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Family • Photo Restoration • 16 • Taci

September 5, 2015 Gabriel Dusil Leave a comment

• My dad was the men’s judo team leader and the head coach of Lokomotíva Košice throughout the 1960’s. He won a bronze medal in the 1960 junior nationals. As a senior, my dad always advanced to the final rounds in his weight category and typically ended just behind the medalists in 5th or 6th place. Even more difficult, my dad competed in the heavier weight class, to avoid fighting his older brother. In the early 1960’s, weight classes were up to 68kg (my dad’s fighting weight, in his prime), then up to 80kg and finally, 80+ kg. A judoka weighing 60 kg could compete in the 80+ kg category if desired. Everything being equal, typically the lighter fighter was at a disadvantage.

• Judo weight classes have been revised several times over the years. The weight classes were broader than those in boxing (in increments of 3 to 4 kg). So cutting weight by dieting or visiting a steam bath was far less common in judo than in boxing . Competitive tactics consisted mainly of focusing on the opponent’s weaknesses. Coach would shout tips during tournaments, such as which grip to use or throw to try. As residents of Košice, a city with a significant Hungarian minority, many knew a bit of that language, so tips during competition were frequently coded in Hungarian. On one occasion a referee tried to prevent one of the Košice coach’s to speak Hungarian during a match. An opposing coach complained that he did not understand. My uncle told him sharply, “learn other languages!” and he clammed up.

• My father and his teammates trained twice per week, in the original gym. As time passed they had more gym time and had proper judo tatami (the special mats needed to absorb the impact of a judo throw). By this time they trained three or more times per week. Women trained separately from the men. In the 1960’s the judo oddiel of Lokomotíva Košice peaked close to 100 members.

• I miss my dad tremendously. He would have celebrated his 73rd birthday today.

♥ Happy Birthday ♥ Taci ♥

I love you,

• Taci

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Digital Photo Restoration

• 5 minutes 36 seconds

58 - Košice · Vaclav Dusil (Poľnohospodárska Technická Škola) — 58 – Košice · Vaclav Dusil (Poľnohospodárska Technická Škola)

59 - Košice · Vaclav Dusil — 59 – Košice · Vaclav Dusil

• 6 minutes 58 seconds

61 - Slovenský raj · Vaclav Dusil, Zuzana & Robert Dusil — 61 – Slovenský raj · Vaclav Dusil, Zuzana & Robert Dusil

61 - Slovenský raj · Vaclav Dusil — 61 – Slovenský raj · Vaclav Dusil

62 - Jazero Vinne · Vaclav Dusil — 62 – Jazero Vinne · Vaclav Dusil

62 – Brno · Vaclav Dusil & Igor Fridrich

• Postscript by Gabriel Dusil • 2014 October • My dad and Igor Fridrich were best friends. Their friendship has also carried down to the next generation.

66.Feb - Košice · Eva Kendeova, Vaclav & Karol Dusil (neighbour kids) — 66.Feb – Košice · Eva Kendeova, Vaclav & Karol Dusil (neighbour kids)

• Postscript by Eva Dusil • 2014 November • This photo were taken in the yard where Taci lived. It’s the winter of 1966, soon after we started dating (happy memories). The two boys are from the neighborhood and were also judoka that your father taught.

• Documents & Awards

67.Sep.7 - Košice · Document, Vaclav Dusil (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Czech) — 67.Sep.7 – Košice · Document, Vaclav Dusil (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , Czech)

14.Nov - Prague · Vaclav Dusil (sports medals) — 14.Nov – Prague · Vaclav Dusil (sports medals)

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Family • Photo Restoration • 15 • Dusil

August 21, 2015 Gabriel Dusil Leave a comment

• During the communist era very few citizens of the eastern bloc were allowed to travel to the west, except for politicians and sportsmen. Travelling amongst countries such as East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Yugoslavia were allowed. But even that was difficult, since the authorities only allowed travel to the eastern block once every two years. Travel to the west on a Czechoslovakian passport required both a “vyjazdna dolozka” (an “exit visa” granted by the passport police) and an entry visa granted by the western country. Only after receiving the “vyjazdna dolozka” (specific to the country of destination) could the traveler apply for an “entry visa”. In addition, the traveler’s employment manager needed to approve the application.

• Top sportsmen from Czechoslovakia would have a number of STB minders when competing in western countries. STB, or “Štátna tajna bezpečnosť”, is Slovak for “State Secret Security”. Essentially they were the Czechoslovakian equivalent to the Russian KGB. STB minders were present as members of the Czechoslovakian delegation at events such as the Olympics, European or World championships. Despite these minders, some successfully defected to the embarrassment of the communist party – Martina Navratilova (tennis), Václav Nedomanský and Richard Farda (hockey), and many others. In the early 1960’s travel rules and political repression was a bit relaxed. But these political changes were not enough and this led to changes in the communist party hierarchy. It also resulted in the attempted reforms of the new General Secretary, Alexander Dubček, referred today as the Prague Spring. On the 21st of August 1968 the Soviet Union and four other members of the Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia to halt Dubček’s reforms. This meant in a renewed orthodox communist grip on Czechoslovakia for the next twenty years.

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News footage from the 21st of August 1968

• In 1969 my uncle requested travel to Paris, His boss asked what would happen to his children. My uncle lied, saying that his children would stay with their relatives. Essentially he was reassuring his boss that my cousins would remain home as “collateral deposit”. This was sufficient to reassure the authorities that the traveler would not defect. On that basis his manager approved their travel request. My uncle subsequently forged his children into the application. They obtained exit visas from the passport police, and then entry visas into France. Ten days later they “forgot” to return. The rest is history…

• Digital Photo Restoration

http://youtu.be/UeaQTYzbVoE

• 4 minutes 40 seconds

68.Nov - Košice · Gabriel Dusil — 68.Nov – Košice · Gabriel Dusil

• Postscript by Eva Dusil • 2014 October • Gabičko, this a very cute photo when you were about two months old. I still remember Nanika commenting how well you were able to hold your head up. Love you, Mom, with happy memories.

• Postscript from me • 2014 October • I think I could have won the award for the roundest head in Czechoslovakia.

http://youtu.be/MG-rR6oaAXA

• 8 minutes 00 seconds

69.Jan - Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil — 69.Jan – Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil

69.Jan - Kosice · Gabriel & Eva Dusil — 69.Jan – Kosice · Gabriel & Eva Dusil

69.Jan - Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil (cradle) — 69.Jan – Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil (cradle)

69.Jan - Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil (kiss) — 69.Jan – Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil (kiss)

69.Jan - Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil (on Taci's shoulders) — 69.Jan – Kosice · Gabriel & Vaclav Dusil (on Taci’s shoulders)

• Postscript by Eva Dusil • 2014 September • This photo was taken at Slavo Sykorsky’s villa in Košice, where we lived until we left Czechoslovakia in August 1969 and emigrated to Canada. Prior to Slavo’s place we lived in Pepo Vosecky’s apartment for short time. You were about four months old.

• Postscript from me • 2014 September • Look at that little baby… Precious!

69.Apr - Košice · Gabriel Dusil — 69.Apr – Košice · Gabriel & Eva Dusil

• 8 minutes 19 seconds

69.Sep.4 - Košice · Leaving for Paris (#1) — 69.Sep.4 – Košice · Leaving for Paris (#1)

69.Sep.4 - Košice · Leaving for Paris (#2) — 69.Sep.4 – Košice · Leaving for Paris (#2)

69.Sep.4 - Košice · Leaving for Paris (#3) — 69.Sep.4 – Košice · Leaving for Paris (#3)

• Postscript from Eva Dusil • 2014 October • These were taken in Košice on the day before we emigrated. We are at the bus station on our way to Bratislava to catch our flight to Paris the following day. In Bratislava we slept over at a rental apartment with Slavo and Milica Sykorsky. We arrived at Orly Airport in Paris, late in the afternoon on the 5th of September – on Vašek’s birthday. As we landed in France we finally felt free. Our first night was in a university dormatory, since the fall semester had not yet begun. You took your first steps that night. During the trip you had a bad cold, runny nose and fever, but a couple days after arriving in Paris you were fine.■ My father-in-law didn’t know that we were leaving, and later told us he would have informed the authorities.

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Martial Arts • Photo Restoration • 13 • Košice Judo • Memories of Judo, I

August 6, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 4 Comments

• Introduction by Ing. Maria ‘Cuna’ Cabanová • 2005 April 20 • Translation & Editing by Gabriel Dusil

• I started judo in 1961. I was an economic student and my classmate and best friend Erika Mešterová persuaded me to try the sport. At the time our judo facilities were in a small building in Petrov Sad, Košice. We had to share the facilities with the TJ (Telovýchovná jednota) Lokomotíva Košice wrestlers and boxers. The room where we practiced was covered with soft mats, more suited to wrestling than for judo. The building wasn’t heated so in the winter when we came to train, the mats were covered with a layer of frost. We had to wear socks on our feet, otherwise our feet would freeze. In such cold facilities no one took it easy during training. Everyone wanted to warm up quickly with a lot of movement. After training we showered under ice-cold water.

• After completion of the indoor swimming pool in Košice in 1963, our building became part of the swimming community, so we no longer had a place to train. In early September the team organized a march in the center of town with a goal to find a new gym. The event was a success and for some time we rolled around in Room 4 of the Technical University’s dormitory on Vysokoškolska ulice (street). Later we moved to the school gymnasium on Gemerská street. We also bought our own mats, ordered by Robert Dusil somewhere in Bohemia. The training facilities weren’t only for judoka so we only had a few reserved hours each week. The girls needed to train with the boys. Men trained under the guidance of Vašek and Robert Dusil, and the girls were under the leadership of Karol Dusil. Each workout started with laying the mats and stretching the canvas.

• The following school year we moved to the Cadets facilities on Komenského ulici. There we had separate training from the boys, and never trained with them again. In later years we also trained on Podhradová. When I first arrived, the girls were trained by Juraj Mazánek, aka. Hoszu. After a short time he was replaced by Dušan Halász, who we called Marmot. When he departed to military service Karol Dusil took over. Kajo, as we all called him, gave his entire soul to coaching. The first championships titles for Czechoslovakia were awarded to Julka Tóthová in Nuremberg, Germany in 1962 (Unfortunately she is no longer among us). Next champions were Božena Glaubicova-Mikušákova and Hanka Demáčkova in Košice in 1966. The most successful year for women’s Košice judo was in 1967. The Czechoslovakian championship that year was held in Žilina. Winning in their weight classes were Juca Ujjobbágyova, Erika Tordová-Királyová, Valika Zelenayová-Záhradníková and Maja Polončáková. In 1968 in Prague, additional championship titles were won by Milka Kojecká-Mišková and Božena Glaubicova. Gold metals were also awarded to Marta Ujjobágyová and Magda Antolíková. At that time, Košice women’s judo was the best team in Czechoslovakia. In 1968 in Košice took first place in the unofficial national championships. Kajo trained the women until he immigrated to Canada in September 1969.

• Košice Judo

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• Digital Photo Restoration

• 5 minutes 51 seconds

62 - Košice · Pepo Vosecky, Ivan Krizko, Mato Mohr, Robert, Vaclav Dusil & Csaba Kende — 62 – Košice · Pepo Vosecky, Ivan Krizko, Mato Mohr, Robert, Vaclav Dusil & Csaba Kende

62 - Košice · Pepo Vosecky (judo flip) — 62 – Košice · Pepo Vosecky (judo flip)

61 - Nitra · Edo Novak, x, x, Robert & Vaclav Dusil, Joe Nalevanko, (judo) — 61 – Nitra · Edo Novak, x, x, Robert & Vaclav Dusil, Joe Nalevanko, (judo)

61 - Košice · x, Halasz, x, Jozef Grusecky, Nalevanko, Kende, Nyaryas, Ivan Spisak, Juraj Mazanek, Vlado Babilonsky, Pavel Petrivalsky, x, x, Urban, Vojtech Agyagos, Laco Hluchan, x, Vaclav & Robert Dusil — 61 – Košice · x, Halasz, x, Jozef Grusecky, Nalevanko, Kende, Nyaryas, Ivan Spisak, Juraj Mazanek, Vlado Babilonsky, Pavel Petrivalsky, x, x, Urban, Vojtech Agyagos, Laco Hluchan, x, Vaclav & Robert Dusil

61 - Košice · Sano Drabcak, Edo Novak, Vaclav & Robert Dusil — 61 – Košice · Sano Drabcak, Edo Novak, Vaclav & Robert Dusil

61 - Košice · Juraj Bialko, Erika Mesterova-Dusilova, x, x, Joe Nalevanko, x, x, x, Vaclav Dusil (station) — 61 – Košice · Juraj Bialko, Erika Mesterova-Dusilova, x, x, Joe Nalevanko, x, x, x, Vaclav Dusil (station)

60 - Košice · Joe Nalevanko, Vaclav, Robert Dusil, Ludvik Wolf, Juraj Mazanek & Ladislav Magyar (judo dojo) — 60 – Košice · Joe Nalevanko, Vaclav, Robert Dusil, Ludvik Wolf, Juraj Mazanek & Ladislav Magyar (judo dojo)

• Documents & Articles

66.Jun.18 - Košice · Vaclav Dusil (judo Article, Rudé Právo, Lokomotivy VSŽ Košice) — 66.Jun.18 – Košice · Vaclav Dusil (judo Article, Rudé Právo, Lokomotivy VSŽ Košice)

68.Dec.10 - Bratislava · Vaclav Dusil (Article, Šport Bratislava, Judisti Lokomotiva Košice do 1. ligy) — 68.Dec.10 – Bratislava · Vaclav Dusil (Article, Šport Bratislava, Judisti Lokomotiva Košice do 1. ligy)

69.Jun.26 - Košice · Vaclav Dusil (Article, Večer, Žiakom dosť mužom málo) — 69.Jun.26 – Košice · Vaclav Dusil (Article, Večer, Žiakom dosť mužom málo)

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Education • Photo Restoration • 11 • Googičko • School

July 12, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 1 Comment

• Here is my beautiful sister growing up – from kindergarten all the way to her high school graduation. As with anyone with a younger sibling, I will always look at our Googičko as my little sister. Well, she’s not so little anymore. She’s a business woman. She’s a wonderful mother. She’s an accomplished artist. She’s trains in mixed martial arts (MMA). Oh ya,… and she’s beautiful. I couldn’t ask for a better sister!

♥ Happy Birthday ♥ Googičko ♥

I love you,

• These days, my sister runs her own business.

• Digital Photo Restoration

• 8 minutes 33 seconds

Alica Dusil (Class photos, Holy Rosary & Aldershot High School '80-'92) — Alica Dusil (Class photos, Holy Rosary & Aldershot High School ’80-’92)

80 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, kindergarten)	81 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 1)	82 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 2)
83 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 3)	84 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 4)	85 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 5)
86 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 6)	87 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 7)	88 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Holy Rosary, grade 8)
89 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Aldershot High, grade 9)	90 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Aldershot High, grade 10)	91 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Aldershot High, grade 11)
	92 – Burlington · Alica Dusil (Aldershot High, grade 12)

Family

Family • Photo Restoration • 10 • Taci

June 11, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 1 Comment

• Introduction by Eva Dusil • Editing by Gabriel Dusil • 2015 March

• During Christmas of 1965 I met Vašek. He was in his fifth year of university in the same veterinary program as myself. He had a great influence on my performance and always pressured me to do better. We studied together and went on dates as much as school permitted. The following year he graduated and then his compulsory military duty awaited him. Vašek and I got engaged in December of 1967 while still serving his military duties.

• Your father was an excellent surgeon. Taci was the best student in his class and the only one to finish with honors. For Vašek it was absolutely essential that he finished university with a red diploma. By the time he graduated, both of his brothers had finished their studies and also received red diplomas. The difference was that your father was the only one in his class that graduated with honors, whereas in engineering there were several students that completed that distinction.

• Taci was a great communicator and had a lot of charisma. Our clients liked him very much. He had an inherent view into the hearts of people, and that allowed him to be very compassionate and empathetic. Together we built a successful veterinary practice. He was ambitious and competitive, but not because he wanted to prove he was better than others – throughout his life his biggest competitor was himself, and the struggles he had with his own ego.

• Taci died 34 years ago today. We miss him tremendously.

• Digital Photo Restoration

• 6 minutes 47 seconds

70 - Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (Hyde Park Zoo) — 70 – Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (Hyde Park Zoo)

71 - British Colombia · Vaclav Dusil (lifting bolder) — 71 – British Colombia · Vaclav Dusil (lifting bolder)

74 - Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (reading) — 74 – Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (reading)

74 - Guelph · Vaclav Dusil (jumping into Rockwood falls #1) — 74 – Guelph · Vaclav Dusil (jumping into Rockwood falls #1)

74 - Guelph · Vaclav Dusil (jumping into Rockwood falls #2) — 74 – Guelph · Vaclav Dusil (jumping into Rockwood falls #2)

76 - Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (Banjo) — 76 – Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (Banjo)

76 - Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (playing the Banjo) — 76 – Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (playing the Banjo)

76 - Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (happy) — 76 – Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (happy)

76 - Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (opening champagne, restored) — 76 – Burlington · Vaclav Dusil (opening champagne)

78 - Vaclav Dusil (party drink) — 78 – Vaclav Dusil (party drink)

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Family • My Beautiful Boys

May 21, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 1 Comment

Family • My Beautiful BoysFamily • My Beautiful Boys

• Maybe it’s because I’m an engineer at heart. Throughout my whole life I found beauty in numbers. When studying physics in university I got to a point in advanced mathematics where the line between science and art began to blur. I wanted to create this post to demonstrate how it is possible to find incredible symmetry in numbers, that are directly connected to those who we love the most.

• Children are the light of our lives. They give meaning to our existence. There is nothing more important to me than Matias & Lucas. My boys are special, but I didn’t realize how extra special they were until I wrote their birth dates for the first time. Here is a short video to Illustrate those two awesome days in my life.

• Be sure to watch in full screen by clicking the icon in the lower right corner of the video.

Matias & Lucas, Daddy loves you 🙂

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Martial Arts • Kickboxing at TapouT • 3 • Alica & Gabriel

May 7, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 1 Comment

• In December of 2014 I surprised my sister by coming home for Christmas. While in Burlington, Ontario, Canada I had the privilege to train with Alica at the local TapouT MMA gym, Tapoutburlington.com. This is the third of four workouts we had together. In this session we worked on some kicking drills, spinning back-fist, and weight distribution. We added in strength & conditioning, core strength, and cardio exercises for good measure. Check out the video below.

• I love my sister, and I’m very proud of her. She is an accomplished artist, and has her own company offering Landscape Design & Horticulture services, you can find her website here: DusilDesign.com. I love you, Ali 🙂

• Martial Arts

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• 7 minute 55 seconds

• Ferus Fitness Fight Club in Burlington, Ontario, Canada

• This training methodology is straight from the workout sessions of Karel Ferus, who runs his own fitness club in Prague. Details can be found at fffc.cz or https://www.facebook.com/www.ferus.cz. If you live in Prague, or plan to visit sometime in the future, feel free to come and train with us. If you are interested in strength & conditioning, core strength, improving your cardio, or just want to learn some self defense, then come by. For more details then feel free to leave me a comment below.

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Family • Photo Restoration • 8 • Kende

April 23, 2015 Gabriel Dusil Leave a comment

• Introduction by Eva Dusil • Editing by Gabriel Dusil • 2014 October

• My mother, Valeria Kendeova, was the shining light in our family. I sometimes wonder where her strength and vision came from, since most of her life she suffered ill health. My mother contracted scoliosis as a teenager. This was due to malnourishment while attending private school in Budapest. When she came home for the summer holidays her mother noticed she had bowed legs, due to the onset of rickets. Valeria told her parents that she was always hungry at boarding school, but they didn’t believe her. Malnutrition at the school later manifested into scoliosis. The curvature of my mother’s spine worsened when she started to work as a clerk – sitting all day at a typewriter. The fact that my mother had a job was considered an achievement. Most women in post-war Czechoslovakia were homemakers. Valeria’s employment was further challenged by the fact that her Slovak wasn’t very good. Her mother tongue was Hungarian, and she also spoke German fluently. My mother also learned French while attending boarding school in Belgium. When the grandchildren were born my mother’s nickname became “Nanika”. This is from the Hungarian, “nagymama”, or grandmother. My mom was the one that guided me to getting a good education, and to strive for post-secondary studies. She allowed me to be independent.

• My father, Stefan Kende’s nickname was “Nadapi”, for the grandchildren. This was taken from the Hungarian “nagyapa”, or grandfather. My father wasn’t involved in nurturing me. Maybe it was different for my older brothers – Csaba who was twelve years my elder, and Attila was seven years older. Stefan had a reputation as an intellectual in our community. He worked as an antique book expert in Czechoslovakia – one of only three experts in the country, who would appraise old books throughout the state. This service was mainly for private libraries, collectors, and antique stores. My father was also a champion chess player – certainly one of the top ten best players in Czechoslovakia. Stefan would finish work at 18:00, come home for supper, then go to the café at Hotel Slovan to play chess. Nadapi played with a group of friends for one koruna per game (about five Canadian cents in today’s exchange rate). With their colorful game commentary they entertained onlookers. He also played in regional and national chess matches. He was a well known chess champion in Košice.

• Kende

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69.Dec.24 - Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende — 69.Dec.24 – Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende

70.Apr.7 - Košice · Stefan Kende's birthday — 70.Apr.7 – Košice · Stefan Kende’s birthday

• Postscript from my Mom • 2014 October • This photo was taken on my father’s 71st birthday.

70.Dec.24 - Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende — 70.Dec.24 – Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende

70 - Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende — 70 – Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende

70 - Košice · Stefan Kende, Valeria Kendeova — 70 – Košice · Stefan Kende, Valeria Kendeova

• Postscript from my Mom • September 2014 • This is a photo of my Mom and Dad, taken in Kosice, at their home on Krmanova 3, Kosice, shortly after we emigrated to Canada.

71.Jul - Košice · Stefan Kende — 71.Jul – Košice · Stefan Kende

71 - Košice · Stefan Kende — 71 – Košice · Stefan Kende

71 - Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende — 71 – Košice · Valeria & Stefan Kende

73 - Košice · Stefan Kende — 73 – Košice · Stefan Kende

74 - Bardejov · Stefan & Csaba Kende (Bardejovské Kúpele) — 74 – Bardejov · Stefan & Csaba Kende (Bardejovské Kúpele)

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Martial Arts • Photo Restoration • 7 • Košice Judo

April 9, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 5 Comments

• Czech judo started in the 1930’s. Slovak judo started in 1954, in Bratislava, by Ing. Robert Binder. One year later, judo was established in Košice by Ladislav Magyar. In 1959 Mr. Magyar left and my dad, Vaclav (Vašek) Dusil, was elected to lead the judo “oddiel” of Lokomotíva Košice. The Dusil brothers continued to build on the foundations laid down by Ladislav Magyar. Judo in Košice had steady growth throughout the 1960’s, mainly due to the efforts of Lokomotíva Košice.

• Slovak men won very few medals in the 1950’s and 1960’s at the national level. The Czechs had a twenty year head start on the Slovaks, so the conditions to improve their skills were more developed. The bigger cities on the Czech side of the country meant more judokas, more and better training facilities & coaches and a higher level of competition. Women’s judo, on the other hand, started in the 1950’s in both Czech and Slovak parts of the country, so the gap in the skill levels was much smaller, if any. In the early 1960’s Bratislava dominated women’s judo on a national level. They captured around 50% of the all medals available (six in weight categories across junior and senior age categories, and one for open competition, where there are no weight restrictions).

• In the 1960’s the top countries at the European level were France, Germany, the Netherlands and later the Russians (who “converted” to judo from their version of Sambo, “Samozaschita Bez Oružija”, meaning “self-defense without a weapon”). Czechoslovakian judoka won a few silver and bronze medals in European championships from time to time. In the 2004 Olympic games, in Athens, Greece a Slovak judoka, Jozef Krnáč won an Olympic silver in the 66kg division.

• Košice Judo

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• Digital Photo Restoration

• 3 minutes 29 seconds

60 - Košice · Robert & Vaclav Dusil — 60 – Košice · Robert & Vaclav Dusil

• 3 minutes 59 seconds

61 - Košice · Vaclav Dusil performing uchi mata 内股 on Robert Dusil (restored #b) — 61 – Košice · Vaclav Dusil performing uchi mata 内股 on Robert Dusil

• This is my dad performing uchi-mata (内股) on my uncle Robert – Photographed in their training facility. It has since been torn down.

Article - medzi mužmi v kimonách — Article – medzi mužmi v kimonách

Article - Judisti TJ Lokomotívy Košice — Article – Judisti TJ Lokomotívy Košice

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61 - Brno · Vaclav Dusil, Juraj Bialko, Juraj Mazánek, Robert Dusil, Ivan Spišák, Joe Nalevanko, Erika Mesterova-Dusilova, Julka Tothova, Milka Matuchova — 61 – Brno · Vaclav Dusil, Juraj Bialko, Juraj Mazánek, Robert Dusil, Ivan Spišák, Joe Nalevanko, Erika Mesterova-Dusilova, Julka Tothova, Milka Matuchova

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61 - Nitra · Vaclav & Robert Dusil — 61 – Nitra · Vaclav & Robert Dusil

• This photo was taken at an open air tournament in Nitra, Slovakia. The men’s team beat the local team in the finals.

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63 - Košice · Vaclav Dusil (Regional Senior Championship, restored) — 63 – Košice · Vaclav Dusil (Regional Senior Championship)

• In this photo my dad is holding his gold medal and diploma for winning the regional senior championships in both under 70kg, as well as the open class (no weight restrictions).

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Article - Tri Tituly Dusilovcov — Article – Tri Tituly Dusilovcov

72.Oct.4 - Brampton · Daily Times, With Only A Few Pointers From Dad — 72.Oct.4 – Brampton · Daily Times, With Only A Few Pointers From Dad

• My dad and I were featured in the local Brampton, Ontario, Canada newspaper. I am photographed here at four years old “throwing” my dad with a Seoi-nage (背負い投げ, or shoulder throw). I vaguely remember this day. Training had finished, and the dojo was dark. We were at the entrance with the newspaper photographer. My dad jumped over me a few times, and it seemed that the photographer wasn’t satisfied. So my dad asked me to hold onto my arm as he jumped over me. And there we have it – a beautifully staged Seoi-nage!

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Martial Arts • Kickboxing at TapouT • 2 • Alica & Gabriel

March 12, 2015 Gabriel Dusil 7 Comments

• In December, I surprised my sister by coming home for Christmas. While in Burlington, Ontario, Canada I had the privilege to train with Alica at the local TapouT MMA gym, Tapoutburlington.com. This is the second of four workouts we had together. On this day we did some strength and conditioning, then we worked on a lot of sparing techniques, and had some fun with Jiu Jitsu. We also did loads of strength & conditioning with a lot of emphasis on core strength. Check out the video below.

• I love my sister, and I’m very proud of her. She is an accomplished artist, and has her own company offering Landscape Design & Horticulture services, you can find her website DusilDesign.com, here. I love you, Ali 🙂

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• Ferus Fitness Fight Club in Burlington, Ontario, Canada

• These workouts are straight from the training sessions of Karel Ferus, who runs his own fitness club in Prague. Details can be found at fffc.cz. If you live in Prague, or plan to visit sometime in the future, feel free to come and train with us. If you are interested in strength & conditioning, improving your core strength and cardio, or just want to learn some self defense, then come by for a lesson. For more details feel free to leave me a comment below.

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• Introduction by Ing. Maria ‘Cuna’ Cabanová • 2005 April 20 • Translation & Editing by Gabriel Dusil

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