{"id":3933,"date":"2015-09-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2015-09-21T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T16:50:38","slug":"huntsville-dad-to-represent-canada-at-judo-world-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-dad-to-represent-canada-at-judo-world-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville dad to represent Canada at Judo World Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[ratings]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In early 2011, Jeff Allen might have laughed if you told him he would become a national judo champion.<\/p>\n<p>After all, he had never even tried the sport.<\/p>\n<p>It was four years ago, and the young Huntsville dad was looking for an activity he could get involved in to spend some quality time with his then six-year-old son, Lucas.<\/p>\n<p>They picked judo and started training together, for fun. Now Jeff is off to the World Judo Championships.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>What started as an athletic hobby quickly became something more. In Jeff\u2019s first judo competition, mere months after taking up the sport, he threw a heavily favoured and far more experienced brown-belt competitor to the mat. In that tournament, something awoke in the spirited fighter who was just beginning to understand how good he could be.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was it. I was hooked,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n<p>Fast forward three and a half years, where Jeff has continued to progress at a blistering pace, earning over 20 competition medals, his own brown belt along the way and winning a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the Canadian National Championships in Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu in June.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3995\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3995\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3995\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-4-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"For the Allen's, judo was the perfect activity where they could have fun and spend father-son time together\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-4.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the Allen&#8217;s, judo was the perfect activity where they could have fun and spend father-son time together<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of good people around me to train with, and they have shown me a lot,\u201d explains Allen of his success, referring to his training partners at Phil Makela&#8217;s Huntsville Judo Club. In addition to practicing with Lucas, now 10, Jeff also receives guidance from dojo sensei Makela, and legendary judoka Ron Murihead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI learned a lot from my sensei, who is a black belt and does some really good judo, as well as Ron, who is a sixth degree black belt. He\u2019s at a really high level and has been around forever, and is a veteran in the sport for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since becoming a national champion three months ago, Allen has been eager to take his game to the next level against the very best judoka in the world. That journey officially now, as the Huntsville dad boards a flight to the Netherlands where he will be representing his country at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ijfveterans.com\/World-Veterans-Judo-Championships-2015-~-Amsterdam-Holland\/166.html\">World Veterans Judo Championships<\/a> in Amsterdam, which start on September 19.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3996\" style=\"width: 179px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3996\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3996\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-7-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Huntsville Judo Club has Jeff Allen's back - literally!\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-7-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-7.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Huntsville Judo Club has Jeff Allen&#8217;s back &#8211; literally!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud, really happy and honoured to be able to go over and represent Canada in such a huge tournament,\u201d says Allen. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing to go to a national event, but to be able to represent your country, that\u2019s another thing entirely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Competing on the world stage at the highest level of his sport does not come without a significant financial cost, however. Allen has been soliciting support from the community in order to make his dream a reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a family and a busy life it\u2019s hard to find the time to train, and at this level you have to put the time in,\u201d says Allen. \u201cTrying to raise money to get there is a part of it too. It\u2019s a very expensive trip to go over there and compete, but it will be well worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of Allen\u2019s fundraising involved talking to and finding sponsorship from local businesses, beginning right where he worked at Muskoka Auto Parts who became his main sponsor. The support only increased from there, as numerous other organizations around town, Allen&#8217;s home club, and friends and family all contributed to help make Allen\u2019s trip possible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3997\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3997\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3997\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"In less than four years of training, Allen has gone from a judo novice to a national champion\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2015\/09\/Allen.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3997\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In less than four years of training, Allen has gone from a judo novice to a national champion<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBeing from a small community like Huntsville is nice,\u201d says Allen. \u201cEverywhere I go people ask me how I\u2019m doing. Everybody is really helpful and supportive and you get a lot of nice comments, things said to you, encouraging things. It makes it that much more worthwhile.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Allen will be looking to make his hometown proud with a big showing overseas when he competes on Monday, September 21. A live stream of the fights will be available on ippontv.com with the taped versions to air on TV at a later date.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ratings] In early 2011, Jeff Allen might have laughed if you told him he would become a national judo champion. After all, he had never even tried the sport. 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