Author: Brett Lewis

I was really pleased with the number of people from our club that attended the tournament last Saturday. All the competitors did well.

Those who didn’t come home with a medal still deserve our recognition for showing up and fighting. Everyone has a bad day now and then. The only solution is train more for the next one!
The next one is in 6 weeks here in Spokane, so come and let’s train hard.

I am happy to post any photos anyone has, please send them on.

All of the seniors did well on their promotion tests. I think all of them particularly enjoyed being the uke for the others!

• Nikyu:

• Michael T Smith

• Sankyu:

• Christopher B Mitchell

• Yonkyu:

• Justin W Pratt
• Jacob T Gott
• David Kelly
• Benjamin A Serr

Chris and Ben Mitchell competed this weekend in Portland. Both of them did very well. Chris took 1st in the Masters division. In addition, Allen Monroe worked refereeing the tournament. All of them definitely made the rest of us at Spokane Judo look extremely good.

Chris and Ben Mitchell competed this weekend in Portland. Both of them did very well. Chris took 1st in the Masters division. In addition, Allen Monroe worked refereeing the tournament. All of them definitely made the rest of us at Spokane Judo look extremely good.

The community center is holding a town hall meeting on Monday in the gym so there will be no judo that night.
See everyone on Wednesday.

Thanks to the generous people at Columbia Dojo, the kata clinic was again outstanding!
Without their willingness to share their knowledge this wouldn’t be possible.
Thank you to everyone at Columbia Dojo who came up and taught the clinic.

Just a couple of photos from the junior promotions last night. I am always pleased by how well the students learn and how hard they work!

There a quite a few upcoming tournaments over the next several months.
Here are the dates and entry forms for several of them.

• Saturday, March 25, 2017, 61st Annual Obukan Judo Shiai and Kata / Onchi Sensei Memorial Tournament
• Saturday, April 15, 2017, 2017 Washington State Championships
• Saturday, May 6, 2017, Seattle Dojo Annual Judo Tournament & Kata Competition
• Saturday, May 13, 2017, 2017 PACIFIC NORTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL & MIDDLE SCHOOL JUDO CHAMPIONSHIPS

This is by far the largest single group of successful promotions we have ever had. All of the diligent instruction and hard work on the part of the students payed off!

Congratulations to all of the following:

• Yellow/Orange:

• Ben Mitchell
• Bayden Serr
• Ryan Ruiz
• Valentine Accursio
• Liberty Accursio
• Zion Accursio

• Yellow:

• Rya Monroe
• Alaina Gott
• Montana Neal

• White/Yellow:

• Caleb Edge
• Tristan Farris
• Terrance Farris
• Isla Gott
• Phoenix Davey