Judo Club Wiesbaden 1922

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The Judo Club Wiesbaden 1922 e. V. (JCW 1922) counts with the 1st German Judo Club e. V. Frankfurt am Main and the first Berlin Jiu-Jitsu club , which were all founded in 1922, are among the three oldest judo clubs in Germany. It is also the largest judo club in the Hessian Judo Association (HJV).

history

The Judo Club Wiesbaden was founded by the police officer Otto Schmelzeisen in 1922 as the Jiu-Jitsu Club Wiesbaden. Accordingly, at first only Jiu-Jitsu - also competitively - was practiced. It was not until 1926 that the German athletes came into contact with judo as part of the German Combat Games in Cologne, which was demonstrated by a Budokwai team led by Gunji Koizumi . In addition, there was a city battle between Wiesbaden-Frankfurt and London, in which judo was also practiced. This was the hour of birth of the sport of judo in Germany, which was initially still considered a Jiu-Jitsu competition, but was later recognized as a separate martial art. Due to the early founding date, the Judo Club Wiesbaden is now together with the 1. Deutscher Judo Club e. V. Frankfurt am Main and the first Berlin Jiu-Jitsu club, the oldest judo club in Germany and thus a pioneer of this sport in Germany. In 1929 the businessman Carl Lahr became the first chairman of the association, then the dentist Paul Wehner took over.

Schmelzeisen continued to run the association during the Third Reich . He joined the NSDAP in 1938 , was a member of the SA from 1935 to 1941, was a member of the Reichsbund for physical exercises throughout its existence and was also a judo district chairman. Judo also became more professional at that time, as it was incorporated into the specialist department for heavy athletics by the Reich Association for Physical Education . In 1934 the first individual judo championships took place in the Kristallpalast Dresden . In 1937 Wiesbaden and Frankfurt competed in London and defeated the Budokwai team for the first time. The judo summer school took place for the last time in 1939, after which competition and training operations were discontinued due to the war.

After the Second World War , Judo was banned by the Allies . Molten iron went through the denazification process and was classified as a follower. In 1947 he was recognized as unencumbered as part of the Christmas amnesty. After the exercise was allowed again in 1948, Schmelzeisen, who headed the club until 1954, rebuilt the club. In 1950 it got its current name. In 1951 the JCW organized the first major judo event in West Germany after the war. This took place in the Kurhaus . The then President of the International Judo Federation , Risei Kano , arrived . This is the son of Jigoro Kano , who is considered the founder of modern judo. At the end of the 1950s, the association offered its first self-defense courses.

In 1955 Franz-Josef Gresch joined the club as the new sports manager. At that time Gresch was one of the leading judokas in Germany and made sure that the Judo Club Wiesbaden became one of the founding clubs of the Hessian Judo Association (HJV) founded in 1956. Then there was Werner Heim . The two were also leading figures in the German Dan College and contributed significantly to the development of the Ju-Jutsu . Heim took over the newly founded karate dojo in 1965. In 1965, a new training facility was also opened at the Gutenberg School . In 1966, Aikido and Kendo were added as separate branches. In 1966, the first major Budo event was organized as part of this newly founded division. With the development of the Ju-Jutsu, a further division was introduced in 1968.

In 1970 the judo club's men's team qualified for the Judo Bundesliga . Since then she has been continuously represented in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga. In 1973, 1981, 1982 and 1998 she took third place in the 1st Bundesliga. The women's team made it to the first Bundesliga in 1991. She stayed there until 2005 when she was withdrawn for financial reasons. She has been back in the Bundesliga since 2012.

In 1972, the Riedberg School was added as a second training facility with permanently laid mats. In 1973 the association had 1,000 members, with the youth sector accounting for the majority with 70 percent. Since 1975 the association has had the additional title of professional association for budo sports . There was also Kyūdō . In 1975 Schmelzeisen was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class .

In 1989 the company moved to the sports hall on Konrad-Adenauer-Ring. The 370 m² practice room was named Otto Schmelzeisen Dojo in 1997 to commemorate the founder of the association. In 1995 the association was awarded the Green Belt for exemplary promotion of talent in the Dresdner Bank association . In the years between 1995 and 2005 the club found itself in financial difficulties, in particular due to the financial burden of participating in the Judo Bundesliga. As a consequence, sponsors had to be found. In addition, the women's team left the Bundesliga.

In September 2003 a judo group for mentally and physically handicapped children, adolescents and adults was founded under the title "Judo with Handicap". The Judo Club cooperates with the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in the context of the optional subject of disabled sports .

In 2009 there were 780 members of the association, 370 of them were assigned to judo. The next two branches are ju-jutsu before karate. In the same year Horst Köhler's former President Rudolf Sanner was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz).

A special cooperation takes place with the EBS University of Economics and Law (EBS), the so-called "Budo scholarship", a sports scholarship for senior athletes who are interested in studying law and business administration .

Current sports

Various sports are practiced today within the Judo Club Wiesbaden 1922:

Former sports

Well-known athletes

Over the years, the Judo Club Wiesbaden produced a number of athletes in 1922 who were nationally and internationally successful.

Judo

  • Jürgen Grasmück (German champion)
  • Martin Grasmück (multiple German champion, junior European champion 1995, 3rd junior world championship 1994, student vice world champion 2000)
  • Franz-Josef Gresch (founder of the modern Ju-Jutsu)
  • Werner Heim (founder of the modern Ju-Jutsu)
  • Jürgen Hoffmann (multiple German champion, European junior champion 1986, 3rd junior world championship 1986, former coach of the Bundesliga team, former Hessian state coach and coach of the state performance base Wiesbaden)
  • Albert Michel (German Police Master, 3rd European Police Championships 1968)
  • Patric Nebhuth (multiple German champion, 2nd junior European championships 1993, student vice world champion 1996 and 1998, former coach of the Bundesliga team)
  • Rene Pomerelle (European Champion, 3rd World Championships 1968)
  • Werner Ruppert (four-time German champion, former national coach)
  • Rudolf Sanner (multiple German champion, former president of the JCW)
  • Cornelia Weiß (3rd European Championships 1975)
  • Alexander Wieczerzak (World Champion 2017, 3rd European Championships 2015, Junior World Champion 2010)
  • Christina Faber (Vice European Champion U23 and U21 2018, German Champion U21 2018)

Ju-Jutsu

  • Mario Staller (two-time world champion)
  • Peter Morgner (two-time world champion)

karate

  • Marwick Foot (German Champion)

Publications

  • Jugend aktuell , newspaper of the youth department from 1980 to 1984
  • KIAI , club newspaper from 1989 to 2002

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Kauer-Berk: Over 50 years of the HJV. Hessian Judo Association, accessed on May 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Achim Dreis: Judo Club Wiesbaden 1922 eV in the Wiesbaden city dictionary. Wiesbaden.de, accessed on May 6, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Manfred Gerber: Judo Club Wiesbaden has namesake Otto Schmelzeisen checked. (No longer available online.) Wiesbadener Kurier , August 27, 2013, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 6, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wiesbadener-kurier.de  
  4. ↑ a b c d The history of the JCW. (No longer available online.) Official website, archived from the original on September 4, 2012 ; accessed on May 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jcw.de
  5. ↑ History of Jiu-Jitsu in Germany. Jiu-Jitsu combined match Robert Henrich Oberursel, accessed on May 6, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Judo with handicap. Official website, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Budo grant. Official website, accessed May 6, 2017 .
  8. ↑ Jugend aktuell in the German National Library
  9. ↑ KIAI in the German National Library