Sensei Hamabe has been appointed as the current Malaysian Judo Team coach. His coaching stints took him to Malaysia in the 70’s and Phillipines, Vietnam before finally coming to back to Malaysian shores namely Penang. Judokas certainly look forward towards learning Judo under sensei as sensei is known to be able to bring out the best from people. Coincidently under sensei tutulage back in the 70’s, it brought back gold medals in the then SEAP Games (SEA Games).
Sensei would be conducting classes at Budo Academy to train new comers and also the Malaysian team. For class schedules, please go to http://www.budoacademy.net/?page_id=15
Malaysia was the host for the 3rd edition of the Asia Oceana Chanbara Championship. Teams from Japan, Korea, Pakistan, New Caledonia, Thailand Singapore, Indonesia, Nepal and Malaysia confirmed their participation. This time around, team Malaysia send a strong team comprising of 5 seniors and 7 juniors to fight. Overall Malaysia was placed 2nd behind Japan with 5 Golds. Yeang Kong Zheng again showed he is a force to be reckon with as he created a surprise by defeating Kawabata, the world champion in the Kihon Dosa Grand Champion Final. Although some players did not receive medals, thier fighting spirit and determination certainly made them stand out in their very own right. Congratulations to the everyone involved including the organizing chairman Sensei Johnny Seow who made the event an unforgetable one.
The individual results are as follows:
Yeang Kong Li
GOLD Junior under 10 years Kihon Dosa (Kata)
GOLD Junior under 10 years Choken (Long Sword)
Yeang Kong Zheng
GRAND CHAMPION Kihon Dosa (Kata)
GOLD Junior under 15 years Kihon Dosa (Kata)
SILVER Junior under 15 years Nito (Double Sword)
SILVER Team Datotsu (Free Sparing)
BRONZE Junior under 15 years Choken (Long Sword)
BRONZE Team Kihon Dosa
Sabrina Ooi SILVER Junior under 15 years Kihon Dosa (Kata)
Lim Kahan SILVER Junior under 15 years Kodachi (Short Sword)
Benjamin Ooi BRONZE Team Kihon Dosa
Justin Khoo
GOLD Senior Morote (Long Sword)
SILVER Team Datotsu (Free Sparing)
BRONZE Team Kihon (Kata)
Ooi Way Loon
GOLD Senior Kodachi (Short Sword)
SILVER Senior Choken (Long Sword)
SILVER Team Datotsu (Free Sparing)
Law Boon Heng SILVER Senior Kodachi (Short Sword)
Edward Loo Chian Haw BRONZE Senior Choken (Long Sword)
BC2 returned with a bang! Creativity was the theme of the camp for this time. The kids were tested on their memory and also acting skills. To enhance memory, the kids were thought to viusalize them and make turn it into a movie with cool story lines.
A must in all BC activities is the Dodge Ball and the Water Balloon Fight. As usual no prizes for guessing who got hit the most with the balloons.
