Une présentation bilingue du syllabus des grades 2025 de Judo canada.
A bilingual presentation of the 2025 Grading Syllabus of Judo Canada.
A bilingual presentation of the 2025 Grading Syllabus of Judo Canada.
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00:00It's an important meeting.
00:04I know everyone is excited to hear the changes
00:07that a great deal of work have brought about.
00:11I know that the grading committee has been speaking
00:14to lots of people, doing lots of surveys
00:18and trying to find the best way to go forward.
00:20So I'm excited as everyone else
00:22to hear what they have to say.
00:24And before we go too far,
00:26I just want to wish everyone a happy holiday season
00:29and a great start to the new year.
00:33Thank you very much, Donna.
00:35Merci beaucoup.
00:38All this hard work has been done
00:39by the grading committee of Judo Canada.
00:43And to start the formal presentation,
00:47I would kindly ask Mr. James Kendrick,
00:50chair of the grading committee, to start.
00:55So a big thank you for the work done
00:58by the grading committee of Judo Canada
01:01under the presidency of Mr. Kendrick,
01:03to whom I give the floor.
01:10And Mr. Kendrick, you will need to unmute.
01:23Now you can hear me.
01:24Yes.
01:26Sorry about that, everybody.
01:28Merci, Nico. Merci, Donna.
01:31Bonjour à tous.
01:32Let me begin by summarizing the main features
01:35of the old syllabus.
01:36It's hard to imagine, but it was established in 2021.
01:40Donc, permettez-moi tout d'abord de résumer
01:42les principales caractéristiques de l'ancien syllabus
01:45qui était créé en 2021.
01:48So the January 2021 version
01:51of the national grading syllabus
01:53introduced a few things,
01:54but the main ones were a competitive and a technical stream.
01:59We also changed the grading policies then
02:02in response to the introduction of the annual cadet
02:06and junior and senior world championships,
02:08and also a fortified international judo competition circuit,
02:13including kata and veterans.
02:18I will take over the French version
02:22to facilitate the flow of the presentation.
02:27Donc, la version de janvier 2021 du syllabus
02:31avait introduit les deux voies,
02:34la voie compétitive et la voie technique.
02:38Le syllabus avait été modifié
02:41en réponse en partie au développement
02:44du calendrier international avec le championnat du monde annuel,
02:47cadets, juniors et seniors,
02:49et un circuit de tournoi beaucoup plus rempli
02:54qui incluait aussi kata et vétérans.
02:58So over the last year, as Donna mentioned,
03:01we reviewed some of the changes taking place internationally
03:04and we surveyed, we received comments
03:07and we gathered feedback from Brownbelts,
03:10Blackbelts, club senseis, technical directors,
03:14grading committee chairs
03:15and executive committee members across Canada.
03:18The new version of the national grading syllabus
03:21provides more clarity now
03:23on some of the grading policy elements
03:25arising from the feedback and membership across Canada.
03:29So we were introducing what we call service level standards
03:33to deliver grading services,
03:36aligning some of the high Dan criteria
03:38to those of other countries,
03:40and we're attempting to simplify and streamline the document
03:43to increase its understandability
03:46and more importantly, its usefulness for members.
03:50Nico.
03:51Au cours de l'année dernière, lors des consultations,
03:55plusieurs sondages ont été mis en place
03:59pour recueillir les commentaires de plusieurs groupes distincts
04:03et on parle de plusieurs centaines de personnes
04:06qui ont été consultées, spécifiquement les ceintures marrons,
04:11un groupe de ceintures noires, les entraîneurs de club,
04:15les directeurs techniques,
04:16les présidents des comités des grades
04:18et aussi tous les membres des fédérations provinciales
04:22et de judo Canada impliqués dans le processus.
04:26Donc la nouvelle version a pour objectif
04:29de clarifier certains éléments
04:32qui ont été amenés par les consultations.
04:36Aussi, on a introduit la norme de niveau de service
04:42avec un objectif d'améliorer la livraison du processus
04:50et dans le cas des hauts gradés,
04:54des changements afin qu'ils nous rapprochent un peu
04:57de ce qui est fait dans d'autres pays
04:59et pour essayer d'augmenter la qualité du processus.
05:06Donc, en général, on a amélioré la compréhension
05:08de la syllabuse,
05:09d'abord en éliminant le besoin de cross-référencer
05:12différentes sections pour comprendre des choses
05:15comme l'éligibilité des grades et les requirements des grades.
05:19Tous les candidats compétitifs, techniques et hauts gradés
05:23peuvent maintenant trouver tous les requirements
05:25des examens respectifs dans la section 5.
05:30De manière générale, le document a été amélioré
05:34pour rendre la lecture plus facile
05:37et aussi à éviter de faire référence à d'autres documents.
05:41Donc, toute l'information se retrouve sous un même document.
05:48Tous les candidats de la voie compétitive,
05:50la voie technique et des hauts gradés
05:52pourront trouver leur exchange d'examens respectifs
05:55dans la section 5.0.
05:58We've also provided what we hope
06:00are better definitions of concepts
06:02such as competitive stream, technical stream,
06:06Kosaki, Batsugun and the types of grading examinations.
06:11We've defined more clearly the roles
06:13of the National Grading Committee,
06:15the Provincial and Territorial Grading Committees
06:18and the National Kata Committee.
06:21Beaucoup des définitions liées aux termes
06:26comme la voie compétitive, la voie technique,
06:28le grade Kosaki, le grade Batsugun
06:30et les types d'examens ont été clarifiés.
06:34Les rôles des différents comités et différentes juridictions
06:40ont aussi été clarifiés dans les définitions
06:43et les rôles et responsabilités.
06:47As we've already mentioned,
06:48we've introduced service level standards
06:50to improve or help to improve the turnaround time
06:53from Judo Canada on grading steps.
06:55So for example, we aim to validate
06:58most grading applications and inform candidates
07:01and their provinces and territories
07:02of their eligibility within 30 days of receiving them.
07:06The same 30-day target will apply whenever possible
07:09to applications for Batsugun, Foreign Dan Recognition,
07:13Kosaki and Honorary Black Belts.
07:16We will also ensure that we communicate
07:18with both grading chairs and dojo shoes
07:21so that they're equally aware.
07:25Les normes de niveau de service ont été introduites
07:29afin d'améliorer les délais d'exécution de Judo Canada
07:32en ce qui concerne les différentes étapes
07:33du passage de grade.
07:35Par exemple, nous visons à valider la plupart
07:38des demandes de grade et informer les candidats
07:40et leurs provinces de leur admissibilité
07:42dans les 30 jours suivant leur réception.
07:45Ce même objectif de 30 jours va s'appliquer
07:48dans la mesure du possible aux demandes Batsugun
07:51ou Reconnaissance de Dan étranger de grade Kosaki
07:55et des Ceintures Noires horrifiques
07:57dans la mesure évidemment que toute l'information
07:59est soumise dans les délais requis.
08:03Et aussi, dans les mêmes délais,
08:05communiquer avec les présidents des comités provinciaux
08:08et des entraîneurs de clubs d'entraînement technique
08:12que tout le monde soit informé en bon temps.
08:17As also mentioned, we've eliminated now
08:18the ongoing need to consult the national team handbook
08:22to determine eligible tournaments
08:24in the competitive stream by incorporating
08:26the relevant information right
08:28into the national grading syllabus
08:30for domestic and for international competition.
08:33So as a result, all eligible domestic tournaments
08:36are now listed in the syllabus.
08:38And with the recent removal of the Elite 8 Championships,
08:42we've added the Open Nationals competition for EU18.
08:49We've also added a link to the IJF calendar
08:52for a list of international events,
08:54and that's what should be consulted
08:57and consistent with the new IJF rule changes,
08:59we've added the score of UCO,
09:01five points to eligible Shiite grading points, UCO.
09:07So, as mentioned a little earlier,
09:13the reference to the National Team Guide
09:16for eligible tournaments has been removed
09:18and a list of tournaments has been incorporated
09:21in the syllabus to avoid confusion
09:25with the information that has already taken place
09:28in the last months.
09:29So all domestic tournaments are now listed
09:34in the syllabus, excluding the Elite 8 Championships,
09:41which is no longer part of it,
09:42which was replaced by the Open Nationals
09:45for EU18.
09:47There is also a link to the International Federation
09:50calendar for a list of international events,
09:53and as I imagine most of you,
09:57we had to adjust with the change of rules
10:00of the International Federation of 2025
10:02with the addition of UCO for grading points,
10:07so it will be five points.
10:13We've also made important linkages
10:14to safe sports principles
10:16to better reflect the growing safe sport movement
10:19in Canada and elsewhere.
10:21One of the changes we've made
10:22is acknowledging the National Grading Committee's right
10:26to demote a Dan rank from a Udantia
10:28who, through a credible third-party process,
10:32has violated judo Canada's code of ethics or conduct
10:36and safe sport principles.
10:37Now, hopefully, this deterrent never needs to be exercised,
10:41but it's nevertheless now in policy.
10:44A novelty is the link to safe sport principles
10:48to better reflect the growing safe sport movement
10:52in Canada and elsewhere.
10:54One of the changes we've made
10:56is acknowledging the National Grading Committee's right
10:59to demote a Dan rank from a Udantia
11:02who, through a credible third-party process,
11:06has violated judo Canada's code of ethics or conduct
11:10and safe sport principles.
11:12Now, hopefully, this deterrent never needs to be exercised,
11:16but it's nevertheless now in policy.
11:19We've made a few changes to the technical stream as well.
11:23So, to encourage active participation,
11:26grading candidates must now demonstrate
11:29that at least 50% of the total points they claim
11:33are valid.
11:35We've made a few changes to the technical stream as well.
11:39So, 50% of the total points they claim
11:42for whatever Dan they're applying to
11:45come from doing judo activities,
11:47not just by collecting 25 participation points each year
11:51that they pay membership fees.
11:53Another change for kata participants
11:56is at the World Kata Championships,
11:59participants may now achieve three grading points per team
12:03below the participants' team.
12:06We've made major changes to the technical stream
12:10to encourage active participation of candidates
12:14and not just their practice in their dojos.
12:17At least 50% of the points
12:20must come from activities as described in the syllabus
12:24and not just the 25 annual points to be a member.
12:28Also, kata participants at the World Kata Championships
12:32may now achieve three grading points
12:35for each team below their final ranking.
12:45We've taken a couple of steps
12:47to encourage active participation also.
12:50Candidates can no longer earn grading points
12:53for attaining their coaching certification,
12:56refereeing certification, and kata judging levels.
12:59Instead, candidates earn points by doing these activities,
13:03which are weighted by their required certification.
13:07In addition, we've removed the annual ceiling
13:10on the maximum number of grading points
13:12candidates can claim for most technical activities
13:15to encourage active participation
13:17in their preferred aspect of judo.
13:19We've also added the potential for club technical directors,
13:23where relevant, to earn grading points
13:26under instructing activity.
13:56We've also added the potential for club technical directors,
13:59where relevant, to earn grading points
14:01under instructing activity.
14:27One significant content change relates to the fact
14:32that more than 15,000 of Judo Canada's members,
14:36and that's nearly two-thirds, are U18 and younger.
14:40Recruiting, developing, and retaining new members
14:43is critical for judo.
14:45We believe that achieving shodan is a considerable milestone,
14:48and it requires a solid technical base of judo knowledge,
14:52including demonstration of the relevant kata,
14:55nage waza, katami waza techniques.
14:58All judoka who apply for shodan going forward
15:01must now complete a formal exam, grading exam,
15:05administered by the respective province and territory
15:08of their grading committee,
15:10whether they use the competitive stream or the technical stream.
15:13This is only for shodan.
15:15This new requirement for shodan grading,
15:18it bridges the knowledge found in the NCCP,
15:21the National Coaching Certification Program,
15:23and the candidates' judo education and development,
15:26and it aligns with the activities
15:28of the International Judo Federation, IJF Academy.
15:31The logic of applying this knowledge is related to teaching,
15:35serving as role models,
15:37and learning more advanced judo skills,
15:39which are vital for future senseis.
15:42Subsequently, competitive stream athletes
15:44applying for ni dan to go dan
15:46may complete an informal grading clinic
15:49in their respective province or territory
15:51by attending a kata, tachi waza, and nage waza clinic,
15:55as per the previous version of the National Grading Syllabus.
16:20The obtaining of the shodan title
16:23is a key step for these young people,
16:26which requires a solid base of knowledge
16:32and judo techniques,
16:34including the demonstration of the relevant techniques
16:37of kata, nage waza, and katame waza.
16:40All judokas who apply for grading classes
16:43must now pass a formal examination
16:46by their provincial or territorial grading committee,
16:49regardless of whether they use
16:51the competitive or technical route.
16:55This new requirement for obtaining the shodan title
16:58makes the link between the required knowledge
17:01for the PNCE and the education and development
17:04of the candidate's judo
17:06and aligns with international programs
17:09such as that of the International Federation Academy.
17:14The logical link between the application
17:16of this knowledge in education
17:18and the role of the judo learning model
17:21is essential for future trainers.
17:25Subsequently, the candidates of the competitive route
17:28who will apply for the shodan title
17:31will be able to complete an informal grading examination,
17:35as is currently the case,
17:37administered once again by the province
17:39and its respective territories.
17:44We've also updated the haidan career achievement categories
17:48that are found in Section 4.2.
17:51The minimum time and grade requirements
17:53in the technical stream for rokudan
17:55is now 10 years and 12 years for shichidan.
17:59Hachidan and kudan minimum career achievements
18:02are now based on high-level senior competition
18:05as an athlete, coach, or referee.
18:09For kudan, lifetime recognition of contribution
18:12to judo via external awards,
18:15such as the Order of Canada
18:17and the Emperor of Japan's Award of the Rising Sun,
18:20are also considered.
18:22Finally, the National Grading Committee
18:24has now established a process
18:26to evaluate future kudan and judan candidates.
18:32Just a little pause.
18:34I see some questions in the chat.
18:36We'll answer all the questions
18:38at the end of the presentation.
18:42There are a few questions in the chat
18:45and we'll answer them at the end.
18:47You'll also have an opportunity
18:49to ask your questions at the end.
18:52So back on track.
18:55We've updated the career achievement categories
18:59for high-level students in Section 4.2.
19:03The minimum time and grade requirements
19:05in the technical stream for rokudan
19:07is now 10 years and 12 years for shichidan.
19:10The minimum career achievements
19:12for achidan and kudan
19:14are now based on senior competitions
19:17for high-level athletes, coaches, or referees.
19:21For kudan, lifetime recognition
19:23of contribution to judo
19:25via external awards,
19:27such as the Order of Canada
19:29and the Emperor of Japan's Award of the Rising Sun,
19:31are also considered.
19:34Finally, the National Grading Committee
19:38is currently in the process of evaluating
19:40future candidates for kudan and judan.
19:45And one other change is
19:47that candidates now can only apply
19:49or complete the online application
19:51once they fully obtain minimum age requirements
19:54and a minimum time and rank requirement
19:57rather than before.
19:59So any applications coming in
20:02without those minimum requirements
20:05will automatically be returned
20:07and that's one of the new changes.
20:09From now on,
20:11candidates will only be able to complete
20:13the online application
20:15once they have completed
20:17the minimum age and time requirements
20:20in the rank and no longer before
20:22as was tolerated.
20:24So any anticipated application
20:26will be automatically rejected
20:29and it will have to be completed later
20:32by the candidate when he meets
20:34the minimum requirements.
20:38So to kind of come to a conclusion
20:41on the high-level detail,
20:44I'll provide some next steps.
20:46So one of the things Judo Canada is going to do
20:48is update members of the judo community.
20:50We're going to publish the new syllabus
20:52by January 2025,
20:54including a list of frequently asked questions.
20:58Judo Canada is also going to update
21:00and has to the online application form
21:03with relevant changes
21:05and gearing up for those two phases
21:07of implementation.
21:09First for Haidans in April 2025
21:12and Shodan to Godan in July 2025.
21:17And starting in 2025,
21:19the National Grading Committee
21:21is going to be hosting two meetings
21:23each year, Zoom meetings,
21:26with chairs of the province
21:28and the territorial grading committees
21:30in order to provide updates
21:32and seek feedback on grading matters.
21:34One of the first tasks we have in the new year
21:37is to validate the list of techniques
21:39for examinations found in Appendix A.
21:42It hasn't been done for a while
21:44and we need to look at that.
21:45So it's another effort of us trying
21:48to help standardize the grading process
21:50across Canada.
21:53So the next steps,
21:56the next step will be the publication
21:59of the new syllabus,
22:01which will be done by the beginning of January 2025,
22:05which will also include a list
22:07of frequently asked questions.
22:10Judo Canada will have to update
22:13the online application form,
22:15including the relevant changes, of course,
22:18and specifically, in the first instance,
22:21the high grades, which I hope
22:24the form will be active
22:27during the month of January
22:29and a little later,
22:30during the month of July,
22:32for Shodan to Godan.
22:34The National Grading Committee
22:36is also committed to organizing
22:38two meetings each year with the presidents
22:40of the provincial and territorial grading committees
22:42in order to provide updates
22:44and obtain, on a more continuous basis,
22:47comments and feedback
22:50on the grading processes.
22:53Subsequently,
22:55one of the first tasks
22:57that will be completed
23:00is to validate the list of exam techniques
23:02in Annex A
23:04and also to standardize the evaluation
23:08and grading of these specific techniques.
23:13So, that's the nuts and bolts
23:15of the presentation.
23:16Nico, I'm just noticing a couple of comments.
23:18One, I see Ewan asked a question
23:22about Shodan competitive grading
23:26to confirm starting July 1st.
23:28So, what we wanted to do,
23:30and Nico just mentioned it in French,
23:32is finish the year off
23:34using the old syllabus,
23:36because that's where the majority
23:37of the information comes from.
23:39It's Shodan, some Nidan,
23:41and then it trickles from there.
23:43Up until June 30th,
23:45we'll continue using the current or old syllabus,
23:48but on July 1st,
23:50we'll flip over and phase in the new syllabus.
23:57I think that was answering
23:59Pierre-Guillaume's question.
24:02I think that was answering.
24:04Guy has a question.
24:27So, Guy, I can try to answer in French,
24:31and in English too.
24:33I'll start in English.
24:37Maybe Nico can help me in French
24:39for everyone.
24:41So, what we did was we looked at
24:44kind of a benchmark
24:46of some of the international countries
24:49and the IJF,
24:51and also some of the Kodokan developments,
24:53and we made the change
24:57to move to more of a competition-centered
25:01high level,
25:02especially for the higher dans,
25:05and the kata we recognized
25:08is a form of competition,
25:10but it's not competition in the way
25:12that we think of competitive judo
25:14in that sense.
25:16However, nevertheless,
25:18we realized that at the most senior level
25:20of kata competition
25:22or the world championships,
25:24we needed to recognize those folks
25:27who meddle there
25:29with three points
25:31as opposed to two points from before.
25:33It would make a difference
25:34in terms of collecting additional points.
25:38Nico?
25:41I'm not sure I can translate that.
25:47My translation service is inadequate.
25:52Guy, it's going to take a lot of time
25:55for me to explain it all in French
25:57because I'm from Canada,
25:59but I can do a follow-up after the call,
26:02if you want.
26:03No, I understood the answer.
26:06Okay.
26:07Then, the kosaki,
26:08still for Ikkyu,
26:10it's never...
26:12We haven't dealt with that before.
26:16It's always the shodan
26:20for kosaki,
26:22but it's something we can consider.
26:24If you have a candidate in mind,
26:27maybe send it our way
26:28and we can work with the province.
26:30Guy's question is,
26:31kosaki, does it also apply to Ikkyu?
26:34In my experience,
26:35we haven't dealt with an Ikkyu kosaki directly,
26:38but we can work with the province or territory
26:40if that comes up,
26:42and we will work.
26:44In the syllabus,
26:45we have on a case-by-case basis
26:48things that don't actually follow in
26:51the guidelines or the policies,
26:54a chance to make sense of that.
26:58If that's satisfactory, Guy,
27:00then I'll follow up with you after.
27:03No problem.
27:04Anyway, it's not a point we want to see.
27:07I mean,
27:08we've had requests on our side.
27:11On the other hand,
27:15the door is still open.
27:17It's not all about the devil.
27:20C'est ça.
27:21So it's not a mainstream thing Guy was saying,
27:23but the door is open for us to look at those cases
27:28on a case-by-case basis,
27:29and absolutely we're open to doing that,
27:32working with each province and each territory.
27:35Merci, Guy.
27:36Dan asked a question.
27:37He says,
27:38to clarify,
27:39the SLS service level standard
27:41is a service level time frame for 30 days.
27:45Yes.
27:46If you look in the syllabus,
27:47we can't go into detail.
27:49We'd be here for like three hours,
27:51but if you look,
27:52we put SLS,
27:53l'équivalence en français,
27:56for 30 days.
27:57Now,
27:58let me say something.
27:59Danielle in the office does an extremely very good job.
28:03She doesn't know I'm saying this,
28:05but she does now,
28:06of receiving,
28:08because she's doing multiple things.
28:10She doesn't just do grading.
28:11She's got multiple,
28:12multiple,
28:13as you know,
28:14things she does for Geo Canada.
28:15She does a very good job of triaging,
28:18of answering questions right away,
28:20to the best of her ability,
28:22and then we get involved,
28:23or I get involved,
28:24and I think we already do beat the 30-day service standard.
28:28It's just that we never codified it.
28:30We never validated it,
28:32and now we're saying 30 days
28:34for each of these key kind of demands.
28:36So,
28:37you know,
28:38an honorary Dan request,
28:40a Koseki,
28:41a foreign Dan recognition,
28:43that's a little tougher,
28:44because sometimes we have to deal with the IGF,
28:46or reach back out to the country of origin where it's coming.
28:49So,
28:50we establish good relationships with these folks internationally,
28:53but in the main,
28:54most domestic types of things,
28:56especially applications,
28:57we're saying,
28:58yes,
28:59we can turn that around in 30 days.
29:01Vincent says,
29:13his question is,
29:14competition in August,
29:15but the deadline is around 25th of June
29:18for the deposit of the application.
29:20It will be okay for the August grading
29:22to have a queue competitive past Jordan
29:25at the special clinic in,
29:27okay,
29:28that's a special event
29:30that I can follow up with you,
29:32Vincent,
29:33again,
29:34after the call,
29:35because it's more within Judo Quebec.
29:38But in the main,
29:39what I was trying to present is for Judo Canada in general,
29:43going forward.
29:45So,
29:46if it's okay with you,
29:47I'll do a follow-up afterwards.
29:51Other chat questions?
29:56François,
29:57please.
30:00Yes,
30:01I'm going to ask my question in French,
30:02if that's okay with you.
30:05For me,
30:06there's a point that I think is important,
30:08that needs to be really discussed,
30:10and reviewed in the syllabus,
30:13which is the point where the National Grading Committee
30:18has the power to degrade someone.
30:20I can't understand the path that led to this decision,
30:26given that everything that happens at the Ethics Committee,
30:29even if it's with a third party,
30:31it's decisions that are mostly,
30:36most of the time,
30:38secret,
30:39that are under the seal of confidentiality.
30:42So,
30:43under what mandate,
30:44a committee other than the Ethics Committee,
30:47could degrade someone?
30:49I can't believe,
30:51I can't understand this process.
30:54And if I give a flagrant example,
30:57it's that at the Ethics Committee,
30:58we can prevent someone from doing Judo,
31:01we can ban someone from Judo,
31:02we can prevent them from participating in certain activities,
31:04we can prevent all kinds of things.
31:06But if I have a PNCE,
31:08they can't degrade my PNCE,
31:10because I failed in Ethics or SafeSport,
31:14they can prevent me from practicing Judo.
31:17If I'm a teacher at school,
31:23and I have a baccalaureate in education,
31:25they can take away my teaching license,
31:27they can prevent me from teaching,
31:29but they can't take away my university baccalaureate.
31:32So, if I passed a grade in competition,
31:35second, third dance,
31:37an exam, an evaluation that was done,
31:39it's a stamp,
31:40it's like a diploma,
31:42it's a diploma,
31:43and I don't see under what mandate
31:45we can tell someone,
31:47now you're not fourth anymore,
31:49you're third dan,
31:50because you had this behavior or that behavior.
31:54I understand the notion of school
31:56and the vision of Shigeru Kano in that,
31:59but I think it's serious
32:02that this point is in a syllabus of grades.
32:06I think it's, even if we never want to use it,
32:09the fact that it's present,
32:11for me, it's very serious.
32:14So, I'll leave you with that.
32:26So, I'm going to answer in English
32:29and do the follow-up afterwards.
32:35Interesting point, and he shares his comments,
32:37and it's the new policy
32:40that Judo Canada's grading committee
32:42has the right to demote someone a dan rank
32:46when it's been proven
32:48through a third-party credible source
32:51that there's been a violation
32:53of the code of ethic or safe sport principles.
32:58So, his comment is,
33:01it's somebody's right because it's a diploma,
33:03it's like an achievement,
33:04like a university degree or a professional designation,
33:07and in other walks of life,
33:09I guess they do not take away someone's designation.
33:12They're sanctioned for whatever the violation happens to be,
33:17and he's a bit shocked
33:20that it has to be in our syllabus,
33:22and even if we never use it,
33:24the fact that it's there.
33:26So, to that, I would say,
33:29I think times are changing,
33:32and I think if you look at safe sport,
33:35not just domestically in Canada,
33:37we did a lot of research throughout the world.
33:39It's a growing movement,
33:41and, you know, recently,
33:42big sports that got all the attention,
33:44like hockey, soccer as an example,
33:48and some of the other sports,
33:50this stuff is happening,
33:52and I'm not saying we need to follow any of those
33:55because those are huge
33:57and different contexts, et cetera,
34:00I think to respect safe sport,
34:02to respect the principles,
34:04it's a good deterrent, I believe,
34:06to have in a policy
34:08that otherwise wouldn't have a deterrent
34:11the possibility that someone would lose a Dan rank
34:16if it was indeed proven,
34:19if it was, you know, made public
34:22to the other point of protecting identities, et cetera.
34:26It's not something we're going to be looking to do.
34:29We're not police,
34:31but let me say that in other professions
34:33like the security profession and intelligence,
34:36the military and other professions,
34:39that does happen.
34:41It is one of the deterrents in the system.
34:44I'm not saying judo needs to follow that model,
34:47but if you look at the value of a black belt,
34:51the value of being a role model,
34:53we're supposed to be emulating, you know,
34:55the principles and code of conduct.
34:58I think it's important that we respect that
35:01and uphold that.
35:03That's what wearing a red and white belt means
35:05compared to a black belt.
35:07That's what wearing a black belt means
35:09compared to wearing a brown belt.
35:11And that's why we put it in there as a deterrent,
35:15and hopefully we never have to use that.
35:17We would never, as a committee,
35:19let me also say this,
35:21arbitrarily decide something.
35:24We would have to work,
35:26and we would work in cooperation
35:28with the executive,
35:30with the respective province
35:33that this is coming from,
35:35with the ethics committee, discipline,
35:37and also our governance committee
35:39because that's where I think now ethics
35:41is kind of more governance related
35:43in terms of our policies and procedures
35:45from a judo Canada perspective,
35:47and make a collective decision
35:49in and around that.
35:51So this again would be one of those
35:53case-by-case situations.
35:55And again,
35:57I hope we never have to use it,
35:59but I think it does need to be in the policy
36:01as a deterrent.
36:03People may pay attention a bit more
36:05than they did before.
36:09Nico, did I answer well?
36:14Yes, very well answered.
36:18I think it's, how to say,
36:20just clarifying a point.
36:22Obviously, the confidentiality
36:24of the files is respected,
36:26and I think we need to understand
36:28that it's much more so
36:30in the case of people
36:32who have life sentences
36:34and of that kind of magnitude,
36:36and not of minor situations.
36:52There's a few more questions
36:54in the chat.
36:58James, do you see them?
37:00I'm just catching up.
37:02I'm scrolling.
37:22So the question is,
37:24one of Kano Sensei's
37:26original principles
37:28was the concept of Juno-Ri.
37:30So we could be putting in,
37:32there are many, many others,
37:34if you've studied Judo
37:36over the years,
37:38especially from the cultural
37:40perspective,
37:42what we did include
37:44is the concept of
37:46Juno-Ri,
37:48and the concept of
37:50the concept of Shingi-Tai,
37:52and the different evolutions
37:54of Judo
37:56through one's career.
37:58So I don't have a comment.
38:08Another comment,
38:10if a candidate has enough time
38:12or sufficient time in grade
38:14by the scheduled exam date,
38:16but not by the end of the application period,
38:18will their grading be allowed to be held on that date,
38:20or will the candidate have to wait until the next date?
38:22So that one,
38:24when we
38:26meant that, it's more from the
38:28don't apply before you have
38:30the actual age and time
38:32requirements. Usually once that
38:34is done, and within a 30-day
38:36window, I believe
38:38it's one year
38:40people have to
38:42complete their exam. That's out of
38:44Judo candidates' control if it's
38:46Shodan to Shodan, or I'd say Shodan to
38:48Godan, because it's the respective
38:50province or territory's
38:52grading committee to
38:54actually enact it, whether it's going to be competitive
38:56stream or technical stream.
38:58However, there have been a few cases, and this is
39:00where, again, Daniel's expertise
39:02comes in, because usually
39:04people reach out if they know they're
39:06getting close to that one
39:08year timeline, and common sense
39:10says, if you've
39:12met all the
39:14requirements, yes,
39:16on a case-by-case basis, we can
39:18extend the grading.
39:20We just need to know so we can deal with it
39:22and then let everybody know who needs
39:24to know. I hope that answers the question.
39:28And technical points for
39:30committee membership
39:32no longer
39:34collected. So what we
39:36decided in this new version
39:38was to really emphasize
39:40less
39:42point accumulation
39:44by
39:46doing
39:48things that were
39:50less active judo. We wanted to
39:52encourage more active judo
39:54in terms of officiating
39:56and coaching or being
39:58an athlete, for example, kata.
40:00And so, yes,
40:02that's one of the changes that
40:04we made. And also
40:06not just in obtaining,
40:08you used to have to get
40:10NCCP certification or
40:12a kata judging certification or
40:14a refereeing certification.
40:16That would give you a certain amount of points.
40:18But I think what's more important is
40:20the actual doing of that
40:22activity. And what I mean by
40:24it's kind
40:26of
40:28done on a
40:30sophistication system,
40:32if you like, point of view, that
40:34for local level
40:36competitions, for instance, compared
40:38to national competitions, you get
40:40more points, but you also need to have certain
40:42certifications. So that's
40:44inherent in order for you to be able to do
40:46that activity, but you also receive
40:48more points as you
40:50move up that
40:52kind of scale, so
40:54to speak. So, yes,
40:56that's one change, but
40:58I hope I've explained why we did that
41:00change to encourage active
41:02participation for the other streams.
41:08Une question pour
41:10les technical directors.
41:16Une question
41:18encore. It's related to
41:20the technical director stream.
41:22And so this
41:24is a recent one. Not every club
41:26has a technical director, I have to say, across
41:28the country. It's very
41:30prominent in Quebec.
41:32But what we decided
41:34to do was to have the possibility
41:36of awarding points, because it wasn't
41:38before, and the most logical
41:40place we found of
41:42putting that in the syllabus was
41:44instruction activity, so
41:46it's kind of in that zone of
41:48effort, and so that's why we
41:50included that.
41:52And a question
41:54came in on
41:58I guess we were talking
42:00about earlier, apparently in the healthcare system
42:02an individual can
42:04use their license to practice for a
42:06violation of the ethics code
42:08I guess of that
42:10profession, and no longer
42:12allowed to use their professional designation.
42:14And so there's some
42:16support there, and just some other
42:18contingency
42:20policies outside of
42:22the profession of judo.
42:24But thanks for that comment.
42:26We have a few hand raised.
42:28I think Mr.
42:30Lordi has a question.
42:34Hi everybody, nice to see you, even
42:36though it's on Zoom. Merry Christmas,
42:38Shoya Noel.
42:40I got a bunch of questions, but I
42:42think a lot of them can wait until we
42:44actually get the syllabus, James.
42:46But in Ontario, we've had
42:48a lot of questions
42:50from elderly
42:52people going for a Dan grade
42:54that say they can't do
42:56breakfalls, they can't do that many breakfalls.
42:58Now, I have my own
43:00thought on that, but just because we
43:02have so many complaints about it,
43:04I just thought I'd bring it up and ask
43:06if there were any changes
43:08to the
43:10CADAs that are selected
43:12for each Dan,
43:14or would they be able
43:16to select a CADA to do for
43:18a Dan?
43:20Were there any changes in that area?
43:22So Carl,
43:24thanks for that. Actually, a great question
43:26because our demographic is aging,
43:28and the population,
43:30we all age. We have
43:32issues that
43:34arise or come about.
43:36We didn't put any significant
43:38different changes in this version
43:40of the syllabus, but it's one of the things
43:42I have on our agenda
43:44now that we're going to be doing two meetings a year
43:46where we need to discuss this.
43:48However, I would say that there
43:50is kind of the case-by-case
43:52common sense
43:54kind of methodology that's in place
43:56right now.
43:58If we knew
44:00what the situation was in
44:02a respective province, say in Ontario,
44:04we could maybe
44:06look at creating
44:08a
44:10common-sense type of an evaluation
44:12that would make sense
44:14for that particular individual. This also
44:16ties to Koseki. What we're
44:18seeing now across the country,
44:20and that's why we kind of really
44:22emphasize what
44:24Koseki means. It is the last
44:26Koseki. We've
44:28seen people who had Koseki
44:30somehow reapply
44:32for current
44:34or the next DEN.
44:36That's unheard of. We've never
44:38had seen that before. I had never seen
44:40that before.
44:42That might be a different case, but
44:44it speaks to what's
44:46the physical, maybe cognitive, mental,
44:48emotional capability
44:50of someone to do an
44:52exam, especially
44:54according to
44:56the syllabus. Say for
44:58Sandan, that's probably the toughest.
45:00I think it's the toughest
45:02kata requirement because of the
45:04number of falls and katas that are involved
45:06from a technical perspective
45:08and a physical one. I think on
45:10a case-by-case basis, if we
45:12were aware of an individual,
45:14and they
45:16proved their
45:18limitations,
45:20somehow medically documented it,
45:22there could be a way we could work around
45:24that. I wouldn't want to
45:26make one decision
45:28that just kind of covers
45:30off or closes the door
45:32from those people ever having an
45:34opportunity. On the other hand, we need to be
45:36fair to the system and the rest of
45:38the
45:40people applying for that.
45:42Carl, I think that's one we need to discuss
45:44as a group, but that's
45:46my answer
45:48at the moment.
45:50Thanks, James.
45:52Do you have another question?
45:54No, I got lots
45:56of questions, but I'm
45:58sure they'll all be answered once I see the syllabus.
46:00Okay.
46:02Monsieur
46:04Jacques Côté.
46:06Oui.
46:08Bonjour tout le monde.
46:10Merry Christmas.
46:12Bonjour, Jacques.
46:14Alors,
46:16félicitations.
46:18À comparer
46:20à l'adoption des anciens
46:22syllabus, au lieu que ça prenne plusieurs
46:24années de discussion,
46:26vous en avez présenté un,
46:28let's go, on y va.
46:34Le roi est mort,
46:36vive le nouveau roi.
46:38Ça arrive, on va avoir un beau syllabus.
46:40Sûrement des revisions
46:42en cours dans les prochains
46:44mois, ou dans la prochaine année,
46:46ou de façon annuelle,
46:48mais c'est vraiment,
46:50c'est parfait, c'est de l'action.
46:52Mon commentaire, bien là, je reviens
46:54sur les principes. Alors,
46:56ça va être lu par beaucoup de monde,
46:58ce syllabus-là,
47:00et puis je pense qu'il faut être
47:02accurate, précis sur
47:04les écrits qu'on met dedans.
47:06Alors, dans les principes,
47:08bien Junori, c'était
47:10le premier principe qui a été mis en place
47:12par Jigoro Kono en 1882,
47:14et les autres principes
47:16qui sont venus après,
47:18Seriyoku Zenyu,
47:20et le troisième principe
47:22sont venus plus tard dans l'histoire.
47:24Alors là, vous écrivez, c'est tout
47:26en 1882, alors je pense
47:28que ce serait bon d'amener
47:30cette correction-là
47:32dans le prochain syllabus, peut-être, c'est correct.
47:34Puis,
47:36en Shingitai, bien c'est pas
47:38un principe
47:40comme tel,
47:42c'est une description de l'évolution
47:44du Judo, alors
47:46de la période Tai
47:48aller jusqu'à la période
47:50Shin, où on évolue
47:52dans le Judo. Alors, c'était
47:54le petit point que je voulais amener.
47:56Ça n'a pas beaucoup d'influence sur la façon
47:58de passer des grades, mais
48:00pour les gens qui vont lire ça, bien si
48:02les gens qui
48:04connaissent l'histoire du Judo vont
48:06le noter, puis ils ne trouveront pas ça
48:08trop fort. C'était mon commentaire.
48:10Merci.
48:12Merci Jacques, si c'est d'accord
48:14avec vous, je vais répondre en
48:16anglais. So, briefly,
48:18what Jacques was saying, sorry, Monsieur Côté
48:20was saying, is that
48:22some of the principles of Kano's
48:24Judo, when they started in 1882,
48:26we don't have them all listed
48:28in the current version of the syllabus, and maybe that's
48:30something we need to consider, which I agree,
48:32kind of going forward. The point I want
48:34to make is, a syllabus is
48:36not a black
48:38and white, once and for all
48:40document. It's not like,
48:42I don't know what, I don't think anything is like
48:44that anymore. What I mean
48:46is, this is an ongoing
48:48type of process. We had a January
48:502021 version,
48:52we now have a January
48:542025 version.
48:56I can bet
48:58100% that there is
49:00going to be another revision
49:02and version going forward, and that's
49:04what we've added. I neglected, and I
49:06forgot, mea culpa.
49:08Page 4,
49:10I mean IV, Roman 4,
49:12of the syllabus in English and
49:14French, has a list of amendments
49:16for each one. We've added that
49:18because someone, when we're all
49:20gone and new people are here years from now,
49:22they'll be able to look back and see the
49:24evolution of what changed with each
49:26syllabus.
49:28We started with 2021, because
49:30it was the most fresh and current in mind,
49:32but we'll be adding to that.
49:34We're in the business of improvement,
49:36service delivery, effective
49:38policy, and we're a national
49:40governing organization. We have to be
49:42driven by policy
49:44and what we do as we
49:46serve various members of
49:48the community. We take this
49:50pretty seriously and
49:52we will be collecting comments
49:54for the next iteration of this at
49:56some point in the future.
49:58Merci, M. Côté.
50:04I guess the next
50:10question is, grading points,
50:12can they also be NCCP points,
50:14for example, a CATA
50:16session for the participant?
50:18I'm
50:20not sure exactly the nature of the
50:22question,
50:24but when you see
50:26the actual document,
50:28the syllabus, you'll see what can be
50:30tracked and what's not included
50:32in the tracking specifically for each
50:34kind of event. So, I would say
50:36read that and
50:38if you have questions, let us know
50:40in the office
50:42and we can answer those.
50:44I can add to Mr. Polman's
50:46question.
50:52It's two sets of requirements,
50:54but in
50:56theory, yes, an activity
50:58can also be professional development
51:00points for NCCP
51:02and could
51:04also be grading points,
51:06but they must
51:08meet both requirements,
51:10specific requirements in terms of
51:12duration, etc.
51:20And I think there's one last
51:22question in the chat here that says,
51:24the previous version of the syllabus contained
51:26the provision allowing the technical director
51:28to object
51:30to the promotion of the
51:32application of an athlete who submitted an application
51:34without the technical director
51:36being aware of it, or you could say even
51:38sensing.
51:40So,
51:42one thing we did was, and we noticed this
51:44in the culture, is that
51:46people who had long-standing
51:48age requirements and technical requirements
51:50or time
51:52and grade requirements besides the technical
51:54requirements were not being
51:56promoted, and there was kind of a
51:58bottleneck, and maybe it was administrative
52:00too, at the club level.
52:02And so, in the new syllabus last
52:04time, or the 2021 version, what we tried
52:06to do is allow someone
52:08to self-identify by going through
52:10the online methodology.
52:12And then the fact-checking happens, because
52:14once the process
52:16is activated,
52:18there's a system
52:20that sends it out to the respective dojo
52:22shu, and also
52:24the province.
52:26And so, someone is aware
52:28of the
52:30application, and then the facts happen.
52:32And if there's a need to intervene or ask
52:34for additional information, then
52:36we do that. But that's, I'd say,
52:385% of the time.
52:40In 95%,
52:42or at least 90% of the time,
52:44in my experience, having done more than
52:46457 of these now
52:48since I've taken over
52:50as chair,
52:52they work well, and
52:54it's an inclusive type of
52:56process.
52:58And the other thing
53:00we did, that's the next follow-up question, is
53:02I think we removed
53:04the... there was one
53:06clause in there that said
53:08a person could obtain
53:10a Rokudan
53:12with 20 years of experience,
53:14and this is for someone over 65 years
53:16of age. I think
53:18we just eliminated altogether references
53:20to ages, and so
53:22that clause that was in the old one now
53:24doesn't exist. And so
53:26people will just apply
53:28usually or
53:30normally using the syllabus, and then
53:32we will deal with it, these on a
53:34case-by-case basis. So that was the other question that
53:36came up.
53:38Nico, on a
53:40d'autre question?
53:42I
53:44don't see
53:46any N raised.
53:48Thank you very much, James.
53:50Merci beaucoup.
53:52Obviously,
53:54when
53:56as Carl
53:58mentioned it, once
54:00everybody review
54:02the document, if things
54:04come to your mind,
54:06please feel free
54:08to reach out to us by
54:10email or phone call if
54:12it's more
54:14appropriate.
54:16Donc,
54:18comme mentionné auparavant,
54:20s'il y a des éléments que vous
54:22voyez par la suite en lisant le document
54:24qui vous a échappé,
54:26ou si vous avez des
54:28cas vraiment spécifiques,
54:30surtout, je pense,
54:32dans la transition
54:34d'un syllabus à l'autre, I think it's
54:36quite important that the transition
54:38is done smoothly from both
54:40syllabus, and if you have a very
54:42specific situation as
54:44Roberto brought up before,
54:46please reach out to us,
54:48and we'll do everything
54:50we can to accommodate
54:52and make this process
54:54smooth.
54:56Encore une fois,
54:58merci beaucoup
55:00à James,
55:02Kelly et Marisol pour leur travail.
55:04Thank you very much, James,
55:06Marisol,
55:08and Kelly
55:10for their hard work. I think
55:12James mentioned Daniel at the office
55:14worked quite hard
55:16on those hundreds of survey
55:18answers that got in,
55:20so merci beaucoup, Daniel, pour ton travail
55:22aussi, and
55:24of course, get some
55:26rest and enjoy the holidays,
55:28and we will
55:30see you all in
55:322025.
55:34Joyeuses Fêtes à tous!
55:36Un gros merci pour votre
55:38nombreuse participation,
55:40et on se voit
55:42tous en
55:442025. Merci beaucoup.
55:46Merci, bye-bye
55:48tout le monde. Joyeux Noël.