Spokane Judo

Our first practice was a success at the new location. We had an excellent turn out along with faces we haven’t seen in quite a while.
We hope to see more of our old members at practice as soon as possible.

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!😊

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.

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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.

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!

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,

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!!

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❤️🥋)!!

Happy New Year

We have not yet been able to locate a home for Spokane Judo.
We have several possible options but the holidays made things more challenging.
As a short term option for our members to keep practicing, Pacific Judo has been kind enough to allow our members to join their practices.
Pacific Judo class is Tuesday/Thursday, 6:00-7:00 for kids and 7:00-8:30 for adults.

Hope to see everyone Tuesday at Pacific.

5 competitors from Spokane Judo showed great technique and excellent persistence at the Athol tournament this past weekend!

Syd showed grit and determination at her very first tournament ~ she managed a pin and a throw, using what she learned. Great persistence Syd!

Q had strong matches and took home bronze in 2 divisions ~ well done Q!

Warren’s tournament performance was marked with a *beautiful* Osoto-gari, truly impressive! He took home silver in 2 divisions ~ fantastic!

Nursultan showed fierce spirit as well, capturing gold and silver in his divisions! Excellent!

Aries likewise fought hard and showed strong technique ~ bringing home 1st and 3rd in her divisions! Awesome!

Spokane Judo would like to thank the parents, Hal, and Simpai Chris for supporting/coaching the kids so well!

Warm thanks and appreciation to Sensei Jen for creating this outstanding opportunity for our kids!! Gratitude also to Sensei Leigh from Pacific for all her support!

~ if folks have additional photos, please send them on!