Kata World Championship Results
Nicole Jomantas October 22, 2009
Photo: Karen Whilden
Team USA at the Kata World Championships
(Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Fifteen U.S. athletes competed in the first ever Kata World Championships on Saturday and Sunday in Valletta, Malta.
Kata is a forms-based judo discipline in which two athletes perform a set routine of judo techniques which are then scored by a panel of judges.
Doug Tono (Chicago, Ill. / Tohkon Judo) and Andrzej Danjowski (Oak Brook, Ill. / Tohkon Judo) had the best showing for Team USA, placing fifth in their grouping of the Kodokan Goshin Jitsu kata. The two narrowly missed advancing to the finals by 16 points as only the top three teams from each of two groups per kata advanced to the evening finals where the medalists were selected.
Heiko Rommelmann (Webster, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club) and Mark Chast (Churchville, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club) also fared well, placing sixth in the preliminaries of the judo show division; however, only the top three teams in single group of competitors advanced to the evening final. A new event, the judo show included teams of between two and six athletes performed a fight simulation containing techniques of judo and self-defense. The shows will be choreographed individually and included music as well.
Complete results are as follows:
Nage No Kata
1. Katsuyuki Kondo and Tetsushi Okochi (JPN), 455
2. Raul Camacho and Roberto Camacho (ESP), 444
3. Lulian Surla and Aurelian Fleisz (ROU), 432
4. Peter Tummers and Tieerd Van De Put (NED), 423
5. Mohammed Ali Noudehi and Amir Farzaneh Hesari (IRI), 420
6. Pasi Oinas and Mika Salsoila (FIN), 393
Also Competed: Chris Arena (Rochester, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club) and Kevin Osz (West Henrietta, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club), 324
Kodokan Goshin Jitsu
1. Tomoo Hamana and Masayoshi Yamazaki (JPN), 621
2. Danielle Mainenti and Andrea Faccioli (ITA), 584
3. Verano Jesus and Gonzalez Maximo (ESP), 576
4. Jose Costa and Vitor Costa (POR), 537
5. Tom Hino and Gerald Okimura (CAN), 535
6. Claude Jaume and Stephane Come (FRA), 525
Also Competed: Doug Tono (Chicago, Ill. / Tohkon Judo) and Andrzej Danjowski (Oak Brook, Ill. / Tohkon Judo), 514
Frances Glaze (Maumee, Ohio / Toledo-Maumee Judo) and Alan Panackia (Livonia, Mich. / Toledo-Maumee Judo), 456
Judo Show
1. Harnichard (FRA), 310
2. Coetzer (RSA), 290
3. Tommasi (ITA), 275
Also Competed: Heiko Rommelmann (Webster, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club) and
Mark Chast (Churchville, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club), 205
Ju No Kata
1. Etsuko Yokoyama and Chigusa Omori (JPN), 470
2. Ubaldo Volpi and Maurizio Calderini (ITA), 461
3. Ilaria Sozzi and Martina Frittoli (ITA), 442
4. Manuel Gari and Vicente Picazo (ESP), 435
5. Wolfgang Dax Romswinkel and Ulla Loosen (GER), 416
6. Alina Zaharia and Alina Cheru (ROU), 401
Also Competed: Karen Whilden (Vienna, Va. / Hui-O Judo) and Diane Jackson (Silver Spring, Md. / Hui-O Judo), 336
Katame No Kata
1. Yuji Matsumoto and Masahiko Nakahashi (JPN), 478
2. Juan Goicoechandia and Roberto Villar (ESP), 436
3. Stefano Proietti and Stefano Di Lello (ITA), 435
4. Sebastian Frey and Sei Kam Chow (GER), 413
5. Elio Paparello and Nicola Ripandelli (ITA), 409
6. Duncan Kinnear and Alvin Jones (GBR), 395
Also Competed: Jennifer Weill (Maineville, Ohio / Bushido Kai Judo Club) and Kerry Forster (Rochester, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club), 328
Jolie Feng (Fort Worth, Texas / Okuri Judo) and Terrie Norman (Burleson, Texas / Okuri Judo), 356
Kime No Kata
1. Kenji Takeishi and Koji Uematsu (JPN), 596
2. Fernando Blas and Uchan Chungseu (ESP), 558
3. Giacomo De Cerce and Pierluca Padovan (ITA), 543
4. Pierre Stockmans and Romuald Herman (BEL), 539
5. Dirk Demaerteleire and Christ Inghelbrech (BEL), 517
6. Diego Velazco and Markku Phil (SWE), 491
Also Competed: Heiko Rommelmann (Webster, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club)
Jeff Giunta (Webster, N.Y. / Bushido Kai Judo Club), 469
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