2012 Judo Competition Schedule
Jan 28 – San Jose
Mar 25 – Cupertino
April 29 – Alameda
May 06 – San Francisco
May 27 – Watsonville
Jun 10 – Santa Clara
Dec 2011 Promotion ceremony
Pacific Judo & Ju Jitsu Academy is proud to hold its semi-annual Promotion Ceremony
Saturday December 10 @ 10:00am
Following our formal bowing in we will have a short warm up session followed by:
* Ju Jitsu demonstrations
* Judo competition matches
* A demonstration of Bokendo
* Promotions Ceremony
* Judo Team Awards
* Traditional promotion congratulatory throwing
* Photo session and free mat time
These budoka will be promoted to their next rank
…for some*, contingent upon passing rank examination next week
Student – Ju Jitsu Level
Beau Lautenslager *- Brown (sankyu)
Anthony Garza – Blue (yonkyu)
Caiden Wilson – Green (gokyu)
Mao Obuchi – Green (gokyu)
Landon McCarthur – Yellow
Trevor Wilson – White/Yellow
Garrett Davies – White/Yellow
Owen Davies – White/Yellow
Sara Wille – White/Yellow
Alex Wille – White/Yellow
Ryan Tran – White/Yellow
Andrew Tran – White/Yellow
Following the promotions all the instructors will be taking the Judo team to lunch at:
Emperor Norton (Santa Teresa & Bernal near Nob Hill)
If you are interested in joining us, and the more the better, see either Yoshimune sempai or Nguyen sempai as soon as possible so we can provide a head-count for the restaurant. If you join us, please contribute $10 per person for pizza and soft drinks.
PJJA Judo Teams (most recent)
Spring 2012
Coaches: David Nguyen
Competitors: Ryan Collins – Sean Christensen – Anthony Garza
Team averaged TBD trophy wins (1st, 2nd, 3rd placement)
Fall 2011
Coaches: Paul Yoshimune: David Nguyen
Competitors: Mark Sugui – Ryan Collins – Sean Christensen – Anthony Garza photo1 photo2 photo3
Team averaged 92% trophy wins (1st, 2nd, 3rd placement)
Spring 2011
Coach: David Nguyen
Competitors: Mark Sugui – Mike Dao – Sean Christensen – Ryan Collins
Team averaged 82% trophy wins (1st, 2nd, 3rd placement)
Fall 2010
Coach: David Nguyen
Competitors: Joey Caruana – Mark Sugui – Mike Dao – Sean Christensen – Beau Lautenslager – Ryan Collins
Team averaged 89% trophy wins (1st, 2nd, 3rd placement)
Fall 2009 - Spring 2010
Coach: David Nguyen
Competitors: Michael Peterson – Joey Caruana – Mark Sugui – Sean Christensen – Mike Dao - Jared Sewell – Beau Lautenslager – Fred Maruyama – Rob Chan – Tristan Ma Jeremy Dihn – Brandon Tran – Shashank Rajani – Caleb Wu – Ray Carroll
Team averaged 84% trophy wins (1st, 2nd, 3rd placement)
Misc. and last minute announcements
Don’t forget to check the Members section where you will find:
- Dojo Calendar
- Philosophical information
- Educational material, including suggested reading
- School customs, policies, etc..
- Rank requirements fro judo and jujitsu
- Judo competition information
- and more information to be added regularly
Links and Books
BUJITSU LINKS
The Classical Martial Arts Resource
JUDO FEDERATIONS
BOOKS
… some of Sensei’s personal recommendations. See Member section for more…
KODO – Ancient Ways by Kensho Furuya
Kodokan Judo by Jigoro Kano
Bushido – The Warrior’s Code by by Inazo Nitobe
A Dictionary of the Martial Arts by Louis Frederic
Miyamoto Musashi – His Life and Writings by Kenji Tokitsu & Sherab Chodzin Kohn
Judo games and quizzes
Mysterious Wall Holes
The ancient mystery behind the 2″-3″ holes, or even the 12″ hole, in the kamiza wall has been solved. It appears that neither extra-terrestrial aliens nor night-time gnomes practicing judo were to blame. Rather they have been caused by accidental high-speed meetings of various body parts with the wall. Sensei thought that IF it would not encourage anyone from leaving his/her mark on the wall, he might not repair the holes and have the “culprit” initial his/her name next to them and refer to them as dojo “art”. Probably not a good idea! Fortunately, no one has been hurt at all from such “accidents”, a testament to our training and how durable it has made all of you.
-Sensei
Seminars/Clinics
PJJA will attempt to offer 4 seminars/clinics a year. Exact dates and times will be announced on this blog and on the bulletin board at the dojo once determined. See dojo bulletin board for details on seminar material.
Feel free to request a seminar or clinic but first, be sure you gather at least 6 people and bring to Sensei’s attention that the group would like to schedule such an event.
As of Feb 2012 we have 3 seminars on the horizon: late March – KNIVES, late April BATONS, late May TBD(?)