San Jose Buddhist Judo Club

The next dojo cleanup is scheduled for next Saturday 3/5/22 at 9:30am. Could you please help to make announcement to your class so the students and their family can come and help out with the cleanup? The more people we have, the faster the cleanup will be. For the older students ages 12+, there will be a choke/pin and referee clinic right after the cleanup. We hope to see everyone there.

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Update to classes this week: There is no class for the Pre-Judo class this week. Classes resume next Monday February 28th. For the Junior class there is No Class this Monday 21st for the Presidents Day holiday. Class will resume this Thursday the 24th.... Have a great Presidents Day!!!

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SJB Member, We are very happy to announce classes will resume on Tuesday, July 6, starting with the intermediate and adult classes. At this time please register on our website before attending. Occupancy in the building is limited and we must account for all in the building during each session. Before signing up, please read the Covid Health Screen Questionnaire. Make sure your membership is current and that you have signed the waiver and release form that was sent to you in ...a previous email. Go to www.sjbjudo.org The link to the sign-up sheet is on the yellow header at the top of the page. When you get to the Excel sheet, find the tab at the bottom for the class you are signing up for and enter your name. If you are not sure what class you may be in, in general, Pre-Judo age 5-9, Junior age 8 to 12, Intermediate age 13 to 16. Please ask if you are unsure. As a reminder, here is the schedule for classes at the Flagship Dojo, 1050 N. 5th Street. Pre-Judo at 6:30-7:30 PM - Monday & Thursday. Juniors at 7:30 to 8:30 PM - Monday & Thursday Intermediate at 7:00-8:00 PM - Tuesday & Wednesday Adults at 8:00-9:00 PM - Tuesday & Wednesday Open practice for Intermediate and Adults on Friday at 7:00 to 8:00 PM, and Saturday at 10:00 to 11:30 AM. If you encounter any difficulties signing up or if you have any questions please let us know.

SJBJC Member, Last weekend at the Junior Olympics in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Cassie Itatani took first place in the Juvenile 36kg Domestic and also the 36kg International Division. Attached is a short video of one of her victories on her way to a gold. Looks like a great combination of ouchi to kouchi kari for ippon! Congratulations to Cassie!!

To SJB Members As we approach re-opening of in person classes, we plan to have a thorough cleaning of our 1050 N. 5th Street dojo this coming Saturday, June 5 at 10:00 AM. We will be vacuuming, dusting, sanitizing mats, cleaning restrooms and wiping and sanitizing all equipment, furniture and surfaces. Since we have not been in the dojo for over a year, cleanup may take a few hours.... We will be limiting the number of volunteers to about 20 people, so please respond to this memo if you are able to help. Please wear a mask.

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The club performance videos for the 2021 Nikkei Matsuri will be streamed on the Nikkei official website on the weekend of April 24, 25, and the weekend of May 1, 2. The official website for Nikkei is https://www.nikkeimatsuri.org. The club students and instructors have put together several exciting videos and student skits highlighting judo as well as our club. Information of the 3 restaurants we are teamed with for the Nikkei and 2 trailers for our student Judo skits can be found on our club website at https://www.sjbjudo.org/nikkei-matsuri-2021. Please note that our website https://www.sjbjudo.org/ has been revised, revitalized and re-energized. Hope you can use the info, enjoy the trailers, and like the new look. Thanks to Rachel, Jeffrey, Arik, and Neal for their effort.

Hello all, February is in the books! We had 13 students who participated in our classes and I've included some of their February highlights below! At the end of our Monday, March 1 class we will recognize a number of student accomplishments achieved during the month of February. We will then deliver students receiving recognition for attendance, participation, uchikomi's and the video challenges their certificates/stickers/etc. as soon as possible. ... February Highlights: Attendance this month was IMPRESSIVE! 8 students logged on to all 8 classes!! 4 of the 8 classes had 12 students in attendance 4 students will receive the perfect attendance award (on time and stayed for all parts of ALL of the class) 3 others will receive amazing attendance (at least 6 classes where they were on time and stayed for all parts of those classes) Video Submission Challenges 8 students participated in the video submission challenges this month 2 students successfully completed ALL FOUR challenges! Our uchikomi of the month was Kouchi Gari 2 students logged more than 50 Kouchi Gari Uchikomis! For March we are going to continue with our video submission challenges and our monthly judo focus will be: Strengthen Grips and Pulls Tai Sabaki (body movement/positioning) Seoinage Ouchi Gari Kesa Gatame (emphasis on 1 escape) As usual, classes will be held Monday's and Thursday's from 6:30-7:30pm on Zoom.

The prejudo class held a zoom class and awards ceremony on Monday, December 14, 2020. It was the 73rd zoom class of the year since we suspended sessions on March 12. There were about 15 families present for this session. There were one or two students that attended every one of the 73 sessions, and several that attended 80% of the sessions. The club would like to thank Mallory Kato and Elaine Abad for the 73 sessions. Thursday, Dec 17 will be the 74th and last session of the ...year. Also, thanks to Sergio Maldonado, Christina Fu and Olivia Kinoshita for their help throughout. Prejudo class promotions for 2020: - Prejudo white/yellow with black stripe: Ixchel Abad - Prejudo white with green stripe: Ben Miura - Prejudo white with green stripe with black stripe: Cailey Kato, Mailynn Luc, Abigail Ho - Prejudo white with blue stripe: Elisa Villanueva, Nolan Reilley - Prejudo white with purple stripe: Maddie Miura - Junior white/yellow with black stripe: Nathan Luc Special Prejudo class awards 2020: COURAGE-demonstrates a willingness to work hard to improve; always steps up by stepping out of the comfort zone. The winner of the award was Abigail Ho. COURTESY - gets along with others; works to improve judo skills while helping others; treats others like they’d like to be treated. The winner of the award was Cailey Kato. FRIENDSHIP - works hard to continually improve; inspires, engages, helps, and support others. The winner of the award was Mailynn Luc. HONOR - consistently stays on task; holds oneself accountable; takes pride on and off the mat to be the best you can be. The winner of the award was Maddie Miura.

Here is a link to a great 38 minute workout featuring Neal Kodama Sensei on our SJB Channel. He put a lot of effort into it and I hope you will take some time to view it and follow along. Stay healthy and keep in shape https://youtu.be/gJVId7hFopY

Here is a link to a great 38 minute workout featuring Neal Kodama Sensei on our SJB Channel. He put a lot of effort into it and I hope you will take some time to view it and follow along. Stay healthy and keep in shape https://youtu.be/gJVId7hFopY

Sorry for the late posting, here are some photos from the SJB 2020 tournament. Thank you Brenna Clark and Jerry Hays for these photos

Ukemi (break fall) for our younger students. https://youtu.be/Impg38aM6Kw

51 Judo exercises and drills you can do at home featuring Shintaro Nakano Sensei. All you need is some tape on the floor. It is about 15 minutes long but if you do all the exercises you will feel like you had a full workout https://youtu.be/eyeRo00P2pI

SJB Member and Friends of SJB, The safety and good health of our students, parents and instructors are our major concern and priority. Therefore, in an effort to limit the possible spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Board has decided to suspend all Judo practices immediately until further notice. We apologize for any inconvenience but we will be suspending practice as a precaution until there is containment and/or more clarity to this situation.... Please remain safe, vigilant and in good health and we hope to see you very soon. Vaughn Imada on behalf of the SJB Board of Directors

Sorry for the late posting, here are some photos from the SJB 2020 tournament. Thank you Brenna Clark and Jerry Hays for these photos

To our Judo community, Thank you to the hundreds of people who helped make this year’s Sensei Memorial Tournament a huge success. The 72nd Annual SJBJC and 28th "Sensei Memorial" Invitational Judo Tournament had 723 contestants. It’s success is due to all of your participation and support. To everyone who took time out of their busy schedules, who refereed for hours, who trained so hard and who sat up in those stands... cheering.... Thank You!!! The Hospitality/Officials room was delicious as always and has received many compliments. The security was abundant and kept everything and everyone safe. The pool room did their magic and got everyone into their appropriate pools. To all the Committee Heads thank you again and again for all you did in your respective areas. There aren’t enough words to express our deep appreciation to you for your dedication to the club and this tournament. Table help, pooling/announcers of the pools, presenters of the awards, registration and weigh-in personnel, Referees, Medical staff, Coaches, Parents...to all of you we give a round of applause for a job well done...going above and beyond. Warmest "Thank You" to all of our judo community for all of your help and donations to make this year’s tournament another success. Your participation is greatly appreciated. See you next year. Happy New Year and Thank You to All Domo Arigatogozaimasu Albert Kato & Elaine Abad, SJB Tournament Directors

Live stream of the 2020 San Jose Buddhist Judo Tournament

Watch the Live Stream on 2/16/2020 at 9:00am

The 2020 San Jose Buddhist Judo Tournament will be Sunday, February 16th, 2020. The tournament will be held at: San Jose Event Center 290 S. 7th Street, San Jose, CA 95112 Please follow the link below to register online....Continue reading

SJB Member, All extra practice sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday, including the Conditioning Class, will be canceled for the rest of the year. (No practice tonight) Classes will resume in January. A reminder of the last regular Judo classes at the church and Flagship dojo (Monday and Thursday) is Thursday, December 19.... Thank you