High Noon Judo

09/27/2026

High Noon had a great time at the Liberty Bell Judo Classic! Great tournament! We took home 5 golds, 3 silvers, and 2 bronzes! Way to go team!

09/26/2026

Viktoria Evdokimov working on her armbar.

📸 Erin Herle, CMPC

09/24/2026

A bittersweet day! High Noon Judo junior athlete, Cyrus Na, came to say goodbye to his teammates before heading to college. Cyrus is a founding member and grew up on the mat with High Noon Judo under the tutelage of Sensei Dr. Christopher Round.

He had quite a year. He applied early to Northwestern University, was accepted, suffered a significant injury during a high school wrestling match, had surgery, underwent (and is still undergoing) physical therapy, was stranded on the Persian Gulf at the beginning of the Iran War, was evacuated by the US government, and has been working hard to rebuild his body, hitting his personal best of 450 lbs in trap bar deadlift recently. Now he heads to Northwestern to double-major in international studies and political science.

Throughout it all Cyrus has remained resilient in good cheer and all of us at High Noon are very proud of him. Training partner and ADCC East Coast Trials winner, Maia Matalon, aptly describes him as “everyone’s favorite training partner.” We have no doubt he will come back better and stronger as a Judo athlete once his physical therapy is completed. See you back soon, Cyrus!

09/24/2026

Judo provides fantastic tools for no gi grapplers! Pictured here: ADCC East Coast Trials winner Maia Matalon and 2026 Senior Nationals Bronze Medalist and AZ state wrestling champ Kaiya Johnston getting some no gi work in.

09/23/2026

Hope everyone is having a great week of training! Pictured: Paige Han attempting an ouchi gari

09/23/2026

09/22/2026

Kaiya Johnston and Chloe Williams pause during drilling to hear a point made by the instructing coach.

09/20/2026

MASTERs Fellows Chloe Williams (70kgs) and Kaiya Johnston (78kgs) dual to prepare each other for the upcoming Olympic qualifiers.

09/20/2026

High Noon Black Belt Ray Wang at the Cho Brothers training camp last July!

09/19/2026

Rhadi Jr and Sensei Heidi at practice last summer!