus that
has been bothing us on a daily basis. We call it the "Hi,
how are you doing. Here's something for you." Do not open
this up. I am not sure what it does because I am not about to
open it up and find out. The virus gets in to people's email
address book and emails the virus to many people in your address
book. Also, there is other virus that are going around networks,
the FBI and Dead Presidents email.The best thing to always do
is update your virus data file as much as possible. If you use
McAfee, they have updates almost every other day. Make sure that
you keep all the options active so that hopefully your virus
scan program catches any other viruses. My McAfee didn't catch
this virus, but if you don't know who the person is or the attached
file looks funny (e.g. not a *.jpg, *.mpg, *.txt, *.zip) like
a *.exe file, be very careful. The exe extention indicates an
executable file or program that will install itself if you double
click on it. As a general rule, as long as you don't open up
the attachments, you should be pretty safe against viruses. If
you think you can get a virus from just reading your email, don't
worry too much.
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Quote
of the Day
"I don't know
the key to success, but the key to failure is to try to please
everyone."
Bill Cosby |
Warrior's
Quest Changes
I
have just received word that the Warrior's Quest has some line
up changes which will be posted as soon as I get the official
information. If you are a fighter, you may want to contact Brennan
Kamaka
and inquire if he needs fighters. |
Black
Belt Promotions
This
seems to be the year of black belts as Kai Garcia of Kauai, Bruno
Ewald, also of Kauai, and Marc Laimon of Nova Uniao all got their
black belts recently. Congratulations to all.
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Mundial
Summary
Thank
God for Kid Peligro. He gives all the results much quicker than
anyone else.
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Grandmaster
Godin Dies
Grandmaster
Godin was very influential to many martial artists in Hawaii
as stated in the article below. He was the former instructor
(not sure if that's PC) for the current Grandmaster of the Universal
Kempo empire as well as many top instructors in Hawaii and probably
beyond. Although we're not Karate or Kempo guys, I know that
he was a very influential person to many people in these types
of arts. I found this Honolulu Star Bulletin this morning. One
thing that wasn't mentioned was that Daniel Moraes took the silver
in this year's mundial. He will return to Hawaii very soon because
he wants to watch a NHB event in Brazil.Here's his summary as
reported on the Abu Dhabi Page:
Another
edition of the greatest BJJ Tournament in the World was completed
Sunday. The Black Belt results were already covered on Sunday.
The theme of the party was "Youth has served notice!"
, as most of the winners and runner-ups where under 27 years
old. The only "old-guard" to win was Fabio Gurgel who
closed the Heavy Division with teammate "Comprido".
Margarida was the story of the Tournament with his winning the
weight division and the absolute. Margarida is shown left taking
his victory lap on his newly won Scooter.Of note: Yuki Nakai
won his first match by a score of 11 x 0 against Mauricio Villardo
only to lose the next match against eventual Feather winner "Fredson
'The King of the Mao de Vaca' (Cow-hoof) Paixao" via what
else but a 'cow hoof' submission. Paixao went on to defeat Barbosinha
by a collar choke and Fredson Alves in the finals by 2 point
sweep. Ricardinho Vieira already confirmed to the World that
he is a force to stay by beating perennial winner Robson Moura
by points and then overtaking Robson's teammate for the title.
Fernando "Boi" defeated Daniel Simoes to take the Super
Heavy by 5 x 0.The final between Fernandinho "Terere"
and "Shaolin" Ribeiro was a chess match. The two have
fought each other before and respect is the operative word. The
final result was a win by advantages. "Terere" was
one of the main stories of the Tournament, as halfway through
the event, a group of 50 kids entered the arena wearing t-shirts
that said: "Uh,Terere", holding air baloons and singing
"Uh Terere". These were kids from Terere's project
"Meninos do Cantagalo", where the World Champion teaches
and supports the training of Jiu-Jitsu in his home Slum of "Cantagalo".
Terere has invested most of his money in this project for under-privileged
people, including the car that he won with Comprido from the
Sao Paulo league. More on that at a later date, but the fact
remains that one of the heroes in the sport, Terere, is showing
everyone how great he is for giving back to the community and
that Jiu-Jitsu knows no boundaries. Terere, YOU ARE THE MAN!The
two matches greatly awaited between "Margarida" and
"Saulo Ribeiro" did not disappoint anyone. In the first
one, for the Medium-Heavy finals Saulo took the fight to "Margarida"
right away, he took the kid down and proceeded to attack the
guard pass furiously. "Margarida" was not intimidated
by the attacks of the 5 time World Champion and used his constant
motion and counter attacks to frustrate and tire Saulo. The fight
had to be restarted and Margarida quickly paid back the favor
and took Saulo down and started his own attacks, Saulo appeared
to gas as Fernando passed guard, put knee on the stomach and
the submitted Saulo with a choke for an impressive win.In the
finals of the Absolute, a sober and more strategical Saulo, fought
a more cautious and calculating fight only to lose by 2 x 0 via
takedown.It appeared to the experts that Saulo, in the first
match, was determined to submit Margarida and may have underestimated
the kid's prowess. The fact of the matter is that "Margarida"
is really that good and people still underestimate him. Gurgel
appeared to have done that in the Pan-Ams and Saulo in the first
match. If you fight "Margarida" and don't give him
the total respect and attention that he deserves, bad things
will happen. As Comprido pointed out, the top four ranked guys
in the Absolute, reached the semi-finals, and the four are going
to be trading victories for a long time coming.You know for a
fact that Saulo will be back! And so will Comprido and Pe de
Pano and Margarida will for sure be there waiting to check and
make sure making for great battles for a long time. And the big
winner is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu , its fighters and its fans.
Source: Abu Dhabi Page
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Susumu's
Pride Pictures are Up
Go to http://come.to/susumu
to see the latest Pride photos by world famous fight photographer,
Susumu Nagao. |
Quote
of the Day
"Often we look
so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has
opened for us."
Helen Keller |
Advanced
Warning
As
some of you know, I'm getting married on September 29. Therefore,
as with all Jiu-Jitsu guys, there will be a knock down, drag
out Bachelor's party. I was thinking about having it on Friday,
September 21, but the NAGA submission grappling tournament is
set for Saturday, September 22. Since there are reports that
the Pride Hawaii (also set for the 22nd) is NOT going to happen.
Many guys are planning on entering the NAGA and I didn't want
them to compete with a hangover. I am leaning toward moving the
Bachelor's party to Saturday, September 22. Make sure you clear
up your schedules because if you haven't been to a Jiu-Jitsu
Bachelor party, you definitely do not want to miss this one.One
last thing, leave your handcuffs at home.
Thanks.
Mike
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Killer
Site
Global
Training Report is a killer web site featuring very interesting
interviews with many big name martial artist. The author visits
various schools and writes about his experiences and performs
interviews where he notes the many thoughts that he has during
the interview which I think is an interesting touch. I just read
part of his Rickson interview and BJ Penn interview and it was
very enjoyable. Check it out.
http://www.geocities.com/global_training_report/index.htm
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