Castle Hill’s Budokan Judo Club, which has produced Olympians and Commonwealth Games medallists, honoured their outstanding athletes, coaches, and volunteers at its latest twenty first Awards Night.
Having been started by the highly-experienced judokas Rob and Kerrye Katz 25 years in the past with just 10 members and two classes every week, the Budokan Judo Club now has more than 200 members and runs 9 classes every week.
Budokan Judo Club Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory
“When we took over the membership in 1999, Kerrye and I tapped into all of the experiences that we had as athletes coaching at completely different golf equipment all around the globe when we have been competing,” Rob explained. “Our aim was to build a club with a unique culture: one which focussed on a grass-roots entity as a community-based family-oriented judo membership while also paving the best way for high performance and international competitiveness.
“Our vision has always been to be recognised within the judo and common communities because the premium judo coaching centre in Australia. Rather than focussing on results, our coaching tradition instills acknowledgement for participation in each side of the game, in taking on challenges and putting in the most effective efforts in all actions, classes that assist in all aspects of life.’
Olympians Nathan And Josh Katz Budokan Judo Club’s Crowning Glory Rob stated that they succeeded in building depth in each age group. Thanks to a strong mentoring ethic by senior athletes, this has resulted in important efficiency achievements, he stated.
Rob said their greatest achievement in competitors is having constant illustration yr after year on the World Championship degree throughout all three senior age teams: under-17, under-21, and senior.
“The pinnacle of feat has been having two Olympic representatives in Athens, followed by our first two home-grown Olympic representatives in Rio 2016 and then again in Tokyo 2020,” Rob said. The club have been additionally very proud to have won two bronze medals at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, including to their rising worldwide profile.
“We have one athlete at present on observe for qualification to Paris 2024 and are also pleased with our range,” Rob stated. “We had two athletes profitable 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 competitors in the Oceania-Asia region for elite athletes with an mental impairment.
“Budokan Judo Club’s membership ranges from four to eighty one years from recreation players, to involved dad and mom to Olympians and everything in between.”