The Judo-Club Chaumont brought the family together on Saturday July 1 to celebrate its 70th anniversary, recall its values, discuss its new organization and say thank you to those who shaped it with so much humanity.
President Stéphane Mondon and his team made a very good, very very good copy on Saturday July 1 in the gymnasium with the filled stands of the Lycée Charles-de-Gaulle. The a priori festive exercise would require a lot of precision and subtlety. Officially, the judo-Club Chaumont celebrated its first 70 years of existence. The club had chosen to make it a family celebration, inviting only close friends. In fact, the anniversary was celebrated according to the rules of the art: judokas of all generations met on the tatami. Many former figures of the club have made the trip, sometimes traveling a few thousand kilometers to retie the belt with friends.
Christophe Vagnerre takes over the technical direction of the judo club.
Only for friends? The Judo Club Chaumont is a real family. We console ourselves there; we confide in it. In fact, these dozens of judokas, necessarily pupils – more than pupils…- of Alain Fourot and Jean-Paul Ramillon knew little or vaguely guessed that something was going to arise.
Judo and thanks
For decades, in the technical field, the club and successive presidents have based everything on these two men. In very different registers, with different qualities, they have sacrificed whole sections of their lives so that the children of Haute-Marne – thousands of children – may become, in everything, a little better. These two men “passed on” values much more than techniques of projection or immobilization to young people who have become adults. Current events teach us that sometimes it matters. In short, the families, THE family, the young people, the old ones were there to say THANK YOU. Not goodbye. Even less farewell. Just THANK YOU!
Thank you for the famous slap, secretly hoped for, long awaited, which triggered waves of pride and tears of happiness, as LA Noire passed by.
No one mentioned inheritance. Pursuit, rather. With a momentum that should be maintained. To extend.
On the carpet, this momentum, no one more than Christophe Vagnerre, embodies it. Solidly armed, so well trained, he takes charge of the technical direction, at the heart of a team of new teachers or future teachers who will come to supervise the young people entrusted to them.
No one imagines that Jean-Paul Ramillon leaves the club or judo. He’s just going on vacation for a few days. This emblematic pedagogue will always find something to work on to rectify the position of a foot or correct the unfortunate expression of inappropriate behavior. When his son Nicolas gave him a kimono autographed by Teddy Riner, he purposely specified that it was his size. In other words: it will not hang on a hanger. It will be worn. It will be wet.
So on Saturday a lot happened on and around the mat. Very very high level katas. Randoris between friends who hadn’t hugged for years. Eyes that were starting to blush.
It was up to President Mondon to put words to this swarming of emotions and gratitude. He did it happily, also taking a special look at the judokas honored by the club.
Christophe Vagnerre takes over the technical direction of the club.
2023-07-02 15:37:02
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