(nally). For the first time, the Hessian Judo Association offered a one-week intensive course for Dan candidates with the support of the judo department of TSV Krofdorf-Gleiberg. In judo there are five levels (Dan grades) of the black belt that can be acquired through examinations.
13 judoka, some of whom had traveled far, with ambitions for the 1st to 4th Dan took part in this pilot project in the sports hall in Krofdorf-Gleiberg. In the seven hours of daily training, the extremely extensive technically and theoretically demanding program was conveyed to the participants. The speakers from the judo association were Burkard Hubner and Sven Deeg (both TSV Krofdorf-Gleiberg), Werner Müller (Mörfelden-Waldorf), Christian Rhode (Marburg) and Wolfgang Geißler (Hanau). Vanessa Feiling, Sascha Grimm and Jörn Maizen from the host club took part in the course. In the final discussion, the participants unanimously rated the course as strenuous due to the variety of material, but as extremely successful and recommendable for future repetitions.
“This course is also an enrichment for the judoka in our Krofdorf club,” emphasized Burkard Hubner, a 7th Dan one of the highest-graded judoka in Hesse. »The aim of every judoka is certainly the black belt. You can learn that in our club,” says Hubner.
Anyone who wants to start with this has had the opportunity since mid-September. Here the TSV Krofdorf-Gleiberg started with a weekly Friday training, for children from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. and for young people/adults from 7.30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
