Author: Brett Lewis

Best Martial Arts Institute will be hosting an Itsutsu no Kata clinic on Saturday, Sept. 30 in Eugene, OR.

Forms are:
Itsutsu no Kata clinic flyer 2023

Itsutsu no Kata Clinic Registration Form

Judo Kata Clinic waiver

I would like to congratulate the following members on their promotions. They all did an excellent job of demonstrating the skills necessary as well as contributing to the club by helping to teach others.

• Deven Huck: orange
• Aries Flores: orange/green
• Madelina Windishar: yellow

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH, 2023
Ippon Judo Dojo and the Northwest Judo Yudanshakai invite all Judokas to the
2023 Rainier Cup Judo Championships. This regional tournament is sanctioned by
USA Judo, sponsored by Tacoma South Sound Sports, and powered by American Judo.
We thank you in advance for your support and participation, and we look forward to
seeing each of you on the mat!
Tournament Directors: Jason Harai, John Harai, Byron Redditt
Sanctioned By: USA Judo, sanction number: 00407
Tournament Venue: Pierce College (Fort Steilacoom)
9401 Farwest Drive
Lakewood, Washington 98498

The entire information packet is here.

You can register for the tournament here.

We will be closed on Monday Sept. 4. Enjoy the labor day holiday. We will be back on Thursday. See everyone then.
(We will have practice today, Saturday)

Congratulations to Q on his recent promotion to yellow/orange. He did a great job on his test. I hope this is just a continuation of his judo journey.
I also want to wish Q and Hal well on their extended trip to Mexico. I hope all goes well and we see them back soon.

We were delighted to welcome Marcell Mrsan ~ a Pennsylvania member of the judo world.

Marcell, in town for business, joined our practice Monday night ~ he was an awesome addition to a great practice! We hope you come back should travels bring you to Spokane again😊

We were delighted to welcome Marcell Mrsan ~ a Pennsylvania member of the judo world.

Marcell, in town for business, joined our practice Monday night ~ he was an awesome addition to a great practice! We hope you come back should travels bring you to Spokane again😊

We will be back on the mat tonight.
See everyone there.
Come and enjoy the heat!

A reminder, we are taking the week of Aug. 7 off as a vacation.
We will be back on the mat starting on Aug. 14.
I hope everyone has a nice week off and look forward to seeing you back on the mat with a renewed energy and focus!

With much gratitude to Sensei Sam for organizing, and to Mr. Herbert Ho for his beautiful work in creating our new ‘Spokane -“Children of the Sun” – Dojo’ sign. Hope everyone is enjoying a fun and restful summer!