Halloween! Adult only practice 7-9

Tomorrow is Halloween ~ we’ve decided to cancel the kids’ class to maximize trick-or-treating time🎃 👻😊

Pacific has also cancelled their classes for tomorrow ~ we hope their adults can come to our adults’ practice tomorrow night.

Again, adult practice -tomorrow night (10/31) only~ will start at 7pm ~ hope you can make it!!

Inland Empire Judo Classic!

Spokane Judo players had an *excellent* showing at the tournament yesterday., put on by our friends at Pacific Judo ~

Syd and Aries fought fiercely and brought home bronze 😃

Dan and Tay likewise turned in exceptional performances!👍😃

All divisions were quite tough – our players demonstrated great technique and sportsmanship!!

With much gratitude to Pacific Judo for hosting such a fantastic local event!

Finally! We have a new home!

Hello Spokane Judo! We’re writing with great good news ~ we finally have a new home.

Starting Tuesday, October 1st, we will begin practice in the basement of Manito Presbyterian Church:

401 E 30th AVE (Just west of Grand BLVD).

Until January:

Tuesday practice will be 6:45-7:45 (kids) & 7:45-9:00 (adults); Thursday practice will be 6:30-7:30 (kids) and 7:30-9:00 (adults).

After the New Year, both nights practice will be 6:30-7:30 kids, 7:30-9 adults.

Very sadly, this conflicts with Pacific’s practice. Pacific Judo has been fantastic to our club ~ we are so grateful for the warm welcome they’ve given us these last 10 months. We hope they always feel as welcome to practice with us, so we can return the favor!

Looking forward to seeing you all back on the mat!😊

Post from Pacific Judo

I received the below from Pacific Judo. As they are kind enough to be hosting our players for an indefinite period we would like to support them as much as possible.


Happy Monday,

Hope you all had a nice weekend.

As we gear up for promotions and year end potluck, we would like to have a parent meeting at the dojo on Tuesday, June 4th, during the kids class. The purpose of this meeting is to go over some of the club’s expectations, promotions, upcoming October tournament, etc. It will be a short meeting and I hope everyone can make it.

Adult judo players, we would love to have you join us at this meeting as well. If you can make the meeting at 6pm, it would be much appreciated since we will be relying on our senior judo players to help out at our annual tournament in October.

Awesome showing at Battle by the Lake!!

So proud of all the judoka who showed up and fought hard! Grateful to the folks at Pacific for coaching and guiding our players ~ they’ve really kept us going. Our judoka fought with strong technique ~ 5 brought home bronze (Warren, Nursultan, Stefan, Aries & Sensei Sam); Aries and Marigold also won 2nd and 1st, respectively!

Update on the future of Spokane Judo

Dear Spokane Judo friends,
Despite working quite hard to find a suitable space, the search continues. We expect that we will have more information by summer.  We know that’s a long time, and we too are frustrated.
As you all know, Pacific has been incredibly gracious in letting us practice with them. Because we don’t want to abuse their hospitality, please contact
Sensei Leigh about paying dues until we find a space.  I think their monthly dues are quite similar to ours.
Sensei Leigh’s email is: Pacific Judo EMail

We know this has been very hard on everyone.  Spokane Judo will be back 😊
Thank you for your continued patience,

Rocking’ the Gem State Open!!

In an outstanding show of skill and fierce determination this weekend, Aries brought home the Gold AND Silver!!

From a beautiful O soto into harai combination, seamless transitioning from standing to groundwork and – most importantly from Sensei Brett’s perspective – an awesome and effective shimewaza, Aries excelled!!

Getting the gold 😎
Showing excellent sportsmanship😊
And bringing home additional hardware🙌

We are also so grateful to Pacific Judo Academy for all their support at the tournament (and for permitting us to continue training while we look for a space❤️🥋)!!