This weekend was the annual Obukan Judo Tournament in Portland, Oregon. This was the first year back since 2019.

Friday night was the kata (forms) competition. Mariko and Sabrina competed in Katame no Kata (Forms of Grappling) and Brynn and Haley competed in both Nage no Kata (Forms of Throwing) and Ju no Kata (Forms of Gentleness). Coach Clayton was also drafted to be a judge for some of the kata.

Our teams swept the competition and won gold in all three events. Congratulations to all of you!

On Saturday the shiai (full contact) tournament was held. Brynn, Sabrina, and Jake all competed from Shipyard. Brynn and Haley’s older brother Liam was also competing, representing the Oregon State Judo team. All of our competitors came away with at least one medal.

Jake lost his first match but fought back to win 3rd in the novice men’s super-heavy (?) weight division.

Brynn split her matches to earn 2nd in the Cadet Girl’s Lightweight division.

Sabrina also split her matches to earn 2nd in the Black Belt Women’s Heavyweight division.