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Monthly Archives: January 2008

1/12 – Kodokan Camp day 2

Hello All,   Today was a tough day, judo wise.    We woke up around 7:00 am this morning and then left for practice at 9:00am. We got to the Kodokan and there were a ton of girls. Practice was in the main hall today because there were so many girls. For the morning session we did 8-4min rounds […]

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1/13 – New Year’s and Seiji-no-Hi

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New Year’s celebration with the girl’s from Nichidai Hello All,   Here’s another update on what’s going on for the past couple of days.   SUNDAY   On Sunday, we were scheduled to go back to the Kodokan for day 3 of the camp, but our bodies were too tired to make it to the […]

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1/15 – More intense practices

It’s about 10:30 pm on January 15, 2008.    Here’s an update on how today went.  We slowly got up this morning.  Michael came over in time to accompany us to the grocery store.  We bought more vegetables and healthy foods… and LOTS of water.  After the grocery store we came back to the apartment and […]

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1/11 – Practice at the Kodokan

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Hello again! It’s about 8:14 PM right now and I’m standing on the balcony trying to type REALLY fast before I lose the signal again. We just got back about 40 mintues ago from practice at the Kodokan. We had an adventure trying to get home. Practice was good. There were a lot more girls […]

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1/10 – Ann checks in from Tokyo, Japan

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(Editor’s Note: On Monday, January 8, Sayaka, Ann and Molly left for Tokyo, Japan to spend the next two weeks training at Nihon University. (Nichidai) Nihon University is the home of Sensei Jun Konno – a long-time friend of EBJI, who spent a year here in 2000 studying English. Attached is an update from one of our competitors, Ann […]

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Kokushikan 2008 – Homestay Information

Dear EBJI Friends and families;     This February we will be hosting a team of  seven women from Kokushikan University in Tokyo, Japan from February 13 – 21th. This experience has proven to be a very rich experience for all – The team will experience everyday American culture, attend classes on cross-cultural relations, and […]

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1/5 – EBJI New Year’s Party

Hello Everyone and Happy New Year   This is a friendly reminder that our annual dojo New Year’s Party will be held this Saturday at 7pm at Takara Sake, 708 Addison Street in Berkeley, CA.    We are asking everyone to bring a main dish as well as either a salad or dessert last names […]

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