Date: Saturday , November 2.
10am – noon. (may go overtime)
Location: Soko Joshi Judo Club
1622 Castro St.
San Francisco, CA 94114
Cost: $20 / per person
Maximum capacity : 10
RSVP required by : 10/30/2019
Additional Nage-no kata clinic will be on December 7, 2019 upon request.
Schedule :
Saturday: Katame-no-Kata
Registration: 9:30am – 10:00am
Clinic: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday: Goshin Jitsu
Registration: 12:30pm – 1:00pm
Clinic: 1:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: Soko Joshi Judo Club
1622 Castro Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Eligibility: Participants must present current USJF, USJI or USJA membership card. Those without a valid registration will be required to register with USJF or USJA at registration desk to be allowed to participate in the clinic.
Registration fee:
$75 both days or $40/day
Cash or check payable to “CENCO”
For more information please contact Wilina Monar wmjudo@att.net
(Photo: Daria Bilodid becomes the youngest ever Senior World Champion with her trademark left sided o-uchi-gari in the -48kg final in Baku)
Just a reminder to check the calendar for all the great judo events coming up soon.
On Sunday, October 21, TriValley Judo in Pleasanton will be hosting an open mat for juniors age 6-14. There is no fee.
Also on that Sunday, and every Sunday, there is an open workout with Master CJ Lee at Do Martial Arts in Castro Valley. Come get a great workout with a former South Korean judo champion and local black belts from UC Berkeley, Stanford, and everywhere in between.
The next weekend there are two events. On Saturday the 27th, the Fukuda Kata Championships will be held at the City College of San Francisco. The day after, it’s the Hanabi Halloween Classic in Albany.
Next month it’s more great judo events with the Palo Alto tournament and the CCSF tournament being held on consecutive weekends.
Of interest to referees, the day before the Palo Alto tournament there will be a clinic and testing for both regional and national level referees.
The day before the CCSF tournament, Cenco will be holding our fall promotional exam!
As always check the calendar for all the details on these great events. Thanks to everyone in the Bay Area and Northern California judo community for your effort in organizing these great events.
This Sunday, October 7th, the 83rd Annual Capital Open will be held in Sacramento, California. This tournament is hosted by Sacramento Judo, one of the oldest judo clubs in the country.
In addition to regular shiai divisions for kids and adults, it also features kata competition and Master’s divisions for competitors age 30 and up!
Address:
COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE
8401 CENTER PARKWAY
SACRAMENTO, CA 95823
Click here for all the information on the 2018 Capital Open.
Click here for a direct link to the entry form (PDF).
The 2018 Fukuda Kata Championships will be held at City College of San Francisco on October 27th. Juniors and Seniors will compete in the following categories:
All the details can be found in the official entry form, download it now!
Dear Judo Friends,
The 2018 Keiko Fukuda Joshi Camp will be held from July 20 – 22 in Charleston, South Carolina. We would like to invite you to join us. Our special guest this year is Sensei Megumi Tachimoto from Japan. Sensei Tachimoto is the 2015 World Championship Silver Medalist, and 4 times World Champion, Bronze Medalist. On Saturday, July 21, the Camp is open to males/females/and children.
Also, we will conduct Kodokan Kata Class. Ju No Kata / Nage No Kata. This Fukuda Joshi Camp is for Shiai and Kata Judokas.
All the details are available in this PDF: 07-2018-Joshi-Judo-Camp-Registration-Packet
The California State Championships have been set for August 18th and 19th at Cerritos College. It will be a two day event with Bantam, Intermediate, Juvenile A, IJF and Jr. Novice contested on Saturday, and Kata, Cadet, Senior, Masters, and Sr. Novice contested on Sunday. It will be hosted by Taishi Judo Club.
All the details can be found in this PDF:
2018CaliforniaStateJudoChampionshipsRev1
There will be satellite weigh ins, with the locations TBD.
There will be a kata clinic with Sensei Eiko Shepherd on June 2nd and 3rd at Soko Joshi in San Francisco. The seminar will be all day both Saturday and Sunday and will cover Goshin-Jitsu and Kime-No-Kata.
Sensei Shepherd is an eighth-degree black belt (hachidan) and an expert in kata. Click here to read more about Sensei Shepherd in this 2012 article from USA Judo (PDF).
Please see the attached flyer for details on the clinic: Cenco Kata Clinic_6_3_18 (PDF)
Palo Alto Judo Club will be having their tournament on Sunday, November 5th at Menlo-Atherton High School. They will have kata competition divisions as well. Please click here for all the detail and entry forms.
The Continental Crown up in Seattle will be the same day this year, also on November 5th. You can find all the details for that tournament by clicking here.
Dear Judoka,
Please share these upcoming events and announcements with your judo clubs:
The 29th Fukuda International Kata Championship will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2017. Registration form and information available at www.sokojoshijudo.com/kata.
The USJF National Kata Conference will be held from July 24-28, 2017. Note that mail in registration ended on June 30, but walk in registration is still available. Click here for details, including registration form.
Finally, the documentary Mrs. Judo is now available on Amazon for purchase or rent. Also available on iTunes.
Please help us spread the word about the July Kata Conference, October Kata Tournament, and Mrs. Judo!!!
Pam Mery, Yondan
Soko Joshi Judo Club
