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Monday, July 11, 2011

Judo In Action: 1st POC-PSC Philippine National Games by Pictures and Video




The Shiai jo - Riverside College, Bacolod City.

































The Awarding Ceremonies









With Seijitsu Judo Ladies a few days before the Games. Much effort is exerted in recruiting ladies to join Judo in order to change the uninformed impressions that Judo is a brutal sport.


Though new to Judo, these Seijitsu Judo Team members served well by helping set up the venue: Mats, meeting room, sounds, projector and other utilities.


We wish to thank Dr. Ava Infante who served as the event's official doctor, and the Light Disaster Squadron that served as the emergency response team during the event.

Most of all we wish to thank The Philippine Judo Federation thru its officers Pres. Mr. David F. Carter, Sec. Gen. Mr. Leo Panganiban, PJF Vice-Pres. for Western Visayas Gen. Vic Neptuno (Ret.), and Sensei Masaharu Kinjho, 8th Dan (KODOKAN) and everyone else in the PJF for their support for Judo in our area.

Inasmuch as we would want to post all the pictures and video of the event, we are unable to produce some of the important copies because members of our documentation committee are now busy with academics and have taken a break. It would be great help if readers would contribute their pictures and video by sharing it to our account in Facebook.

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