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Sensei Kenji Taketani

Nov 29, 2014 | Obituary

Sadly, we are having to notify all of you of the passing of Sensei Kenji Taketani, 87 years old. Sensei Taketani had been an instructor at LA Tenri Judo Club for many years. Sensei Taketani passed on Tuesday, Nov 25, 2014. Services are set for:...

Yoshisada Yonezuka Sensei

Oct 19, 2014 | Obituary

Yoshisada Yonezuka Sensei passed away on late Saturday afternoon, October 18, 2014. More information to follow as we recieve it.

Rare surgery helps Southern California teen judo champ return to the mat

Oct 11, 2014 | Articles

Myles Honda is a 16-year-old judoka in California. He was showing weakness in his arm and when he was taken to the doctor his heart was found to be the problem. Surgery took place and now he is back on the mat. For the full story go to the...

How to find newspaper articles about Judo

Sep 29, 2014 | Articles

With the advent of the Internet, it is easy to find newspaper articles on judokas, your dojo, your Yudanshakai, college, Armed Services, etc. There are two sites that I know of, that have newspapers articles that they have scan many newspapers...

Friends of Sanix

Sep 8, 2014 | Testimonials

Hi Everyone, I created the Friend of Sanix in US on Facebook. If you have a time, please look. Noboru Saito

Another interview from the World Championships

Sep 7, 2014 | Testimonials

The last of the interviews from the World Championships has been put up on the site. It is an interview with Stephen Swirsky, M.D., the team physician and chairman of the IJF medical Commission.

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