Spokane Judo

Category: promotions

Spokane judo rank promotions

  • Honored to Announce

    I am truly honored to announce the promotions of Allen Monroe and Aleksi Lee. Their sustained hard work and dedication has earned them the rank of shodan. I wish I could say things are easier from now on but quite the opposite, we now expect more from them with regard to running the club and contributing to judo.
    Their promotions were definitely deserved as they both exemplify what a shodan should be.

    Allen and Aleksi Promotion

  • Congratulations on their Promotions!

    • Orange/Green:

      • Miles Lewis

    • Orange:

      • Callista Behm

    • Yellow:

      • Elijah Lopez

    • White/Yellow:

      • Eithan Hall

    The testing really demonstrates that these students are beginning to master the fundamental skills in judo. Their promotions are definitely earned.

  • Congratulations on their Promotions

    • White/Yellow:

      • Valentine Accursio
      • Liberty Accursio
      • Zion Accursio
      • Benjamin Mitchell

    All of these students did a nice job on their testing. This is just the first step on a hopefully long road in judo. There is always more to learn.

  • Holiday Party: The Aftermath

    I wanted to thank everyone for coming to the party Saturday. I enjoyed getting a chance to connect with everyone off the mat. We always workout together, but it is nice to let everyone showcase their non-judo personalities.
    Now I just need a way to incorporate pushups into the event!

    I was also very pleased to get an opportunity to present Elijah Lopez with his much deserved promotion to White/Yellow belt. Hopefully we will see him again at practice soon.
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  • Congratulations on their Promotions

    • Orange:

      • Miles Lewis

    • Yellow/Orange:

      • Callista Behm

    • White/Yellow:

      • Elijah Lopez

    The testing for promotion is a good way to make sure that everyone has a thinking understanding of the different techniques. Now the practicing needs to be done to transform that “thinking” into “knowing” so you can execute the techniques without needing to slow down and think about what you are doing.

  • Congratulations on their Promotions

    • 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).

  • Congratulations on their Promotions

    • Blue:

      • Cassidy Freeman

    • White/Yellow:

      • Jameson Faloon

    Both of you worked hard to get where you are. Keep it up.

  • Congratulations on their Promotions

    • Green:

      • Myles Freeman
      • Ethan Reynolds
      • Lucas Lewis

    • Yellow/Orange:

      • Anthony Saley
      • Arthur Saley
      • Miles Lewis

    • Yellow:

      • Callista Behm

    I am continually proud of how much all of you are learning about judo.

  • Promotional Tournament

    This looks like a great opportunity for any brown/black belt to obtain promotion points (or instantly get promoted via Batsugun).
    Basically, you get to fight matches against people of similar rank and you receive 1 point for each ippon and .5 point for each win by wazari.
    Click here for the 2015- Northwest Yudanshakai Promotional Point Tournament form.

  • Congratulations on their promotions

    • Yellow:

      • Anthony Saley
      • Arthur Saley
      • Miles Lewis

    • White/Yellow:

      • Callista Behm