Wednesday Practice

Great practice tonight - 20 judoka.  Lots of work on ouchi gari-to-uchi mata combination, plenty of newaza,  some randori, and finished with a little Bulldog.  Ellis did a great job leading warmups tonight.

Video highlights of tonight's workout are available here.

Important Notes: Saturday practices have moved to Folsom MMA at noon!  Also, your CJI State Championship registration forms must be postmarked May 1st to avoid late fees.  The registration form is available here.

Saturday Practice Changes

Team Sacramento members please take note of a change in schedule and location for Saturday practices. After several weeks of smaller Saturday classes we have decided to alter our time schedule with practice beginning at noon and ending at 2:30 PM. We have also decided to switch from the UTC location to Folsom MMA. Folsom MMA is located at:
316 Natoma Street
Folsom, CA 95630
We have made this change to try to jump start attendance as well as open another area to judo in the Sacramento area. I am hopeful that our current students will still be able to attend practices and that we can find new members at the same time. Please take the time to make it to a Saturday practice and check out the new location. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.
Goodall Sensei

Monday Practice

Great practice last night. Over 20 students reviewed tournament results and worked on Ko-uchi and O-uchi combinations. Plenty of randori to make Tauasa happy, until he hurt his rear.

2009 Bay Isle Invitational

We had a banner day at the Bay Isle Tournament on Sunday. The competitors gave maximum effort and made very few mental errors. We had 18 students compete and earned 17 medals. That is an incredible 94%, and the best performance by a large Team Sac squad. Our medal count included an incredible 10 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze.
Curtis Booth-Gold
Ashley Booth-Gold
Marlina Luz-Gold
Andrea Estrada-Gold
Ellis Shaw-Gold
Syria Rhodes-Gold
Tony Alvarez-Gold
Leo Sinitsa-Gold
Kyle Roberts-Gold (Brown)
Kyle Roberts-Gold (Black)
Rich Pierce-Silver
LJ Cudal-Silver
Daniel Luz-Silver
Braxton Ridley-Silver
Conrad Perez-Bronze
Isabella Perez-Bronze
Nick Toledo-Bronze
Julian Estrada and Matt Ontiveros-Participated

Congratulations to all of you, it was a great performance.
KONJO!

USJI Senior Nationals

Congratulations to Michael and Katie Davis for their excellent performance in the inaugural visually impaired USJI Senior National Championships in San Diego, CA. Michael placed second in his division and Katie earned a gold medal in her division. We are so proud to have both of them as part of Team Sacramento. KONJO!

Thursday April, 23 Practice

Great practice at Cap City BJJ. After warm up 15 judoka worked several combinations involving O-uchi gari and Ko-uchi gari. All competitors for Sunday's tournament in Alameda should make sure to get plenty of rest, water, and nourishment. See everyone there. KONJO!

Wednesday Practice

Another scorcher at UTC tonight, but all 25 judoka worked hard.  Everybody worked kouchi-to-ouchi combinations, and a few of the advanced students did some extra work on tai otoshi and seoinage.

Everybody finished up with a few rounds of newaza and light randori.

Welcome to Brett Thompson who trained with us for the first time tonight.

Next Practice: 7:30PM tomorrow night at Cap City BJJ

Monday Practice

Very fun (and hot) workout tonight.  25 judoka: a great warmup, lots of work on kouchi gari and ouchi gari, and finished with newaza.

Next practice: 7:30pm tomorrow night at Cap City BJJ

Tuesday Practice

Great practice tonight.  Small class (12 total), but lots of work on kouchi gari and ouchi gari followed by randori.

Spaghetti Feed

I would like to thank everyone who donated, and volunteered for the spaghetti feed. Special thanks to:
Bides Family, Torregrosa Family, Syria, Jonel, Mina, Daniel, Kirsten, Spencer, LJ, Johnson Sensei, and the Perez Family for volunteering/donating and especially for Johnson Sensei's mom for helping me make the spaghetti. If it wasn't for her and the rest of the crew, their would not be a spaghetti feed.

Saturday Practice

Great workout Saturday, and an even better team get-together afterwards!  Lots of randori and tons of spaghetti!  Thanks to all of the boosters and Capital City BJJ for making Saturday so fun!

Thursday Practice & Saturday Practice Reminder

We had a great practice last night with 13 students working on Seoi Nage. The improvement is of the students is very impressive. I also wanted to remind everyone that Saturday practice will be held at Capitol City BJJ this week. It will be at the standard time from one to four in the afternoon. We also have our Spaghetti feed that evening at 5:30 PM. I hope to see everyone there.
KONJO!

White & Brown Belt Nationals

I am very proud to announce that we sent an excellent group of competitors to the White and Brown Belt Nationals in San Francisco on April 5. All of the competitors performed well and should feel good about what they have accomplished. Kyle took a dominating first place winning all three of his matches with excellent technique and plenty of power. Syria took first place defeating this years Collegiate National Champion along the way. She also had the most entertaining and competitive match of the entire tournament, receiving applause from the entire crowd upon completion. Rich did an excellent job and went against some very tough and strong competitors to take third place. It was an excellent day with some of the friends of Team Sacramento competing as well. Congratulations to Abbey (first place) and Scott (second place) for their performances. Next up Bay Isle and then it is time to get to work for State Championships in May.
KONJO!

Team Sacramento at White/Brown Belt Nationals

White and brown belt nationals are underway at CCSF. Good luck to Rich, Kyle and Syriah!

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Practice Thursday April 2

We had a great practice last night with good energy and great improvement fromthe beginning to end. The students (22) worked extensively on Seoi Nage and variations. We look forward to White & Brown Belt Nationals in SF this weekend. Good luck Kyle, Rich, Syria.
KONJO!