When giants collide
I was cleaning up my hard drive and came across a copy of a DVD that someone made at the 2003 East Coast Championships. Sensei must have given me the DVD during the move, and I must have ripped it and forgotten about it without ever watching it.
Have a look at Steve Friedman and Mark Hatton going to war in what I assume was the finals:
Other people I recognized were Alex Hon, George, Jack Willoughby, Jeff, Mark Hatton, Owen, Joaquin, Sonam, and Will Heinrich.
The identity of the videographer is a mystery. Sonam thought it might have been a guy named Willy (not Will Heinrich), but I found the guy on MySpace and asked if it was him, and it wasn't. I just noticed at the very end of the video it says "copyright (c) ebcs productions," followed by the address of a post office box in Brooklyn. I'll try writing to that address. I hope whoever took the video doesn't mind my posting an excerpt on YouTube.
Here are all the Oishi players who won medals that weekend. I can only imagine the nachas Mark must have felt when his son won second place.
| Master “B†(43-49) Light (-185) | ||
| 1. | Terushige Horimibu | Cranford, NJ |
| 2. | Clyde Worthen | Tech Judo, NJ |
| 3. | Joaquin Gonzalez | Oishi, NY |
| Master “B†(43-49) Heavy (+200) | ||
| 1. | Stephen Friedman | Oishi, NY |
| 2. | Mark Hatton | Oishi, NY |
| 3. | John Willoughby | Oishi, NY |
| Boys 7-9 (-80) | ||
| 1. | Morris Polishchuk | Tiger, PA |
| 2. | Jack Hatton | Oishi, NY |
| 3. | Brian Fritzsche | Cranford, NJ |
| Boys 10-12 (-95) | ||
| 1. | Alexander Salem | Liberty Bell, PA |
| 2. | Daniel Gore | Cranford, NJ |
| 3. | Mohammed Aftisse | Oishi, NY |