Spokane Judo Moving to new Location

Lilac City Fit Body Boot Camp (the people who rent us space) are relocating to just North of the North Town mall.
We are moving with them.
The actual move will be this weekend 7/1-7/2 and our first practice at the new location will be on Thursday July 7.
Our schedule will remain the same.
As a result of this, tonight, 6/30, will be the last practice at our current location.
Hope to see everyone tonight at practice and next week at the new place.
The new address is:
41 E Queen Ave, Spokane, WA

Spokane Judo@Inland Empire Classic

We had an outstanding showing at the Inland Empire Classic!

With our friends from Pacific Judo😊

Four students fought hard in their first tournament – way to go Eli, Deven, Jet & Tay!!

Our competitors carried home many silver and bronze medals ~ all our students made us proud!!

Our judoka: Deven, Eli, Jet (3rd), Josh, Marigold (2nd), Pailie (3rd), Richard (2nd), Ryan (3rd), Rylee (2nd), Sam (2nd), Stefan (3rd), & Tay (2nd). Awesome!😎

Sensei Chris warming up the kids👍
Lined up for opening ceremonies😊

More pics…

Watch Ryan’s match…and Tay’s reaction at the very end😁

I’ll post more later (adults! Send me your pics😊)

Congratulations to Sam Lui

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.

2022 Inland Empire Judo Classic

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.

2022 Inland Empire Information Packet

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.

2022 Inland Empire Information Packet

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.