2022 Junior Olympic National Championships

The 2022 Junior Olympic National Championships were held in San Jose, California from June 24-26, 2022. We traveled with a team of 23 judoka to compete. The first two days of the competition, June 24-25 were the national competition and the third day, June 26th, was an international competition. Most of our judoka competed in…

2019 USA Judo Youth National Championships

Colorado Springs, COMarch 8-10, 2019 CJ Pascual-Tabuyo and Jessica Dixon traveled to Colorado Springs to compete in the USA Judo Youth National Championships. Both girls competed at 63 kg in two age divisions – Cadet and IJF. In the IJF Division, Jessica won her first match and then lost the next two matches. CJ lost…

2018 Jr. Olympics Results

Spokane, Washington June 22-24, 2018 Ronson Murillo, Draezyn Tanaka, Eli Suan, Logan Lau, Noa Frasco, and Keane Escaba traveled to Spokane, Washington to compete in the 2018 Jr. Olympics National Competition. Day 1 | Friday, June 22, 2018 Eli fought in the male, intermediate 2, 31 kilogram division. Eli had a 27 minute long first match…

2017 Jr. Olympics Results

Spokane, Washington June 16-18, 2017 Sensei Greg and Sensei Robin took a group of 11 Hawaii Tenri judoka to the Jr. Olympics tournament in Spokane, Washington. Maya DeAngelo took a silver in the Intermediate 1 38 kg regular division and a gold (uncontested) in the Intermediate 1 38 kg novice division. Draezyn Tanaka took a…

2017 National Scholastic Championships

Noah Wusstig, Chase Wusstig, CJ Pascual-Tabuyo, and Jessica Dixon traveled to Reno, Nevada to compete in the 2017 National Scholastic Championships. This tournament serves as a qualifier for the Cadet World Championships – Chase (66 kg), Noah (60 kg), and CJ (63 kg) all competed in the Cadet division. Jessica (58 kg) competed in the Juvenile A division and…

Tenrikyo Recognition Ceremony

Sunday, October 16, 2016 The recognition ceremony for the judoka who competed at the USJF/JA Junior Nationals [Irvine, CA] or at the Tenri, Japan tournament over the summer. Every summer, the Tenrikyo Dendocho holds a blessing ceremony for our summer junior national competitors prior to the competition and a recognition ceremony after the competition. We…

2016 Grassroots Jr Nationals Results

JULY 2-3, 2016 IRVINE, CALIFORNIA GOLD Adriana (Pukey) Daoang [Bantam 1; 23 kg] Angelina Daoang [Intermediate 1; 30 kg] SILVER Rachel Frias [Bantam 1; 23 kg] Makena Abe [Intermediate 2; 48 kg] Noah Wusstig [Cadet; 60 kg] Chase Wusstig [Cadet; 66 kg] Mikayla Abe [Cadet; 52 kg] BRONZE Cohl Otsuka-Bence [Intermediate 1; 30 kg] Keiko…

2016 Jr Olympics Results

JUNE 24-26, 2016 IRVING, TEXAS GOLD CJ Pascual-Tabuyo [Juvenile A; 57 kg; Domestic and International] CONTESTED Keiko Sanders [Cadet and IJF Junior; 57 kg]