Budokan Judo Australian Coach profiles
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Budokan Judo Coaches are among the best in Australia. As Australian Judo coaches, not only have they years of competition and training experience but their commitment and love of the sport of judo is infectious.
Our two main coaches are the husband and wife team of Rob and Kerrye Katz. With over 80 years of Judo between them, promoted to 4th Dan during 2001, and made Life Members of the JFA(NSW) Inc. in 2011, Rob and Kerrye Katz were competitors of some merit in their younger days. Rob medalled at most Senior Men's Nationals between 1982 and 1992 with numerous international representations medalling in Oceania and has trained extensively in Europe and Japan, the longest period being 7 months in 1982. Kerrye's outstanding record includes 11 Senior National titles, and representation at 4 World Championships and the 1988 Olympic Games. Her best performances are 2nd in Pacific Rim and 7th in the Open at the 1987 Worlds. They both have extensive coaching backgrounds - between them, since 1984 they have coached clubs in 3 States and State teams in both NSW and Victoria; in all, well over 10 Junior teams, 4 Young Womens teams, 4 Womens teams, and 3 Mens teams. At National level, Kerrye coached Womens teams to 1995 Pacific Rim, 1997 Worlds, 2001 East Asian Games, and Junior Women to 2002 Oceania. Similarly, Rob has coached the Women's team to the 1987 Worlds, 1988 Oceania and 1988 Olympic Games, and the Mens team to the 1997 and 2001 Worlds. More recently he assisted at the 2011 Cadet Worlds. They declined invitations to be Shadow Coaches for the 2000 Olympics because they were both working for SOCOG and SPOC as Judo Competition Management staff for the Olympics and Paralympics. Rob worked for SOCOG/SPOC for 13 months as the Judo Sport Services Manager, responsible for delivery of the Draw, the results systems, and the competition management systems. He was awarded the IJF Medal of merit in Bronze for his performance. In 2002 he was selected by the OJU to attend the IJF Organisational Seminar in Cairo, Egypt. He was approached to work for the organising committees for the running of the Commonwealth Games Judo competition in Manchester, England, and the 2004 Athens Olympics but declined preferring to concentrate on family and developing Budokan. Rob is an engineer/procurement manager by profession, is currently a National Coach, State Coach (Assistant), President of Budokan Judo Club, was Vice-President of the JFA NSW Board of Management heading the Sport & Technical Sub-Committee, and was on the JFA Inc/EventsCorp Bid Committee for the 2005 World Championships. Kerrye worked for SOCOG/SPOC for 3 months as Field of Play Supervisor responsible for the flow of athletes (and all related checking processes) from the Warm-Up mat to the competition area (and back), is a Sport Science and PE/Outdoor Education graduate who runs her own fitness consultancy business, Progressive Fitness from their Gym at home, and is a teacher at Kingsdene Special School. She is a National Coach, National Junior Women's Coach 2003 and 2006, current NSW State Junior Team Coach, JFA NSW NCAS Co-ordinator, was a long-standing member of the JFA Inc. Sport Science Advisory Committee, and is Treasurer of Budokan. Rob and Kerrye share the role as Coaching Coordinators of Budokan Club. They have 2 boys, Nathan 16 (Sho Dan Belt) who has won two National U/13 titles, a Bronze and Gold respectively at the 2008 and 2009 U/16s Nationals, a Gold in Cadets and Bronze in Junior Men at the 2010 Nationals, Gold in Cadets and Silver in Junior Men at the 2010 OJU Championships, and Gold in Cadets at 2011 Nationals and OJU, Silver in Junior Men and Senior Mens at Nationals and at Junior Men at OJU. He has been on the NTID Squad since 2010; Josh 13 (Brown Belt), won a Silver medal in his first U/13 Nationals in 2008, a Bronze Medal in both U/13s and U16s at the 2009 Nationals, and Gold in the Senior Boys (U/15) Nationals in 2010 and 2011. Rob and Kerrye are ably assisted by Budokan Coaches Dale Keogh, 6th Dan, Level 2 NCAS Coach, former NSW and National Women's Coach, JFA(NSW) Life Member, founding member and Life Vice-President of Budokan, and State Girls (U/16 years) Coach 2002, 2003, and Guido Scholtz, 1st Dan, Level 1 NCAS Coach, who is a long-standing member of Budokan and has also won competitions at State level. |
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 Rob Katz
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 Kerrye Katz
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