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  • Battle by the Lake

    The Battle by the Lake Judo Tournament, Saturday, April 25, 2020

    Coeur d’Alene High School
    5530 N. 4th Street
    Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815. 

    Online Registration and Payment only

    • Single Entry Fee $40.00 + $2 handling fee: here
    • Double Entry $65.00 + $2 handling fee: here

    Waivers and Black Belt Certification forms are included at the registration sites.
    Weigh-in at your declared dojo; head sensei must submit full roster to
    lakelandjudoclub@gmail.com
     by midnight, April 21.
    No walk up entries will be accepted.
    9:00am   Referee and Coaches’ meeting
    9:45am   Opening Ceremonies
    10:00am Competition Begins
    Hotel accommodations at Triple Play Resort Hotel & Suites, 151 W. Orchard Ave., Hayden, ID  208-772-7900, Code:  Judo
    If you have any questions, please contact Lakeland Judo Club,
    lakelandjudoclub@gmail.com

  • 64th Annual Obukan Judo Shiai & Kata/ Onchi Sensei Memorial Tournament

    Obukan is pleased to invite you to our 64th annual tournament on Saturday, March 21st (Kata – Friday, March 20th) at the beautiful PCC Cascade campus gym! 

    We are looking forward to seeing you all and having an amazing tournament! 

    So, please join us for the 64th Annual Obukan Judo Shiai & Kata/ Onchi Sensei Memorial Tournament! This year starts our journey towards 100 years of doing
    judo in Portland, Oregon. Opening our dojo doors in 1926 and being visited twice by Jigoro Kano Shihan. With you we are all keeping the judo traditions
    alive. We look forward to seeing you and your awesome judo on March 21, 2020.  So mark your calendars and help us start our 6 year journey towards 100! 

    registration info

  • Congratulations to Alaina

    Alaina recently competed in a tournament in Germany (taking bronze!).
    Here is a blog post about it: Alaina’s trip to Germany

    All her hard work definitely was worth it.
    I look forward to writing many more posts like this one!

  • The whole of France is in shock!’ Judo legend Teddy Riner loses for first time in 10 YEARS and 154 BOUTS

    You can read the story here:
    here

    I also found this:
    How To Beat Teddy Riner

  • Judo Counters & Combinations

    You all have been listening to me go on and on about the importance of counters and combinations. Today Mike asked about combinations and I thought instead of me saying again that I think combinations are important, I would just post a link to this excellent resource.
    This gives a nice list of techniques, with setups, follow-ups, and counters.
    Memorize all of these and you will be fine.
    The list is here.

  • 2020 WA State Championships

    The 2020 Washington State Judo Championships will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Kentwood High School, 25800 164th Ave. SE, Covington, WA  98042,
    presented by Seatte Dojo.  Registration instructions and satellite weigh-in details are here. 
    Registration for shiai and kata competitors is online
    exclusively and the deadline is 11:55pm on Wednesday, February 19, 2020. 
    The registration link is here.

    Deadline:  11:55pm, Wednesday, February 19, 2020
    If you have registration/weigh-in/shiai questions, please contact Leslie Mizuki-Lo,
    watercastle@comcast.net  
    If you have kata questions, please contact Karen Nagai,
    nagaiky@comcast.net

    Here is a link to the latest registration forms which includes the waiver.
    2020 WA State Entry Packet(V3)

  • Alaina Competing in Germany

    On Feb. 8, Alaina will be at the German Open competing. After the tournament there is a 2 day training camp.
    I am sure she will do an excellent job representing Spokane Judo.
    If you are interested in more information about the event, it is here.
    Attending these types of events is expensive. If you can help her out, she has a GoFundMe pagehere.
    Best of luck to Alaina.

  • Canceling Practice

    We are canceling practice on Sat. 1/11/2020. The weather is just too bad. See everyone Monday night.

  • Latest Tournament Schedule

    Here is the latest tournament schedule for the Pacific Northwest.

    Tournament Schedule 2019-12-30

  • Happy New Year

    In keeping with the time of year, I wanted to post the below link.
    Judo is a hard thing to learn. The key take-away from this article for me is those who fail at learning a new skill are, overwhelmingly, those who don’t try to learn a new skill. Another way of putting this is if you don’t even try to learn, you definitely never will.
    See everyone at practice tomorrow.

    The Hardest Part About Learning Hard Things – Scott Young – Pocket
    It may never get any easier, but it’s always worth it.