Palo Alto Judo Club Tournament – Sunday February 23, 2025

All details and registration: Smoothcomp Registration For over 68 years Palo Alto Judo Club has hosted one of the West Coast’s premier Judo tournaments. Tournament Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025 Tournament Registration (Competitors must register by February 18, 2025 – no on-site registration!) How do I register for the tournament?Fill out the registration form by February 18, […]

Saturday November 9th Palo Alto Referees and Officials Clinic 2 PM – Online registration !

We have a great team leading us:  Chief Referee Gary Takemoto and Examiners Greg Moore and Dan Israel. Location Menlo-Atherton High School, in the old Dance Studio next to Ayers Gymnasium, 555 Middlefield Road Atherton CA.  Registration : Online discounted registration of $20 up to November 4th, 2019.  $30 on or after 11/5/2019 and for walk-ins.  Walk-ins […]

Gary Takemoto Referee Clinic November 4th

Olympic referee Gary Takemoto returns for another informative, entertaining clinic. For those seeking local or regional referee certification a CENCO written test will follow the Clinic.  This is a closed book test and Participants are expected to have studied CENCO’s recommended referee manual in advance: http://bit.ly/2xYKEo3; A practical examination will follow during Palo Alto’s tournament on Sunday November […]

45th Annual Kagami Biraki

Cenco Member and Friends, This is an invitation to all Cenco members to join us for the 45th Annual Kagami Biraki (New Year’s Celebration) hosted by Soko Joshi, Palo Alto and San Jose Buddhist Judo Club. Please join us on Saturday, January 21, 2017 in the gymnasium next to the Palo Alto Buddhist Church, 2751 […]

CENCO Referee Clinic led by Olympic Referee Gary Takemoto

  In conjunction with Palo Alto Judo Club’s annual tournament, CENCO will be offering an exciting Referee Clinic led by Gary Takemoto on 11/12/2016 (USJF SANCTION # 16-11-10). Sensei Takemoto was the only U.S. referee selected to officiate at the Olympic Games, a rare honor indicative of his status as one of the U.S.’s most highly […]