March 2011 Schedule

We have a one event and one tournament scheduled in the month of March. We will be attending the Cupertino Tournament on Sunday March 27. As always this means that there will be no practice on Saturday March 26. All other classes remain the same. As a reminder we will be conducting Sensei Birthday Workout on Saturday March 19. Be prepared for the toughest workout of the year.

KONJO!

Makimoto Judo Tournament

Team Sacramento competed in the Makimoto Judo Tournament on February 27, in Vacaville. The team had a great day sending 18 competitors into action bringing home 6 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze, 1 fourth place, for a total of 17 medals in 18 divisions. We had many competitors fighting it out in the same divisions. Gavin Davis-Smith and Deven Phillips placed one-two, Albert Williams and Julian Estrada also placed one-two, and a clean sweep in another division with Ryan Elgarico, Jordan Greenfelder, and Desmyn Williams sweeping the medal stand. It was great to see Ellis Shaw return and take a bronze in a very tough division and first time competitor Dalton Boyer came home with a gold. A special welcome back to Kyle Roberts who saw his first action after shoulder surgery placing second. Here are the individual results:

Andrea Estrada- Fourth Place
Dalton Boyer- Gold
Desmyn Williams- Bronze
Albert Williams- Gold
LJ Cudal- Gold
Frank Wilkerson- DNP
Daniel Luz- Bronze
Marlina Luz- Gold
Julian Estrada- Silver
CJ Byrd- Silver
Deven Phillips- Silver
Syria Rhodes- Gold
Gavin Davis-Smith- Gold
Ryan Elgarico- Gold
Jordan Greenfelder- Silver
Ellis Shaw- Bronze
Kyle Roberts- Silver (Brown)
Dave Henson- Bronze (Brown)

Great work, next tournament is March 27, in Cupertino.

KONJO!

Sensei Memorial Results

As mentioned previously Team Sacramento had a fantastic performance at the Sensei Memorial Tournament in San Jose, CA on February 20. The team placed third in the team competition and had 22 players competing in 24 divisions. There were over 700 participants in the tournament and Team Sacramento players placed 20 competitors in 24 divisions, with 10 Golds, 5 Silvers, and 5 Bronze. The team had an outstanding win/loss record of 61-23. Of the 61 wins 57 were via ipon! Great judo! Here are the individual results:

Des Williams- Gold
Al Williams- Silver
Ximena Alegra (Brown)- Bronze
Ximena Alegra (Black)- DNP
Andrea Estrada- Bronze
Julian Estrada- Silver
Frank Wilkerson- DNP
Tony Baquera- Bronze
Katie Davie (Brown)- Gold
Katie Davis (Black)- Bronze
Syria Rhodes- Gold
CJ Byrd- DNP
Daniel Luz- Silver
Mina Luz- Gold
Lukas Kavanaugh- Gold
Deven Phillips- Silver
Gavin Davis-Smith- Gold
Matt Ontiveros- Gold
Nic Ontiveros- Bronze
JW Greenfelder- Silver
Curtis Booth- Gold
Ashley Booth- Gold
LJ Cudal- Gold
Michael Davis- DNP

Great job to all competitors and students, without total team effort we cannot achieve success. Every student, parent, and competitor should be proud of the this accomplishment.

KONJO!

2011 Sensei Memorial Update

Team Sacramento placed third in the team competition at the 2011 Sensei Memorial in San Jose. This is the teams best performance in this prestigious event to date. All of the competitors and students should be very proud of all of the hard work and dedication it took to achieve such an accomplishment. More details and individual results to follow later this week.

KONJO!

Allen Johnson

Allen Johnson is safe and sound in Iraq. He contacted me to let me know that all is well. He has even secured a location and will be starting a judo program. KONJO FOREVER! Allen misses all of you and is looking forward to coming home and seeing everyone. If you wish to contact Allen his address is:

Allen Johnson

304th PSYOP CO.

COB SPEICHER
APO AE30393

I know Allen would love to hear from everyone so if you get a chance please send him a letter.

Satellite Weigh In & Practice

Satellite weigh in for San Jose Sensei Memorial Tournament for PRE REGISTERED competitors will be at Okubo on Thursday February 17 at 6:00 PM. Practice will follow between 6:30 and 7:00 PM. See you there.

KONJO!

Birthday WIshes

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY Sensei Tauasa!!!!!