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Monday, October 24, 2011

We Continue To Push And Persevere


In Seijitsu Judo Dojo we teach the lesson of the power of the spoken word. What we speak we never take back. We act on it. Thus, we continue to push and persevere. People come and go but those who choose to make a stand shall stand. Those who contemplate on giving up have already fallen.

We therefore continue to teach. We continue to be Seijitsu!

We are privileged to have learned from Judo greats
Sensei Boy Mondejar (3rd from right) was Chief Instructor of Paglaum Judo Club, Bacolod City. He and his family moved to Ada City, Oklahoma sometime in the 1990's and opened Ada City Judo Club under the United States Judo Federation. He is a multi-awarded Judoka and has been an awardee of the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame. It's quite funny how it seems that he stopped growing old. Judo Champion, Marathon Champion, Push up champion. Photo taken October 23, 2011 at Check Inn Hotel during Sensei Boy's visit to Bacolod City.


Sensei Mondejar doing a high forward fall from a platform during a Judo public demo in Ada City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.


Some of the Judoka Sensei Boy who continued when he moved to Ada, Oklahoma. Some had faded, some had pushed on and persevered. Photo taken sometime around the 1990's.



A picture taken with Sensei Kinjho, 8th Dan (KODOKAN) during my visit last July 18, 2010 at his farm. A bemedalled Judoka and an accomplished Judo Sensei who visited us and taught us during the early 1990s before establishing the ATLETA Judo Club which I later joined sometime in the year 2000.


This picture was taken during our public demo at West Negros College (now West Negros University) in line with our propagation of Judo in school campuses with Sensei Kinjho in the 90's. This was long before the ATLETA was born. The time when we use to go to Bo. Concepcion and be with Sensei Kinjho.



Sensei Pat Prologo Sr. - One of the original 15 Judoka to propagate Judo in Negros. Sensei Pat would recall how it was during their prime. He also expressed his wish for us to continue on what they have started together. Now that Sensei Pat has passed away, we continue to push and persevere.


Rudy Vivero (3rd from left) and other practitioners in their kimono (the word "gi" was not used to refer to training uniforms before). Photo taken during the 1960s during a break in their Judo training. Their dojo was the first to be registered with Philippine Amateur Judo Association in Negros.


Another picture of Rudy Vivero(left) this time with Jun Caduhada (center) and Bert Lamayo (right) who are among the 15 Judo pioneers in Negros. Photo taken during the 1980s in one of their gatherings.

Below: Some of those who stand to push and persevere with us - Seijitsu Judo.























Dare to Push and Persevere!

Video taken during the 1st Iloilo National Invitational Individual Judo Tournament held in Iloilo City, Philippines.


Practice is not a matter of years and months. It is a matter of concentration.

Walk a single path, becoming neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat, without forgetting caution when all is quiet or becoming frightened when danger threatens. - Jigoro Kano

Seijitsu Judo Ryu Oath

  • "Without permission of the Authorities of Seijitsu Judo Dojo, I will not teach or divulge the Knowledge of the Art I shall be taught.

    I will not perform the Art in public for personal gain.

    I will lay no blame on anyone, except myself, in the event of accident, even if it should result in my death.

    I will conduct myself in such a way as never to discredit the traditions and honor of Seijitsu Judo Dojo.

    I will not abuse, or misuse, the Knowlege of Judo.

    I shall push and persevere."


Copied from the original Kodokan Oath and adapted by Seijitsu Judo Dojo; Judo - The Basic Technical Principles and Exercises by G. Koizumi (7th Dan), Founder of the Judo Movement in Great Britain and Europe, July 1958

About Judo


The Purpose of Judo Discipline

According to Jigoro Kano, the founder of Kodokan Judo:

  • "Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength. By training you in attacks and defenses it refines your body and soul and helps you make the spiritual essence of Judo a part of your very being. In this way you are able to perfect yourself and contribute something of value to the world. This is the final goal of Judo Discipline."

Anyone who intends to follow the way of Judo must above all instill this teaching in his heart.

Judo in Action; Kazuzo Kudo, 9th Dan; Japan Publications Trading Company, Tokyo, Japan; January 1967

On Judo and the Changing Times

  • "As thoughts on any subject advance, there is the danger that people will tend to regard past ideas as no more than empty academic theory. Such an over-prejudiced attitude must not be condoned."

Tetsuya Sato and Isao Okano, Vital Judo, Japan Publications Inc., 1973

On the Value of Continuous Scholarly Study in Judo

  • "We live today and die tomorrow but the books we read tell us things of a thousand years."

Yamaga Sokō (September 21, 1622 - October 23, 1685) was a Japanese philosopher and strategist during the Tokugawa shogunate. He was a Confucian, and applied Confucius's idea of the "superior man" to the Samurai class of Japan. This became an important part of the Samurai way of life and code of conduct known as Bushido.

On Judo and its Lifelong Pursuit