IMPORTANT NOTICE: Deadline for registration for Shufu promotional is THIS SUNDAY, March 24, 2019. Click Here for Information Flyer…
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Deadline for registration for Shufu promotional is THIS SUNDAY, March 24, 2019. Click Here for Information Flyer…
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from Miki Takemori, Chair of the Shufu Board of Examiners To Shufu Yudanshakai Clubs, Sensei and Judoka: I am writing to update you on the process that is happening with the USJF Promotional Standards. Just to recap, I am on the Ad Hoc Committee (as a…
It’s early on October 24, 2018. Very early; much earlier than I normally do judo, by like 13 hours. I’m in a cab, well more like a tiny circus car that can fit two tiny people, and I’m with Sensei Manoj headed to the outskirts of Katmandu to an…
by Wayne Lifshitz Special Commentator assigned to Nepal It’s World Judo Day 2018, Dr. Kano’s birthday and I’m in Kathmandu, Nepal for a few weeks for work. To start I must thank Sensei Binod Raj Sainju from College Park Judo Club who with a couple of phone calls and…
Three Kata Teams placed highly in the 2018 IJF Kata World Championships held in Cancun, Mexico on October 15 – 16, the USA’s best-ever results at Kata’s premier event. The Shufu group of Karl Tamai and Diane Tamai Jackson placed 6th in Ju no Kata, and Rob Gouthro…
Photo courtesy of Wayne Lifshitz Six of Shufu’s kata athletes will be competing in the Kata World Championships, to be held in Cancun, Mexico on October 15 – 16. The Shufu International Kata Team of Diane Tamai Jackson and Karl Tamai (Ju no Kata), Rob Gouthro and Lisa…
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“Sad News. We are broken hearted.” by Kevin Tamai We have lost a dear friend, coach, sensei, mentor and so much more. Sensei Mark Smith passed from this world on Wednesday night at the Anne Arundel Medical Center. He was surrounded by his family. Mark has…