Spokane Judo

The fall has started, school is back in session and judo practice needs you!

If you have been thinking about coming back to judo, or just thinking about starting judo for the first time, now is that time.
Come and see us and get in shape.

You can download the entry form for the Continental Crown tournament on Nov 7 here.

You can register on line at: Continental Crown Registration.
You need to do this by Nov. 4. You must also complete the paper registration form and bring it with you to the tournament.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Just a reminder that the community center is closed for Labor day so no practice today. We will be back on the mat on Wednesday.

James Weed at Newborn Jiu Jitsu Spokane has been kind enough to allow us to come to his club for a workout tonight at 6:30. This is a great opportunity to work on your mat work!

On 8/21 the East Central Community Center put on a National Night out against Crime. This event highlighted all of the services offerred by the center. As part of the event, the Judo club demonstrated a bit of judo.

Thank you to everyone who gave up their Friday evening and helped us out.

The East Central Community Center is sponsoring a “night out against crime” this Friday 8/21 from 6:00-8:30.
More info is here.

As part of this, the judo club will be doing a little demonstration.
Hopefully we can get some more people to join.
We need everyone to come and support the club on Friday.
Even if you have been slacking this summer come and help educate everyone about the joys of judo!

The 2015 RAINIER CUP JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS are on 10/10/2015. The entry packet is here.

There isn’t an entry form yet for the Continental Crown but the dates are 11/6/2015-11/7/2015.
More info should be available at the Continental Crown web site.

Here is the latest tournament schedule I have:
tournament schedule 8-15-2015

Last weekend Aleksi and Sensei Cheyenne went to the monthly tournament at Portland Judo. Both did quite well, Aleksi took 1st in the brown belt division and 2nd in the black belt division. Sensei Cheyenne won both her matches.
Here is some video from Aleksi. Notice the superlative technique he has developed while at Spokane Judo.

On Monday we went over a variation of Seoi nage not seoi otoshi.
Thanks to Sensei Cheyenne for pointing this out.

• Ikkyu:

• Aleksi Lee

• Sankyu:

• Cassidy Freeman

• Green

• Kris Behm

Promoting people for hardwork and excellence is my favorite part of judo!
(And leave it to Aleksi to uphold the fine tradition of skipping practice immediately after being promoted).

Here is an instructional video of Nage No Kata.
We are going to keep working on this over the summer.