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1st place: Sarahi Zepeda, Tyler Galindo-Tofukuji 2nd place: Cody Galindo-Tofukuji, Colin Lee

Congratulations to Torie Oishi for taking a gold and silver at the 2019 Summer Nationals in Staten Island, NY. She was also awarded outstanding senior competitor.

Big congratulations to 2019 Junior Olympic and International Champion (2x Gold), NATHEN CASTILLO (9-10, 30 kg). He had a 23 man bracket and a 20 man bracket. Also congratulations to Sarahi Zepeda for a bronze medal in 9-10 novice, 27 kg Cody Galindo-Tofukuji for a bronze medal in international 9-10 novice, 30kg and Tyler Galindo-Tofukuji for a silver medal in international Intermediate novice, 31 kg.

1st TJC road trip of the year

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Bryan Davis 7 Ippons wins in a row. Cody Galinod-Tofukuji 5 Ippon wins in a row. Two Batsugans for Taishi Judo Club.

Sunday, May 20, 2018

Taishi Judo Club Outstanding Judoka is Nathen Castillo.

Taishi Judo Club supports this event with players and referees.

February 17-18

February 11

January 20

January 6

December 16-17

December 8

November 18

November 11

October 17-24

October 4-7

September 5, 2017

Good times with good friends. We sent 6 players and brought back 6 medals,

While we were celebrating our 2017 Kagami Biraki our dojo was flooded by the recent massive rain storm. The different martials arts club that practice there came together to salvage and clean the damages the flood had caused. Mutual Benefit and Maximum Effciency.

Sunday, January 22 at Sawtelle Judo Dojo

Grace Davis 3rd place Mayumi Hino 1st place

6 gold medals for Torie Oishi and Thuy-Linh Turek

Bryan Davis Taishi Judo Club Nanka Junior Referee of the Year Bryan began his judo career when he was nine years old, in 2010. Basketball season had just ended and a parent of a teammate of his suggested we try Judo. Bryan instantly fell in love with the sport. He has always been a hands-on kid, so Judo was a perfect fit. When Bryan began Judo he noticed an improvement with his grades, behavior, and peers, being named to the USJF honor society. Bryan has never been afraid of hard work, and knows that you give 100% with everything he does. Bryan practices upward of six days a week, traveling to many different Judo clubs, just to improve his technique and because he loves to be on the mat. He also shows up to practice even when injured. He works on his techniques with the parts of the body that are not injured. He always seems to find the time to help with the little ones before his own practice as well. Soon Bryan was introduced to refereeing. As a ref, he has learned the many rules that come with Judo. He understands Judo better as a ref combined with his competition. This helped him improve his Judo and made him fall more in love with the sport. He has since become a Regional Referee and has refereed tournaments such as the San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial. As a competitor Bryan had competed and placed at Local, Regional, and National tournaments. He hopes to work his way up to compete at the elite senior level, possibly one day making it to the Olympics without losing the spirit of Judo along the way.

Torie Oishi – Gold medal in Women’s Juvenile B 52 kg, Silver medal in Women’s IJF 52 kg Torie Oishi also won Female Best Technique Award. Thuy-Linh Turek – Bronze medal in Women’s Juvenile B 48 kg, Silver medal in Women’s IJF 48 kg Both Torie Oishi and Thuy-Linh Turek qualify to go the Cadet and Junior Pan Ams in Cordoba, Argentina this year to represent the US. Bryan Davis – He received concussion on second match.

Saturday, February 2, 2016 a Yosh Uchida Hall on SJSU campus. Bryce Oishi – Silver medal in Men’s Black Belt 73 kg. division. Bryce Oishi & Chase Oishi – Gold medal in Nage No Kata division. Bryce Oishi & Chase Oishi – Gold Medal in Katame No Kata division. Coach – Tyrone Taketa Referee – Robert Oishi

Taishi Judo club's Chase Oishi established a Judo club at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

TEAM SHIAI COMPETITION 1 Taishi - 54 points 2 Fresno - 34 points 3 LA Tenri - 32 points 4 San Gabriel - 30 points 5 Guerreros - 27 points 5 Team Ortiz - 27 points 7 Hayastan - 25 points 7 Hollywood - 25 points 7 Valley - 25 points 10 Mojica - 14 points 11 Gardena - 12 points 12 OCJTC - 10 points 13 San Shi - 9 points 14 Barstow - 7 points 14 Industry Sheriffs - 7 points 16 Konjo - 5 points 22 - Female Teams 72 - Male Teams 94 - Total Teams

The committee received 10 applications from outstanding USJF qualified members and after extensive deliberation the following three applicants were selected as the 2015 scholarship recipients 1. Chase Oishi, Tarsh Judo Club, Nanka Yudanshakai 2. Benjamin R. Hinatsu, Western Idaho Judo Institute, Daiheigen Yudanshakai 3. Andrew Kageyama, Sacramento Judo Club, Hokka Yudanshakai The official recognition and award ceremony will be at the Junior Nationals at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 10-12, 2015. Athlete scholar of the year (ASOY) committee met at the USJF National meeting held April 29, 2015 at Irving Convention Center in Irving, Texas. Chairman Jeff Takeda appointed 2 new members: Sensei Eiko Shepherd – Chicago Yudanshakai and Low Dong – Nanka Yudanshakai to the committee. Present were Eiko Shepherd – Chicago, Low Dong – Nanka, Bryan Matsuoka, Daiheigen, and Jeff Takeda – Hokka. Votes were submitted prior to the meeting by the following members: Margaret Catt – Daiheigen, Jim Takemori – Shufu, and Kuniko Takeuchi – Daiheigen

Bryce Oishi was injured in semi finals match.

Taishi Judo Club's Bryce Oishi establishes Judo Club at the University of California at San Diego as an official Nanka Judo Club under the United States Judo Federation this past September. The UCSD Judo Club competed at the 2014 Inaugural Sensei Haruo Imamura College Cup and were victorious. Chase Oishi also establishes a judo club at UC Santa Cruz.

Congratulations to Torie Oishi and Thuy-Linh Turek who received 4 gold medals at the 2014 Keiko Fukuda International Kata Tournament competing in Nage No Kata, Katame No Kata, Ju No Kata and Kime No Kata.

Taishi Judo Club earned an Honorable Mention.

All National Champion Girls at Joshi Camp. Clinic by Amarilis Savon 3x Olympic bronze medalist representing Cuba.

Three Day Kata Conference with Noboru Saito and Eiko Shepherd Senseis.

Bryce Oishi & Chase Oishi Kata Results - Silver Medals in Nage No Kata and Goshin Jutsu. Bronze Medal in Katame No Kata.Silver Medal in Men's All Around.

Congratulations to Torie Oishi for receiving the Outstanding Judoka Award from Taishi Judo Club at the Nanka Annual Banquet

The photo shoot was directed by Sensei Mitchell Palacio from CCSF and the Narration was by Minobu Shibuya. The link to watch the end product is: https://vimeo.com/channels/usjf

Congratulations to Thuy-Linh Turek, Matthew Takahashi and Torie Oishi who passed their Regional Referee Exam!

Congratulation to Chase Oishi who passed the National Referee Exam!

Held at Sawtelle Judo Club. We made our own mochi.

First place winner ($1000) Brice Oishi (right) from Torrance CA. Second place winner ($750) Diane Mikuni (2nd from right) from Kapolei HI. Third place winner Tyler Shimizu (3rd from right) from Elk Grove CA. Vaughn Imada, USJF Vice President (Left)

Taishi Judo Club was well represented at the 25th Annual Keiko Fukuda International Kata Championships. Bryce and Chase Oishi captured the male senior Grand Champion title for the second time. They competed in 7 katas placing gold in 5 of them and silver in the other two. Torie Oishi and Thuy-Link Turek competed in three katas to place silver in all three while facing the experienced junior grand champions Jordan Nagai and Hunter Nagai. Kaylee Buckner and Bryan Davis made their debut in the international kata competition by taking silver in the junior novice division.

Clinician is Shintaro Nakano. June 13, 2013.

Congratulations to Torie Oishi for receiving the Junior Referee of the Year Award from Nanka

Congratulations to Chase Oishi, who passed the Regional Referee Exam!

This was the last time we had the honor to perform for Keiko Fukuda Sensei.

Thuy-Lin Turek, Torie Oishi, Matthew Takahashi, Kendall Tabing, Kathryn Takahashi, Kaylee Buckner, Thomas Takahashi, Christian Buckner

Congratulations to Nicole Harada, Bryce Oishi, Liane Harada and Robert Oishi who all passed the National Referee Exam!

Held at CCSF.

L to R Kendall Tabing, Francis Molina, Kyle Taketa, and Vanessa Calimquim

1st JO as Taishi Judo Club

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Just started Taishi Judo CLub