65th Anniversary Tournament

Pre-registration is now being accepted.  Debbie Oba will be accepting pre-reg forms from anyone in-house or from outside dojos at GJC during practices beginning Jan. 28th.  If you can't find Debbie, you can give it to Rowena or Ray Matsumoto. Please turn pre-registration soon. 

Please see website for registration packet: http://www.gardenajudo.com/p/65th-anniversary-tournament.html

* We are selling our Tournament mats.  Enclosed you will find the order form.  Please RSVP and pay soon as they will go quickly. For red or blue mats, the price is $95/mat.

* Monday, Feb 1st - We will have our General Tournament Meeting.  Mickey Matsumoto Sensei has authorized the Yonen class practice to end at 7:15 so everyone (Senseis, kids, & parents) present can participate.  You are all welcome  & encouraged to attend as we will be informing you where you can help and sign up with various tasks/committees (and yes, we will be utilizing our kids to help!)​​  Shonen class, please come early to the dojo to participate too!  Shonen practice will be happening that evening at 7:45 PM.

*Scorekeeping Practice 

Scoreboard software is available for download. Please download the software to one of your home computers/laptops to practice with. We will be running mock shiais soon for practice. We will also need at least 1-2 persons per family to sign up for a shift at the scoring table. A total of 50 members are needed to run the scoring table. 

GJC Advisor Mr. Eiji's Passing

Mr. Eiji Inouye, a long standing Advisor for GJC, recently passed away.  Services will be on Saturday, Jan 23rd at 11AM at the Gardena Buddhist Church at 1517 166th St, Gardena, CA 90247.  All are encouraged to come.  Reception to follow in the social hall.

Friday's Goshinjitsu Class

Goshinjitsu class meets on Fridays at JCI.  If you are a yellow belt and above and want to enhance your judo and self-defense skills, contact Ken Teshima for details and enrollment.

Upcoming tournaments:

San Jose Buddhist Club Tournament (Feb 14th)

Please note that there pre-registration must be mailed & postmarked by 02/04/16 or online pre-registration is due 02/09/16.   Here's the link for detailed info: http://www.sjbjudo.org/2016-sensei-memorial-tournament;  Steve Yano Sensei will be at GJC to conduct weigh ins for those who are pre-registered on Feb. 11th.

Taishi Judo Club Tournament (Feb 21st)

Pre-registration must be postmarked by Feb 1st.  We will conduct in-house weigh ins for our pre-registered competitors.  For more info: http://www.nankajudo.com/files/2016Events/02-21-16_TJC5thAnniversaryTournamentEntryForm.pdf

AND our big announcement 

Gardena Judo Club's 65th Tournament (Sun, March 13th)

Location: El Camino College.  Registration information is on Nanka's website.  Here's the link to GJC's registration info: http://www.nankajudo.com/files/2016Events/03-13-16_GJC_65th_Anniversary_Tournament_REV1_.pdf  

         * Active and in-good standing Gardena Judo Club members will not be charged a registration fee; T-shirts will not be given out for free; GJC members will need to purchase their own tournament t-shirt separately. Info regarding T-shirt will be forthcoming in a future email

          *  Please pre-register before the deadline.  It will help us all tremendously!  We will be doing in-house weigh ins on Thursday, March 10th at our dojo for the tournament. 

         * Our tournament mats are for sale!! If you missed out on our last mat sale, this is a good time to RSVP for the mats from our tournament.  We have  a lot to sell and they will go quickly. Hurry! They'll go fast!

Sensei Mickey's New Year Message

"Happy New Year.  As the New Year opens it is a time for Judokas to set challenging goals.  It could be simple as learning a new left hand throw, to a difficult task of getting Sensei Ken Teshima to tap out, or winning the gold medal at an invitational tournament.  The key is to make it challenging but obtainable.  Something that you could get excited about.  The next step is to set small objectives to measure your progress.  Break down your goal to specific steps that are measureable.  Set deadlines, and as an incentive once a step is accomplished reward yourself.

Completing a goal give you a great sense of accomplishment, so let’s challenge ourselves and take action on our dreams. "

“Goals are mere dreams until put into action”

-Thank you Mickey Sensei!  Happy New Year!

FUJI Mats for Sale from our GJC 65th Anniversary Tournament

The FUJI Mats that we will be using at our tournament will be available for sale to you.  If you are interested in purchasing any of the mats (even if it's just a couple), please email info@fujisports.com or call to pre-order 800-663-0629.  Please identify yourself as wanting to purchase the Gardena Judo Tournament Mats from the 03/13/16 Tournament. This is a great opportunity for those of you who were unable to purchase mats from GJC last time.  

GJC Ads are DUE Tomorrow!!

Submission for ads for our GJC 65th Anniversary Tournament is tomorrow, Monday, 01/11/16.  Please turn in all necessary paperwork, monies, pdf files, etc. by tomorrow.  

Attention Winter Nationals Participants - 

If you went to Winternationals in December 2015, please bring your medals & yourself (with your gi) to the dojo.  Ray Matsumoto will be taking pictures of all participants and medals won by GJC judokas.  Adults who went, please get to dojo by 7:45PM to be included in the picture.