Sports in Wermelskirchen
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Judoka complete course – “Values are very important to us”
The trainers and examinees of the course. In the front row sit the award-winning judoka (from left): Mika Wendler, Valentina Picard, Elias Behrendt and Ferdinand Harms.
Photo: Picard/JC Wermelskirchen
Wermelskirchen Intensive training and testing for the next higher belt: There were demanding days for 35 children and young people at the Wermelskirchen Judo Club. The reward was not only sporting success, but also a movie night in the dojo.
With clear words, Sven Dicke welcomed the parents present at the culmination of the traditional examination course of the Judo Club (JC) Wermelskirchen in the “Sportkarree” on Thomas-Mann-Straße: “Judo values are very important to us, above all honesty, respect and appreciation . Unfortunately, that hasn’t worked out so well for one or the other, so we often had to find fault.”
The 35 children and young people and their trainers had four sweaty and strenuous training days. The central topic of the course was preparation for the next higher belt level. Since the German Judo Federation has published new examination regulations, those responsible at the JC were curious to try them out with the judoka. So both the coaches and the kids had to adapt to a different program. “But judo remains judo – whether for the competition or for the test,” said Lutz Hartmann as the guest of honour. He supported the trainers with his know-how for two days: Sven Dicke, Jens Harms, Katrin Seide, Frederik Platt, Niklas Diederich and Tim Schulze were rounded off to form a strong team by sports assistants Manon Dörner, Hannah Glauner and Carolin Scheida.
“This allowed each child to train individually, and that was evident in the final exam. Not only were the judo values better maintained than in the preparatory phase, but also the technique showed a clear improvement in everyone,” summed up Katrin Seide: “Many a mistake was then due to nervousness, because it never stops.”
Ferdinand Harms was honored for his particularly great progress in performance and diligence in training. After more than five years of preparation, he successfully passed the orange-green belt test. The second special prize went to Mika Wendler, who mastered all the techniques in his yellow belt test and was even able to explain the background.
The “Oscar” for the best partner performance went to Valentina Picard, who attracted the attention of the coaches with her tireless support as uke (“defender”). Without complaining, she got up again and again and let herself be thrown onto the mat again, also using demanding techniques. “These are lived judo values,” said JC chairman Sven Dicke full of praise.
Elias Behrendt brought the best test to the mat. After an injury, he had prepared very intensively for the blue belt and it finally paid off.
The other candidates were: white-yellow (8th Kyu): Svea Böhlefeld yellow (7th Kyu): Elena Behrendt, Thomas Butlin, Jonathan Eickhoff, Aaron Hartmann, Nele Matthies, Jamie Orendi, Emilia Taganovic, Mika Wendler yellow-orange ( 6th Kyu): Finley Böhlefeld, Henry Ratzke orange (5th Kyu): Jannis Frieg, Jona Orendi, Valentina Picard orange-green (4th Kyu): Ferdinand Harms, Phil Niewöhner, Ewan Ratzke green (3rd Kyu): Juliane Bitterlich, Julia Scheida blue (2nd Kyu): Elias Behrendt, Phil Cabecana, Enrique Correia, Luca Schröder brown (1st Kyu): Amanda Fink, Silas Frieg.
Niklas Diederich and Peer von Grünberg then gave the JC kids a very special treat: After the exam, the judoka were allowed to stay in the JC dojo until the next morning for the big film night.
