Author: Brett Lewis

Sensei Anna Marie has designed a new judo shirt for Spokane Judo, just in time for the tournament.
We will bring them to practice tomorrow.
The cost is $20 each.
Here is what the shirt looks like:

The best part of being a judo sensei is seeing people learn judo.
The way we mark how much people are learning is through promotions.
The best promotion for me as a sensei is when a student gets their shodan.
This isn’t the end of learning in judo but the beginning, the new rank reflects a student’s sincerity and interest and deserves to be recognized. The black belt is such a recognition.

The tournament is next Saturday.
Make sure everyone is registered by tomorrow (5/23) as we will be doing weigh-ins at practice.
The registration form is here.
The link for payment is here.
Please make sure to come to practice on 5/23 as you need to weigh-in if you are competing.
I will bring a computer to help people register if they haven’t by practice time.
See everyone tomorrow.

Here is the information for the tournament on May 28.
I think everyone should attend. You should come either to compete or come and watch and help out.
Competition helps you focus your judo by making it easy to identify areas you can work on.
Helping at the tournament not only helps out the club hosting the tournament, but will help teach you lots about judo.
You can download the information packet here.
I can’t stress enough how beneficial tournaments are for everyone.

Here is the information for the tournament on May 28.
I think everyone should attend. You should come either to compete or come and watch and help out.
Competition helps you focus your judo by making it easy to identify areas you can work on.
Helping at the tournament not only helps out the club hosting the tournament, but will help teach you lots about judo.
You can download the information packet here.
I can’t stress enough how beneficial tournaments are for everyone.

Just a note that we will not have practice this Saturday, May 14.
I will be out of town.
Workout on your own (it only takes one to do pushups).
Remember the tournament is May 28, so keep training and practice will be back on Monday.

The Seattle Dojo Annual Judo Tournament will be held on Saturday, May 7 at the Boys & Girls Club of Bellevue – Hidden Valley Sport Park!
Online Registration:
https://bit.ly/2022SDtournament
The tournament info is here.

All of our competitors did a great job on Saturday – they not only demonstrated judo, but all of them give it their all!

I can only say I am proud to be your Sensei!

1st Place

• Aries Flores

2nd Place

• Monica Cheptanari
• Pailie Flores
• Marigold Meuer

3rd Place

• Josh Hernandez
• Richard Munoz

Other Competitors

It is easy to say that people who didn’t place didn’t do a good job. However, the other people who competed, Stefan Cheptanari, Rylee Vaughn, and Sam Lui all did great – they worked hard and did judo, their fine efforts just did not turn into wins.

There is always the next tournament!

Our Judoka

…we could not be more proud!😊

Just a reminder that we won’t have practice this weekend as everyone will be competing at the tournament.
Please come and support the team if you aren’t competing.

Battle by the Lake I Judo Tournament

Saturday April 9, 2022
Location:
Coeur d’Alene High School
5530 N. 4th Street
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho