The time has come and I am so excited to introduce you to the 2020 Colorado Judo League Board of Directors!ElectionsOutgoing
- President – Tracy Crawford
- Vice President – Marcos Batan
- Treasurer – Nikki Jones
- Secretary – Betty Jadambaa
- Delegate at Large – Grace Jividen Truesdale
- Delegate at Large – Tommy Thompson
- Delegate at Large – George Barisas
Incoming!
- President – Heidi Moore
- Vice President – Max Arizas
- Treasurer – Nikki Jones (re-elected for a second term!)
- Secretary – Betty Jadambaa (re-elected for a second term!)
- Delegate at Large – Martin Vorum
- Delegate at Large – Dennis Mercer
Committees (and if you would like to join committee, let Heidi know!):Referee: Monty Mani / Marcos Batan / Alyssa ZawackCoaching: Dennis Mercer / Warren Agena / Jean Luc Moreau / Tracy CrawfordBlack Belt Promotion Board: Marcos Batan / Grace Jividen Truesdale / Dennis Mercer / Keith Lewis / Tracy CrawfordAthlete Development (New!): Tracy Crawford / Heidi Moore / Nikki Jones / Kedge Zawack / Keith Lewis / Scott MooreKata (New!): George Barisas / Charles Gavin / Jayson OldfatherThe Great Colorado Judo League – In the past 4 years, we…
- Reinstated the Colorado Judo League Black Belt Promotion Board which has standardized the knowledge for our black belts in Colorado
- Competed and won the novice division in Dragon Boat Racing! Why this comes up #2 thought in my mind…
- So many open workouts that traveled from club to club
- I feel like I can walk into any of your dojos and be welcomed as one of your own.
- Brought Keiko Fukuda’s Joshi Judo Camp to Colorado and will do so again the summer of 2021
- Hosted the Youth Nationals in Colorado Springs, CO and shared our beautiful state with hundreds of coaches, athletes, and referees.
- We have watched our favorite coaches Scott & Heidi Moore and Eddie Liddie on Ippon.tv as they coached countless international tournaments.
- We watched frantically as Coloradan D’Artanyan Crocket and Californian Christella Garcia fought and won bronze in the 2016 Paralympics. Colorado hosts two more 2020/now 2021 Paralympic hopefuls Ben Goodrich and Robert Tanaka.
- Thanks to Marcos and the entire Batan family, Max Ariza and the JWU crew, the Colorado State Tournament has become the tournament of the year not only in our state but our region! This is also CJL’s biggest and most successful fund raiser of the year.
- We were there when Northglenn Judo Club celebrated their 50th Annual Judo Tournament.
- When rules changed after the 2016 Olympics, Colorado A-level referee Edson Mallo was chosen to go Baku, Azerbaijan to learn and when he came back he shared the new rules with CO & WY coaches and referees.
- Funded 2020 (2021) Olympic hopefuls with clinics and donations for Nick Delpopolo and Alaa El Idrissi. Our judoka have been so generous.
- Learned from and were amazed by Judo greats Marti Malloy, Jimmy Pedro, and Lkhamdegd Purevjargal. Dakota never missed a single session of any clinic CJL hosted.
- Held grueling tournament preparation judo camps that you were proud to survive and that made the tournament seem like an easy practice. And if you attended every camp workout you were a true rock star like Julia Catalini, Garmaa Shinebauer, and I’ll include Jayson Oldfather even though he ran the camps, he also participated in all the exercises and randori.
- Held annual Coaching Certification clinics where we shared valuable skills from each other and other Coach masterminds from outside Colorado. Dennis Mercer, Warren Agena, and Jean Luc Moreau put on a coaching clinic that is by far the best that I’ve ever attended.
- Became Social! Facebook, Instagram, …and stuff
- We have 3! IJF Level 2 Certified Instructors – Grace Jividen Truesdale, Jayson Oldfather, and Tracy Crawford
- Have been profitable every year! (…until 2020)
- Which brings me to provided funding to our dojos in this COVID-19 pandemic time of need
- Moved into the decade and bought a Care System! Thanks Marcos and Max!
- Created a budding Junior Referee program and are starting to train the next generation. Ian L. was our first.
- Continue to bring in the New Year with DBT and Kan Geiko training
- This wasn’t our doing, but it has been fantastic to benefit from and support the Senior and Veterans World Training Camps at the Olympic Training Center
- We are one of the three most popular Zoom workouts during this pandemic (in my mind at least). (We are trailing behind Jimmy Pedro and Nick Delpopolo)
- Most importantly we have grown and supported each other as one big family.
It has been a fun 4 years and I am so excited to see what the future brings. Congrats again to our new Board!Love,Tracy
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4/25/20
Introducing Your NEW Colorado Judo League Board of Directors!
1/12/17
2017 First Quarter Outlook - Message From the CJL President
Hi Everyone!
Happy New Year! We are starting the year off with a lot of exciting upcoming events. Here is what's happening as I know it:
January 21 - OTC Winter Classic Judo Tournament - Colorado Springs, CO - The entry form is attached but you can also register online at: www.mytournamentonline.com.
January 21 - 8:30am - before the OTC Winter Classic - CJL State Meeting - if you have any items you would like to be added to the agenda, will you please email me at graphic2goddess@yahoo.com or call/text me at 314/960-4228
February 11 - Open Workout - Ju Shin Kan Judo Club - 3011 N. Prospect Street, Suite 120, Colorado Springs, CO – I need to finalize times with Paul so will report back later.
February 18 – 2:00pm – 4:00pm(ish) - New Rules Meeting with A-Referee Edson Mallo – Northglenn Recreation Center – 11801 Community Center Drive, Northglenn, CO 80233. Northglenn’s Edson Mallo was one of the 12 International A Level Referees to be selected to represent the US in Baku, Azerbaijan at the Rules Meeting this last weekend. He is bringing back the most up-to-date interpretations of the new rules and is sharing his new found knowledge with the members of Colorado Judo.
February 24-25 – Kata Clinic in Salina, KS. I’m planning on driving down if anyone wants to tag along. Friday night is Ju No Kata and Saturday is Nage No Kata. Robin brings her students to support our Colorado events and I want to go support her in return. Plus, kata is kool. See what I did there? Kool with a k… Kata starts with k…? Any hoo.
March 4 – Kito-Kan Judo Tournament – St. Louis, MO – this is my old judo club in Missouri so I’ll be flying back for it if anyone wants to come. We’ll have places to stay and amazing BBQ to eat. Oh, and there will be some judo.
March 11 – Denver Judo Spring Tournament – Denver, CO – entry packet coming soon.
April 8 – Colorado State Championships – Denver, CO – entry packet coming soon.
April 29-30 – Senior Nationals – Salt Lake City, UT – Saturday is all shiai, masters included and Sunday is kata competition and I believe a clinic.
We are also working on setting dates for some Senior Nationals training camps and an Open Workout at Front Range Judo’s new location. I’ll report back on that when I have more info.
Here's a random "Did You Know" before I sign off: Did you know that Kevin Brousard of the OTC Judo team was a speaker at TEDx Colorado Springs? He had a great talk, “Enable the Disabled” which can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
See you on the mat,
Tracy Crawford Hangley
CJL President
Cell: 314/960-4228
11/30/16
KanGeiko reminder 12/10/16 @ DBT Judo
Kangeko is just around the corner, taking place on Saturday December 10th from 11am-1pm at the Denver Buddhist Temple Judo Dojo. Access to the gym will only be through the orange door on the second level of the parking garage at 20th and Larimer Street. The temple front gate at Lawrence Street will not be open. Free parking in the garage will be available courtesy of Sakura Square Management. Parking passes will be issued at the venue. Parents are welcomed to join judoka on the mat for the warmup portion of the workout which will include yoga and interval training. Please print and sign the attached waiver prior to the workout (including parents that wish to participate in the warmup). All judoka must have a current USJI, USJF or USJA membership. We look forward to an exciting CJL year-end event. Hope to see you there!
7/14/16
Letter from CJL President July 2016
Hi everyone,
The entry form for Doc's Novice Tournament is attached to this email. The event will occur on August 6th at the Northglenn Recreation Center.
I am looking to start a monthly open workout with various host clubs throughout the state of Colorado. We did this in Missouri and it was a huge success bringing the state together. My thoughts are we host a Saturday workout 10am – noon. $10 entry fee. $5 goes to the CJL, $5 goes to the host club. We have time for instruction and randori; the host club runs the practice. After the workout ends, if so desired, we can all grab lunch together somewhere close by, enjoy food and a drink, and tell tall tales of the good old days.
This will not replace the open workouts hosted by Northglenn on the first Tuesday of every month at the Northglenn Community Center at 6:30pm. These are great workouts and I highly encourage you to attend. I was always nervous that I couldn’t make it on time because of getting off work late and battling traffic but they set my mind at ease and are happy to see you on the mat whenever you can get there. With that said, it’s still better to be on time, but sometimes adulthood makes that difficult.
For the Saturday workouts, these are the dates I was thinking and I need volunteer host clubs. And if there is a tournament or other scheduling conflict that I am not aware of, will you let me know?
July 30
August 27
September 24
October 29
November 12 or 26 (I know the 26th is Thanksgiving weekend but sometimes you just want to get away and throw someone). The host club for November can choose the date.
December 10 or 17 (host club picks the date)
If your club would like to volunteer to host an open workout on one of the dates above, please call, text, email, or facebook message me. When I have the dates and locations filled in I will send out another email. Tracy Crawford-Hangley – Cell: 314/960-4228 – graphic2goddess@yahoo.com
As for other dates to put into your planner, these are the ones I know:
July 22-24 - Joshi Judo Camp – Littleton, CO
August 6 - Doc's Novice Tournament - Northglenn, CO
August 13 – WY State Games – Casper, WY
September 17 – Northglenn Championship – Northglenn, CO
October 16 – Irwin Cohen Memorial Tournament – Chicago, IL (points tournament & referee evaluation site)
October TBD – Denver Buddhist Temple tournament
November 5 – Denver Judo Fall Tournament – Denver, CO (there will be a kata tournament taking place before the shiai)
November 5 – CJL Meeting during the break between juniors and seniors
November 19 – Dallas Invitational – Dallas, TX (prize $ for senior elite divisions, referee testing and evaluation site)
November 20 – President’s Cup – Dallas, TX – (points tournament and referee evaluation site)
November 18 -21 – IJF Veterans Tournament – Ft. Lauderdale, FL - if any veterans player (over 30 years old) is planning on going down to this tournament, there is a group of us renting houses with fellow judoka from St. Louis, Chicago, and Memphis. Let me know if you are interested in joining us. It will be a good time.
November 22-23 – IJF Veterans Training Camp – Ft. Lauderdale, FL– Train with a legend! The great Yamashita is running this camp.
January or February TBD – Boulder Tournament
Remember to check CJL's website for current updates www.coloradojudo.org
Last thing – we have a new Colorado Judo League facebook page to go with our CJL facebook group. I would love any content or events that you would like to add. We have so many amazing judoka in Colorado I would really like to share your badassness. I don’t know if you can add pictures and posts yourself or if Marcos or I have to add it, but either way, we’d love to show you off.
See you on the mat,
Tracy Crawford-Hangley
CJL President
Cell: 314/960-4228
6/8/16
CJL Election of New Officers 2016
On June 5th, the Board of Directors elected new officers for a two year term.
President: Tracy Crawford-Hangley
Vice-President: Marcos Batan
Secretary: Mathew Knipple
Treasurer: Brian Levitt
Members-at-Large George Barisas
Jody Sanchez
Grace Jividen/Tommy Thompson
As the outgoing president, I wish the very best to the new Executive Committee and well as thank the outgoing committee for all of their hard work. I believe that much has been accomplished in the past two years as evidenced by the items that are listed below. I ask that all of the CJL clubs get involved to make Judo in Colorado the best.
Best regards,
Brian
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
TO DO
President: Tracy Crawford-Hangley
Vice-President: Marcos Batan
Secretary: Mathew Knipple
Treasurer: Brian Levitt
Members-at-Large George Barisas
Jody Sanchez
Grace Jividen/Tommy Thompson
As the outgoing president, I wish the very best to the new Executive Committee and well as thank the outgoing committee for all of their hard work. I believe that much has been accomplished in the past two years as evidenced by the items that are listed below. I ask that all of the CJL clubs get involved to make Judo in Colorado the best.
Best regards,
Brian
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Updated the Colorado Judo League Website
- Established a PayPal account for all Judo Clubs to use
- Registered with Google and established a Google Grants status
- Re-established a CJL Coaches Clinic
- Replaced manual scoring equipment with new computers and monitors
- 2015/2016 Colorado State Judo Championships
- Visited several Judo clubs seeking advice on future goals for CJL
- Maintained the Treasurers position with the departure of Steve Shigaya to Seattle, Washington
- Procured new CJL referee polo shirts
- Procured referee electronic radios and headsets
- Procured webcams to record or stream future events
- Established an electronic archive of CJL promotion history
- Established an electronic archive of CJL treasurers account history
- Drafted an updated proposed CJL By-Laws
- Revised the method for clubs to obtain tournament sanctions
- CJL sponsored the Travis Stevens clinic
TO DO
- Re-establish a CJL Promotion Board
- Work on webcams for future recording/transmission of Judo tournaments
- Establish better relationships between Judo clubs
- Develop Google Grants to the extent that there is a regular revenue stream that can be used to support worthy CJL athletes travel, room and board expenses to major tournaments. [My Dream—Develop a facility that houses “Colorado Judo” so every club may host tournaments conduct joint workouts to benefit Judo in Colorado]
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