Princeton Judo

 

On Sunday March 1st, 2009 Princeton Judo had 12 Judoka compete in the New Jersey State Judo Tournament. The top qualifiers in each weight class qualify to compete in the United States Nationals and Junior Nationals.  I would like to congratualte the following Judoka for their effort, their desire to expand their Judo experiance and their willingness to take a chance. Steven Levitas, Jun Kitagawa, Mahesh Reddy, Dan Fisher, Neil Russell, Michele Arias, Alaine Abuan, Art Keintz, Ernesto Ramos, Charles Talbot and Cory Cuomo. Listed below you will see the results of the tournament.

Name	Division	Result
Dan Fisher	11-12 year old Boys Novice Lightweight	1st
Neil Russell	13-14 year old Boys Novice Lightweight	2nd
Michelle Arias	13-16 year old Girls Advanced 105 lbs and under	1st
Alaine Abuan	Women’s Advanced 125 lbs and under	1st
Art Keintz	Mens’ Novice 178 lbs and under	3rd
Ernesto Ramos	Mens’ Novice 220 lbs and over	3rd
Charles Talbot	Mens’ Advanced 161 lbs and under	2nd
Cory Cuomo	Mens’ Advanced 220 lbs and under	3rd

Congratulations to Michelle Arias on winning her division at the Tech Judo Invitational Tournament held in North Bergen, NJ on February 1st 2009. I would also like to acknowledge the particpation of Jun Kitagawa, Charles Talbot, Steven Levites and Gregory Kasriel. Each of these individuals contributed to their growth in the sport of Judo by taking the challenge of competition. It is by pushing ourselves to take these challenges that we can measure how far we have come as Judoka as well as men, women, boys and girls. I look forward to the next tournament to see how many others take this challenege….. Cory

Congratulations to Michelle Arias on winning her division at the Starrett Cup Invitational Tournament held in Brooklyn, NY on January 18th 2009.

On Sunday 11/02/08 Steven Levites, Charles Talbot, Ben Ouyang, Ed Syarchesky, Michelle Arias and Kory Beach competed at the Tech Judo Invitational in North Bergen. Congratulations to all who participated for their spirit of competition. Listed below are the result for the award winners.

 

Name	Division	Result
Michelle Arias	13-15 year old Girls Advanced	2nd
Ed Svarchesky	14-15 year old Boys Novice	2nd
Kory Beach	14-15 year old Boys Advanced	2nd

On Sunday 10/25/08 Ben Ouyang and Ed Syarchesky competed at the annual Cranford Judo Jr & Sr Invitational. Congratulations to both of them for their spirit of competition. Listed below are the results for the award winners.

 

Name	Division	Result
Ed Svarchesky	14-15 year old Boys Novice	3rd

Over the weekend of 9/20 and 9/21 Princeton Judo had 11 Judoka compete in the 42nd Annual East Coast Judo Championship. I would like to acknowledge Jaswinder Singh, David OK, Cory Cuomo, Robert Story, Mark Oconer, Jun Kitagawa and Steven Levites for their hard work, dedication and spirit of competition. I would also like to congratulate Andre Pollack, Sean Ericksson, Alaine Abuan, Kory Beach and Michelle Arias for their individual accomplishment of placing in the tournament. Listed below are the tournament results.

 

42nd Annual East Coast Judo Championship
Name	Division	Result
ANDRE POLLACK	Men’s Novice – < 198lbs.	3rd
SEAN ERICKSSON	Men’s Brown Belt – < 220lbs.	3rd
ALAINE ABUAN	Women’s Brown Belt – < 114lbs.	1st
KORY BEACH	Boys  15-16 years old – Advanced <120lbs.	2nd
MICHELLE ARIAS	Girls 13-15 years old – Advanced <120lbs.	3rd

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

Congratulations to Sean Erickson who placed 2^nd in the men’s < 250 point division at the Cranford Invitational held this past Sunday 5/18/08.

 

Name	Division	Result
SEAN ERICKSON	Men < 250 points	2nd

 

 

All 8 of the Princeton judoka who competed brought home a medal. Congratulations to everyone!

Name	Division	Result
Mahesh Reddy	13-14 year old Boys Novice 100 lbs and under	3rd
Kory Beach	13-14 year old Boys Advanced 120 lbs and under	1st
Michelle Arias	13-16 year old Girls Advanced 110 lbs and under	3rd
Jacob Tsimerman	Mens’ Novice 198 lbs and under	2nd
Steven Levites	Mens’ Novice 220 lbs and under	2nd
Robert Story	Mens’ Novice 220 lbs and under	3rd
Mark Huang	Mens’ Advanced 132 lbs and under	3rd
Cory Cuomo	Mens’ Advanced 220 lbs and under	3rd

Sensei Cory throws two waza-ari for an ippon win!

Congratulations to Michelle Arias, Sean Ericksson, Jun Kitagawa, Steven Levites, André Pollack and Robert Story for their effort in the Tech Judo Invitational held in North Bergen on 2/03/08. Some competed in their first tournament. All played with heart, determination and honor.

Name	Division	Result
André Pollack	Mens’ white-green belt <198 lbs	1st
Sean Ericksson	Mens’ white-green belt <220 lbs	2nd
Robert Story	Mens’ white-green belt <220 lbs	3rd
Michelle Arias	13-16 year old Girls <110 lbs	3rd

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Congratulations to Michelle, Ed, and Kory for placing in the Tech Judo tournament last month!

Name	Division	Result
Michelle Arias	13-15 year old Girls Advanced	1st
Ed Svarchesky	14-15 year old Boys Novice	2nd
Kory Beach	14-15 year old Boys Advanced	3rd