FreeStyle Judo » nationals http://freestylejudo.com Tue, 25 May 2010 22:09:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 2010 AAU Freestyle Judo Nationals http://freestylejudo.com/2010/03/15/2010-aau-freestyle-judo-nationals/ http://freestylejudo.com/2010/03/15/2010-aau-freestyle-judo-nationals/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:19:24 +0000 admin http://freestylejudo.com/?p=75 The 2010 AAU Freestyle Judo Nationals Gi & No Gi competition will be held Saturday May 29, 2010 at Kearney High School 715 E 19th Street Kearney, MO 64060.

Registration and Weigh in’s:
Saturday May 29, from 7:30 – 9:00 am
Rules clinic @ 10:00
Competition starts @ 10:30 with Gi
no gi will immediately follow once gi competition has ended.
Entry Fee: $25.00 for one style – $35.00 for two styles (gi/no gi)

  • This event is sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic Union of the U. S., Inc.
  • All participants must have a current AAU membership.
  • AAU membership may not be included as part of the entry fee to the event.
  • AAU membership must be obtained before the competition begins except where the event operator has a laptop available with an internet connect.

Participants are encouraged to visit the AAU web site www.aausports.org to obtain their membership.  More on the tournament can be found at http://www.brinkswelcomematjudo.com

]]> http://freestylejudo.com/2010/03/15/2010-aau-freestyle-judo-nationals/feed/ 0 NATIONAL AAU FREESTYLE JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS http://freestylejudo.com/2009/12/26/national-aau-freestyle-judo-championships/ http://freestylejudo.com/2009/12/26/national-aau-freestyle-judo-championships/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:34:22 +0000 admin http://freestylejudo.com/2009/12/26/national-aau-freestyle-judo-championships/ The first-ever National AAU Freestyle Judo Championships was held Nov. 28 in Kearney, Missouri. Kenney and Michelle Brink put on an outstanding event, and even in spite of the meet being held on Thanksgiving weekend (the only weekend we could get the facility) a really good group of both athletes and spectators showed up. Almost 100 athletes from 12 states competed in both the gi and no gi categories.
As John Saylor once described the rules of freestyle judo; “This is judo the way it ought to be done.” This phrase was repeated by many people over and over all day at the tournament. It was really a lot of fun with skillful, aggressive judo. We saw plenty of Ippons from throws, but the athletes had time to work effective groundfighting skills as well. The new IJF judo rules don’t affect freestyle judo (or AAU Judo in general for that matter) and it showed in the aggressive action throughout the tournament. It was good to see was a good cross-section of judo athletes, Brazilian jujitsu athletes, wrestlers and submission grapplers who all competed under a common set of rules that didn’t favor anyone. One coach came up to me after the tournament and said; “I love these rules!”
If you want to see photos from this event, or look at the rules of freestyle judo, go to www.WelcomeMatDojo.com and go to the Freestyle Judo page. Many thanks to the referees (who worked overtime and refereed a lot of matches), tournament volunteers and staff and everyone who helped in making this event a success, especially the athletes, coaches, parents and spectators who attended.
To those who are skeptical, and even critical, of Freestyle Judo, I ask you to have an open mind and come to the 2010 AAU Freestyle Judo Nationals and give this approach to the rules of judo a fair chance. These rules balance out judo and make it so that the sport isn’t so “top heavy.” Those who are critical of judo for an over-emphasis on throws and neglecting groundfighting won’t say that when they see this approach to the sport. And those who consider themselves “traditional” and want to see skillful judo (both standing and on the mat) will be pleased as well. Both throws and newaza (groundfighting) get equal respect, making for a skillful, all-action approach to judo. The 2010 National AAU Freestyle Judo Championships is planned for May 22 in Kearney, Missouri and we hope to see you there.

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]]> http://freestylejudo.com/2009/12/26/national-aau-freestyle-judo-championships/feed/ 0 Be A Part of History! Freestyle Nationals http://freestylejudo.com/2009/09/13/be-a-part-of-history-freestyle-nationals/ http://freestylejudo.com/2009/09/13/be-a-part-of-history-freestyle-nationals/#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:47:22 +0000 admin http://freestylejudo.com/?p=54 AAU FREESTYLE JUDO NATIONALS
Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009
Kearney, Missouri
Seniors, Junniors, Masters, Male and Female
See below PDF file for complete information.

This will be the first National Championship for freestyle judo ever held anywhere. Be part of history! If you have any questions, contact Ken Brink at (816) 969-9019 or kbrink8952@aol.com or Steve Scott at (816) 210-4484 or stevescottjudo@yahoo.com. For the complete rules of freestyle judo, go to www.WelcomeMatDojo.com and click on the Freestyle Judo page. We hope to see you Nov. 28!

Freestyle judo includes all the great things of judo as well as the great things of sport submission grappling. This is the perfect blend of judo and grappling. Your full range of judo skills can be used, both standing and on the ground. This is a recognized AAU National Championship event with the large, beautiful AAU National Championship medals and T-shirts. We hope to see you Nov. 28!

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