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…
Category: National Tournaments
2021 Dallas Invitational and President’s Cup
We traveled to Dallas, Texas where 11 judoka competed in the Dallas Invitational and 8 judoka competed in the President’s Cup. This was our first competition in almost 2 years. We were glad to see a great turnout of about 800 competitors. Everyone fought hard and we are proud of each judoka’s effort! Dallas Invitational…
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…
2018 San Jose Buddhist Tournament
San Jose, CA February 11, 2018 Kainalu Matthews and Czarina Pineda-Abaya competed in the San Jose Buddhist Tournament, a senior-level tournament. Kainalu competed in both the brown-belt and black-belt division at 100 kg and Czarina competed in the black-belt division at 57 kg. Kainalu won the brown-belt division at 100 kg and went 1-3 in…
2017 Senior Nationals
2017 Senior Nationals Salt Lake City, UT April 29, 2017 Sensei Greg Chow accompanied five of our players to the Senior Nationals tournament held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Daniel Chow took a bronze medal in the Senior Male 73 kg division. Chrissy Chow took a bronze medal in the Senior Female 57 kg division. Cole…
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…
2016 Dallas Invitational & President’s Cup
2016 Dallas Invitational & 2016 President’s Cup Irving, Texas November 19-20, 2016 Cole Chandler, Daniel Chow, and Chrissy Chow traveled to Irving, Texas with Greg Chow, Paul Chandler, and Evan Fujimoto to compete in two senior level tournaments. These two tournaments, the Dallas Invitational and the President’s Cup were held on back-to-back days. Cole Chandler…
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…
Hawaii Tenri Judo 