Nordic Judo Kata Open Tournament 2017
We also continued our tradition of kata workshops and seminars in conjunction with the kata tournament. German kata experts Wolfgang Dax-Romswinkel 7.d and Ulla Loosen 6.d conducted an interesting kata seminar on Sunday, Aug 20th, going through both judo and kata fundamentals as well as comparing how the different kansetsu-waza techniques are performed in the different kata. The competition, the Friday workshop and the seminar on Sunday as well as the traditional dinner cruise in the archipelago offered an exellent chance to get together with old and new friends. RESULTS:
Links to the earlier Nordic Judo Kata Open Tournaments:
1st NJKOT 2009: Borås Sweden
The 9th
Nordic Judo Kata Open Tournament was arranged on August 19th 2017 in the Helsinki region in Finland. The event was organized by Mr. Juha Turunen of Tikkurila Judo Club and Mr. Staffan Lindgren of Hontai Judo Club and the Kata Commission of the Finnish Judo Association
This tournament again provided serious kata competitors with a chance to compare their performance
with others just six weeks before the Kata World Championships to be held in Olbia on Sardinia in early October
2017.
   Nage-no-kata Points Percentage 1. Pasi Oinas 3.d TIK - Mika Salsoila 4.d TIK 420.0 82 % 2. Ari Peltonen 1.d LAH - Jani Penttilä 1.k HOL 326,5 64 %
   Katame-no-kataPoints Percentage 1. Pasi Oinas 3.d TIK - Mika Salsoila 4.d TIK 422,5 83 % 2. Kelly Palmer 5.d Canada - Johanna Sivunen 2.d TIK 398,0 78 % 2. Juha Turunen 2.d TIK - Pekka Väyrynen 2.d TIK 394,5 77 % 4. Caroline Bergström 2.d Sweden - Julia Hamilton 3.d Sweden 377,0 74 % 5. Leo Mononen 2.d KOT - Jorma Paasi 2.d KOT 367,5 72 %
   Kime-no-kataPoints Percentage 1. Marko Ryyppö 3.d HOL - Juha Alaluukas 2.d HOL 533,5 81 % 2. Pasi Oinas 3.d TIK - Kelly Palmer 5.d Canada 524,5 79 % 2. Markku Henttonen 2.d HYV - Pia Palosvirta 1.d HYV 486,0 74 %
   Ju-no-kataPoints Percentage 1. Wolfgang Dax-Rohmswinkel 7.d Germany - Ulla Loosen 6.d Germany 454,0 89 % 2. Pasi Oinas 3.d TIK - Kelly Palmer 5.d Canada 377,5 74 % 3. Eva Kellner 1.k SWE - Anna Lindgren 1.k SWE 365,0 68 % 4. Willy Verdrengh 1.d SWE - Gösta Andersson 1.d SWE 335,5 66 %
   Kodokan Goshin -jutsuPoints Percentage 1. Jussi Nikander 1.d LOH - Jouni Lahtinen 1.d LOH 557,5 81% 2. Keijo Saarelainen 4.d KOT - Jorma Paasi 2.d KOT 496,5 72 % 3. Julia Hamilton 3.d SWE - Caroline Bergström 2.d SWE 466,5 68 %
   Judges Staffan Lindgren, 6.d Hontai Judo, Finland supervisor Åke Bransell, 6.d Gävle Judoklubb, Sweden Hannu Mustonen, 5.d Tikkurila Judo Club, Finland Jaakko Hannula, 4.d Hontai Judo, Finland
Ulla Loosen and Wolfgang Dax-Romswinkel instructed Juha Turunen and Pekka Väyrynen during the Friday workshop.
Kelly Palmer from Canada competed in three different kata, and got three silver medals with local partners!
2nd NJKOT 2010: Helsinki Finland
3rd NJKOT 2011: Mariehamn, Åland Islands (Finland)
4th NJKOT 2012: Gothenburg, Sweden
5th NJKOT 2013: Vantaa, Finland
6th NJKOT 2014: Skurup, Sweden
7th NJKOT 2015: Vantaa, Finland
8th NJKOT 2016: Vantaa, Finland