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1994

I'm still going through old video. I've digitized all the dojo tournaments from the 90's, but it takes quite a bit of time to select and edit excerpts.

For now, here are two highlights reels. I don't know most of the people who were there at the time, so I focused on the few people I recognized.

This one is from April 9, 1994.

This one is from a tape labeled "children's / adults judo tournament, Oishi's 1994." The dates on the other tapes suggest that Sensei held tournaments twice a year, in the spring and in the fall, so I'm assuming this one was in the fall. Nina got her orange belt at this one, by the way.

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3 Responses to “1994”

  1. jaime Says:
    June 6th, 2007 at 5:57 pm

    I was the guy countered by Willie. Amazing to see me, 13 years earlier, with no hair.

  2. Andrew Pernambuco Says:
    June 8th, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    I remember that tournament. That was Jaime Montemayor who was countered by Willie. Jaime had been playing judo for about 2 years at the time (he had started with Sensei Ivan Villegas and me in Brooklyn) and he was fearless. Jaime now teaches judo to kids in Maryland. A gentle soul if there ever was one.

  3. Dano Villegas Says:
    June 19th, 2007 at 12:47 am

    Glad to see that there are still many Judoka's out there putting videos on YouTube! This reply is for Andrew Pernambuco, where in Brooklyn (and when) did you study Judo with my father Sensei Ivan Villegas? It's possible that you already know that he passed six years ago. Please contact me at… daddyofsix@gmail.com, thank you.

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