[Sportsandrec] judo in the USA

Wed Mar 31 17:07:49 UTC 2010

Heidi, please know that my previous emails were not an attack on you.
You were simply the bearer of news.

And to all,

I have to write what I'm going to write. It will sound witchy, but oh
well ... sometimes hard truths cannot be coated in sugar and spice and
everything nice.

I know Katie davis and she's an excellent judo athlete. she often goes
to competitions and makes not only herself proud, but blind judo women
across the country proud.

Realistically speaking, Katie is one of a growing line of judo women
who have placed in international competitions and brought home medals
to the good ol' US of A. Usually, women judo athletes are forgotten in
the news alerts that are circulated. In fact, most news alerts
concentrate on the coaches, and when athletes are mentioned, the news
alerts are rather long winded about the men's matches and how they
won. Women's matches are glossed over--if written about at all.

  I should be estatic that Katie is recieving "breaking news" status.
What makes me frustrated, and what opens personal, and barely healed,
judo wounds, is that many other women are being swept aside and
forgotten with the "breaking news" alert that stated that Katie was
the third ever woman to medal for the USA.

If a "breaking news" alert is circulated, facts, not assumptions,
should be checked. Give credit where it is due.

Blind judo has been pretty stagnit for almost ten years. In fact, judo
fell on its face soon after two blind male judokas brought home the
gold to the USA. Anyone remember Kevin Zot? (Sorry, I'm sure I spelled
his last name incorrectly.) Yeah, who remembers him? I do. Being the
second to do something cool is often glossed over too.

Although I was not in Sidney in 2000, I had the honor and privilege to
be on Kevin's team, and yes, Scott Moore's team, in 1998 for the World
Championships for the blind. (Scott, was the first American ever to
win a gold in judo.)

The judo team is finally picking itself up from the ground and
becoming a team that judo athletes can be proud of again. In fact, the
coach at the helm is Scott Moore himself. but, if we want to keep
judo, and all the politics behind it, honest and real. Remember all
past athletes, not the ones that team members can conveniently
remember.

If an organization cannot stay honest, in its rules and regulations,
in its score keeping, in its attempt to send the best USA
representative to international tournaments, in its news statements,
in its mission and development to grow blind judo in the US of A, then
that organization has a taste of corruption in the mouth. And, I
personally, cannot support an organization that doesn't "change what
it means to be blind."

However, if a blindness organization supporting and developing blind
sports chooses to stay honest and true, chooses to change the lives of
blind athletes in a wholesome and healthy manner, chooses to grow a
kick ass team of blind athletes that can bring home medals, then I
choose to wholeheartedly support that organization.

so, for blind judo women out there, and for all the future blind women
judo medalists ... help me to properly document all women athlete
results in all international tournaments. What my memory can produce
is below:

Tina Thomas, (1994 world Championships), Silver
Nicole Civille, (1998 World Championships), Bronze
Lisamaria Martinez, (1998 World Championships), Bronze
Lorie Pierce, (2002 World Championships), ----
Lorie Pierce, (2003 World Championships), ----
Lorie Pierce (2004 Paralympics), Silver
Lisamaria Martinez, (2007 ParaPanAmerican Games), Silver
Katie davis, (2010 World Championships), Silver

Please help me expand this list. I'll be happy to submit it to USA Judo.

Thank you,

And respectfully yours,

Lisamaria Martinez, President
Sports and Recreation Division
National Federation of the Blind

> Hey LM- Don't even sweat it. I took silver in the 94 worlds and I'm not
> mentioned either. As a matter of fact, as I remember it at the 98 worlds all
> of the women on the team with the exception of one who took fifth won medals
> at the championships.
> Tina
>
>
> "Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own instead of
> someone else's."
> - Billy Wilder
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> [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez,
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 8:34 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] FW: USA Judo Breaking News: Katie Davis
> WinsSilver,Becomes Third U.S. Woman to Medal at the Visually Impaired
> WorldChampionships
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> This is why I know I'm blacklisted from USABA ... I was with Nicole in
> 98 and I got bronze at my firstc international tournament and I was only 17.
> Why doesn't that matter?
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> On Mar 31, 2010, at 7:51 AM, Heidi <judoheidi at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> You placed at the Pan Ams.
>> Lori Pierce (2002 and 2003) and Nicole Seville (1998)
>>
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC" <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List"
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>> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 8:05:01 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] FW: USA Judo Breaking News: Katie Davis
>> Wins Silver, Becomes Third U.S. Woman to Medal at the Visually
>> Impaired World Championships
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>> Who were the first two? I better be one of them.
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Mar 30, 2010, at 4:07 PM, "Christella Garcia"
>> <christellablue at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
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>>> Subject: USA Judo Breaking News: Katie Davis Wins Silver, Becomes
>>> Third U.S.
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>>> <http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs085/1102000675055/img/409.jpg> Katie
>>> Davis Wins Silver, Becomes Third U.S. Woman to Medal at the Visually
>>> Impaired World Championships
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>>> (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Twenty-three-year-old Katie Davis
>>> (Sacramento, Calif. / Team Sacramento) became just the third U.S.
>>> woman ever to win a medal at the International Blind Sports
>>> Association World Championships on Sunday in Antalya, Turkey.
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>>> Competing in her first World Championships, Davis won a silver medal
>>> in the non-Paralympic 78kg division on the final day of the World
>>> Championships.
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>>> "It's just awesome," Davis said. "I have been training hard, but I
>>> never expected to win a medal at my first World Championships..."
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