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 […]

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 […]

Greeting everybody, I apologize for the late notice, but I’ve just been told that East Bay Judo Institute will be hosting a class with Mr. Bruno Carmeni. Mr. Carmeni began judo at the age of 15 in Italy. In addition to his 7 Italian National Championship Titles, he represented Italy in the first judo event […]

Photo courtesy of James Beane On Saturday November 17th, Daiheigen Yudanshakai in collaboration with Manteca Judo Club hosted a Junior Development clinic in Stockton, CA. The camp drew around 25 participants from around the bay area and was led by Sayaka Matsumoto. Those who participated also included East Bay’s own Brandon and Dillon Izzo, who […]

EBJI competitors show off their medalsPhoto courtesy of James Beane Dillon Izzo had the best finish of the day earning a gold medal in his division. He went 3-1 winning two of his matches in golden score. He did really well in working on his taiotoshi and earned his first gold medal in local competition. […]

Hi again to everyone from Finland. Ann and I arrived here to Helsinki this afternoon (Nov. 9) after a 16 hour ferry ride from Stockholm. Our journey here began yesterday with us taking a 5 hour bus ride from Boras to Stockholm. From there we boarded the Viking cruise ship which left at around 4:45pm […]

Daiheigen Junior Developmental Clinic November 17, 2007 – 10:00am – 2:00 pm hosted by Stockton Judo Club Manteca Judo Club at Calvary Chapel Church 2343 Country Club Blvd. Stockton, CA with guest clinician Sayaka Matsumoto Complete information can be found on the table at the dojo or email Stephanie for more information.  

Asanuma Sensei, Ann, Sayaka, with teammates Marti and Michael at the tournament *** Greetings from Sweden! Ann and I have been in the small town of Boras for almost a week now. We arrived last Thursday in the city of Gothenburg and were transported to the Scandic hotel in Boras. Since we arrived, things have […]

Hi everyone. Just wanted to let you know that congratulations are in order for the following EBJI members on their stellar performances on the international arena: 2007 US Open Ann Shiraishi – Silver (Women’s -48kg category) Sayaka Matsumoto – Bronze (Women’s -48kg category) Nate Torra – Bronze (Men’s -60kg category) Molly O’Rourke – Bronze (Women’s -78kg […]

While his siblings Thomas and Anna were competing this weekend at the Albany Invitational Tournament. Phillip was participating in the Cazadero weekend music camp. During this 2 day camp he spent nearly 5 hours a day participating in choir exercises and activities! According to Phillip, he had to drink a lot of tea to keep […]