Saturday Workout

Very fun workout with 17 judoka. Lots of uchi komi, nage komi, newaza and randori.

Next Practice: Monday at UTC

Tuesday Practice

Small but fun class. Syria got a good workout :-)

Next Practice: Tomorrow at UTC

Monday Practice

Back to basics! 21 judoka last night

CCSF Invitational 2008

Team Sacramento Judo competed at the CCSF Invitational in San Francisco today.  Complete tournament results will be available tomorrow (Monday, December 8).

O-Sensei Saturday Workout

Great practice on Saturday!  40 judoka were present for O-Sensei's visit - we can't wait for the next one!

Video highlights are available here.

Next Practice: Monday at UTC

Wednesday Practice

Incredible class tonight - 22 judoka with great energy. Tons of uchikomi, grip fighting and a variation of osotogari (shown by Sensei Pedro). Lots of fun during randori (especially for Rich a.k.a The Beast)

Luckily everybody turned their homework. Also, a special thanks to Julian and Andrea for the homemade root beer!

Next Practice: Thursday at Capital City BJJ

Don't forget to wear a WHITE GI for O-Sensei's workout on Saturday!

Monday & Tuesday Practice

Great practices Monday (26 judoka) and Tuesday (16 judoka). The next two weeks are dedicated to osotogari, pummeling, grip fighting and lots of randori (of course).

Don't forget your homework! Also, O-Sensei will be at Saturday practice this Saturday (Dec 6th)!

Next Practice: Wednesday at UTC

On a side note...
According to Kyle last month was No-shave November, and this month is Decembeard. Next month is supposedly Januhairy. Since Kyle does'nt know when NHL playoffs start (or end), lets make this deal: unless he dominates randori at O-Sensei's workout, every month will henceforth be known as Hairlesskyler or Plainvanillalegdayuary.

Monday & Tuesday Practice

Great practices on Monday (22 judoka) and Tuesday (12 judoka) - lots of pummeling, uchi komi, grip fighting, te guruma and randori.

Next Practice: Wednesday at UTC

Saturday Practice

Congratulations to Dave Henson on his promotion to blue belt (yonkyu)!

Small but fun class today focusing on grip fighting and te guruma. We finished with lots of randori. Dave ran the gauntlet, lost his lunch, and came right back for more - nice!

Thursday Practice

Fun workout tonight (16 judoka). The warm up was very short since almost everybody participated in the BJJ class. Lots of uchikomi, grip fighting and nage komi (kouchi, ouchi, seoinage, te guruma).

We also covered a couple of tricks/variations of te guruma and finished with some randori.

The picture above shows Sensei Pedro winning with te guruma at the 2008 World Masters Championships in Brussels, Belgium.

Next Practice: 1pm Saturday at UTC

Kyle Roberts Promoted to Danzan-Ryu Jujitsu Shodan

Congratulations to Kyle Roberts on his recent promotion to black belt in Danzan-Ryu Jujitsu.

Wednesday Practice

18 judoka tonight. The warm up included uchikomi, grip fighting, stretching and nage komi (kouchi gari, ouchi gari, uchi mata, and harai goshi). We also learned a couple variations of te guruma including transitions to ouchi gari.

Thanks to Sensei Pedro for finding some of the new competition rules that go into effect in 2009. I believe these new rules require dogs to wear blue a gi.

Next Practice: 7:30pm Thursday at Capital City BJJ

Monday Practice

20 judoka tonight... We started off with a tough warm up and lots of grip fighting. Tonight we started a new two-week series on Pedro's and Tauasa's favorite throw: te guruma

Next Practice is Tuesday at the new Capital City BJJ facility at 7:30pm!

New Sacramento Location!

Beginning November 18th our Tuesday and Thursday classes (7:30pm-8:30pm) will be held at the Capital City Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training facility.

This is a brand new training facility with world-class Cassio Werneck Jiu-Jitsu black belt Marcos Torregrosa and Terry Maxwell as instructors. Many thanks to Marcos, Terry, Jesse and Capital City BJJ for allowing us to train and teach at their new facility.

Capital City Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
6360 Belleau Wood Lane Suite 6
Sacramento CA, 95822

Contact Brent or Tauasa if you have any questions.

Saturday Practice

Small but intense practice today (17 judoka). A tough warmup followed by turnovers, randori, newaza, grip fighting review and cool down.

Next practice: Monday at UTC

Monday Practice

A great turn out tonight: 34 judoka. Lots of uchi komi, nage komi (practicing harai goshi) and some randori.

Next Practice this Saturday at UTC!

Palo Alto Invitational

Many thanks to the Palo Alto Judo Club for a tough (and very fun) tournament in Palo Alto today.

TSJ had only 11 competitors today, but everybody fought well. Jonel and Mychal fought through injuries, and Syria was exceptional in the senior brown belt division.

Lincoln (2-2) and Tony (1-1) fought in their first tournament today and both did very well.

Practice on Monday in Roseville.

Wednesday Practice

17 bodies practicing harai goshi tonight (instruction by Teixeira Sensei). We also welcomed three new students tonight: Justin, Austin, and Dave.

Saturday practice is canceled in lieu of the Palo Alto tournament this Sunday. However, for senior students that want to participate, we'll be having a light workout at UTC this Saturday from 1-2:30pm (lots of uchi komi and nage komi).

Reminder: No Thursday Practice Downtown (November 6th)

Tuesday Practice

Fun with harai goshi was the theme tonight (and for the for the next two weeks). Lots of nage komi and a little randori tonight (16 warm bodies).

Ira made an appearance tonight! Just as scary as he was 20 years ago but a little bit lighter... You just know he's gonna dish out some justice like it's 1989 next time (stay clear if you know what's good for you!)

Practice in Roseville Wednesday. No practice downtown Thursday.

Palo Alto tournament this Sunday - contact the coaches if you need a ride to the venue.

Monday Practice

Great class tonight: 27 bodies. Tonight marks the start of a two-week training cycle on harai goshi (Kavanaugh Sensei got us started on the first variation).

Congratulations to everybody that competed at the Bojuka Invitational yesterday. Please send pics and/or video of matches to Tauasa when you have a chance.

Here is a video of one of Dave Henson's submission grappling matches at Marinobles a few weeks ago. Great job Dave!

Bojuka Tournament

It was a very nice day in Monterey. We had fun at the Bojuka tournament. Looking forward to Palo Alto next weekend. Great job from everyone at Team Sacramento.

Complete tournament results will be available Monday evening.

Bojuka Invitational

Marlina Luz winning with a pancake

Saturday Practice

Short seniors workout today in lieu of tomorrow's tournament.

Wednesday Practice

Only 19 judoka tonight, but still a great workout. Lots of uchikomi, partner drills, ukemi, and randori.

We had a little contest tonight to see who could do ukemi over the most bodies. Six-pack was the favorite going in, but, surprisingly, Jonel beat everybody by clearing nine people with room to spare - not too bad for an old man :-)

Practice downtown tomorrow night.

Bojuka Invitational Tournament in Monterey this Sunday - check the calendar for details. If you're not going down Saturday night but want to fight, contact one of the coaches about carpooling.

Monday Practice

Quick warmup, lots of work on kouchi gari (instruction by Morales Sensei), and some randori... 30 warm bodies flying around - nobody should have this much fun!

Practice downtown tomorrow night.

Bojuka Invitational Tournament in Monterey this Sunday - check the calendar for details.

Saturday Practice

Fun practice today! We continued working on kouchi gari, focusing on a kouchi-to-ouchi combination. Video of some of today's workout is available here.

After the warm up everybody took a fitness test: max pushups in two minutes, max situps in two minutes, and max burpees in one minute (15 seconds rest between each). Here are the results:

Name	Pushups	Situps	Burpees	Total
Lincoln	92	93	22	207
Bella	128	47	27	202
Ellis	100	60	28	188
Mina	97	54	23	174
Conrad	103	41	21	165
Matt	75	62	27	164
Daniel L	71	60	21	152
Chantall	50	80	15	145
Kay-John	78	46	14	138
Ute	35	76	19	130
Nick O	53	58	17	128
Dominique	55	40	21	116
Nate	35	53	19	107
Lukas	30	50	20	100
Nick T	28	56	13	97
Vic	60	20	10	90
Rina	34	28	14	76
Gabriella	29	32	14	75

Wednesday Practice

Another fun class with a total of 26 bodies on the mat tonight.

Appetizer: lots of uchi komi
Main Course: kouchi gari variation (demonstrated by Teixeira Sensei)
Dessert: newaza and randori (of course)

Practice downtown tomorrow night - Saturday workout in Roseville.

Monday Practice

Congratulations to Nick and Matt Ontiveros on their well-deserved promotion to orange belt.

Also, congratulations to Marcos Torregrosa for placing 2nd at U.S. Open XIII Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (Adult Black Belt, Lightweight Division).

Tonight we started a two-week training cycle on variations and combinations with kouchigari. We also weclomed two new students: Lincoln and Sean.

Great practice tonight. The mat was crowded with a total of 39 judoka.

Saturday Practice

Saturday practice went very well. The small class size (16 total) allowed a lot of one-on-one instruction.

Breakdown of today's training:
Warmup: 30 minutes
Half nelson drills: 30 minutes
Seoinage variations and transitions: 90 minutes
Randori & newaza: 30 minutes

A video compilation of today's workout is available here.

This weekend marks the end of our two-week cycle on seoinage and variations (same-side grip, seoitoshi, transitions, etc).

Monday is the start of a new two-week cycle. Maybe kouchigari or te guruma. If there is a specific throw or combination you would like to work on post it to comments.

Welcome!

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