Coming next month: a new home!
I'm very pleased to announce that by the middle of next month (May 2019), Oakland Judo will have a new home! Our new location will [...]
April 2019
February 2019
Congratulations to the 2018 Judo Competition Team and MVP Evan Travis
Congratulations to our 2018 Oakland Judo Competition Team on a successful year! We're very proud of Isaac, Kofi, Ronin, Evan, David, Luke and Tenoch. This [...]
January 2019
Nerd Out with these Judo Podcast Interviews
Do you like listening to podcasts? Sure, we all do. Here are three good podcast interviews with some well known figures in the judo world. [...]
April 2018
Japan Study Trips
Recently someone asked me about studying judo in Japan. In 2000 or 2001 I traveled to Tokyo with Dr. Feng, and I would love to [...]
March 2018
Shadow Uchikomi and Visualization
Practice your ashiwaza everywhere #judo #judoeverywhere #ashiwaza #footsweeps #deashibarai #kouchi #ouchi #timingiseverything A post shared by Oakland Judo (@oaklandjudo) on Jul 8, 2016 at 6:37pm [...]
January 2018
Congratulations to Darrel, Tristan, Will, and Murad
Congratulations to Darrel, Tristan and Will on receiving their 5th kyu yellow belt promotions, and congratulations to Murad on receiving his 2nd kyu brown belt [...]
November 2017
Yasuyuki Muneta Sasae Tsurikomi Ashi
For the past few weeks in adult class we've been studying sasae tsurikomi ashi (propping lifting pulling foot throw). Take a look [...]
October 2017
Training Plateaus – What To Do If You’re Feeling Like You’re Not Making Progress
This is an excellent video from Nick "Chewy" Albin. He's talking about training plateaus in jiujitsu, but it applies just as well [...]
June 2017
Stripe Promotions
Congratulations to these kids on getting their next stripe. As I told them today, promotions recognize hard work and the skill they have acquired, but [...]
March 2017
Stripe Promotions for Juniors Class
Congratulations to the Oakland Judo kids for their stripe promotions! There are four stripes in between each belt, [...]