Category: News

Calli took 1st in the gi division and 2nd in the no gi division today at the BJJ tournament.
All her wins were with arm bars (very nice!).

Just a reminder to everyone that the center is closed on Monday Jan. 16 for the MLK holiday. We therefore won’t have practice.
Wednesday, Jan. 18, is our women’s self defense clinic, so there won’t be a regular class that night either. If all the seniors can come on Wednesday at 5:30 to help, that would really be great.
Also, please keep spreading the word on the self defense clinic, Sensei Rich does a great job and the more people we can get to attend the better.

Spokane Judo is once again hosting a women’s self defense workshop. As always, we are fortunate to have SGT. Richard Gere as the instructor. Sgt. Gere is a defensive tactics / use of force expert for the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office. He is also a defensive tactics master instructor and certified United States Judo Federation self-defense trainer.

WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 18, 5:30-9pm
WHERE: The East Central Community Center (500 S. Stone) in Spokane.
COST: $25/person

This is a great opportunity to learn and practice the latest in self-defense tactics. Hope to see you there!
Questions? call Brett Lewis, 509-995-6434.
A flyer for the event is here.

I just wanted to thank everyone who came yesterday to the party. It was great to see people off the mat and have a little time to talk about things other than judo. It was also nice to meet and talk with the non-judo family members. Hopefully we can convince some of them to join us on the mat!
(and don’t forget all the secret judo techniques we covered!)

This years holiday party is coming up fast. We would love to have everyone there. If you haven’t been able to come in a while this is the perfect opportunity to come back!

When: Saturday, 12/17/2016 3:00-6:00

Where: Brett & Anna Marie’s house (2515 E 39th AVE)

What: Judo related discussion, videos, and food (and did I mention the food!). This is a good time to talk up all the times you got that amazing throw that everyone missed. And as a bonus, we will be teaching all of the secret judo techniques to defeat all the people who aren’t there!

We want everyone to come: if you are an active member, we want you; if you haven’t come in a while, we want to see you; members of Pacific, please come; family members and friends, please come.
We will provide some food, if you want to bring something to share, feel free but it isn’t required (unless your are Sensei Oleg who must bring food).

Just a few unrelated things.

First, we have another new member, Adam. Glad to have him on the mat

Second, last weekend was the Continental Crown tournament in Seattle. Allen went as a referee and passed his test to be a national ref! He can now work as a referee at national tournaments. This is a huge benefit to our club as we now have a current and accurate source of information on the latest rule changes. So any questions we have, Allen is the go to guy!

Finally, at the Continental Crown, Myles Freeman took 2nd in two separate divisions. More importantly, he won his first match with an arm bar! There is always something satisfying about making someone tap out.

The community Center is using the gym for a Halloween event on Monday, so there will be no practice that day. Everyone have a good weekend and Halloween and we will see everyone on Wednesday Nov. 1 at the usual time.

Also, I am really glad to see our new members sticking with judo, it is hard and most people don’t have the discipline to keep coming!

I just wanted to welcome our two new members this week, Peter and James. We are glad to have both of you on the mat.
We have had a lot of new members lately and I am sure I missed welcoming some of you. If so, I apologize, it doesn’t mean anything other than I am at fault.

Hope to see everyone next Monday at practice.

I just wanted to thank all of our members for their help in making the introduction to judo class a huge success. I couldn’t believe all the people we had on the mat. Let’s hope they all come back and sign up.
I was truly impressed with how all our members stepped up and helped the new people.
In addition, I wanted to thank Sensei Aaron Hillaire from Sakuma for his help.

I just wanted to thank all of our members for their help in making the introduction to judo class a huge success. I couldn’t believe all the people we had on the mat. Let’s hope they all come back and sign up.
I was truly impressed with how all our members stepped up and helped the new people.
In addition, I wanted to thank Sensei Aaron Hillaire from Sakuma for his help.