Olympic hopeful Ann Shiraishi on KCRA Sacramento news

http://www.kcra.com/video/16565718/index.html

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Jun, 12, 2008
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Sayaka, Ann and Nate to compete for spots on the 2008 Olympic Team!

The Olympic Trials for Judo and Wrestling will be held this weekend June 13-15 in Las Vegas, NV. EBJI will be sending three Olympic hopefuls to vie for a spot on the 2008 Olympic Team at the Olympic Games which will be held in August in Beijing, China. #3 ranked Nate Torra will be competing […]

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Jun, 09, 2008
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June 21 – EBJI Yard Sale

This is a reminder that Our EBJI Yard Sale will be on JUNE 21 from 9-3. Please keep bringing things in for our yard sale! Also, if you have free time, we need volunteers to help sort and price items on Friday June 20. We also need people to help sell items on June 21. […]

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May, 30, 2008
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Women’s -48kg division qualifed for the 2008 Olympic Games!

*Editor’s note: The Pam Am Championships and Zone Cup were held May 9-11 and were the two last qualifiers for the 2008 Olympic Games. Sayaka Matsumoto represented EBJI and the USA at these events and brought back a medal from the Zone Cup in addition to qualifying a USA competitor to go the Olympics in […]

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May, 30, 2008
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Sayaka Matsumoto in SF Chronicle

Check out this article on EBJI assistant instructor and 2008 Olympic hopeful Sayaka Matsumoto in the SF Chronicle Sunday Edition. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/02/CMS0VFVV3.DTL

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May, 13, 2008
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2/13 – EBJI/SFSU hosts Women’s team from Kokushikan University

From 2/13 – 2/19 A team of 7 women from Kokushikan University will be visiting the San Francisco Bay area and participating in practices at EBJI and SFSU. The full practice schedule can be found here. For more information please email Sayaka Matsumoto or call (510) 237-0607.

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Feb, 13, 2008
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Ann and Molly win gold at San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament

Kid’s class instructors Ann Shiraishi and Molly O’Rourke both won gold medals this past weekend at the San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament . Ann fought in the -52 kg division, a step up from her usual competition weight of -48kg and won all three of her matches to take the gold medal. Molly also […]

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Feb, 13, 2008
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Ann takes fifth at the Ladies Belgium Open

For the full article and pictures from Belgium visit http://www.usjudo.org/2008BelgianLadiesOpenResults.asp Annie Shiraishi (Elk Grove, Calif. / East Bay Judo Institute) went 2-1 in her pool, defeating a British opponent by ippon in the first match of the 48kg division. Shiraishi lost to a Japanese player by a yuko, but came back to throw a German with […]

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Feb, 10, 2008
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Brandon and Dillon practice in Hong Kong

Over the winter break Brandon and Dillon had the wonderful opportunity to visit Hong Kong while on vacation. In addition to spending time with their family, they took some time to practice judo, while in Hong Kong with Sensei Takeo Iwami, founder of Hong Kong Judo Kan in Causway Bay.

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Feb, 01, 2008
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1/12 – Kodokan Camp day 2

Hello All, Today was a tough day, judo wise. We woke up around 7:00 am this morning and then left for practice at 9:00am. We got to the Kodokan and there were a ton of girls. Practice was in the main hall today because there were so many girls. For the morning session we did 8-4min rounds […]

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Jan, 15, 2008
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