November 6th, 2010

Great weekend of Judo in Canberra, with our first club tournament followed up with the club grading.

Well done!

November 4th, 2010

October 25th, 2010

As the newest Judo club in Canberra, HSA is proud to be holding its first tournament here at the centre.
The tournament will be held this weekend the 30th and 31st of October with Juniors and Cadets on Saturday and Seniors on Sunday. More details will be attached

August 31st, 2010

Well done to Jack who travelled up over the QLD border to fight in the annual golden gloves competition. Overcoming some stiff competition Jack took the title. Well done.

August 23rd, 2010

Congrats to the following for their great results at the NSW Championships held over the weekend. Matt Daquino, Sarah Collins, Moe Sakio, Duke Didier, Cameron Tate all gained Gold. Debbie Hill and Matt Phung gained Silvers and Mikali Hill and Duke,  Bronze. Well done to all a great result for Judo in Canberra.

August 16th, 2010

Plenty of exciting things have been happening in the last couple of weeks.
Friday the 8th of August saw a special guest instructor Ivo Dos Santos take the 6-7 PM class. Ivo is a highly regarded MMA fighter; he has won several Australian titles and featured in Sprawl magazine. Ivo impressed everyone who attended with some clever BJJ moves and also with his friendly persona.

The following Friday another treat was had with guest instructor Priscus Fogagnolo taking training. Hill Sports Academy was over the moon when the hardened MMA and UFC fighter agreed to take this session. Members who came to the session could appreciate why Priscus has a cult following throughout Australia. Priscus was impressive in all aspects and ran an exceptional session.

The academy was also visited by a number of the Australian Judo team who who expressed their admiration of the Hill Sports Academy set up. They had been training at the AIS in lead up to the Oceania Championships held here in Canberra on the weekend.

July 2nd, 2010

Canberra Judo at HSA
The following points come from an ASC /AIS information fact sheet about muscle injury. It provides basic information about what constitutes a muscle injury and immediate management. In the key points, there is also some advice to help improve healing. The next fact sheet will be about delayed onset muscle soreness and how this differs from muscle injury such as a strain.
Muscle injuries including strains and ruptures (non-contact) and contusions (contact) are common in sport accounting for approximately 30% of presentations to sports medicine practises.
• Strains
• Disruption occurs most common at the junction between the muscle fibres and the tendon.
• Can be a complete disruption.
• Look for any deformity & a severe functional impact.
• Localised pain.
• Weakness (damaged muscle fibres will not be able to produce the same force).
• The key management points
• Proper assessment by a doctor or physiotherapist is essential.
• No anti-inflammatory medication – these reduce the healing capacity. If you are taking anti-inflams for another reason & sustain a muscle injury, speak with your doctor about what is best for you.
• Rest from activity which will pull damaged muscle fibres apart & will therefore prolong your time off ( generally approx 2 days of relative rest but this is depending upon severity & pain which is why individual assessment is vital).
• Ice can help with pain.
• Immediate compression (use compression bandage).
• Elevation.
• NO HARM (heat, alcohol, running or exercise or massage in the first 72 hours)
• design a rehabilitation program to strengthen your injured muscle.

June 22nd, 2010

AUSTRALIAN JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Australian Judo Championships were held in Brisbane last weekend. Nearly 500 competitors competed in these championships.
The ACT Judo team did very well and the following

trainers at HSA competed.

Boys Under 14 years.
Thomas Phelps Bronze -34kg
Matthew Phung Bronze +66kg
Enki Rigdzin participated
Cadet Boys/Girls Under 17 years
Jack Riley Silver -55kg
Cameron Tate Bronze -81kg
Chloe Hill participated
Ochre Bodhi participated
Junior Men Under 20 years
Jack Riley Silver JM _55kg
Senior Men
Matthew D’Aquino -60kg Silver
Peter Ross participated
Tom Hill -90kg Silver
Duke Didier -100kg Bronze & Bronze in the Open
Matthew Hill +100kg Bronze
Senior Women
Courtney McGorm
Moe Sakio -57kg Gold, The Open Gold
Sara Collins -63kg Gold,

WELL DONE to all and now training for the Oceania Championships in August begins.

June 3rd, 2010

Congrats to Luke and Shane on passing to Yellow.
Good news for Karen also with the ACT Judo committee officially recognising the NZ green belt she has previously attained.

May 26th, 2010

Photos are by Evegniy and those interested in seeing
more or purchasing a photo go to http://www.colouredmist.com/judo/index.html