Yellow Belt Promotion for Patrick
Congratulations Patrick on your yellow belt promotion. Patrick has been working hard for several months and this past weekend took a silver medal in his [...]
February 2017
December 2016
Thanks to everyone for your help with the move!
Oakland Judo has moved in to our new space at 4118 Macarthur Boulevard, just a few blocks down the street from the old [...]
July 2016
Flashback Friday Olympic Edition – Kayla Harrison Takes Gold in London
Sit yourself down and watch this thrilling gold medal match in the women's -78kg division from London 2012. Kayla Harrison wins America's very first Olympic [...]
Ashi-waza masterclass with Nobuhisa Hagiwara
There are zillions of judo tutorials out there for many different aspects of judo, featuring everyone from Olympic champions to... those with less distinguished credentials. [...]
June 2016
Interview with Matt D'Aquino
You may know Matt D'Aquino from his prolific Beyond Grappling youtube channel, home of countless instructional videos. Here is a nice podcast interview with Matt [...]
Nick Del Popolo Highlights 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDpyZ75Jm1w Check out this highlight reel from Team USA -73kg athlete and two-time Olympian Nick Del Popolo, set to an edited version of Arnold's inspiring [...]
May 2016
13th Annual Professor Jay Aloha Invitational Judo Tournament
This was a great little tournament held at Alameda high school on May 22nd, 2016. It's run by Small Circle Jujitsu, the school [...]
A great weekend at the state championships
Four of us competed this past weekend at the California State Judo Championships, and we came home with three gold medals, two in [...]
April 2016
Share advice that helped you 'GET' Judo
This thread on a message board has some gems. Hopefully some of them will help you. Here are some of my favorites: "Judo is simple, [...]
March 2016
New York Times article on local judo legend Yoshihiro Uchida
Uchida Sensei has been a fixture in the bay area judo scene since forever. This is a nice article about him. Thanks to his efforts, [...]