Congratulations to Mark Darter for being awarded the Intermediate Player of the Year by the Oklahoma Judo Association! Mark was recently promoted to a green belt, and recently won a silver medal at the OK State Championships. Mark was last years Gold medal winner of the State Championships. Mark is a true leader in the OKCDT kids program.

Congratulations to all who competed in the 2004 OK State Judo Championships, and congrats for taking 2nd place as a team! The following kids medaled.

Gold:
Brendan Willoughby
Jason Willoughby
Greg Wiens
Tanner Larson
Cody Hopwood (uncontested)

Silver
Mark Darter
Alex Clark
Stephen Sanders
Isaac Cornelson
Christian Brewer
Austin Hoffman
Daniel Brown
Yuki Hopwood

Bronze
Tristan Brewer

Congrats to the following how competed in the 2004 Winter Training Tournament in Tulsa!

Christian Willoughby-Gold
Brenden Willoughby-Silver
Josh Reid-Silver
Kendra Bussey- Bronze
Steven Sanders-Silver
Issac Cornelson- Silver
Matt Mills- Silver
Jordan Willoughby- Silver (2)
Mike Darter- Gold

The Oklahoma City Law Enforcement Judo team recently competed in the Texas Police Games in College Station, TX. The results include:

Joe Stafford (USA Stars Norman PD)-gold
Mark Wood (OKCDT)-silver
Mike Darter (OKCDT)-bronze

Congrats to all!

The Judo competition of the 2001 World Police and Fire Games included over 150 competitors from over 20 counties. More international players registered for judo than any other sport at the games. The US took a total of 8 medals, as all our OKC team members were beaten before the finals. There were some excellent competitors, and we met some very good people from all over the world. It proved to be a learning experience for all of us. The team consisted of:

Mike Darter
Mark Wood
Tobias Frederick
David Evans
Don Martin

The OKC law enforcement judo team won a total of 7 of the 23 US medals at the International Law Enforcement Games in Cocoa Beach, Florida on 08-11-2000. The tournament consisted of judo, jujitsu and sambo players from eight countries, including USA, Russia, Khazakstan, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy, France, and Hong Kong.

Masters Division:
Mike Darter-bronze (90kg)
Tobias Frederick-bronze(100+kg)

Senior Black belt Division:
Mike Darter-bronze (90kg)

Senior Brown belt Division:
Tobias Frederick-gold (100+kg)
Mark Wood-silver(100+kg)

Women’s Division:
Kerri Nestor-silver
Dana Ryan-bronze

OKCDT recently sent several competitors to the 2000 Texas Police Games, held in Austin, Texas. The following men medaled:

Kyle Eastham-bronze(73kg)
Mike Darter-gold (90kg)
Se Kim-Silver (90kg)
Tobias Frederick-gold100+kg
Mark Wood-silver (100+kg)

Mike Darter recently competed in the 1994 International Law Enforcement Games in Birmingham, AL. He took Silver in the 90 kg, and bronze in the open.

Special thanks to our guest visitors on Saturdays two-a-day practice. Akin and Roland from Dallas Judo, Okuri Judo (Hurst, TX) came up for a great workout, as well as Kyle Dake from USA Stars in Moore. We had a great morning workout, followed by Falcones Italian lunch (which is a great little Italian restaurant next to the dojo if you need a quick fix after practice) then another afternoon technical workout. It was a great share of judo all around, and we would love to have you guys up again anytime. Thanks for the workout!