Editor’s Note: Development is a crucial and important aspect of any organization. EBJI is fortunate indeed to have one of its students and instructors, Dan Israel, serve as Chairman of the Development Committee of our regional association, Daiheigen Judo Yudanshakai. In this position, Dan is responsible for soliciting consensus from the other member dojos […]

  Editor’s Note: The United States International Invitational Judo Tournament is the premier international Judo event held every year in the United States. Sponsored by the United States Judo, Inc. (USJI), the National Governing Body of Judo in the U.S., the tournament attracts hundreds of top competitors from around the world every year at the […]

Home of the East Bay Judo Institute!   Editor’s note: One the reasons why 1996 was such an important year for us was because we hosted two national championships: the 1996 U.S. Senior National Judo Championships, and the 1996 USJF Jr., Youth, and Team National Championships. These tournaments are the two biggest Judo events every […]

table border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″>   Editor’s Note: Every year for the past five or six years or so, we have been taking some students to the Ore-Ida Invitational Judo Tournament, held in Ontario, OR. This tournament provided EBJI students with a good chance to travel together to a tournament that was not as rigorous as […]

  Editor’s Note: Not only is she a talented Judo practitioner and exceptional athlete, she is also a creative writer. In closing this section of the EBJI Year-in-Review, we hope that each and every one of you find some moment of inspiration from this writing, as well as all the articles in this publication. Thanks […]

table border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”0″ columns=”3″>   Editor’s Note: The 1996 East Bay Judo Invitational Judo Tournament was very special in 1996. It represented a milestone, the 10th consecutive tournament in the history of the Dojo. It also was the first of many tournaments that our club would be involved in this year. And finally, with […]