Fist-pumping. Arm-raising. Chest-thumping. We see it all the time in sports. But these athletes aren’t expressing pride in victory. They’re demonstrating dominance over their competitor.

Thank you to Leslie Lippard who wrote this heartfelt testimonial about her experience at EBJI! *** The three things that I like most about EBJI are: 1) the teaching team, 2) the school community, and 3) the values that support both. The teaching team is awesome. Most schools would feel happy to have any one […]

Hope you can join us for EBJI’s Annual New Year’s Party on January 4, 2014 at Takara Sake Tasting Room in Berkeley. Our annual event always attracts delicious food and great company. Hope to see you there!!

Thanks so much to everyone who came to support us at our bake sale November 24 outside of the El Cerrito Safeway. It was a huge success! We sold 10 whole pies, 5 dozen donuts, cookies, muffins, and other delicious goodies to members of the community. All proceeds will go to our competitors who will […]

Thanks to the group of students who came trick or treating with us on Halloween! It was a lot of fun walking around the neighborhood and most of the kids went home with more candy than they needed. Congratulations also to Arina Miyadi who won our “Guess the Pumpkin’s Weight” contest. She guessed 14.0 pounds […]

Thanks to everyone who made our 2013 EBJI Tournament a huge success! Our 27th annual event was held at El Cerrito High School on September 22. With over 350 competitors, this year’s tournament was one of the largest ever. We were honored to have participants from Idaho and Nevada made the long drive to the […]

The 2013 Daiheigen Summer Camp in Twin Falls, Idaho was a huge success, thank you for all your support. We had over 20 campers in attendance with instructors from various dojos also assisting. Over the course of 4 days, we did 9 judo sessions where we taught our favorite techniques, learned new games and had […]

Monday July 29, 2013 will be Jeff Fujimoto’s last practice here at EBJI (at least for a while anyway!). The recent grad of UC Berkeley will be headed to UCLA’s Medical School to pursue his goal of becoming a medical doctor. Jeff joined EBJI in early 2011 wanting to improve his competitive judo career. Within […]

April 4-7, 2013 10 EBJI Teenagers were accompanied by Ken Kokka Sensei and Sayaka Matsumoto Sensei to the Twin Falls CSI Judo Tournament in Twin Falls, Idaho. EBJI left SFO early Thursday morning and arrived in Boise a few hours later. After making the two hour drive to Twin Falls from Boise, they worked out […]

By Senior Instructor Nate Torra Some people say that competitive sports, like business and war, is a zero sum game. It doesn’t matter how well you fought, or how good your technique was, the only thing that matters is if you won or not. This brings up an interesting question: is winning everything? Personally speaking, […]