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The Steveston Judo Club is holding their tournament on Nov. 17 in Canada. This tournament is for yellow belt through blue belt competitors.

the Steveston Judo Tournament Entry Form

The end of summer is upon us and it is time to celebrate (or mourn) the end of the hot practices!
When: Saturday, August 25th, 2:00-6:00
Where: Brett’s mother’s house 2703 E 39th AVE

We’ll have swimming, food and pushups!
Please come (even if you have been skipping practice lately)!
We’re providing food (TBD) and beverages.

The entry form needs to be postmarked by June 8 to avoid the late entry fee ($80 rather than $60). The form is here.
The tournament is at the Spokane Convention Center.
There is a non-black belt waiver that I need to sign so bring it to practice next week and I will sign it.
The important thing is to get your entry (with or without the non-black belt waiver) sent in by Friday.

Anyone who is interested can purchase an ad in the program for the upcoming Junior Nationals here in Spokane. This program will be distributed to between 600 and 800 judo competitors. If you are interested, there is more information here: 2012 JUDO SPONSORSHIP

I have a conflict this weekend and next weekend is Memorial day, so we will be skipping Saturdays until June 2nd.
See everyone Monday at practice.

Congratulations to Jaime on her 3rd place finish in the tournament yesterday.
Nice job!

I wanted to thank Allen, Rich, Anna Marie, and Oleg for their help with putting on the self defense demonstration last night at the WSU Riverpoint campus. I thought the demonstration was quite a success (at least the participants all seemed excited and enthusiastic).
Again, thank you!

I wanted to congratulate all the competitors at the tournament yesterday.
We only had one person from Spokane Judo walk in front of a judge (Max).
Generally, I think all of our players only need more tournaments to get better.

• John Yen 1st
• Jake Kitterman 2nd
• Joey Bergman 4th(very tough division)
• Lucas Lewis
• Max Lebzak
• Ethan Reynolds
• Paul Bergman
• Elliot Warren

I say it at the dojo, but just to repeat myself, all of these players worked much harder than those of us who didn’t get out there and put their skill to the test!

I am pleased to announce that John Yen finished 5th in the COLLEGIATE National Championship yesterday. He had the largest division in the tournament and did very well with such a large pool.
In competition, one of the hardest things to do is come back on the mat after a loss and fight to win and John was able to do that quite nicely.

I just wanted to thank everyone for attending the Christmas party last night. In particular Sensei Marci and Sensei Anna Marie really made the party a success.
Happy holidays to everyone. We will see you on the mat Wednesday (12/14).