JUDO

ONE of the new, dynamic activities on campus, the Judo Club was founded two years ago as a means of promulgating sport Judo among Dartmouth students. In addition to teaching the techniques of Judo to any student in the College or associated schools, the Club has culled from its membership a Judo team which has made an excellent record.

Since its inception the Club has instructed forty students in sport Judo. This year there is an active membership of 25 men. Ten students have taken Judo as a means of fulfilling the College's physical education requirement.

The officers of the club include Bill Adelaar '63, president; Chuck Moody '64, vice-president; and Jim Laughlin '64, secretary-treasurer. Four members of the club serve as instructors. Corky Terada '65, shodan (Ist grade black belt), and Sego Hayashi '65, nidan (2nd grade black belt), serve as instructors and co-captains of the team. Bill Adelaar, ikkyu (Ist class brown belt), and Rick Lee, ikkyu, also perform the function of instructors, Dr. Hidemi Sato, nidan, of the Dartmouth Medical School, is the club's adviser. Dr. Morita, shodan, of the Dartmouth Medical School, and Dean Myron Tribus, shodan, of the Thayer School have also expressed interest in the club.

Last year the Judo team took third place in the first New England Intercollegiate Judo Competitions held at M.I.T., but it lost its first dual meet to Williams College by a score of 11 to 6. The loss was avenged this year when the Dartmouth team beat Williams, 4 to 2, in Hanover on Winter Carnival weekend.

The Judo Club is a member of the National Intercollegiate Judo Association and the New England Intercollegiate Judo League, which is under the auspices of the A.A.U. This spring it will have dual meets with several New England colleges. The season will culminate with the National Intercollegiate Judo Competitions which were held at the Air Force Academy last year and will be held at Cornell on April 27 this year.

One of the objectives of the Judo Club, the purchase of a mat cover, has already been realized with funds provided by the College. Another objective, official club recognition by the D.C.A.C., has not yet been realized. However, with the success of the Judo team and the growing interest in the sport, it is hoped that this more important objective will be attained by the end of this year.

Jim Laughlin '64 and Sego Hayashi '65 demonstrating that Judo is not gentle

Hayashi, who wears a 2nd grade blackbelt, about to come to grips with BillAdelaar '63, the Judo Club president.