Category: Tournaments

I wanted to congratulate all the competitors at the tournament yesterday.
We only had one person from Spokane Judo walk in front of a judge (Max).
Generally, I think all of our players only need more tournaments to get better.

• John Yen 1st
• Jake Kitterman 2nd
• Joey Bergman 4th(very tough division)
• Lucas Lewis
• Max Lebzak
• Ethan Reynolds
• Paul Bergman
• Elliot Warren

I say it at the dojo, but just to repeat myself, all of these players worked much harder than those of us who didn’t get out there and put their skill to the test!

We need volunteers to help with the tournament next weekend.
This can be working tables, helping with mats or several other jobs.
I will ask each of you tomorrow when you are available to help so have some times available.

I am pleased to announce that John Yen finished 5th in the COLLEGIATE National Championship yesterday. He had the largest division in the tournament and did very well with such a large pool.
In competition, one of the hardest things to do is come back on the mat after a loss and fight to win and John was able to do that quite nicely.

Abe has kindly sent on 3 photos from the 2011 Continental Crown tournament.
His description is:

pictures from continental crown
I found a few pictures from the 2011 continental crown.  They are attached to this email.  One is of Graham and Lucas, one is of me and Graham, and one
is of Akio, Graham, and Sensei John.

Here is the entry form for the tournament here in Spokane next month. I think everyone should compete as it will never get closer to home.

Congratulations to all who participated in the 2011 Continental Crown. Everyone did a very nice job representing Spokane Judo.

• Jaime Kobara
• Cheyenne Neal
• Lucas Lewis – 3rd
• Graham Rocha – 2nd
• Abe Rocha – 1st

Everyone who is attending the 2011 Continental Crown tournament should register on-line at: Continental Crown Registration.

The Continental Crown tournament will be held on 11/5/2011. This is a good tournament and I encourage everyone to attend.
The entry form is here.

Trinity took second at the Budokan tournament on 5/14/2011. She won three of her matches using pins (nothing is more satisfying than making someone lose on the mat). Also Tavares competed and won his first match by ippon. He was then forced to withdraw from the tournament due to injuries. We hope you heal soon Tavares.

On 4/30/2011 starting at 6:00AM, USA judo will be streaming all the matches from one of the mats at the Senior Nationals. To watch, go here.