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You know why old people are cynical? It's called "experience".
If every person who said to me,
Oh, you volunteer at an urban school. That is so great. I'd love to help you out.had actually given me a dollar, I wouldn't be paying for the extra mats and crash pad this fall myself!
With the exception of the people at FightChix who sent t-shirts (thank you!) and Jim Pedro, Sr. who donated his share of the advertising revenue from this blog (also thank you!) no one has ever followed through and actually given anything to the program.
Well, that's not exactly true - when the judo class started years ago, I sent out an email and posted on this blog asking anyone who had an extra judo gi to drop it off. Many of my former students did, as well as some other generally nice people.
That's been a few years, and the gis, which were already used, have gotten a bit ragged. Whoever gets their first gets a gi in his or her size and the rest end up with one too small or too large, but hey, we manage. The kids work hard, we have water, snacks are provided by the Woodcraft Rangers after-school program, school staff volunteer. I can't complain. It's a good program.
Let's go back to the clinic Ronda did to raise money for Didi Hirsch a few months ago.
The tickets were $200 each but one spot at the clinic was raffled off as part of the fundraiser for the West Coast Judo Training Center. The person who bought the winning ticket was Jesse Moya of Moya Brand gis. He's that guy in the right front of the picture. He said,
"Oh, that's so great you volunteer at a middle school. I'd like to help."
I'm sure I made some polite noise while thinking to myself I'd never hear from him again. So, I was very pleasantly surprised when Patti Ochirino (also known as Bradley's mom) gave me two judo gis at the next practice, saying they were for the kids at Gompers. We gave them to two of the students who had been in the program the longest. One is a graduating eighth grader who has been taking judo for two years. I thought, well, that was nice.
SO ..... Jesse contacted Jose Gonzalez, the teacher at Gompers who sponsored the judo program (we need an LAUSD teacher on site to supervise - he has done this for four years without pay). He got every student's name and size and showed up on Friday with a new judo gi for each student.
Source: AnnMaria De Mars Blog : Jesse Moya Surprises Gompers Middle School Judo | 25 May 2013 | 5:04 pm
Les benjamins étaient à Pont-à-Mousson pour le critérium régional...
Source: Metz Judo Jujitsu : Championnat de Lorraine benjamins | 25 May 2013 | 7:23 am
Con los alumnos del maestro Javier Linger y los nuestros, a las 9h en el colegio Corazonistas hemos realizado el ultimo entrenamiento de esta temporada con los bandas azules.
A las 10h15 el segundo grupo de bandas amarillas
A las 11h30 el tercero con los bandas rojas
A las 11h30 el tercero con los bandas rojas
Aunque hemos notado algúnas ausencias justificas y comunicadas debidamente, hemos sido muchos en realizar una gran mañana de yudo, con nuestros ejercicios de educacion fisica, con videos tecnicos de sus respectivos programas y mucho randori total pie y suelo.
Al final foto de grupo y un gran reportage como siempre realizado por Puri.
Solo nos queda para terminar nuestra temporada en Ajalvir en la fiesta final del curso 2012 - 2013.
MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS.
Source: Judo Banzai : 8º SHINGUITAI 2013 | 25 May 2013 | 3:22 am
Source: alljudo.net RSS news : Pavia en finale, Larose pour le bronze | 24 May 2013 | 11:33 pm
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