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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
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Spotlight KU Judo Club on Organizations
BY ALEXANDRA ESPOSITO
editor@kansan.com
As the word "judo" translates, the KU Judo Club practices the "gentle art" as a safe, as well as effective, form of self-defense. The club also practices judo as a fun and rewarding competitive sport.
"Judo is a Japanese martial art that specializes in throwing and grappling. Unlike wrestling, judo emphasizes technique over raw strength, which makes it a sport that anyone can become proficient in, regardless of fitness level, age or gender," said Nick Tallmon, Lawrence senior and KU Judo Club president.
The club meets three times a week to practice and compete in state, regional and national tournaments.
"We plan on holding a tournament of our own in the spring.
We are also planning on having a children's workshop to teach the fundamentals of the art," Tallmon said.
Tallmon joined the club to further his development as a martial artist, but has since grown to appreciate the camaraderie that develops amongst the Judoka, or practicers of judo.
The club has 30 members. Although there are more men than women, the club consists of a diverse group of athletic students, who are led by talented senses.
"Currently we are lucky to have Akitoshi Sogabe, a fifth-degree black belt from the Japanese National Team, as one of our main coaches. Sogabe Sensei is a professor in kinesiology, and has recently been hired to coach the 2012 Japanese women's Olympic judo team," Tallman said.
Sensei Hikara Murata founded the KU Judo Club in the mid 1980s. Murata was the sensei until 1999. Since then, Josh Lester, Andrea Ayers and Chad Steele have been the club's driving forces.
The main benefit of joining Judo Club is learning self-defense. Judo, like most martial arts, is also about personal growth.
"Judo is about both physical and emotional development. Most members of the KU Judo Club have a strong sense of self, high self-esteem and confidence that comes from mastery of skill and success/failure in competition," Tallman said.
In order to be in the club, members must pay $25 in dues and regularly attend practices. Members must also live honorable lives by being kind, generous and compassionate, on and off the mat.
This past weekend, the KU Judo Club had a strong showing at the Eighth Annual Denver Classic. Sensei Akitoshi Sogabe, Konan, Japan, received first place in Men's Masters' 90kg and Erik Christensen, Wichita, took second place in Seniors Men's Advanced 66kg. Tim Bogner, Winfield, received first place in Men's Advanced 100kg and Ider-Od Bat-Erdene, Ulan Batur, Mongolia, received first place in Men's Novice 75kg.
This club allows members to learn the art of self defense, as well as make friends and learn life lessons in a fun and competitive environment.
To learn more about the KU Judo Club, visit http://groups.ku.edu/~judo/ or search for the club on Facebook.
— Edited by Kelsey Hayes
Blazing saddles
An animal control officer and others try urging a horse into a trailer as they evacuate a home on Foothill Boulevard in the northern San Fernando Valley area of Sylmar in Los Angeles, Saturday. Pierre winds fanned a fast-moving wildfire that has burned homes and forced thousands of people and patients of a darkened hospital to evacuate. The fire in the leafy community of Sylmar on the edge of the Angeles National Forest broke out late Friday and charmed more than two square miles in a few hours, prompting officials to order about 5,000 residents to leave their homes.
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The International program "International Education Week Kick-Off" will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the Rotunda in Strong Hall.
The seminar "Theory of Timbre: Wittgenstein, Lorca, and Barthes" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Seminar Room in Hall Center.
The lecture "Developmental learner corpora at the intersection of SLA research and L2 pedagogy" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in 206 Blake.
The lecture "Galloping Glaciers in Greenland: A Slippery Slope to Worldwide Drowning" will begin at 4 p.m. in 317 Lindley.
The concert "Visiting Artist Mark Ponzo, trumpet" will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The lecture "Emmett Byrne-Graphic Design/Visual Communication" will begin at 6 p.m. in 3139 Wescoe.
The seminar "Always Wanted to Learn How to Draw Portraits" will begin at 7 p.m. in Continuing Education.
The film "Paris, je t'aime (Paris, I Love You)," a part of the Tournees French Film Festival, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The concert "KU Trombone Choir" will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
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Pioneer Cemetery, which is just east of the Lied Center, contains the graves of early Lawrence settlers, some as old as 1855. Endowment took over management in the mid 1960s and began allowing new burials.
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