Click on links below for details and look on the listed Judo sites for other events:
Michigan Open Championships 3/22/20 – Cancelled due to COVID-19
Akiya Judo Championships 5/2/20 2020 Akiya Tourniment Flyer
Konan Championships 6/6/20
Michigan State Games & USA Masters Games 6/27/20 Meijers State Games Registration Packet 2020, & USA Masters Games Registration Packet 2020
Judo Event Calendars:
Konan is pleased to announce that on May 20th we are offering those sankyu and above an opportunity for certification as a USJF Self Defense Instructor (level you are able to achieve is based on your rank). Please click this link for a copy of the Self Defense Workshop flyer.
We will be holding a one day workshop and are asking that you to pre-register by eob May 12th so we can have the materials available for you for the workshop. There are some pre-workshop video’s that we are asking you to review along with a knowledge assessment required for your certification – please review the flyer for more details.
We are pleased to bring in 3 Self Defense Committee Members and the USJF Corporate Attorney for this event.
If you have any questions please contact Neil Simon at or Don Flagg .
Looking forward to your participation.
Neil Simon, Chairperson
The USJF Self Defense Committee
All:
This Saturday is the Konan Chi New Rules Referee Clinic. Click here for the flier. Please send this flyer to anyone interested in Refereeing and also to coaches so all can acquaint themselves with the new rules. If you have lists, please send them to your lists.
Thank you.
See you Saturday.
Neil Simon
What: Chu To Bu / Brasa Judo, Jiu-Jitsu is pleased to announce that 2X Judo Olympian Nick Delpopolo will be visiting Chu To Bu for 3 sessions.
One Friday evening, for Kids Ages 4-12, and two on Saturday for adults.
Nick will be going over the ground, standing and grip fighting techniques that made him the best player in the USA @ 73kg.
Be sure to register below and mark your calendars. This is an event you won’t want to miss!
Friday, March 31st 2017
2X Judo Olympian Nick Delpopolo Workshop
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Open to: Kids ages 4-12
Cost: $25.00 per person.
Register at: http://bit.ly/2kItZOu
Saturday, April 1st 2017
2X Judo Olympian Nick Delpopolo Workshop (2 Sessions)
Session 1: 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Session 2: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Open To: Adults
Cost: $60.00 per person for both sessions, if pre-registered. $70.00 per person for both sessions the day of the event.
Register at: http://bit.ly/2khNbnV
Where: 1384 Lear Industrial Pkwy, Avon, Ohio 44011.
Questions: Call us at: (440) 937-6622.
What: Chu To Bu / Brasa Judo, Jiu-Jitsu is pleased to announce that 2X Judo Olympian Nick Delpopolo will be visiting Chu To Bu for 3 sessions.
One Friday evening, for Kids Ages 4-12, and two on Saturday for adults.
Nick will be going over the ground, standing and grip fighting techniques that made him the best player in the USA @ 73kg.
Be sure to register below and mark your calendars. This is an event you won’t want to miss!
Friday, March 31st 2017
2X Judo Olympian Nick Delpopolo Workshop
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Open to: Kids ages 4-12
Cost: $25.00 per person.
Register at: http://bit.ly/2kItZOu
Saturday, April 1st 2017
2X Judo Olympian Nick Delpopolo Workshop (2 Sessions)
Session 1: 10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon
Session 2: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Open To: Adults
Cost: $60.00 per person for both sessions, if pre-registered. $70.00 per person for both sessions the day of the event.
Register at: http://bit.ly/2khNbnV
Where: 1384 Lear Industrial Pkwy, Avon, Ohio 44011.
Questions: Call us at: (440) 937-6622.
Hey Everyone
Just wanted to let everyone know that we are having a Junior Nationals preparation workout on the 11th at Godai in Grand Rapids. This will be a chance to get junior and senior competitors gripping up with new bodies, having some fun and getting geared up for this year’s USJF/USJA Junior Nationals.
Please click here to go to the Facebook page or click for a pdf flier for more details and please pass it along to anyone that I might have missed and stay tuned for more workouts to coming.
Thanks
Greg Ondrus (E-mail)
Konan VP
Dear Judo Friends,
USJF Kata Committee would like to invite you to the 2017 USJF National Kata Conference.
Please help us out by circulating this Flyer to your judo friends.
Please click here for the registration package. Thank you so much for your support. See you in St. Louis.
For further information Sensei Eiko Shepherd (email or call 618-781 5157) or e-mail Leeanne Oue.
Sensei Eiko Shepherd
2017 USJF National Kata Conference
St. Louis, Missouri
July 24 – 28, 2017
Monday – Friday
Each day will focus on deep explanation of one kata
NAGE-NO-KATA •KATAME-NO-KATA • JU-NO-KATA
KIME-NO-KATA • GOSHIN-JUTSU
Featuring:
Kodokan Judo Institute Instructors from Japan
Reminder: Konan Fall Promotional Clinic tomorrow, September 11 at Black Swamp Judo, Maumee OH.
MJDA will be hosting current San Jose State Coach, Shintaro Nakano (Godan), for a three-part clinic on Saturday, September 24 at Saito Dojo in Birmingham, MI.
Click here for the registration form.
The clinic will feature group instruction, individual assistance for each participant on their tokui-waza, and, finally, randori to practice and improve participants’ technique.
Nakano-sensei is the San Jose State University Judo team Coach and Coach of Marti Malloy, 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist and 2013 World Silver Medalist and operates Nakano Judo Academy in San Jose CA.
Where: Saito Dojo at Birmingham YMCA, 400 E. Lincoln, Birmingham, MI 48009
When: Saturday, September 24, 2016
Contact: Noboru Saito Click here to e-mail or call 248-840-0013
Cost: $35 for Pre-registration (good reason, clinic fee can be refundable)
$50 for on site registration
Coach Nakano’s Judo Achievements:
Shintaro Nakano is Black Belt 5th Dan born in Miyazaki, Japan. He started his Judo career at the age of five
and learned from the beginning the traditional beliefs and values of Judo. He is a graduate of Chuo
University in Japan. He was a member of the Japanese Judo National team from 1998 to 2004 at 60kg and
from 2006 to 2008 at 66kg.
Please note that the Woodward Dream Cruise is today.
Do not attempt to drive up or down Woodward Avenue to get to the Birmingham Y. It will be congested and impassable from south of I-696 and northward.
Best access may be to approach the Y from the west by taking West Lincoln from Southfield Road to the Y.
