1/13 – New Year’s and Seiji-no-Hi

New Year’s celebration with the girl’s from Nichidai Hello All, Here’s another update on what’s going on for the past couple of days. SUNDAY On Sunday, we were scheduled to go back to the Kodokan for day 3 of the camp, but our bodies were too tired to make it to the […]

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Jan, 15, 2008
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1/15 – More intense practices

It’s about 10:30 pm on January 15, 2008. Here’s an update on how today went. We slowly got up this morning. Michael came over in time to accompany us to the grocery store. We bought more vegetables and healthy foods… and LOTS of water. After the grocery store we came back to the apartment and […]

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Jan, 15, 2008
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1/11 – Practice at the Kodokan

Hello again! It’s about 8:14 PM right now and I’m standing on the balcony trying to type REALLY fast before I lose the signal again. We just got back about 40 mintues ago from practice at the Kodokan. We had an adventure trying to get home. Practice was good. There were a lot more girls […]

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Jan, 13, 2008
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1/10 – Ann checks in from Tokyo, Japan

(Editor’s Note: On Monday, January 8, Sayaka, Ann and Molly left for Tokyo, Japan to spend the next two weeks training at Nihon University. (Nichidai) Nihon University is the home of Sensei Jun Konno – a long-time friend of EBJI, who spent a year here in 2000 studying English. Attached is an update from one of our competitors, Ann […]

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Jan, 10, 2008
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Kokushikan 2008 – Homestay Information

Dear EBJI Friends and families; This February we will be hosting a team of seven women from Kokushikan University in Tokyo, Japan from February 13 – 21th. This experience has proven to be a very rich experience for all – The team will experience everyday American culture, attend classes on cross-cultural relations, and […]

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Jan, 08, 2008
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1/5 – EBJI New Year’s Party

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year This is a friendly reminder that our annual dojo New Year’s Party will be held this Saturday at 7pm at Takara Sake, 708 Addison Street in Berkeley, CA. We are asking everyone to bring a main dish as well as either a salad or dessert last names […]

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Jan, 02, 2008
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12/12 – EBJI hosts Mr. Bruno Carmeni of the International Blind Sports Assoc.

Greeting everybody, I apologize for the late notice, but I’ve just been told that East Bay Judo Institute will be hosting a class with Mr. Bruno Carmeni. Mr. Carmeni began judo at the age of 15 in Italy. In addition to his 7 Italian National Championship Titles, he represented Italy in the first judo event […]

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Dec, 04, 2007
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EBJI at Daiheigen Development Clinic

Photo courtesy of James Beane On Saturday November 17th, Daiheigen Yudanshakai in collaboration with Manteca Judo Club hosted a Junior Development clinic in Stockton, CA. The camp drew around 25 participants from around the bay area and was led by Sayaka Matsumoto. Those who participated also included East Bay’s own Brandon and Dillon Izzo, who […]

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Nov, 24, 2007
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EBJI kids all take home medals at the Palo Alto Tournament

EBJI competitors show off their medalsPhoto courtesy of James Beane Dillon Izzo had the best finish of the day earning a gold medal in his division. He went 3-1 winning two of his matches in golden score. He did really well in working on his taiotoshi and earned his first gold medal in local competition. […]

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Nov, 11, 2007
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Sayaka and Ann take GOLD and SILVER in Finland!

Hi again to everyone from Finland. Ann and I arrived here to Helsinki this afternoon (Nov. 9) after a 16 hour ferry ride from Stockholm. Our journey here began yesterday with us taking a 5 hour bus ride from Boras to Stockholm. From there we boarded the Viking cruise ship which left at around 4:45pm […]

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Nov, 10, 2007
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