November Schedule

November schedule is going to be standard with the exception of:

No practice Saturday November 12 (tournament Sunday)

Tournament Sunday November 13

No practice November 23 to 27 (Thanksgiving Holiday)

Please make a note for all changes to the schedule and more details for Sacramento practice will follow.

KONJO!

Sacramento Practice Options

Team Sacramento as most of you know is currently looking for a location to hold our Sacramento workouts. To make this happen there may be some changes on the horizon and the schedule may change significantly. I would like some feedback from the regular Sacramento members regarding a few ideas I have. Can I please have any parents e mail me at brentapc1@aol.com so that I can fill you in on my ideas? Your feedback is important to the decision that I will ultimately make regarding the future for our Sacramento location.

Respectfully,

Goodall Sensei

Saturday October 29 Practice

Team Sacramento will be sending Syria Rhodes to Cape Town South Africa for her first experience in the Junior World Championships. Please be sure to attend to give Syria your best wishes in her travels and her competition.

KONJO!

No Practice Monday October 31 due to Halloween!

Denver Classic Reults

Katie Davis competed in the Denver Classic on October 22 in the visually impaired and the open division. Katie won a gold medal in the VI division going 2-0. She later competed in the open division winning one match and losing another for a silver medal. Congratulations Katie! Katie will now be focusing on the VI Pan Am Games in November.

KONJO!

2011 Capitol Open Results

Team Sacramento competed in the 2011 Capitol Open in Sacramento on October 9, 2011. The results were mixed but definitely positive. We had four first time competitors see their first action. Great job to Courtney Revada, Robert Telles, Frank Santiago, and Jacob Seto in your first judo competition. The team won 46 matches total but lost 35, 44 of the wins came by ipon. Results were 17 medals out of 21 competitors, with four gold, 10 silver, and 3 bronze. Here are the individual results:

Kyle Roberts- Gold

Curtis Booth- Gold

Ashley Booth- Gold

Albert Williams- Gold

Jacob Seto- Silver

Courtney Revada- Silver

Robert Telles- Silver

LJ Cudal- Silver

Marlina Luz- Silver

Syria Rhodes- Silver

Deven Phillips- Silver

Frank Santiago- Silver

Katie Davis- Silver

Frank Wilkerson- Silver

Daniel Luz- Bronze

Lukas Kavanaugh- Bronze

Julian Estrada- Bronze

Andrea Estrada- DNP

Will Ruppert- DNP

Michael Davis- DNP

Namkha Nguyen- DNP

This was a good start to the season and we can get to work to prepare for our goals at the end of the year. Next tournament in Palo Alto on November 13.

KONJO!

October 2011 Schedule

The October schedule includes the first tournament of the 2011/2012 season on Sunday October 9, in Sacramento. After this event there will also be a pizza party in the general area where the tournament is held. Information will be available at the tournament. This is the first tournament of the season and we will have some new competitors, I expect all competitors to work on new techniques that you have learned and start the process of getting ready for California State Championships and Nationals. This is going to be an exciting season and the work is just beginning. The rest of October will be a standard practice schedule and at the end of the month we will send Syria Rhodes to her first World Championship competition in Capetown, South Africa during practice on Saturday October 29.

KONJO!

Promotion Ceremony

A promotion ceremony to welcome Jonel Luz and Kyle Roberts as yudansha was held on Saturday October 1, 2011 in Folsom, CA. Before the ceremony O Sensei Butler held a two day camp that was attended by almost 40 students each day. As always everyone came together in the spirit of ohana and celebrated Jonel and Kyle's achievement. Congratulations to both of you and thank you to O Sensei Butler for sponsoring the camp and providing the luau lunch.

KONJO!