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El Cerrito, CA 94530

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Voted Best Martial Arts Studio in El Cerrito!

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EBJI is proud to announce they’ve been voted Best Martial Arts Studio in El Cerrito! We are also proud members of the El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce. By supporting local businesses, you help ensure  our community thrives.  

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Matsumoto Sensei Inducted to the USJF Hall of Fame!

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CONGRATULATIONS to EBJI Founder and Program Director David Matsumoto Sensei for recently being promoted to Hachidan (8th degree black belt) and for being inducted to the United States Judo Federation Hall of Fame! The Hall of Fame aims to acknowledge outstanding judoka who have made major significant contributions to the sport of judo. Matsumoto Sensei […]

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Remodel Walkthrough, Jan 16

It’s been 3 weeks since we had an update (I tried last weekend, but I was locked out) but here’s the latest walkthrough of the dojo remodel!  

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Happy New Year!!

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Post Christmas Walkthrough

Greetings everybody, Happy holidays. For your viewing pleasure is our post Christmas remodel walkthrough.  Enjoy!    

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Remodel progress

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Greetings again members, friends, and family! I made another stop at the dojo this week. The painting is, for the most part, done. They were bringing in wall coverings for the back bathroom as well as tearing up the old linoleum that was underneath the old tatami. The big change I noticed is that we […]

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December Checkin

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Greetings again members, friends, and family! I made another stop at the dojo during my holiday outings. The day I came in, they were preparing the walls to be textured (before painting). If you look at the prior pictures, the walls look a little different. Planning a trip down to see how the painting went! […]

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Holiday remodel checkin!

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Greetings again members, friends, and family of EBJI! Apologies for the delay since the last update. I actually took some pictures last week, but they didn’t come out. Not sure why, but I took several pics and only a couple of them weren’t blurry! Nonetheless, I dropped in today to check the progress before the […]

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3.5 months checkin

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Greetings again members, friends, and family of EBJI! We’re now 3.5 months into the remodel and progress is pushing forward. The walls are all up and covered, the old electrical stuff is mostly removed and the new wiring is almost completely in place. All the concrete has now been poured, the extra support studs are […]

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Remodel – 3 Months Checkin

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Greetings again members, friends, and family of EBJI! We’re 3 months into the remodel and progress continues. The walls are all up and almost completely covered. We can now see the shape we’re going to have. We’ve been informed that we’ve been given the OK to finally finish the concrete pour (the open holes you’ll […]

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