Spokane Judo

Tuesday December 17 will be our last practice for the year. Hopefully everyone can come and get a last good workout for the year. We will be back on the mat on Jan. 7 in 2025.
See everyone on Tuesday.

On Jan. 11 there will be a seminar on the new 2025 rules. I received the below message about this event.
Here is the link for the flyer.
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Brian Toth is participating in the 2025 IJF Referee and Coach Seminar in Istanbul, Turkey this weekend to learn about the new IJF competition rules that will be implemented starting on January 1, 2025. Given that he is learning first hand about the new rules, we thought that hosting a rule seminar as soon as possible is the best chance to give everyone in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska the longest runway to get their students adapted to the new rules.

We would like everyone to save Saturday, January 11, 2025 from 9AM to 4PM at Kentridge High School in Kent, Washington on their calendar so that all Judo NW and Alaska referee, coaches, instructors, and high-level athletes can come together to learn about the rules first hand. By now, I think everyone in the Judo NW and Alaska are already duel or triple members, but for this seminar, everyone attending this event must have an USA Judo or ATJA membership. Here is the link if someone needs the 45-day trial membership https://www.usajudo.com/membership

Attached is the event flyer and online registration link. If anyone has any questions about this event, please let me know.

Thank you!

Calvin Terada
Budokan Dojo

Wanted to let everyone know that we are having practice on Tuesday 11/26. Come and get a workout in before all the eating begins!
Get ready for a guilt free holiday with judo.

Tomorrow is Halloween ~ we’ve decided to cancel the kids’ class to maximize trick-or-treating time🎃 👻😊

Pacific has also cancelled their classes for tomorrow ~ we hope their adults can come to our adults’ practice tomorrow night.

Again, adult practice -tomorrow night (10/31) only~ will start at 7pm ~ hope you can make it!!

Spokane Judo players had an *excellent* showing at the tournament yesterday., put on by our friends at Pacific Judo ~

Syd and Aries fought fiercely and brought home bronze 😃

Dan and Tay likewise turned in exceptional performances!👍😃

All divisions were quite tough – our players demonstrated great technique and sportsmanship!!

With much gratitude to Pacific Judo for hosting such a fantastic local event!

If you are competing on Saturday in the tournament, you need to come to practice on Tuesday. We will be doing weigh ins that evening.
If you aren’t competing, still come to practice and work out.

Here is the link for all the info and registration:
2024 Inland Empire Judo Classic

You can’t beat this tournament for location and Pacific always hosts a great tournament!

Our first practice was a success at the new location. We had an excellent turn out along with faces we haven’t seen in quite a while.
We hope to see more of our old members at practice as soon as possible.

Hello Spokane Judo! We’re writing with great good news ~ we finally have a new home.

Starting Tuesday, October 1st, we will begin practice in the basement of Manito Presbyterian Church:

401 E 30th AVE (Just west of Grand BLVD).

Until January:

Tuesday practice will be 6:45-7:45 (kids) & 7:45-9:00 (adults); Thursday practice will be 6:30-7:30 (kids) and 7:30-9:00 (adults).

After the New Year, both nights practice will be 6:30-7:30 kids, 7:30-9 adults.

Very sadly, this conflicts with Pacific’s practice. Pacific Judo has been fantastic to our club ~ we are so grateful for the warm welcome they’ve given us these last 10 months. We hope they always feel as welcome to practice with us, so we can return the favor!

Looking forward to seeing you all back on the mat!😊

I received the below from Pacific Judo. As they are kind enough to be hosting our players for an indefinite period we would like to support them as much as possible.

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Happy Monday,

Hope you all had a nice weekend.

As we gear up for promotions and year end potluck, we would like to have a parent meeting at the dojo on Tuesday, June 4th, during the kids class. The purpose of this meeting is to go over some of the club’s expectations, promotions, upcoming October tournament, etc. It will be a short meeting and I hope everyone can make it.

Adult judo players, we would love to have you join us at this meeting as well. If you can make the meeting at 6pm, it would be much appreciated since we will be relying on our senior judo players to help out at our annual tournament in October.