January 5, 2014October 16, 2018 by Stilman Davis

Academic Honors 2013

Elementary School

First	MI	Last	YDK	Dojo	Instructor	School
Ryan	H.	Ishibashi	Hokka	Sacramento Judo Club	Mac Takeda	Fammatre Elementary School
Bryton	K.	Wong	Hokka	Sacramento Judo Club	Mac Takeda	Stonelake Elementary
Luca	D.T.	Mukai	Nanka	Gardena Judo Club	Yuki Fujita	John Adams Elementary
Saya	I.	Feldman	Nanka	Sawtelle Judo Dojo	Kenji Osugi	UCLA Lab School
Rayna	R.	Prasad	Nanka	Sawtelle Judo Dojo	Kenji Osugi	Will Rogers Elementry School
Matthew	D.	Selwyn	Nanka	Sawtelle Judo Dojo	Kenji Osugi	Palisades Elementary Charter
Luchia	M.Q.	Torro	Nanka	Sawtelle Judo Dojo	Kenji Osugi	UCLA Lab School
Marisol	Q.	Torro	Nanka	Sawtelle Judo Dojo	Kenji Osugi	UCLA Lab School
Ryan	A.	Uyeki	Nanka	West Covina Judo Dojo	Spencer Horiuchi	Grazide Elementary
Patrick	L.	Harbolt	Northwest	SWOCC Judo Club	Rob Schab	North Bay Elementary
Madelyn	T.	Mones	Pacific Southwest	Migoto Judo Dojo	Roland Fernando	Salt Creek Elementary

Junior – Senior High School

First	MI	Last	YDK	Dojo	School
Jacob	D.	Low	Central Coast	San Jose Buddhist Judo Club	Ida Price Middle School
Solin	N.	Piearcy	Central Coast	San Jose Buddhist Judo Club	Cupertino High School
Jordan	M.	Adams	Chicago	Kito Kan Judo Club	Holman Middle School
Lukas	P.	Kavanaugh	Daiheigen	Team Sacramento	Holy Family Catholic School
Andrew	H.	Kageyama	Hokka	Sacramento Judo Club	Cosumnes Oaks High School
Jasper	T.	Lem	Nanka	Gardena Judo Club	St. James School
Yuri		Tateda	Nanka	Sawtelle Judo Dojo	Culver City High School
Alyssa	K.	Ishimoto	Nanka	South Bay Judo	Peninsula High School
Zachary	B.	Ishimoto	Nanka	South Bay Judo	Peninsula High School
Ashley	S.	Fernando	Pacific Southwest	Migoto Judo Dojo	High Tech High Chula Vista
Roland	A.	Fernando	Pacific Southwest	Migoto Judo Dojo	High Tech High Chula Vista
Sarina	R.	Kuninaga	Pacific Southwest	Migoto Judo Dojo	High Tech High Chula Vista

Jigoro Kano said, "The most important principle of throwing as practiced was to disturb the center of gravity of the opponent, and then pull or push in a way that the opponent cannot stand, exerting skill rather than strength, so that he might lose his equilibrium and fall heavily to the ground. A series of rules was taught respecting the different motions of feet, legs, arms, hands, the thigh and back, in order to accomplish this object. Choking up the throat was done by the hands, forearms, or by twisting the collar of the opponent&srquo;s coat round the throat. For holding down and pushing, any part of the body was used. For twisting and bending, the parts employed were generally the arms, hands and fingers, and sometimes the legs."