2025 Budokan Annual Judo Tournament Congrats to our competitors who gave it their all on the mat! Not to mention those who competed for the very first time. Special thanks to all those who came out in support of the team, ran our concessions stand, and volunteered at the tournament! Thank you seattlebudokan and judointhe206 for running a great tournament and having us! Results: Jonathan U. 🥇 Ryu 🥉 Michaela 🥉 Lucas Atharv Jonathan C. Team 1 Team 2 ...

今回一緒に戦ってくださったスポンサーの皆様、ありがとうございました！🩷
Thank you to the sponsors and supporters who fought alongside me! 🖤

🇺🇸 Shiga’s Imports 様
🇯🇵 三ツ木建設工業株式会社 様
🇯🇵 猫OK賃貸千葉 様
🇯🇵 Tayumaz 様
🇯🇵 3TF4 様
🇺🇸 WPJC 様
🇺🇸 Jasko YT/VZN 様
🇺🇸 Budokan Seattle 様
🇺🇸 Ivan Salaverry/Team Ivan 様
🇯🇵 ヘア：神座大和 様
🇯🇵 コスチューム：Hodophilax 様
🇯🇵 ボクのチーム：Fighter’s Flowの皆様

はるばるアメリカからセコンドのために来てくれた弟のティゲン。いつも支えてくださる友達とチームメイト武志さん、ありがとうございます。
Thank you to my brother Tegan for coming all the way from the US to corner me again. I’d also like to thank my teammate and friend Takeshi for always having my back, from training camp to the cage.
TeganYuasa Takeshi.Izumi

上田先生、隼人先生、アキラさん、この試合のために一緒に準備してくれた皆さん、本当にありがとうございました。皆さんには、毎日感謝しています。
To coach Ueda, coach Hayato, Mr. Akira, and my teammates at Fighter’s Flow, every day I am thankful for you guys.
Ueda_Takao Hayato.Suzuki.0719 Akira.fll_swing Fighters_Flow

Thank you as well to DEEP, one of the best promotions in the world. And to my opponent Kiyotaro: congratulations and thank you for the battle, that was seriously a fun fight.
DEEP2001Official

最後に応援してくれた家族や友達、本当にありがとうございました。
Lastly, thank you to all of my friends and family for always cheering me on.

🩷🖤じゃー、またね~😛 ...

💥 Budokan 2025 Tournament is in the books!

🥋We witnessed a lot of amazing throws, great sportsmanship, and camaraderie!

🙌 Thank you to all who made this another successful event: referees, coaches, medical team, refreshment room, tables, wranglers, setup/tear down teams, $ contributors, parents/guardians, and, of course, all the judoka. We had 37 individual competitors - and between all the refs and judoka, it felt like someone from Budokan was always on a mat!

Congratulations to:

🥇🥇🥇Kaiya Bonifacio - 1st x 2, 1st Team Match

🥇🥇🥇Josue Martinez Soto - 1st x 2, 1st Team Match

🥇🥇🥈Nathan Terada - 1st, 2nd, 1st Team Match

🥇🥇🥉Jaxon Love - 1st x 2, 3rd

🥇🥇Krista Tsutsui -1st, 1st Team Match

🥇🥉Hana Hiraoka - 1st and 3rd

🥇🥉Jayne Loo - 3rd, 1st Team Match

🥇Anna Hiraoka - 1st

🥇Canbo Li - 1st

🥇Alvaro Martinez - 1st Team Match

🥇Timur Seyduzov - 1st

🥈🥈🥈Vincent Yagi - 2nd x 3

🥈🥈Elishah Jones - 2nd, 2nd in kata

🥈🥈Truly Jones - 2nd, 2nd in kata

🥈Ginger Beall - 2nd

🥈London Hempfling - 2nd

🥈Rick Li - 2nd

🥈Kondo Rakotovao - 2nd

🥈Esme Rosen - 2nd

🥈Kaito Takemura - 2nd

🥉Evan Addess - 3rd

🥉Gus Anderson - 3rd

🥉Derek Loo - 3rd

🥉Perseus Matthew Lorezca - 3rd

🥉Minha Rosen - 3rd

🥉Kaylee Sanchez - 3rd

🥉Mae Sugitani - 3rd

🥉Lena Turner - 3rd

🥉Sharrod Willanova - 3rd

💪 Takeshi Berry

💪 Masa Berry

💪 Hudson Chung

💪 Takumi Foss

💪 Autumn Hempfling

💪 Guillaume Neau

💪 Leo Tinone

💪 Kinsley Wong ...

And… the NEW champion!!! Senior Open -198 lbs division… Taaaraaaassssss!!! 🏆🔥
Thank YOU to every single coach at WJA, Budokan, and across the PNW community who coached, supported, and believed in this kind and humble young man throughout his journey 🙏 He has a big heart - and he’ll never forget YOU ❤️ This is only the beginning. Taras is just 15 years old 🙂 ...

Earlier this month our judoka who participated in the Pacific Northwest Open made us proud!

🥇 Hana, Kaiya x2, & Vincent
🥈 Kaito, Nathan x2, & Alex
🥉 Evan, Anna, & Alex
Referees: Senseis Gary, Shawn, & Calvin
Medical: Sensei Doug ...

[January 11th]
I joined the IJF new rule seminar in Seattle provided by Sensei Brian Toth who is IJf international world tour referee as a demonstrator and I taught Reverse Seoi Nage basically.

Thank you for the this opportunity judonwyudanshakai, Sensei Brian, Sensei Calvin family who is organized this seminar and all of Pacific NW judo community.

Movie 2:Anyways it was so hard to throw for Yuko, because I have been train for ippon, I never practice throw for Yuko🤣

一か月前になりますが、IJFワールドツアーでも審判を務めていらっしゃるブライアントス先生のIJF新ルールセミナーでデモンストレーターを担当しました。再び解禁となった韓国背負いの基本も解説。質問も飛び交い時に笑いありの大変有意義な時間になりました！

#Judo
#Washingtonstate
#Seattle
#reverseseoinage
#柔道
#アメリカ
#シアトル
#韓国背負い ...

Congratulations to our judoka who participated at @north_sound_judo_team inaugural tournament last month!
🥇London, Alvaro, & Kaiya
🥈Truly & Kingsley
🥉Anna
Referees & Medical: Senseis Gary, Shawn, Doug, & Takumi ...

[English below]
2024年も残すところ1日となりました。皆さま本年も大変お世話になりました。

私は、9月から筑波大学のサバティカル制度とJOCの海外指導者研修制度を利用して調査と指導を学ぶべく、アメリカのワシントン州に滞在しています。滞在期間は1年です。

このような素晴らしい機会は筑波大学、スペシャルオリンピックス日本、そして全日本柔道連盟の皆さまのご理解ご協力なくして実現しませんでした。心より感謝申し上げます。本当にありがとうございました。

アメリカでは、どの道場でも温かく迎えていただき充実した日々を送っています。とは言え、最初の1か月は文字通り“試練”でした。英語が話せないのに大勢が見ている前で技を教え、質問され、彼らに応えられていない自分が恥ずかしくて申し訳なくて、道場に行くのを躊躇してしまう時期もありました。

でもどんなに拙い英語でも、皆さんが自分の言葉に真剣に耳を傾けてくれているのを感じたし、僕の英語を嘲笑する人は誰ひとりおらず、本当に感謝しかありません。

残り約8か月、まだまだやりたい事がたくさんあります。アメリカの他の州や隣国カナダでも柔道教室をしたいと思っています。ご友人などいらっしゃいましたら、ご縁を繋げていただけましたら幸いです。

長いご挨拶になりましたが、皆さまよい年末年始をお過ごしください。

Thank you very much for your support in 2024.

I have been in Washington State, U.S. since this September to study research and teaching under the University of Tsukuba’s sabbatical program and the JOC’s overseas training program for a year.

This wonderful opportunity would not have been possible without the understanding and cooperation of the University of Tsukuba, Special Olympics Nippon, and the All Japan Judo Federation. I really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.

In the U.S., I have been warmly welcomed at every dojo, and my days have been fulfilling. Even my English was not good but I felt that everyone was listening to me seriously, and no one laugh my poor English, and I am truly grateful.

With about 8 months left, I still have a lot to want to do. I would like to hold a judo clinic in other states in the U.S. and Canada. Let me know if you have any friends, I would be happy to contact with them.

I hope everyone has a good holiday season and a happy new year.

#judo
#柔道
#seattle
#usa
#visitingscholar
#uw
#usajudo
#留学 ...

We all had such a fun time celebrating and reflecting on our 2024 at our annual end-of-year potluck. We were so excited to try out a new and beautiful venue, the Nippon Kan Theatre. (Thank you Erik Hayashi for joining us and sharing some of the history!) A big thank you to everyone that helped to make this successful, and lots of great food! Congratulations to everyone that was awarded or promoted! Very appreciative of all the judoka who work so hard throughout the year and cheer each other on! ❤️ ...

Big weekend in SoCal! Nathan and Sensei Calvin made the trip to the annual Grassroots Winter Nationals in Ontario, California. Sensei Calvin served as co-chief referee, ensuring the event ran smoothly, while Nathan took on being both a referee and competitor. Nathan brought home 1st place in Cadet -73kg! 🥇Congratulations! ...

We’re so proud of our judoka who participated in the Zenyu Fall Challenge yesterday!
🥇Kaiya, Gus, & Mae
🥈Rick, Takeshi, Kaito, London, Truly, Alvaro, & Josue
🥉Reese & Autumn
Referees: Sensei Gary, Takumi, & Derek
Medical : Sensei Doug ...

Happy World Judo Day from Team Budokan! ...