Judo Shakes the Naval Base
By Richard L. Kohl, CT1, USN
WHAM! In the last three months
the sound of falling bodies on the
Naval Base has become quite com
mon due to the newly formed Judo
Club. All in the name of good
clean sport, and no harm done
. . . Well, very little.
The strong man responsible for
forming this new activity is Charles
C. Maack, CT1 of the Communica
tions Station. Maack learned this
art while in Hawaii where he ob
tained the Hawaiian area Navy
heavyweight Judo championship
last year.
In the short time of three months
the club has obtained third place
in registered membership in tin
Navy-Marine Judo association. Top
ped only by Argentina, Newfound
land and Yokosuka, Japan. This
has been made possible by Maack’s
fine leadership and the assistance
cf Frank Perkins GMGCA and Da
vid Henley. Henley is a civilian
from Kodiak. All three men hold
the Kodokan Judo rank of Brown
Belt First Class.
Contrary to popular belief Judo
was not formed for the purpose
of alley fighting but was started
as a sport dedicated to building
the body and mind. The latter is
difficult to grasp by a novice who
has been raised on comics and mo
vies where the hero always comes
through with what is described as
a sneaky judo punch and seldom
has the mentality to get past the
first lady spy at the bar. None
theless it comes down to almost
being a religion to those involved
in its study, and the character of
the individual usually improves if
he is capable of sticking it out.
Sticking it out becomes the prob
lem. A lot of beginners are con
vinced that they are going to join
and learn it all in a month and
then go around throwing people
and anything that’s moveable.
Nothing could be further from the
truth, or the objectives of the club.
The beginner’s class starts off with
six weeks of gruelling exercises
calculated to weed out the soft.
This consists of not only exercises
but learning how to tumble, basic'
movements and how to break falls.
Obviously if some little tumbling
mate tosses you high and dry you
will want to know how to land with
the right end up. A nice feature
of the training is that you are in
structed to protect your opponent’s
k. -A
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fall as much as possible; without
actually laying under him when he
comes down. Needless to say, two
thirds of a new class usually
bounces out in the first six weeks.
The minimum age for the club is
17. There is no maximum age, but
it’s advisable to have a strong tick
er.
Another fine feature of sports
manship is the rule of bowing to
your opponent after he has throw?:
you. This can be quite painful if
you have busted something, but
none the less is great for audience
reaction ... they can’t help but ad
mire the way you are taking it.
The information for this article
was obtained firsthand from the
club leader himself at great risk
to the interviewer who had to con
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