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These are the principles of a good judo player:
Courtesy Be polite to others.
Courage Face difficulties with bravery.
Honesty Be sincere with thoughts and actions.
Honour Do what is right and stand by your principles.
Modesty Be without ego in actions and thoughts.
Respect Show respect for others.
Self-control Be in control of your emotions.
Friendship Be a good companion and friend.
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Teamwork
Tori and uke are a team and should work together.
Attitude
Come to judo with a positive attitude and be prepared to learn.
Always a judoka
Behave as a judoka both on and off the mat.
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Some things to think about …
Far better to dare mighty things than to rank with those poor timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore Roosevelt.
In skill opposed, in spirit united.
Jigoro Kano.
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning
Pele.
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential … these are the things that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Confucius.
The key is not the will to win … everybody has that. It is the will to prepare to win that is important.
Bobby Knight.
There may be people with more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you.
Derek Jeter.
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
Benjamin Disraeli.
You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.
Victor Hugo.
You’re never a loser until you quit trying.
Mike Ditker.
It’s funny: the harder I practice, the luckier I get.
Gary Player.
A goal is not always something to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at.
Bruce Lee.
All our dreams can come true if we just have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney.
That person who helps others, simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed, without a doubt, a resupe Stan Lee.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons or you are crunchy, and tasty with ketchup.
Anon.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
Anon.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. Anon.
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not … Genius will not … Education will not … Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body: it calls attention to the development of an unhealthy state of things. If it is heeded in time, danger may be averted; if it is suppressed, a fatal distemper may develop.
Winston Churchill.
Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you and ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb.
Winston Churchill.
The most important thing about education is appetite.
Winston Churchill.
Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision.
Winston Churchill.
Those who never change their minds, never change anything.
Winston Churchill.
What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?
Winston Churchill.
If you’re going through Hell, keep going.
Anon.
The first step towards victory is defeat. You fail, you learn.
Army TV advert.
Do not speak bad of yourself, for the warrior within hears your words and is lessened by them.
Old Japanese Samurai proverb.
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Abraham Lincoln.
We don’t know who we are until we see what we can do.
Martha Grimes.
A man with new ideas is a madman until his ideas triumph.
Marcelo Bielsa.
We all want to succeed; but which of us is prepared to put the effort in to turn the dream into reality?
Andrew Haffner.
A JUDO STORY
Once upon a time there was a judo player who lived up in the mountains in Japan. He spent ten years alone up there. One evening, he came down to visit the judo club in the town at the base of the mountains. Although it was a very good club with many fine players, he threw everybody with a fantastic leg sweep. At the end of the session, the coach said to him, “you were superb! Are you coming to the session tomorrow?”
“Thank you, but no,” he replied. “I’m going back up into the mountains for another ten years to work on my hip throw.”
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Some quotations which have influenced Samurai Judo Club’s ethos and philosophy
The club has always been a club which encourages many and different pathways to achievement. However, at the core, the club has always positioned itself as a competitive club. This is not because we think winning is important, but because we think having a go is important. One of the greatest American presidents (yes, in olden days there were such things as great American presidents!) put it very wisely:
Far better to dare mighty things than to rank with those poor timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt.
The founder of judo said:
In skill opposed, in spirit united. Jigoro Kano.
Most successful people argue that a degree of competition is extremely important as part of the learning process for young people. Partly this is because we all need to understand that you have to work hard to get results. “You get aowt for nowt in this world,” a Yorkshire saying goes. In modern society, many people expect something for nothing. If you don’t put the effort in, you don’t get the results.
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. Pele.
Even more significantly, putting that effort in is vital to character building:
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential … these are the things that will unlock the door to personal excellence.
Confucius.
Ben Newbury, who has established himself as a very successful career person and at the same time is the undisputed (except occasionally by his mum!) best judo tournament director in Great Britain and Worcestershire’s youngest ever competitive 4th dan, pointed out that, if you want to really achieve in your career, sometimes you will find yourself in a competitive interview. How, he asks, can a person who cannot face a competition hope to succeed at such an interview?
It’s also true that employers looking for somebody to fill a serious and important position will look for that extra thing. Imagine that you can put “Commonwealth Judo Champion” on your CV, as several Samurai players can. Or, as Kate Walker can, “twice Olympic Reserve”. (incidentally, Kate achieved this at the same time as getting top A level grades and a First in a pharmacy degree – who says you can’t study and train at the same time?) Even those who can put “Judo Champion” have shown that they have an edge.
Equally important is the fact that it is not about winning it is about trying to win. It is about putting the effort in, the effort which changes and improves you (see Confucius above and many other similar quotes). It is about trying to be the best you can be.
For many years, one British club was seen as the epitome of competition excess; their players were pushed to compete and compete again. I wouldn’t want our club to be like that. But it was also interesting, when their coach died, how many parents of past generations of their players credited him with instilling the values and work ethics which made their children successful in life. Food for thought.
He who fears the bee’s sting will never taste the honey. Anon.
The anxiety about entering events stems to at least some degree from a fear of failure. But the reality is that to compete and lose is not a failure. To shy away from competition is a failure because the person has fallen at the very first hurdle, that of taking part. To compete, irrespective of the result, is at least a partial success. To learn from failing is a success.
There may be people with more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you. Derek Jeter.
We have at our club one of the greatest examples I have personally ever seen of a player who has overcome massive personal disadvantages (autism, diabetes, co-ordination difficulties) to not only succeed in the SN field (five times European SN Champion and also European SN Kata Champion) but also in the mainstream (British National Championships medallist, England Squad member and a black belt). Yes, Olivia Turner, who just keeps on exceeding expectations, time and again. Why? Hard work. Simples, as the meerkats say. Now can anybody seriously argue that this approach will not benefit her in her future career and life?
It’s also true that somebody who works hard and tries hard is much less likely to give up. This is also important in life.
You’re never a loser until you quit trying. Mike Ditker.
The club considers it very important to take part with a sporting attitude, and to accept defeat graciously, not just for reasons of decorum but also because it is the only way you can learn from mistakes and put them right. You cannot learn from your mistakes if you blame someone else (usually the referee!) for a defeat. Occasionally a player will lose to a bad decision, but it is a lot rarer than some people think, and it balances out on average. Equally, we often hear the word “unlucky!” shouted across the mat when a player has tried a technique which failed. Most of the time, it wasn’t unlucky: the technique wasn’t good enough, or practiced enough, or the player has been too busy learning how to scrap and not busy enough learning skill.
It’s funny: the harder I practice, the luckier I get. Gary Player.
If you didn’t win the gold medal, the only solution is to go back to the club and train harder. And if you did win the gold medal, go back and train harder anyway, because the best of the opposition will do that and next time, they will be more difficult to beat.
And if there is a technique you can’t do, there are two options open to you:
Option 1: you say, “I can’t do this technique.” The result will be that you never will be able to do it.
Option 2: you say, “I can’t do this technique YET.” The result will be that you will be able to do it eventually, with enough effort and perseverance.
Old Japanese
Do not speak bad of yourself, for the warrior within hears your words and is lessened by them. Samurai proverb.
Modesty is a good trait for any judo player, but a degree of self-confidence is also essential for success and harmony. Why should anybody else believe in you if you do not believe on yourself?
That person who helps others, simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed, without a doubt, a real superhero.
Stan Lee.
Stan Lee created most of the Marvel Comics superheroes, but fundamental to all of them was this idea. Those that take the time to help and support others will be incredibly enriched in their lives. A good high grade in judo will look after the lower grades, but we can all help others, often in little ways that add up to a lot. As Abraham Lincoln said, “we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
A goal is not always something to be reached. It often serves simply as something to aim at. Bruce Lee.
There are those who will read this article (or not even bother to finish reading it) and ignore it, or forget about it. Others will stop and think about it, and perhaps do something about it, or change an approach, even if only slightly. Which of those two groups will be the winners in life?
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