JudoNotes

Oishi Judo will be closed Thanksgiving Day. Friday and Saturday classes will be as usual.

I heard from Paul that Germain Difo got his shodan yesterday. Germain's in grad school at Georgetown.

I remember when Germain was a newbie. I remember two practices in particular — one when Sensei made him escape from yoko-shiho-gatame over and over and over, and another practice when Sensei tossed him all over the dojo during randori before promoting him to sankyu at the end of the night.

Congratulations on a well-deserved promotion!

Thanks to Paul Virtue for iPhoning me these photos of Kevin passing the kata portion of his shodan test, with Shintaro Higashi as his uke. Congratulations, Kevin!

Belated congratulations to Alberto Botero on his promotion to yellow belt. I meant to post this on October 25, when this photo was taken.