Corte Madera - Group 1

Waiting for beginning of the class - Rei
Crab Position - Yoko Shiho Gatame - Practice

Introduction to Competition

Searching for mum

Belt Promotions - The Traditional Throws

All black belts have to throw the newly promoted judoka.

Here is Sensei William throwing his Students.

Alix

Sara
Kevin
Axelle

Alexandre

Belt Promotions

Alix - Black Belt

Kevin - Purple Belt

Alexandre - Orange Belt

Axelle - Green Belt

Lorenzo - 1/2 Orange

Belt Promotions for 7 La Pérouse Judoka

The United State Judo Federation Black Belt Committee has decided to promote

Alix Desmole - Ceinture noire - Black Belt - 1st dan - Shodan.

6 other judoka from the Lycée La Pérouse have also been promoted.

Kevin Desmole - Purple Belt

Axelle Weeger - Green Belt

Sara Landau - Orange Belt

Alexandre Seutin - Orange Belt

Lorenzo Baldo - 1/2 Orange Belt

Quentin Weissenburger - 1/2 Yellow Belt.

Black belt promotion is very strict and tedious - The player has:

• to compete in order to score points,
• to present in front of a jury the first nine throws of Nage no Kata,
• to be able to referee.

For other color belt promotions, the club black belt committee can decide who to promote, which is mainly based on competition results.

City College - All the Results

Sara Landau – 1st

Alexis Dumon - 1st

Janet Brusil - 1st

Joana Arrechea - 2nd
Loranzo Baldo – 2nd

Gaexan Arrechea - 3rd

Cedric maetz - 3rd

Axelle Weeger – 3rd
Kevin Desmole – 3rd

Nikita Chuvakhin - 3rd
Maxime de Kouchkovsky – 3rd

Solène Poulhazan - 3rd

Calafia Sanchez - 4th

Quentin Weissenburger - 4th

Theo Leventhal - 5th

Mathieu Kaman - 5th

Salomé Gobbi - 5th

Peter Bieman - 6th

Nico Bach - 6th
Lilliane Stone – 6th

Sebastian Korbus-Bergin - 6th

Nikola Manrique - 6th

City College December 7 2008

San Francisco – Dimanche 7 décembre 2008.
23 Judokas du lycée ont participé au tournoi organisé par le City College of San Francisco. Parmi ces 23 compétiteurs, 3 effectuaient leur première compétition ; Matthieu Kaman (5ième, 7th), Peter Bieman (3ième, 9th) and Solène Poulhazan (CM1, 4th). L’ensemble de nos judokas ont effectué en moyenne 4 combats. Saluons la très belle performance d’Alexis Dumon (CE2 – 3rd) qui a gagné tous ces combats par Ippon. Après chaque compétition, au début de l’entrainement, avec l’ensemble des judokas, nous faisons un débriefing. Cela leur permet de s’exprimer sur ce qu’il leur a plu, ce qu’il les a surpris et sur quelles techniques ils souhaiteraient travailler. Cette discussion est importante car elle permet à nos jeunes judokas d’exprimer leurs frustrations s’ils en ont eu, de faire part de leur expérience auprès des autres judokas qui n’ont pas participé au dernier tournoi et de parler des techniques qu’ils ont pu utiliser pour faire chuter leurs partenaires.
Pour ceux qui sont ensuite restés un peu plus longtemps dans le tournoi, nous avons pu assister aux très beaux combats de la division ceinture noire des catégories sénior où l’on a pu admirer la qualité technique d’un judoka de l’équipe nationale chinoise.
Félicitations à tous nos judokas.

San Francisco – Sunday December 7th, 2008.
23 judokas from the Lycée entered the City College Tournament. Among those 23 competitors, 3 of them were fighting for the first time; Matthieu Kaman (5ième, 7th), Peter Bieman (3ième, 9th) and Solène Poulhazan (CM1, 4th). Our judokas did an average of 4 fights. I wish to recognize the outstanding performance of Alexis Dumon (CE2- 3rd) who won all his matches by Ippon. After each tournament, at the beginning of our weekly training, with all the judo players, we have a debriefing. It allows our players to express themselves about what they liked or disliked, the technique that they wish to work more. This discussion is very important because it allows our young judokas to talk about their frustrations if they had any and talked about the technique they used to throw their opponents.
For those who stayed a little bit longer, we were able to watch the senior black belt division where we have been able to admire a judoka from the judo national Chinese team for the quality of his technique.
Congratulations to all our players.

City College - Kevin and Axelle are staying focus before their turns arrive

City College - Sara in action

Sara Just won her match.
Sara is working on choking her opponent.

And why not a forward throw.

City College - Some Judo Actions

Referees are talking about Alexis
Alexis is going for ko uchi garai

Sebastian is pining his opponent

Théo is struggling with an orange belt.

Quentin got immobilized.

Sara is helping the coach while our judokas wait for their turn

Lilliane is getting ready, Calafia, Nikita, Lorenzo wait for their turn.

Lorenzo is getting ready and throws

City College Opening Ceremony - Cérémonie d'ouverture

Corte Madera - Group 1 & 2 joint training

Les assistantes du jour - Sara et Mathilde
Kevin montre comment marcher sur les mains.

Corte Madera - Group 1 & 2 joint training - cont'd

Corte Madera - Group 1 & 2 joint training - Ukemi

Corte Madera - Group 1 & 2 joint training Warm-up

Tournoi de Palo Alto - Tournament

November 9, 2008

Lorenzo Baldo- 2nd

Nikita Chuvakhin - 4th

Alexis Dumon - 4th

Kevin Desmole - 4th

Olivier Duler - 4th

Sara Landau - 1st

Julien Oustalniol - 5th

Cedric Maetz - 2nd

Malo Maetz - 4th

Mathilde Manacorda - 3rd

Emma Meadows - 3rd

Ryan Nassar - 5th

ALexandre Seutin - 1st

Liliane Stone - 3rd

Quentin Weissenburger - 5th

Résultats - Results SSF Boys and Girls

November 8, 2008

Joana Arrechea - 2nd

Gexan Arrechea - 4th

Dominique Bach - 1st

Janet Brusil - 2nd

Alexandre Dusserre-L'Heureux - 4th

Salome Gobbi - 1st

Marin Gomart - 4th

Sebastian Kobus-Bergin - 3rd

Murat Magomedov - 4th

Nicolas Manrique - 3rd

Maxwell Meadows - 2nd

Sophie Meunier - 4th

Mathew Stevens - 4th

Arya Valentino - 4th

29 Judokas competed on November 8 and 9

Le Lycée la Pérouse était remarquablement bien représenté ; entre les deux tournois qui se sont déroulés le week-end dernier, 29 judokas du lycée s’y sont inscrits.
Samedi 8 novembre, au Boys and Girls de South San Francisco 15 compétiteurs étaient présents. Ce tournoi était réservé aux débutants, ceintures blanches et jaunes. Une opportunité pour nos jeunes athlètes de se familiariser avec la compétition. Ils étaient mis par groupe d’âge et de taille et ont effectué une moyenne de 4 combats d’une durée maximum de 3 minutes.
Toutes nos félicitations à Arya Valentino, Gexan & Joana Arrechea, Maxwell Meadows, Marin Gomart, Janet Brusil, Sebastian Kobus-Bergin, Murat Magomedov, Sophie Meunier, Matthew Stevens et Nicolas Manrique pour leur toute première participation à un tournoi de judo. Certains d’entre eux ont même assuré une place sur le podium. Bravo à tous pour leur courage et leur engagement.
Dimanche 9 novembre, le tournoi de Palo Alto était réservé aux judokas plus expérimentés. Cette compétition a rassemblé plus de 250 jeunes enfants. 14 compétiteurs du Lycée se sont battus avec force et vigueur. En plus de féliciter nos athlètes, je voulais remercier les parents qui ont attendu patiemment que leurs enfants combattent.

The Lycée la Pérouse was very well represented; between the two tournaments which took place last week-end, 29 judokas from the Lycée were registered.
Saturday November 8th, at the South San Francisco Boys & Girls, 15 competitors showed up. This tournament was geared towards beginners, white and yellow Belt. An opportunity for our young athletes to get used to competitions. They were gathered by age and size and fought an average of 4 matches and each match could last up to 3 minutes.
Congratulations to Arya Valentino, Gexan & Joana Arrechea, Maxwell Meadows, Marin Gomart, Janet Brusil, Sebastian Kobus-Bergin, Murat Magomedov, Sophie Meunier, Matthew Stevens and Nicolas Manrique for their very first participation to a judo tournament. Some of them were able to secure a place on the podium. Bravo for their courage and commitment.
Sunday November 9th, the Palo Alto tournament was for our more experienced players. This competition gathered more than 250 young competitors. 14 of them were coming from the Lycée and fought vigorously. I want to congratulate all of them. I also want to thank the parents who had to wait quite a long time before seeing their athletes to fight.

Palo Alto Tournament - Mat entrance

Mathilde, Julien, Lorenzo, Emma, cedric - font leur entrée sur le tatami.

They enter on the mat.

Palo Alto Tournament - November 2008

The Sensei is giving his recommendation

Avant l'hymne National - Le salut

Before the National Anthem - the bowing

On s'étire
They are streching

Ils sont cncentrés
They're focused