December Promotions, Kids’ Night Out and More! December Promotions This week we will begin our December testing when every student will be considered for a higher rank. Our belt promotion ceremony, for those receiving new belts, will be on Wednesday, December 20, at 6:45 pm. Shima promotions will be $35 and new belts will be … [Read more…]

In-Class Shiai, Dan in Dallas, Thanksgiving and more! November In-Class Shiai Last Week’s Sumo and Judo In-Class-Shiai was a wonderful success! We had 13 little sumo players and another 16 judo players participating. The competition was intense, the shouts of encouragement were loud and the techniques were precise (sometimes). We all look forward to our … [Read more…]

In-Class Shiai, Palo Alto Tournament, Thanksgiving and more! November In-Class Shiai Our monthly in-class Shiai (tournament) will be on November 17. Our Little Chibi and Hajime students will participate in a sumo competition starting at 5:25 and ending at 6:25. At 6:30 we will be having the Judo Shiai for our Honto students where we … [Read more…]

Parents’ Night Out, In-Class Shiai and Hanabi’s Tournament! San Jose Open 900 people competed this past weekend at the San Jose Open and four of them were from Hanabi. Robin won two of his 4 matches, Chelsea had a hard day losing to two strong girls while Shuhan won 4 of her 5 matches by … [Read more…]