Grand Opening Special – Free Uniform for New Members
To celebrate the grand opening of our new location in San Leandro, we're offering a free uniform to all new members who sign up [...]
June 2019
April 2018
T-shirts and patches – preorder for best price
After many many long months, we are finally getting more t-shirts! Click through the pictures above to see the front and back. 100% cotton t-shirts, [...]
September 2017
Great Results at East Bay Invitational Judo Tournament 2017
Thank you to judo dad Masa Okajima for this write-up on our results at EBJI 2017 last Sunday. On the adult side Jason Pollock did [...]
July 2017
4th of July Open Mat
Thanks everyone for coming out to our mixed jiujitsu and judo open mat. We had a good time - alternating four-minute rounds of [...]
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 [...]
November 2016
Gift Cards Available!
Hey everybody, someone just called and asked if they could buy a gift certificate or gift card to use at Oakland Judo. I [...]
April 2016
BBQ Sunday at Joaquin Miller Park
Please come and join a BBQ on Sunday, April 17th at 12 pm at Joaquin Miller Park! Who is invited: All team members and their [...]
October 2015
Kid's Class October 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz3dXUWQM8c We took some pictures and video at class the other day and some google algorithm automatically created this video for us. It's pretty cool, [...]
February 2015
The Eight Directions of Off-Balancing
There are eight basic directions of kuzushi - backwards, forwards, side to side, and the four corners. Sometimes people refer to them as the compass [...]
July 2014
Learning Curve in Judo
The learning curve in judo can be steep, and for beginners it may be a little bit frustrating and even discouraging at first. This is [...]