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 the highly-experienced judokas Rob and Kerrye Katz 25 years in the past with simply 10 members and two courses every week, the Budokan Judo Club now has greater than 200 members and runs 9 courses every week.
Budokan Judo Club Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory
“When we took over the club in 1999, Kerrye and I tapped into all of the experiences that we had as athletes coaching at different clubs all all over the world once we were competing,” Rob explained. “Our purpose was to build a membership with a singular culture: one which focussed on a grass-roots entity as a community-based family-oriented judo club while additionally paving the way for high efficiency and international competitiveness.
“Our vision has all the time been to be recognised in the judo and common communities because the premium judo training centre in Australia. Rather than focussing on results, our coaching tradition instills acknowledgement for participation in each facet of the sport, in taking on challenges and putting in one of the best efforts in all activities, classes that assist in all aspects of life.’
Olympians Nathan And Josh Katz Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning GloryRob mentioned that they succeeded in building depth in every age group. Thanks to a powerful mentoring ethic by senior athletes, this has resulted in significant performance achievements, he mentioned.
Rob said their biggest achievement in competition is having consistent representation 12 months after yr at the World Championship stage throughout 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 after which again in Tokyo 2020,” Rob said. The membership have been also very proud to have won two bronze medals on the 2022 Commonwealth Games, adding to their growing worldwide profile.
“We have one athlete presently on observe for qualification to Paris 2024 and are also proud of our range,” Rob stated. “We had two athletes successful a gold medal and silver medal on the Virtus Asia-Oceania Games, the primary time that Budokan has been represented at an international multi-sport competition in the Oceania-Asia region for elite athletes with an intellectual impairment.
“Budokan Judo Club’s membership ranges from 4 to eighty one years from recreation players, to interested mother and father to Olympians and every little thing in between.”