Just before the holidays, we held senior promotion testing. In the excitement of over eating and general excess, I forgot to post the results.
They both did a very nice job on the testing. It is rewarding to see students master techniques and refine their judo.
Just a reminder that we will have practice on Thursday 12/28 as usual.
We will also be finishing out the year with a Saturday practice on 12/30 at 9:00 for adults and advanced students.
I hope to see everyone there.
I need to work off the Christmas dinners I consumed! (am I the only one?)
Just a reminder:
I need your information if you are interested in competing this Sunday at the tournament at the Hub.
Please give me a call or come to practice tonight to give me your name, age, rank and so on so I can send them to Joseki.
Joseki Dojo is kicking off the new year with a local tournament.
The tournament is Jan 14 in the valley.
The entry form is here.
I encourage everyone to compete.
In judo the hardest opponent is yourself, but competition helps us push ourselves to improve.
We’ll have judo videos, music, holiday cheer and munchies… feel free to bring what (emphasis on dessert related items) or whoever!
It’ll be great to see all our judo friends off the mat ~or at least out of gis! ☺
Please come!
The flyer for this is 11th Annual Judo Christmas party
For the enthusiastic adults, we will be having practice Saturday morning to work up an appetite for the party. Please come so you have something to brag about during the party.
Lakeland Judo and Joseki Judo did an excellent job of hosting the first in what I hope will become a series of local tournaments to help prepare our local judokas for competition.
Spokane Judo had 4 competitors at the tournament.
All four fought hard and exemplified all of the values of judo:
Isla Gott took 2nd
Alaina Gott took 3rd
Ryan Ruiz competed in a much heavier and older division and did well.
Zoey Yacker fought in her first tournament and defeated a much more experienced player.
Well done everyone!
This Saturday, there is a small local tournament in Athol ID. It is just about an hour drive and I strongly encourage everyone to attend (and most of you should compete). The one thing you can do right now to make your judo better faster is compete! This is your chance to do that.
Also note that there will be Senior divisions so adults should compete as well.
The entry form is here.
If you are not attending the intro to reffing class this Saturday (you should be) we are having adult practice at 9:00 on Saturday.
Hopefully see you there!
An introduction to judo officiating will be presented by Gordon Nelson, Pan American C Referee, on Saturday, November 18, 8am to 3:30pm. The seminar,
organized by JosekiJudo and Lakeland Judo Club, will take place in Spokane, WA.
The waiver is here.
The Entry form is here.
I strongly encourage everyone who can to attend. This is a great chance to deepen your understanding of the rules and make you a better judo competitor and supporter of the judo community.
Congratulations to Myles Freeman on his win last weekend in the Continental Crown. Great Job!
Sensei leigh sent out the following wins for the Pacific competitors:
Hello All,
This weekend, 5 competitors and their family braved the snow and went over to Seattle for the Continental Crown. 5 competitors, 7 medals !
Jadelyn McArthur: This was Jadelyn’s first tournament and she competed in two divisions. She took 2nd and 3rd. She was so much fun to watch! With a
little more competition experience, watch out!
Madison McArthur: This was Madi’s 2nd tournament and she did awesome! She also took 2nd and 3rd. With a little more experience, she will also dominate!
Carter Hughes: Carter placed 3rd! He had a nice transition into a pin and held it for the win!
Tomio Yamada: Tomio placed 1st! He only had one other opponent and beat him twice. Second match was an ippon in 10 seconds!
Akio Yamada: Akio placed 2nd! He was again the youngest in his bracket, but he did awesome against the men, one who was 30 and beat at the buzzer!
The long awaited, much anticipated, never under estimated Saturday practice is back!
Because we have moved, we can now once again offer Saturday workouts.
We will start this Saturday from 9:00-11:00.
This practice is only rendori/drills, not much in the way of instruction.
Teenagers/adults only please.
We would love to have visitors from the other clubs, as long as you have an up-to-date judo registration, come on down!